PART I
PRELIMINARY
Use of Terms
In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires:
“ancillary” means any substance actually required to be used in conjunction with oils and fats in the process leading to a finished product but which cannot be used as a substitute for oils and fats produced within the Community and which is included in Appendix I to this Schedule;
“(Intra-Regional)Price” means the f.o.b. price of raw materials, refined edible oil and hydrogenated edible fats, when exported from one Member State to another;
“oils and fats” means oilseeds, their seedlings and intermediate or final products including margarine, shortening and soaps in the form of toilet and laundry derived therefrom, provided those oilseeds and seedlings qualify as being of Community Origin;
“raw materials” means copra and other oilseeds, and unrefined oils qualifying as being of Community Origin;
“substitute” means commodities listed in Appendix II to this Schedule which are put to similar use as, and are in commercial competition with, oils and fats.
Objectives
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(a) to support and encourage the viability and expansion and diversification of the Oils and Fats Sub-Sector in the Community;
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(b) to promote intra-regional trade in oils and fats and exports to third countries;
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(c) to increase competitiveness of the Oils and Fats Sub-Sector;
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(d) to improve and promote the production of traditional and non-traditional oilseeds within the Community.