G/TBT/N/DEU/12/Rev .1 
 
11 June 2014   
(14-3369) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : GERMANY  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  
Federal Ministry for the  Environment, Nature Conservation , Building and Nuclear Safety  
Division IG I 6  
D-53048 Bonn  
Germany  
Tel.: +49 -22899 305 - 2470/2477  
Fax: +49 -22899 305 3974  
E-Mail: IGI6@bmub.bund.de  
Webside: http://www.bmub.de  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e -mail and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:      
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, oth erwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  KN-Code: 
2710 12 41, KN-Code: 2710 12 45, KN -Code: 2710 12 49, KN -Code: 2710 12 51, KN -
Code: 2710 12 59, KN -Code: 2710 20 11, KN -Code: 2710 20 15, KN -Code: 2710 19 48, 
KN-Code: 3826 00 10, KN -Code: 3826 00 90, KN -Code 22 07, KN -Code 38 26, KN -Codes: 
2711 12 11 –2711 19 00, KN -Code: 2711 21 00,  KN-Code 2711 29 00, HS: 1507 –1518, 
KN-Codes : 2710 19 62 2710 19 68  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : First Ordinance 
amending the Ordinance on the Quality and Labelling of Fuels (see Attachment) (24 pag es, 
in German)  
6. Description of content:  This ordinance sets - in respect of road vehicles, non -road 
mobile machinery (including inland waterway vessels when not at sea), agricultural and 
forestry tractors, and recreational craft when not at sea - techni cal specifications for fuels 
to be used with positive ignition and compression -ignition engines and labelling 
requirements for fuels. The ordinance applies especially to petrol, diesel fuels, gas oil, 
biodiesel, ethanol fuel, liquid petroleum gas, natural or bio gas as fuel, vegetable oil fuel 
and fuel oil.  
The amended ordinance will specify the maximum permissible content of sulphur in marine 
gasoil more precisely at 1.0 gram per kilogram, compared to the current 1 gram per 
kilogram. The content of sulphur  in marine diesel oil is specified more precisely 15.0 gram 
per kilogram, compared to t he current  15 gram per kilogram.  
Gasoline with 91 octane is removed from the ordinance.  G/TBT/N/DEU/12/Rev.1  
 
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  The quality requirements for transport fuels are updated to the latest state of t he art by 
citing the latest version of DIN or CEN standards in the Ordinance on the Quality and 
Labelling of Fuels.  
Quality requirements for Vegetable oil (all seeds) have been implemented in the 
ordinance.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature  of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Quality requirements. This draft ordinance aims to implement the 
requirements of the Directive 2012/33/EU regarding the sulphur content of marine fuel. 
The Directive adapts EU law regarding fuel standards to the change s in Annex VI of the 
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution form Ships of 1973 (MARPOL), 
which were adopted in October 2008.  The changes include a more precise definition of the 
percentage by mass of sulphur in marine fuels. This necessi tates an adaptation of the 10th 
Ordinance on the Implementation of the Federal Immission Control Act (Ordinance on the 
Quality and Labelling of Fuels, 10th BImSchV).  
The ordinance also implements the amending Directive relating to the quality of petrol and  
diesel fuels by updating the references to technical standards.  
According to the mineral oil industry, regular petrol (petrol with 91 octane) is no longer 
aviable on the market. Therefore reg ular petrol is deleted from the 10th BImSchV.  
8. Relevant docum ents:  
 Zehnte Verordnung zur Durchführung des Bundes -Immissionsschutzgesetzes 
(Verordnung über die Beschaffenheit und die Auszeichnung der Qualitäten von Kraft - 
und Brennstoffen – 10. BImSchV) - notifiziert unter G/TBT/N/DEU/12.  [10th 
Ordinance on the Imple mentation of the Federal Immission Control Act (Ordinance 
on the Quality and Labelling of Fuels, 10th BImSchV), – notified under 
G/TBT/N/DEU/12]  
 DIN EN 228, Version October 2014, DIN EN 228, Version January 2013 incl draft 
DIN EN 228/A1, Version  June 2014,  DIN EN 590, Version April 2014, DIN EN 14214, 
Version June 2014, DIN 51625, Version August 2008, DIN EN 589, Version June 
2012, DIN 51624, Version February 2008, DIN 51605, Version September 2010,   
DIN SPEC 51623, Version June 2012, DIN ISO 8217, Version December 2013, DIN 
EN 14274, Version May 2013, DIN 51750 Part 1, Version December 1990, and Part 
2, Version December 1990, DIN 51610, Version June 1983, DVGW Arbeitsblatt G 
264, Version May 2009, DIN EN ISO 8754, Version December 2003, DIN EN ISO 
14596, Ve rsion December 2007, DIN EN 24260, Version May 1994, DIN EN ISO 
20846, Version January 2012, DIN EN ISO 20884, Version July 2011, DIN EN ISO 
13032, Version June 2012, DIN 51400 -3, Version June 2001, DIN EN ISO 3104, 
Version December 1999, DIN 51562 -1, Vers ion January 1999, DIN 51366, Version 
December 2013, DIN EN ISO 3405, Version April 2011 and DIN EN ISO 3924, 
Version June 2006.  
Some relevant documents have already been notified in the context of G/TBT/N/DEU/7 or 
G/TBT/N/DEU/12.  
9. Proposed date of adopt ion:   
Proposed date of entry into 
force:    November 2014  
The day after promulgation.  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/DEU/12/Rev.1  
 
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point  [   ], or address, telephone or fax 
number s, e-mail and web-site address , if available of the other body:  
Federal Ministry for the En vironment, Nature Conservation , Building and Nuclear Safety  
Division IG I 6  
Robert - Schuman -Platz 3  
POB 120629  
53048 Bonn  
Germany  
Tel.: +49 2289 9305 2470 or 2477  
 
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