G/TBT/N/SGP/27  
 
9 May 2016  
(16-2545)  Page: 1/3  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member: SINGAPORE  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):    
2. Agency responsible: National Environment Agency 
Name and address (including telephon e and fax numbers, email 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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
HS 2710.12.12: Motor spirit of RON 97 and above, unleaded  
HS 2710.12.14: Motor spirit of RON 90 and above, but below RON 97, unleaded  HS 2710.12.16: Motor spirit: Other, unleaded   
HS 2710.19.60: Diesel fuel; fuel oils  
HS 2710.19.71: Automotive diesel fuel  HS 2710.19.72: Other diesel fuels  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: A set of new 
subsidiary legislations will be gazetted under the Environmental Protection and Management 
Act (EPMA). The document will be available online at http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/  
6. Description of content: NEA is proposing for the following fuel quality parameters for 
petrol and diesel, to be legislated through their inclusion in the Environmental Protection and 
Management Act (EPMA). Singapore’s requ irements are refere nced from the EU 
Directive 2009/30/EC, Australia’s Fuel Qualit y Standards Act 2000 and the USEPA's fuel 
quality regulations.  
Petrol  
Parameter Unit Limit Effective date 
Min Max 
Sulphur ppm - 10 1 Jul 2017 
Lead tetra-ethyl 
and similar lead 
containing 
compounds g/L - 0.005 1 Jul 2017 
Aromatics vol% - 35 (pool average) 
42 (cap limit) 1 Dec 2018 
Olefins vol% - 18 (pool average) 
21 (cap limit) 1 Jul 2017 
Benzene vol% - 1 1 Jul 2017 
Oxygenates, 
manifested in the 
form of ethers 
with 5 or more 
carbon atoms vol% - 22 1 Jul 2017 
Oxygen content wt% - 3.7 1 Jul 2017 G/TBT/N/SGP/27 
 
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  Reid Vapour 
Pressure at 
37.8◦C kPa - 60 1 Jul 2017 
Fraction 
evaporated at:- 
 100◦C 
 150◦C  
 
vol% vol%  
 
46.0 75.0  
 
- - 1 Jul 2017 
The pool average is defined as the weighted average (by sales volume) across all grades of 
petrol sold within a 6 months’ period (i.e. Jan – Jun and Jul – Dec) and computed as follows. 
This is based on the USEPA’s formula, as applied for the case of sulphur.   
 
Sa = The refinery or importer annual average sulphur level, or corporate pool average level, 
as applicable.  
Vi = The volume of gasoline produced or imported in batch i.  
Si = The sulphur content of batch i.  
n = The number of batches of petrol produced or imported during the averaging period.  i = Individual batch of petrol produced or imported during the averaging period.  
The cap limit is defined as the maximum content of the defined parameter in any sample of 
petrol sold in Singapore, which cannot be exceeded at any point of time.  
Diesel  
Parameter Unit Limit Effective date 
Min Max 
Sulphur ppm - 10 1 Jan 2017 
Cetane Number - 51 - 1 Jan 2017 
Density at 15 ◦C kg/m3 - 845 1 Jan 2018 
Polyaromatics wt% - 8 1 Jan 2017 
Temperature at which 95% 
is evaporated ◦C - 360 1 Jan 2018 
     
 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
To protect the environment and human health, which the listed fuel quality parameters have 
a negative impact on. Current fuel quality control in Singapore is limited to sulphur and lead 
only. New regulations on the composition of petrol and diesel will help to further reduce pollutants in vehicular tailpipe emissions 
8. Relevant documents:  Notice will be published in the Republic of Singapore’s Government 
Gazette when adopted 
9. Proposed date of adoption: Notice will be published in the Republic of Singapore's 
Government Gazette when adopted  
Proposed date of entry into force: Refer to effective date in above tables   
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from the date of notification  G/TBT/N/SGP/27 
 
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  11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [  ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:   
Mr Lee Hong Wei 
Senior Executive, Environmental Protection Policy Department 
40 Scotts Road, #13-00, Environment Building  Singapore 228231 
Tel.: (65) 6731-9315 (DID) 
Fax: (65) 6731-9866  Email: lee_hong_wei@nea.gov.sg