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of13October1998
relatingtothequalityofpetrolanddieselfuelsandamendingCouncilDirective93/12/EEC
(OJ L 350, 28.12.1998, p. 58)
Amended by:
Official Journal
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DIRECTIVE98/70/ECOFTHEEUROPEANPARLIAMENTAND
OFTHECOUNCIL
of13October1998
relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending
CouncilDirective93/12/EEC
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and
in particular Article 100a thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee(2),
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 189b of
the Treaty(3) in the light of the joint text approved on 29 June 1998 by
the Conciliation Committee,
(1)Whereas disparity between the laws or administrative measuresadopted by the Member States on specifications of conventionaland alternative fuels used by vehicles equipped with positive-ignition and compression-ignition engines creates barriers to tradein the Community and may thereby directly affect the establish-
ment and functioning of the internal market and the international
competitiveness of the European vehicle and refining industries;whereas in accordance with the provisions of Article 3b of theTreaty, it therefore appears necessary to approximate the laws inthis field;
(2)Whereas Article 100a(3) of the Treaty envisages that Commissionproposals aimed at the establishment and functioning of theinternal market and concerning, inter alia , health and environ-
mental protection will take as a base a high level of protection;
(3)Whereas primary air pollutants such as nitrogen oxides, unburnthydrocarbons, particulate matter, carbon monoxide, benzenes and
other toxic exhaust emissions which contribute to the formation of
secondary pollutants such as ozone are emitted in significantamounts through the exhaust and evaporative fumes of motorvehicles thereby posing directly and indirectly a considerable riskto human health and the environment;
(4)Whereas despite the increasing stringency of vehicle emissionlimit values laid down by Council Directive 70/220/EEC(
4), and
by Council Directive 88/77/EEC(5), further measures to reduce
atmospheric pollution caused by vehicles and other sources arenecessary in order to achieve satisfactory air quality;
(5)Whereas Article 4 of Directive 94/12/EC of the EuropeanParliament and of the Council(
6) introduced a new approach
with regard to emission reduction policies for and beyond the year2000 and required the Commission to examine, inter alia , the
contribution that improvements in the quality of petrol and dieseland other fuels could make to reducing air pollution;1998L0070 — EN — 04.12.2000 — 001.001 — 2
(1) OJ C 77, 11.3.1997, p. 1 and OJ C 209, 10.7.1997, p. 25.
(2) OJ C 206, 7.7.1997, p. 113.
(3) Opinion of the European Parliament of 10 April 1997 (OJ C 132, 28.4.1997,
p. 170), Council Common Position of 7 October 1997 (OJ C 351, 19.11.1997,
p. 1) and Decision of the European Parliament of 18 February 1998 (OJ C 80,
16.3.1998, p. 92). Decision of the European Parliament of 15 September 1998
(OJ C 313, 12.10.1998). Decision of the Council of 17 September 1998.
(4) OJ L 76, 6.4.1970, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 98/69/EC of
the European Parliament and of the Council (see page 1 of this Official
Journal).
(5) OJ L 36, 9.2.1988, p. 33. Directive as last amended by Directive 96/1/EC of
the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 40, 17.2.1996, p. 1).
(6) OJ L 100, 19.4.1994, p. 42.
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(6)Whereas, in addition to an initial stage of fuel specifications
beginning in the year 2000, provision must be made for a second
stage, to come into effect in 2005, to enable the industry to makethe necessary investments to adapt its production plans;
(7)Whereas petrol and diesel fuel complying with the specificationsset out in Annexes I, II, III and IV are already available on the
market in the European Community;
(8)Whereas the European auto/oil programme, the details of which
are outlined in the Commission's communication on a futurestrategy for the control of atmospheric emissions from roadtransport, contributes towards a scientific, technical and economic
basis for recommending the introduction at Community level of
new environmental fuel specifications for petrol and diesel fuels;
(9)Whereas the introduction of environmental fuels specificationsfor petrol and diesel fuels is an important element of the cost-effective package of Europe-wide and national/regional/local
measures that should be put into effect, taking into account the
costs and benefits of any action;
(10)Whereas the implementation of a combination of Europe-wideand national/regional/local measures to reduce vehicle emissionsis part of the Commission's overall strategy to reduce air
emissions from mobile and stationary sources in a way that is
balanced and meets cost-benefit criteria;
(11)Whereas it is necessary to obtain in the short term a reduction, inparticular in urban areas, of polluting vehicle emissions, includingprimary pollutants such as unburnt hydrocarbons and carbon
monoxide, secondary pollutants such as ozone, toxic emissions
such as benzene and particle emissions; whereas the reduction ofpolluting vehicle emissions in urban areas can be immediatelyachieved on motor vehicles through changes in fuel composition;
(12)Whereas the incorporation of oxygen and the significant reduction
in aromatics, olefins, benzene and sulphur can permit better fuel
quality to be obtained from an air quality standpoint;
(13)Whereas the provisions of Council Directive 92/81/EEC of 19October 1992 on the harmonisation of the structures of exciseduties on mineral oils(
1), and in particular Article 8(4) thereof,
discourage and may prevent Member States from operating excise
tax differentiation designed to accelerate fuel quality aboveCommunity-wide fuel specifications;
(14)Whereas the use by Member States of differentiated excisetaxation can encourage the introduction of more advanced fuels in
line with national priorities, capacity and requirements;
(15)Whereas the Commission has brought forward a proposal for an
Energy Products Directive; whereas this proposal has theobjective of, inter alia , permitting Member States to make more
active use of fiscal incentives through differentiated excise
taxation, so as to facilitate the introduction of more advanced
fuels;
(16)Whereas fuel specifications aiming at the reduction of bothexhaust and evaporative emissions are generally lacking;
(17)Whereas atmospheric pollution by lead arising from thecombustion of leaded petrol constitutes a risk for human healthand the environment; whereas it is a great step forward that by2000 virtually all petrol-driven road vehicles will be able to runon unleaded petrol and whereas therefore it is appropriate torestrict severely the marketing of leaded petrol;
(18)Whereas the need for vehicle emission reduction and theavailability of the necessary refinery technology justify the1998L0070 — EN — 04.12.2000 — 001.001 — 3
(1) OJ L 316, 31.10.1992, p. 12. Directive as last amended by Directive 94/74/EC
(OJ L 365, 31.12.1994, p. 46).
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setting of environmental fuel specifications for the marketing of
unleaded petrol and diesel fuels;
(19)Whereas it seems appropriate to provide for the availability oftwo types of diesel and petrol fuel, one of which would be ahigher-quality diesel and one of which would be a higher qualitypetrol; whereas it is appropriate for this higher quality diesel orpetrol to replace diesel or petrol of lower quality on the market by
2005; whereas, however, appropriate provision should be made
for such replacement to be delayed when application of the dateof 2005 in a Member State would cause severe difficulties for itsindustries in making the necessary changes in its manufacturingfacilities;
(20)Whereas, in order to protect human health and/or the environmentin specific agglomerations or in specific ecologically sensitiveareas with special problems of air quality, Member States shouldbe permitted, subject to aprocedure esta blished in this Directive,to require that fuels may be marketed only if they comply with
more stringent environmental specifications than established
under this Directive; whereas this procedure is a derogationfrom the information procedure laid down in Directive 98/34/ECof 22 June 1998 of the European Parliament and of the Councillaying down a procedure for the provision of information in thefield of technical standards and regulations and of rules on
information society services(
1);
(21)Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the fuel quality
standards required under this Directive, Member States shouldintroduce monitoring systems; whereas such monitoring systems
should be based on common procedures for sampling and testing
and whereas information on fuel quality collected by MemberStates should be communicated to the Commission according to acommon format;
(22)Whereas, on the basis of a comprehensive assessment, the
Commission is to submit aproposa l complementing the
mandatory specifications for petrol and diesel fuels referred toin Annexes III and IV to be applied as from 1 January 2005;whereas the Commission's proposal may, as appropriate, also setdown environmental specifications for other types of fuel such as
liquid petroleum gas, natural gas and biofuels; whereas captive
vehicle fleets exist (buses, taxis, commercial vehicles, etc.) whichare responsible for a large proportion of urban pollution andwould benefit from separate specifications;
(23)Whereas further developments with regard to reference methods
for measuring the specifications set out in this Directive may be
desirable in the light of scientific and technical progress; whereasto this end, provisions should be made in order to adapt theAnnexes to this Directive to technical progress;
(24)Whereas Council Directive 85/210/EEC of 20 March 1985 on the
approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning the
lead content of petrol(2), Council Directive 85/536/EEC of 5
December 1985 relating to crude-oil savings through the use ofsubstitute fuel components in petrol(
3), and Article 1(1)(b) and
Article 2(1) of Council Directive 93/12/EEC of 23 March 1993
relating to the sulphur content of certain liquid fuels(4), should be
repealed accordingly;
(25)Whereas the transitional measures for Austria referred to inArticle 69 of the 1994 Act of Accession include Article 7 ofDirective 85/210/EEC; whereas the application of this transitional1998L0070 — EN — 04.12.2000 — 001.001 — 4
(1) OJ L 204, 21.7.1998, p. 37. Directive as amended by Directive 98/48/EC (OJ
L 217, 5.8.1998, p. 18).
(2) OJ L 96, 3.4.1985, p. 25. Directive as last amended by the 1994 Act of
Accession.
(3) OJ L 334, 12.12.1985, p. 20. Directive as amended by Commission Directive
87/441/EEC (OJ L 238, 21.8.1987, p. 40).
(4) OJ L 74, 27.3.1993, p. 81.
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measure should, for specific reasons of the protection of the
environment, be prolonged until 1 January 2000;
(26)Whereas amodus vivendi between the European Parliament, the
Council and the Commission concerning the implementingmeasures for acts adopted in accordance with the procedure laid
down in Article 189b of the Treaty(
1) was concluded on 20
December 1994,
HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
Scope
This Directive sets technical specifications on health and environmental
grounds for fuels to be used for vehicles equipped with positive-ignition
and compression-ignition engines.
Article 2
Definitions
For the purpose of this Directive:1. ‘petrol’ means any volatile mineral oil intended for the operation of
internal combustion positive-ignition engines for the propulsion of
vehicles and falling within CN codes 2710 00 27, 2710 00 29,2710 00 32, 2710 00 34 and 2710 00 36;
2. ‘diesel fuels’ means gas oils falling within CN codes 2710 00 66 and
used for self-propelling vehicles as referred to in Directive 70/220/EEC and Directive 88/77/EEC.
For gas oils used for engines in non-road mobile machinery and
agricultural tractors Member States may require the same sulphurcontent as defined for diesel fuels in this Directive or the sulphurcontent as defined for diesel fuels in Directive 93/12/EEC.
Article 3
Petrol
1. No later than 1 January 2000, Member States shall prohibit the
marketing of leaded petrol within their territory.
2. (a) Member States shall ensure that, no later than 1 January 2000,
unleaded petrol can be marketed within their territory only if itcomplies with the environmental specifications set out in AnnexI.
(b) Without prejudice to the provisions of subparagraph (a), Member
States shall, from 1 January 2000, permit the marketing withintheir territory of unleaded petrol complying with the specifica-
tions of Annex III.
(c) Member States shall also ensure that, no later than 1 January
2005, unleaded petrol can be marketed within their territory only
if it complies with the environmental specifications set out in
Annex III.
3. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, a Member State may be
allowed, on a request to be submitted to the Commission no later than 31August 1999, to continue to permit the marketing of leaded petrol, until
at the latest 1 January 2005, if it can demonstrate that the introduction of
a ban would result in severe socioeconomic problems or would not leadto overall environmental or health benefits because of, inter alia , the
climatic situation in that Member State.
The lead content of leaded petrol shall not exceed 0,15 g/l and the
benzene content shall comply with the specifications in Annex I. The1998L0070 — EN — 04.12.2000 — 001.001 — 5
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other values of the specifications may remain unchanged compared to
the present situation.
4. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2, a Member State
may be authorised, on a request to be submitted to the Commission nolater than 31 August 1999, to continue to permit the marketing within itsterritory, until at the latest 1 January 2003, of unleaded petrol with a
sulphur content which does not comply with the specification for
sulphur content in Annex I but which does not exceed the currentcontent, if it can demonstrate that severe difficulties would ensue for itsindustries in making the necessary changes in their manufacturingfacilities during the period of time between the date of adoption of thisDirective and 1 January 2000.
5. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2, a Member State
may be authorised, on a request to be submitted to the Commission nolater than 31 August 2003, to continue to permit the marketing within itsterritory, until at the latest 1 January 2007, of unleaded petrol with a
sulphur content which does not comply with Annex III but which does
comply with Annex I, if it can demonstrate that severe difficulties wouldensue for its industries in making the necessary changes in theirmanufacturing facilities during the period of time between the date ofadoption of this Directive and 1 January 2005.
6. The Commission may authorise the derogations referred to in
paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with the Treaty.
The Commission shall notify the Member States and inform the
European Parliament and the Council of its decision.
7. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, Member States may continue to
permit the marketing of small quantities of leaded petrol with the
specifications mentioned in the second subparagraph of paragraph 3 to a
maximum of 0,5 % of total sales to be used by old vehicles of acharacteristic nature and to be distributed through special interestgroups.
Article 4
Dieselfuel
1. (a) Member States shall ensure that, no later than 1 January 2000,
diesel fuel can be marketed within their territory only if itcomplies with the environmental specifications set out in AnnexII.
(b) Without prejudice to the provisions of subparagraph (a), Member
States shall, from 1 January 2000, permit the marketing withintheir territory of diesel fuel complying with the specifications ofAnnex IV.
(c) Member States shall also ensure that, no later than 1 January
2005, diesel fuel can be marketed within their territory only if it
complies with the environmental specifications set out in AnnexIV.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1, a Member State
may be authorised, on a request to be submitted to the Commission no
later than 31 August 1999, to continue to permit the marketing within itsterritory, until at the latest 1 January 2003, of diesel fuel with a sulphurcontent which does not comply with the specification for sulphur contentin Annex II but which does not exceed the current content, if it can
demonstrate that severe difficulties would ensue for its industries in
making the necessary changes in their manufacturing facilities duringthe period of time between the date of adoption of this Directive and 1January 2000.
3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1, a Member State
may be authorised, on a request to be submitted to the Commission nolater than 31 August 2003, to continue to permit the marketing within itsterritory, until at the latest 1 January 2007, of diesel fuel with a sulphurcontent which does not comply with Annex IV but which does complywith Annex II, if it can demonstrate that severe difficulties would ensue1998L0070 — EN — 04.12.2000 — 001.001 — 6
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for its industries in making the necessary changes in their manufacturing
facilities during the period of time between the date of adoption of thisDirective and 1 January 2005.
4. The Commission may authorise the derogations referred to in
paragraphs 2 and 3 in accordance with the Treaty.
The Commission shall notify the Member States and inform the Council
and the European Parliament of its decision.
Article 5
Freecirculation
No Member State may prohibit, restrict or prevent the placing on the
market of fuels which comply with the requirements of this Directive.
Article 6
Marketingoffuelswithmorestringentenvironmentalspecifications1. By way of derogation from Articles 3, 4 and 5, Member States may
require that in specific areas fuels may only be marketed if they comply
with more stringent environmental specifications than those provided for
in this Directive for all or part of the vehicle fleet with a view toprotecting the health of the population in a specific agglomeration or theenvironment in a specific ecologically sensitive area in a Member State,if atmospheric pollution constitutes or may reasonably be expected to
constitute a serious and recurrent problem for human health or the
environment.
2. A Member State wishing to make use of a derogation provided for
in paragraph 1 shall submit its request in advance, including thejustification for it, to the Commission. The justification shall includeevidence that the derogation respects the principle of proportionality and
that it will not disrupt the free movements of persons and goods.
3. The Member States involved shall provide the Commission with
data on ambient air quality for the area in question a well as thepredicted effects on air quality of the measures proposed.
4. The Commission shall provide this information to the other
Member States without delay.
5. Member States may give their comments on the request and its
justification within two months of the date of the Commission's
provision of information.
6. The Commission shall take a decision on the request of Member
States within three months after the date on which Member States havesubmitted their comments. The Commission will take Member States'comments into account and will notify them of its decision and informthe European Parliament and the Council at the same time.
7. Any Member State may refer the Commission's decision to the
Council within one month of its notification or, in the case of a non-decision, refer the matter to the Council within one month of the expiryof the period referred to in paragraph 6.
8. The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a different
decision within two months of the matter being referred to it.
Article 7
Changeinsupplyofcrudeoils
If, as a result of exceptional events, a sudden change in the supply of
crude oils or petroleum products renders it difficult for the refineries in a
Member State to respect the fuel specification requirements of Articles 3and 4, that Member State shall inform the Commission thereof. TheCommission, after informing the other Member States, may authorisehigher limit values in that Member State for one or more fuelcomponents for aperiod not exceeding six months.1998L0070 — EN — 04.12.2000 — 001.001 — 7
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The Commission shall notify the Member States and inform the
European Parliament and the Council of its decision.
Any Member State may refer the Commission's decision to the Council
within one month of its notification.
The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a different
decision within one month of the matter being referred to it.
Article 8
Monitoringcomplianceandreporting
1. Member States shall monitor compliance with the requirements of
Articles 3 and 4 on the basis of the analytical methods set out in Annex Iand II.
2. The Commission will promote the development of auniform
system for fuel quality monitoring. The Commission may for the
purpose of developing such a system request the assistance of the
European Committee for Standardisation.
3. The Commission shall establish a common format for the
submission of a summary of national fuel quality data no later than
30 June 2000.
4. Each year by 30 June Member States shall submit their summary
for the preceding calendar year to the Commission for the first time by30 June 2002.
Article 9
Reviewprocess
1. The Commission shall, periodically and for the first time not later
than 12 months from the date of adoption of this Directive but in anyevent not later than 31 December 1999, and in the light of theassessment carried out in accordance with the requirements of Article 3
of Directive 98/69/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of
13 October 1998 relating to measures to be taken against air pollution byemissions from motor vehicles and amending Council Directive 70/220/EEC(
1), submit to the European Parliament and the Council a proposal
for a revision of this Directive as an integral part of the strategy
designed to produce effects to meet the requirements of the Community
air quality standards and related objectives.
2. The proposal shall contain environmental specifications comple-
menting the mandatory specifications stipulated in Annex III for petrol
and Annex IV for diesel fuels on the basis, inter alia , of accumulated
knowledge concerning requirements on emission reductions related toair quality, the effective functioning of new pollution abatementtechnologies and developments affecting international fuel markets.
3. In addition to the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2, the
Commission may, inter alia , bring forward
— proposals taking into consideration the particular situation of captive
fleets and the need to propose levels of specifications for the special
fuels they use,
— proposals setting levels of specifications applicable to liquid
petroleum gas, natural gas and biofuels.
Article 10
Procedureforadaptationtotechnicalprogress
Any amendments which are necessary in order to adapt the measuring
methods as laid down in the right hand section (‘tests’) of Annexes I, II,
III and IV to this Directive, to take account of technical progress, shallbe adopted by the Commission assisted by the Committee established in1998L0070 — EN — 04.12.2000 — 001.001 — 8
(1) See page 1 of this Official Journal.
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accordance with Article 12 of Directive 96/62/EC(1) and in accordance
with the procedure laid down in Article 11 of this Directive.
Such adaptation must not result in any direct or indirect modification of
the limit values laid down in this Directive or to any change in the datesfrom which they apply.
Article 11
Committeeprocedure
1. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the
committee referred to in Article 10 a draft of the measures to be taken.The committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limitwhich the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of thematter. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down inArticle 148(2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which the Council is
required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the
representatives of the Member States within the committee shall beweighted in the manner set out in that Article. The chairman shall notvote.
2. The Commission shall adopt the measures envisaged if they are in
accordance with the opinion of the committee.
If the measures envisaged are not in accordance with the opinion of the
committee, or if no opinion is delivered, the Commission shall, withoutdelay, submit to the Council a proposal relating to the measures to betaken. The Council shall act by a qualified majority.
If, on the expiry of three months from the date of referral to the Council,
the Council has not acted, the proposed measures shall be adopted by theCommission.
Article 12
RepealandamendmentoftheDirectivesrelatedtothefuelquality
ofpetrolanddieselfuels
1. Directives 85/210/EEC, 85/536/EEC and 87/441/EEC are repealed
as from 1 January 2000.
2. Directive 93/12/EEC is amended by deleting Article 1(1)(b) and
Article 2(1) as from 1 January 2000.
Article 13
Transpositionintonationallegislation
1. Member States shall adopt and publish the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive not
later than 1 July 1999. They shall immediately inform the Commission
thereof.
Member States shall apply these measures from 1 January 2000.When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain a
reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference on
the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such
reference shall be laid down by Member States.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of
the main provisions of domestic law which they adopt in the fieldcovered by this Directive.1998L0070 — EN — 04.12.2000 — 001.001 — 9
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Article 14
Austria
Article 7 of Directive 85/210/EEC, as far as the benzene content of
petrol referred to in Article 4 of that Directive is concerned, shall, until 1
January 2000, not apply to Austria.
Article 15
EntryintoforceoftheDirective
This Directive shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Communities .
Article 16
Addressees
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.1998L0070 — EN — 04.12.2000 — 001.001 — 10
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ANNEX I
ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR MARKET FULES TO BE USED FOR
VEHICLESEQUIPPEDWITHPOSITIVE-IGNITIONENGINES
Type:Petrol
Parameter UnitLimits (1) Test
Minimum Maximum Method Date of publication
Research octane
number95 — EN 25164 1993
Motor octane number 85 — EN 25163 1993
Vapour pressure,
summer period (2)kPa— 60,0 pr. EN-13016-
1 (DVPE)1997
Distillation: — pr. EN-ISO
34051998
— evaporated at 100 ºC % v/v 46,0
— evaporated at 150 ºC % v/v 75,0 —
Hydrocarbon analysis: % v/v
— olefins (3)(4)(5) — 18,0 (6) ASTM D1319 1995
— aromatics (3)(4)(5) — 42,0 ASTM D1319 1995
— benzene (7) — 1,0 EN 12177 1998
EN 238 1996
Oxygen content (8) % m/m — 2,7 EN 1601 1997
pr. EN 13132 1998
Oxygenates (9) EN 1601 1997
pr. EN 13132 1998
— Methanol, stabi-
lising agents must be
added% v/v — 3
— Ethanol, stabilising
agents may be neces-
sary% v/v — 5
— Iso-propyl alcohol % v/v — 10
— Tert-butyl alcohol % v/v — 7
— Iso-butyl alcohol % v/v — 10
— Ehters contaiing 5 or
more carbon atoms per
molecule% v/v — 15
Other oxygenates (9) % v/v — 10
Sulphur content (10) mg/kg — 150 EN ISO 14596 1998
EN ISO 8754 1995
EN 24260 1994
Lead content g/l — 0,005 EN 237 1996
(1) The values quoted in the specification are ‘true values’. In the establishment of their limit values the term of ISO
4259 ‘Petroleum products — Determination and application of precision data in relation to methods of test ’,
have been applied and in fixing a minimum value, a minimum difference of 2R above zero has been taken intoaccount (R = reproducibility). The results of individual measurements shall be interpreted on the basis of thecriteriadescribed in ISO 4259 (published in 1995).
(
2) The summer period shall begin no later than 1 May and shall not end before 30 September. For Member States
with arctic conditions the summer period shall begin no later than 1 June and note end before 31 August and the
RVP is limited to 70 kPa.
(3) The content of oxygenate compounds shall be determined in order to make the corrections according to clause
13.2 of ASTM D 1319:1995.
(4) When Ethyl-tert-butyl ether (ETBE) is present in the sample, the aromatic zone shall be determined from the
pink brown ring downstream of the red ring normally used in the absence of ETBE. The presence or absence of
ETBE can be concluded from the analysis described in note 3.
(5) For the purpose of this standard ASTM D 1319:1995 shall be applied without the optional depentanisation step.
Therefore clauses 6.1. 10.1 and 14.1.1 shall not be applied.
(6) Except for unleaded petrol regular (minimum motor octane number (MON) of 81 and a minimum research
octane number (RON) of 91) for which the maximum olefin content shall be 21 % v/v. These limits shall not1998L0070 — EN — 04.12.2000 — 001.001 — 11
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preclude the introduction on to the market of a Member State of another unleaded petrol with lower octane
numbers than set out in this Annex.
(7) In cases of dispute, EN 12177:1998 shall be used.
(8) In cases of dispute, EN 1601:1997 shall be used.
(9) Other mono-alcohols with a final distillation point no higher than the final distillation point laid down in national
specifications or, where these do not exist, in industrial specifications for motor fuels.
(10) In cases of dispute EN ISO 14596:1998 shall be used.1998L0070 — EN — 04.12.2000 — 001.001 — 12
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ANNEX II
ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR MARKET FUELS TO BE USED FOR
VEHICLESEQUIPPEDWITHCOMPRESSIONIGNITIONENGINES
Type:Dieselfuel
Parameter UnitLimits (1) Test
Minimum Maximum Method Date of publication
Cetane number 51,0 — EN ISO 5165 1998
Density at 15 ºC (2) kg/m3— 845 EN ISO 3675 1998
EN ISO 12185 1996
Distillation:
— 95 % point ºC — 360 pr. EN ISO
34051998
Polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (3)% m/m — 11 IP 391 1995
Sulphur content (4) mg/kg — 350 EN ISO 14596 1998
EN ISO 8754 1995
EN 24260 1994
(1) The values quoted in the specification are ‘true values’. In the establisment of their limit values the terms of ISO
4259 ‘Petroleum products — Determination and application of precision data in relation to methods of test’, havebeen applied and in fixing a minimum value, a minimum difference of 2R above zero has been been taken intoaccount (R = reproducibility). The results of individual measurements shall be interpreted on the basis of thecriteriadescribed in ISO 4259 (published in 1995).
(
2) In cases of dispute EN ISO 3675:1998 shall be used.
(3) Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are defined as the total aromatic hydrocarbon content less the mono-aromatic
hydrocarbon content both as determined by IP 391.
(4) In cases of dispute EN ISO 14596:1998 shall be used.1998L0070 — EN — 04.12.2000 — 001.001 — 13
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ANNEX III
ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR MARKET FUELS TO BE USED FOR
VEHICLESEQUIPPEDWITHPOSITIVEIGNITIONENGINES
Type:Petrol
Parameter UnitLimits (1) Test
Minimum Maximum Method Date of publication
Research octane
number95 EN 25164 1993
Motor octane number 85 EN 25163 1993
Vapour pressure,
summer periodkPa— pr. EN 13016-1
(DVPE)1997
Distillation: % v/v pr. EN ISO
34051988
— evaporated at 100 ºC — —
— evaporated at 150 ºC — —
Hydrocarbon
analysis:
— olefins (2)(3)(4) % v/v — ASTM D1319 1995
— aromátic (2)(3)(4) % v/v — 35,0 ASTM D1319 1995
— benzene (5) % v/v — EN 12177 1995
EN 238 1996
Oxygen content (6) % m/m — EN 1601 1997
pr. EN 13132 1998
Sulphur content (7) mg/Kg — 50 pr. EN ISO/
145961998
EN ISO 8754 1995
EN 24260 1994
Lead content g/l — EN 237 1996
(1) The values quoted in the specification are ‘true values’. In the establishment of their limit values the terms of ISO
4259 ‘Petroleum products — Determination and application of precision data in relation to methods of test’, havebeen applied and in fixing a minimum value, a minimum difference of 2R above zero has been taken into account
(R = reproducibility). The results of individual measurements shall be interpreted on the basis of the criteria
described in ISO 4259 (published in 1995).
(
2) The content of oxygenate compounds shall be determined in order to make the corrections according to clause
13.2 of ASTM D 1319:1995.
(3) When Ethyl-tert-butyl ether (ETBE), is present in the sample, the aromatic zone shall be determined from the pink
brown ring downstream of the red ring normally used in the absence of ETBE. The presence or absence of ETBE
can be concluded from the analysis described in note 2.
(4) For the purpose of this standard ASTM D 1319: 1995 shall be applied without the optional depentanisation step.
Therefore clauses 6.1, 10.1 and 14.1 shall not be applied.
(5) In cases of dispute, EN 12177:1998 shall be used.
(6) In cases of dispute, EN 1601:1997 shall be used.
(7) In cases of dispute, EN ISO 14596:1998 shall be used.1998L0070 — EN — 04.12.2000 — 001.001 — 14
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ANNEX IV
ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR MARKET FUELS TO BE USED FOR
VEHICLESEQUIPPEDWITHCOMPRESSIONIGNITIONENGINES
Type:Dieselfuel
Parameter UnitLimits (1) Test
Minimum Maximum Method Date of publication
Cetane number — EN ISO 5165 1998
Density at 15 ºC (2) kg/m3— EN ISO 3675 1998
EN ISO 12185 1996
Distillation:
— 95 % point ºC — pr. EN ISO
34051998
Polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (3)% m/m — IP 391 1995
Sulphur content (4) mg/kg — 50 EN ISO 14596 1998
EN ISO 8754 1995
EN 24260 1994
(1) The values quoted in the specification are ‘true values’. In the establishment of their limit values the terms of ISO
4259 ‘Petroleum products — Determination and application of precision data in relation to methods of test’, havebeen applied and in fixing a minimum value, a minimum difference of 2R above zero has been taken into account(R = reproducibility). The results of individual measurements shall be interpreted on the basis of the criteriadescribed in ISO 4259 (published in 1995).
(
2) In cases of dispute EN ISO 3675:1998 shall be used.
(3) Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are defined as the total aromatic hydrocarbon content less the mono-aromatic
hydrocarbon content both as determined by IP 391.
(4) In cases of dispute EN ISO 14596:1998 shall be used.1998L0070 — EN — 04.12.2000 — 001.001 — 15