01993R3199 — EN — 01.08.2017 — 010.001

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3199/93

of 22 November 1993

on the mutual recognition of procedures for the complete denaturing of alcohol for the purposes of exemption from excise duty







Article 1

The denaturants which are employed in each Member State for the purposes of completely denaturing alcohol in accordance with Article 27 (1) (a) of Directive 92/83/EEC are as described in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

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ANNEX

List of products with their Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) registry number authorised for the complete denaturing of alcohol.







Acetone CAS: 67-64-1 C.I. reactive red 24 CAS: 70210-20-7 Crystal violet (C.I. No 42555) CAS: 548-62-9 Denatonium benzoate CAS: 3734-33-6 Ethanol CAS:64-17-5 Fluorescein CAS: 2321-07-5 Fusel oil CAS: 8013-75-0 Gasoline (including unleaded gasoline) CAS: 86290-81-5 Isopropyl alcohol CAS: 67-63-0 Kerosene CAS: 8008-20-6 Lamp oil CAS: 64742-47-8 and 64742-48-9 Methanol CAS: 67-56-1 Methyl ethyl ketone (2-butanone) CAS: 78-93-3 Methyl isobutyl ketone CAS: 108-10-1 Methyl isopropyl ketone CAS: 563-80-4 Methyl violet CAS: 8004-87-3 Methylene blue (52015) CAS: 61-73-4 Solvent naphtha CAS: 8030-30-6 Spirits of turpentine CAS: 8006-64-2 Naphtha (petroleum) CAS: 92045-57-3 Tert-butyl alcohol CAS: 75-65-0 Thiophene CAS: 110-02-1 Thymol blue CAS: 76-61-9

The term ‘absolute ethanol’ in this Annex has the same meaning as the term ‘absolute alcohol’ used by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.

In all these Member States, any dye may be added to the denatured alcohol to give it a characteristic colour, making it immediately identifiable.

I. The common denaturing procedure for completely denatured alcohol employed in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland:

Per hectolitre of absolute ethanol:

— 1,0 litre isopropyl alcohol,

— 1,0 litre methyl ethyl ketone,

— 1,0 gram denatonium benzoate.

II. An increased concentration of the common denaturing procedure for completely denatured alcohol, employed in the following Member States:

Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Romania, and the United Kingdom Per hectolitre of absolute ethanol: — 3,0 litres isopropyl alcohol, — 3,0 litres methyl ethyl ketone, — 1,0 gram denatonium benzoate.

Croatia Per hectolitre of absolute ethanol: A minimum of: — 1,0 litre isopropyl alcohol, — 1,0 litre methyl ethyl ketone, — 1,0 gram denatonium benzoate.

Sweden Per hectolitre of absolute ethanol: — 1,0 litre isopropyl alcohol, — 2,0 litres methyl ethyl ketone, — 1,0 gram denatonium benzoate.

III. Additional denaturing procedures for completely denatured alcohol employed in certain Member States:

Per hectolitre of absolute ethanol any of the following formulations:

Czech Republic 1. 0,4 litre solvent naphtha, 0,2 litre kerosene, 0,1 litre technical petrol. 2. 3,0 litres ethyl tert-butyl ether, 1,0 litre isopropyl alcohol, 1,0 litre unleaded gasoline, 10 milligrams fluorescein.

Greece Only low-quality alcohol (heads and tails from distillation), with an alcoholic strength of at least 93 % volume and not exceeding 96 % volume can be denatured. Per hectolitre of hydrated alcohol of 93 % volume, the following substances are added: — 2,0 litres methanol, — 1,0 litre spirit of turpentine, — 0,50 litre lamp oil, — 0,40 gram methylene blue. At a temperature of 20 °C, the end product will reach, in its unaltered state, 93 % volume.