Commission Directive 2000/71/EC of 7 November 2000 to adapt the measuring methods as laid down in Annexes I, II, III and IV to Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council to technical progress as foreseen in Article 10 of that Directive (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2000-11-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: air quality, diesel fuel, environmental protection, motor fuel, motor vehicle, product quality

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COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2000/71/EC

of 7 November 2000

to adapt the measuring methods as laid down in Annexes I, II, III and IV to Directive 98/70/EC of
the European Parliament and of the Council to technical progress as foreseen in Article 10 of that
Directive

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parlia-
ment and of the Council of 13 October 1998 relating to the
quality of petrol and diesel
fuels and amending Council
Directive 93/12/EC (1), and in particular Article 10 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Directive 98/70/EC establishes environmental specifica-
tions for unleaded petrol and diesel fuels. Annex I to IV
to that Directive include the test methods and their dates
of publication which shall be used to determine quality
of petrol and diesel fuels in relation to these environ-
mental specifications.

European Standard 228 and European Standard 590
also establish quality specifications for petrol and diesel
respectively to ensure the proper functioning of these
products. These standards have recently updated and
adopted by European Committee for Standardisation on
29 October 1999 and the test methods for some quality
parameters which also are included as environmental
specifictions in Annex I to IV of Directive 98/70/EC
have been updated or changed to reflect
technical
progress. The test methods in Annex I to IV should be
consistent with those in European Standards 228 and
590 to facilitate the implementation of the directive and
to ensure that its updated to reflect technical progress.

(3)

The measures provided for in this Directive are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Article 10
Committee established to, inter alia, assist the Commis-
sion to adapt Directive 98/70/EC to technical progress,

Article 1

Annex I to IV to Directive 98/70/EC are replaced by Annex I to
IV to this Directive.

Article 2

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations
and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this
Directive by 1 January 2001 at the latest. They shall forthwith
inform the Commission thereof.

those provisions,

they shall
When Member States adopt
contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by
such a reference on the occasion of their official publication.
Member States shall determine how such reference is to be
made.

2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the
texts of the main provisions of domestic law which they adopt
in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 3

This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 7 November 2000.

For the Commission

Margot WALLSTRÖM

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 350, 28.12.1998, p. 58.

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ANNEX I

ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR MARKET FULES TO BE USED FOR VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH
POSITIVE-IGNITION ENGINES

Type: Petrol

Parameter

Unit

Limits (1)

Test

Minimum

Maximum

Method

Date of
publication

Research octane number

Motor octane number

Vapour pressure, summer period (2)

kPa

Distillation:
— evaporated at 100 °C
— evaporated at 150 °C

Hydrocarbon analysis:
— olefins (3) (4) (5)
— aromatics (3) (4) (5)
— benzene (7)

% v/v
% v/v

% v/v

Oxygen content (8)

% m/m

Oxygenates (9)

— Methanol, stabilising agents must be

% v/v

added

— Ethanol, stabilising agents may be

% v/v

necessary

— Iso-propyl alcohol
— Tert-butyl alcohol
— Iso-butyl alcohol
— Ehters contaiing 5 or more carbon

atoms per molecule

Other oxygenates (9)

Sulphur content (10)

Lead content

% v/v
% v/v
% v/v
% v/v

% v/v

mg/kg

g/l

95

85

—

46,0
75,0

—
—
—

—

—

—

—
—
—
—

—

—

—

—

—

EN 25164

EN 25163

60,0

pr. EN-13016-1 (DVPE)

—

—

18,0 (6)
42,0
1,0

2,7

3

5

10
7
10
15

10

150

pr. EN-ISO 3405

ASTM D1319
ASTM D1319
EN 12177
EN 238

EN 1601
pr. EN 13132

EN 1601
pr. EN 13132

EN ISO 14596
EN ISO 8754
EN 24260

0,005

EN 237

1993

1993

1997

1998

1995
1995
1998
1996

1997
1998

1997
1998

1998
1995
1994

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 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 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 not 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.
In cases of dispute, EN 12177:1998 shall be used.
In cases of dispute, EN 1601:1997 shall be used.

(7)
(8)
(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.

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ANNEX II

ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR MARKET FUELS TO BE USED FOR VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH
COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINES

Type: Diesel fuel

Parameter

Unit

Limits (1)

Test

Minimum

Maximum

Method

Date of
publication

Cetane number

Density at 15 °C (2)

Distillation:
— 95 % point

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (3)

Sulphur content (4)

kg/m3

°C

% m/m

mg/kg

51,0

—

—

—

—

—

845

360

11

350

EN ISO 5165

EN ISO 3675
EN ISO 12185

pr. EN ISO 3405

IP 391

EN ISO 14596
EN ISO 8754
EN 24260

1998

1998
1996

1998

1995

1998
1995
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’, have been applied and in fixing a minimum
value, a minimum difference of 2R above zero has been 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) 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.

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ANNEX III

ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR MARKET FUELS TO BE USED FOR VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH
POSITIVE IGNITION ENGINES

Type: Petrol

Parameter

Unit

Limits (1)

Test

Minimum

Maximum

Method

Date of
publication

Research octane number

Motor octane number

Vapour pressure, summer period

Distillation:
— evaporated at 100 °C
— evaporated at 150 °C

Hydrocarbon analysis:
— olefins (2) (3) (4)
— aromátic (2) (3) (4)
— benzene (5)

Oxygen content (6)

Sulphur content (7)

Lead content

95

85

—

—
—

—
—
—

—

—

—

kPa

% v/v

% v/v
% v/v
% v/v

% m/m

mg/Kg

g/l

EN 25164

EN 25163

pr. EN 13016-1 (DVPE)

pr. EN ISO 3405

ASTM D1319
ASTM D1319
EN 12177
EN 238

EN 1601
pr. EN 13132

pr. EN ISO/14596
EN ISO 8754
EN 24260

EN 237

1993

1993

1997

1988

1995
1995
1995
1996

1997
1998

1998
1995
1994

1996

—
—

35,0

50

(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’, have been 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.

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ANNEX IV

ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR MARKET FUELS TO BE USED FOR VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH
COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINES

Type: Diesel fuel

Parameter

Unit

Limits (1)

Test

Minimum

Maximum

Method

Date of
publication

Cetane number

Density at 15 °C (2)

Distillation:
— 95 % point

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (3)

Sulphur content (4)

kg/m3

°C

% m/m

mg/kg

—

—

—

—

—

50

EN ISO 5165

EN ISO 3675
EN ISO 12185

pr. EN ISO 3405

IP 391

EN ISO 14596
EN ISO 8754
EN 24260

1998

1998
1996

1998

1995

1998
1995
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’, have been 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) 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.