CELEX: 51983PC0219
Language: en
Date: 1983-04-15
Title: AMENDMENT TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE ON CRUDE OIL SAVING TROUGH THE USE OF SUBSTITUTE

N o C 120/12                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                    5.5.83
                        Article 15                                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September                 directly applicable in all Member States.
 1984.
             Amendment to the proposal for a Council Directive on crude oil-saving through the use
                                      of substitute fuel components in petrol (')
             (Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to Article 149 (2) of the EEC Treaty
                                                         on 21 April 1983)
           TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION
             OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                     TEXT AMENDED BY THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
                                       Preamble and recitals unchanged
                         Article 1                                                            Article 1
Member States shall take all such steps as may be                    Member States shall take all such steps as may be
necessary to ensure that there are no legal or                       necessary to ensure that there are no legal or
administrative obstacles on their respective territories             administrative obstacles on their respective territories
to the production, sale, distribution and use of petrol              to the production, sale, distribution and use of petrol
blends containing organic oxygenates as substitute                   blends containing organic oxygenates as substitute
fuel components which are in conformity with the                     fuel components which are in conformity with the
technical Annex. Such blended fuels must be usable                   technical Annex. Such blended fuels must be usable
safely and with similar performance to current petrol                safely and with similar performance to current petrol
by vehicles propelled by spark-ignition internal                     by vehicles propelled by spark-ignition internal
combustion engines currently in use or being offered                 combustion engines currently in use or being offered
for sale without requiring any modification to such                  for sale without requiring any modification to such
vehicles.                                                            vehicles.
                                                                     Member States shall ensure consumer protection such
                                                                     that significant variations in the calorific value of
                                                                     blended fuels relative to unblended fuels are reflected
                                                                     in the price charged at the pump to the general public.
                                            A r t i c l e s 2 to 8 u n c h a n g e d
                                                    Annex unchanged
(*) OJ No C 229, 2. 9. 1982, p. 4.