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Regulation 3 Amendments to regulation 2

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(1)

Regulation 2f1 is renumbered as paragraph (1) of that regulation.

(2)

In paragraph (1), as renumbered—

(a)

at the appropriate places, insert—

  • ““blending facility” means a facility, that is not a refinery, where motor fuel is blended with ethanol or FAME;”;

  • ““BS EN 228:2012” means the British Standard which is entitled “Automotive fuels. Unleaded petrol. Requirements and test methods” and was published under number BS EN 228:2012;”;

  • ““BS EN 14214:2012” means the British Standard which is entitled “Liquid petroleum products. Fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) for use in diesel engines and heating applications. Requirements and test methods” and was published under number BS EN 14214:2012;”;

  • ““BS EN 590:2013” means the British Standard which is entitled “Automotive fuels. Diesel. Requirements and test methods” and was published under number BS EN 590:2013;”;

  • ““BS EN ISO 4259:2017” means the British Standard which is entitled “Petroleum and related products. Precision of measurement methods and results. Interpretation and application of precision data in relation to methods of test” and was published under number BS EN ISO 4259:2017;”;

  • ““FAME” means fatty acid methyl ester;”;

  • ““Regulation (EC) No 715/2007” means Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2007 on type approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day;”;

(b)

for the definition of “diesel fuel” substitute—

  • ““diesel fuel” means a gas oil falling within CN code 2710 19 43 and used for self-propelling vehicles as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 and Regulation (EC) No 595/2009;”;

(c)

omit the definition of “the Directive”;

(d)

in the definition of “distribute”, in paragraph (b), after “refinery” insert “or from a blending facility”;

(e)

in the definition of “gas oil” for “2710 19 41 and 2710 19 45” substitute “2710 19 43 and 2710 19 46”;

(f)

in the definition of “leaded petrol”, for “Annex 1 of the Directive”, in each place it occurs, substitute “Table 1 of Schedule AA1”;

(g)

for the definition of “petrol” substitute—

  • ““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 12 41, 2710 12 45, 2710 12 49 and 2710 12 50;”;

(h)

after the definition of “petrol” insert—

  • ““premium 95 grade petrol” means petrol that has a research octane number of at least 95 but less than 97 measured in accordance with the test method referred to in Table 1 of Schedule AA1;”.

(3)

After paragraph (1) as renumbered, insert—

“(2)

In these Regulations any reference to a numbered CN code is a reference to the code set out in Annex 1 to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day.”.

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Footnotes

f1

Regulation 2 was amended by S.I. 2003/3078, S.I. 2010/3035, S.I. 2012/2567 and S.I. 2015/1796.