{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1998-70/annex-II",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1998-70/annex-II.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/1998/70",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Council Directive 93/12/EEC",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1998-70",
  "path": "annex/II",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "II",
  "heading": "ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR MARKET FUELS TO BE USED FOR VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINES",
  "text": "Type : Diesel\nTest methods shall be those specified in EN 590:2013. Member States may adopt the analytical method specified in replacement EN 590:2013 standard if it can be shown to give at least the same accuracy and at least the same level of precision as the analytical method it replaces.\nThe values quoted in the specification are ‘ true values ’ . In the establishment of their limit values, the terms of EN ISO 4259:2006 ‘ 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 EN ISO 4259:2006.\nFAME shall comply with EN 14214.\nParameter\nUnit\nLimits\nMinimum\nMaximum\nCetane number\n51,0\n—\nDensity at 15 °C\nkg/m\n—\n845,0\nDistillation:\n95 % v/v recovered at:\n°C\n—\n360,0\nPolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons\n% m/m\n—\n8,0\nSulphur content\nmg/kg\n—\n10,0\nFAME content — EN 14078\n% v/v\n—\n7,0",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Directive 2009/30/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 amending Directive 98/70/EC as regards the specification of petrol, diesel and gas-oil and introducing a mechanism to monitor and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and amending Council Directive 1999/32/EC as regards the specification of fuel used by inland waterway vessels and repealing Directive 93/12/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Directive 2014/77/EU of 10 June 2014 amending Annexes I and II of Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Test methods shall be those specified in EN 590:2013. Member States may adopt the analytical method specified in replacement EN 590:2013 standard if it can be shown to give at least the same accuracy and at least the same level of precision as the analytical method it replaces."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The values quoted in the specification are ‘ true values ’ . In the establishment of their limit values, the terms of EN ISO 4259:2006 ‘ 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 EN ISO 4259:2006."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "FAME shall comply with EN 14214."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1998/70/annex/II",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:06.441106+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}