# 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, Annex II: ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR MARKET FUELS TO BE USED FOR VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINES

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Type : Diesel
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.
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.
FAME shall comply with EN 14214.
Parameter
Unit
Limits
Minimum
Maximum
Cetane number
51,0
—
Density at 15 °C
kg/m
—
845,0
Distillation:
95 % v/v recovered at:
°C
—
360,0
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
% m/m
—
8,0
Sulphur content
mg/kg
—
10,0
FAME content — EN 14078
% v/v
—
7,0

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1998/70/annex/II (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1998-70/annex-II
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