# 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, Article 1: Scope

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

This Directive sets, in respect of road vehicles, and non-road mobile machinery (including inland waterway vessels when not at sea), agricultural and forestry tractors, and recreational craft when not at sea:
(a) technical specifications on health and environmental grounds for fuels to be used with positive ignition and compression-ignition engines, taking account of the technical requirements of those engines; and
(b) a target for the reduction of life cycle greenhouse gas emissions.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1998/70/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1998-70/article-1
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