{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-126/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-126/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2009/126",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2009/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 on Stage II petrol vapour recovery during refuelling of motor vehicles at service stations",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-126",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Service stations",
  "text": "1. Member States shall ensure that any new service station shall be equipped with a Stage II petrol vapour recovery system if:\n(a) its actual or intended throughput is greater than 500 m3/year; or\n(b) its actual or intended throughput is greater than 100 m3/year and it is situated under permanent living quarters or working areas.\n2. Member States shall ensure that any existing service station which undergoes a major refurbishment shall be equipped with a Stage II petrol vapour recovery system at the time of the refurbishment if:\n(a) its actual or intended throughput is greater than 500 m3/year; or\n(b) its actual or intended throughput is greater than 100 m3/year and it is situated under permanent living quarters or working areas.\n3. Member States shall ensure that any existing service station with a throughput in excess of 3 000 m3/year shall be equipped with a Stage II petrol vapour recovery system by no later than 31 December 2018.\n4. Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall not apply to service stations exclusively used in association with the construction and delivery of new motor vehicles.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/126/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:06.337476+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."
}