{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-162/annex/division-II/division-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-162/annex/division-II/division-6.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2013/162",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 162/2013 of 21 February 2013 amending the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 3199/93 on the mutual recognition of procedures for the complete denaturing of alcohol for the purposes of exemption from excise duty",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-162",
  "path": "annex/division/II/division/6",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Italy",
  "text": "Per hectolitre of absolute ethanol the following is added:\n125 grams of thiophene,\n0,8 gram of denatonium benzoate,\n3 grams of CI reactive red 24 (red colorant), solution at 25 % w/w,\n2 litres of methyl ethyl ketone (MEK).\nThe ethyl alcohol to be denatured must have an ethyl alcohol content of at least 83 % by volume and a strength measured on the EC alcoholmeter of at least 90 % by volume.\nIn order to ensure the complete solubility of all the components, the denaturant mixture must be prepared in ethyl alcohol below 96 % by volume measured on the EC alcoholmeter.\nThe purpose of CI reactive red 24 is to give the product a characteristic red colour, which makes the purpose of the product immediately identifiable.",
  "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/eur/2013/162/annex/division/II/division/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:48:50.152403+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."
}