# 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, Division: Italy

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

Per hectolitre of absolute ethanol the following is added:
125 grams of thiophene,
0,8 gram of denatonium benzoate,
3 grams of CI reactive red 24 (red colorant), solution at 25 % w/w,
2 litres of methyl ethyl ketone (MEK).
The 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.
In 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.
The purpose of CI reactive red 24 is to give the product a characteristic red colour, which makes the purpose of the product immediately identifiable.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/162/annex/division/II/division/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-162/annex/division-II/division-6
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