# The Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) (Amendment) Regulations 2003, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) Regulations 1999 (“the Principal Regulations”) in order to implement Directive 2003/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3rd March 2003.
Regulation 3 inserts new definitions and amends existing definitions in regulation 2 of the Principal Regulations.
Regulation 4 amends regulation 3 of the Principal Regulations so as partially to implement paragraph 3 of Article 1 of Directive 2003/17/EC prohibiting the distribution or sale of petrol or diesel fuel from 1st January 2009 if the sulphur content of either fuel exceeds 10 mg/kg.
Regulation 5 makes consequential amendments to the headings of regulations 4 and 5 of the Principal Regulations.
Regulation 6 also implements paragraph 3 of Article 1 of the Directive by inserting a new regulation 5A into the Principal Regulations prohibiting the sale of gas oil intended for use in non-road mobile machinery or agricultural or forestry tractors before 1st January 2008 if the sulphur content is 2,000 mg/kg or higher and from 1st January 2008 if the sulphur content exceeds 1,000 mg/kg. Regulations 7 and 8 make consequential amendments to the Principal Regulations.
Regulation 9 updates a reference in Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations (Information and evidence required in relation to an application for a leaded petrol permit).
A transposition note setting out how the main elements of the Directive are transposed into law and a regulatory impact assessment and supplement have been prepared and copies have been placed in the library of each House of Parliament. Copies of these documents can be obtained from the Vehicle Standards and Engineering Division, Department for Transport, Zone 4/15, Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR (Telephone: 020 7944 2063: email: vse@dft.gsi.gov.uk).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3078/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-fuel-composition-and-content-amendment-regulations-2003/note
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