# The Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) (Amendment) Regulations 2003, Regulation 4: Interpretation of requirements relating to petrol and diesel fuel


(1) Regulation 3 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In the heading for “motor fuel” there shall be substituted “petrol and diesel fuel”.
(3) In paragraph (2)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (a) for “from 1st January 2000” there shall be substituted “before 1st January 2005”;
(b) in sub-paragraph (b) after “2005” there shall be inserted “and before 1st January 2009”; and
(c) following sub-paragraph (b) there shall be inserted the following new sub-paragraph—
“(c) on or after 1st January 2009 it complies with the environmental specifications in Annex III of the Directive with 10 mg/kg as the maximum sulphur content.”
(4) In paragraph (3)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (a) for “from 1st January 2000” there shall be substituted “before 1st January 2005”;
(b) in sub-paragraph (b) after “2005” there shall be inserted “and before 1st January 2009”; and
(c) following sub-paragraph (b) there shall be inserted—
“(c) on or after 1st January 2009 it complies with the environmental specifications in Annex III of the Directive with 10 mg/kg as the maximum sulphur content.”
(5) In paragraph (5)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (a) for “from 1st January 2000” there shall be substituted “before 1st January 2005”;
(b) in sub-paragraph (b) after “2005” there shall be inserted “and before 1st January 2009”; and
(c) following sub-paragraph (b) there shall be inserted—
“(c) from 1st January 2009 it complies with the environmental specifications in Annex IV of the Directive with 10 mg/kg as the maximum sulphur content.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3078/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-fuel-composition-and-content-amendment-regulations-2003/regulation-4
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