# The Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) (Amendment) Regulations 2015, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/3107) (“the 1999 Regulations”).
The Regulations transpose the amendments to Annexes I and II of Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Council Directive 93/12/EEC (OJ L 350, 28.12.1998, p.58) made by Commission Directive 2014/77/EU of 10 June 2014 (OJ L 170, 11.6.2014, p.62) (“the 2014 Directive”). The 2014 Directive updates footnotes in Annexes I and II of Directive 98/70/EC so as to reference the latest versions of the industry fuel standards EN228 and EN590.
Regulation 2(2) replaces the definition of the Directive in the 1999 Regulations in order to incorporate amendments made to Directive 98/70/EC by Directive 2014/77/EU.
Regulation 3 requires the Secretary of State to review the operation and effect of these Regulations and publish a report within five years after they come into force and within every five years after that. Following a review it will fall to the Secretary of State to consider whether the Regulations should remain as they are, or be revoked or be amended. A further instrument would be needed to revoke the Regulations or to amend them.
An impact assessment has not been produced as this instrument changes only minor technical details of the 1999 Regulations to bring them into line with current industry practice and no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen. The Explanatory Memorandum to which a Transposition Note is annexed is published alongside the instrument on the UK legislation website, www.legislation.gov.uk.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1796/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-fuel-composition-and-content-amendment-regulations-2015/note
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