Paragraph 1
The reference method adopted for determining the sulphur content of fuels sampled pursuant to regulation 5 above shall be that defined by–
ISO method 8754 (1992) and PrEN ISO 14596 for heavy fuel oil and marine gas oilf1;
EN method 24260 (1987), ISO 8754 (1992) and PrEN ISO 14596 for gas oilf2.
Annotations
Footnotes
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SO method 8754 (1992) is described in the British Standard entitled “Petroleum Products – Determination of Sulphur content – Energy – dispersive X-ray fluorescence methods”, published under the numbers BS EN ISO 8754: 1995 and ISO 8754: 1992, which came into effect on 31st July 1995. PrEN ISO 14596 is described in the British Standard entitled “Petroleum Products – Determination of Sulphur Content – Wavelength – dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry” published under the numbers BS EN ISO 14596: 1998 and ISO 14596: 1998, which came into effect on 15th December 1998.
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EN method 4260 (1987) is described in the British Standard entitled “Petroleum Products and Hydrocarbons – Determination of Sulphur Content – Wickbold combustion method” published under the numbers BS EN 24260: 1994 and ISO 4260: 1987, which came into effect on 30th September 1994.