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Quality of petrol and diesel

Journal:
Manual of European Environmental Policy
ISSN:
1467-0445
E-ISSN:
1740-3529
Publisher:
Routledge,
DOI:
10.3763/meep.2010.0019
Author:
Institute for European Environmental Policy
Information last updated:
April 2012
Publication date:
April 2012

Directive 98/70/EC relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels (‘Fuel Quality Directive’) sets a range of minimum technical specifications, on health and environmental grounds, for petrol and diesel fuels used in vehicles. As well as providing emissions benefits in their own right, these tighter specifications are necessary to enable the use of advanced technology for emissions control and greater fuel efficiency in vehicles. Fuel quality is environmentally important because it affects engine pollutant emissions and thus air quality and greenhouse gases emissions. It also affects the ease and cost with which desired pollutant and greenhouse emission limits can be achieved by manufacturers.

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