Year,Country,SummerPeriod,SummerCode,SWPNotes,CoSize,FQMS Model,MonitSystNotes,AdditComments
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1036,Belgium,1st June to 31st August,14,,Small,National System,,
2001,Austria,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,"The model currently in use for fuel monitoring is based upon a splitting of the federal area into 4 regions, a north, south, east and west region.  In each region ten samples of each petrol type and 30 samples of diesel were taken each year.  That results in a total sample number of 240 per year.  A region is tested every Quarter.For the current diesel fuel analysis all parameters are measured according to Annex II of the Commission’s Decision on a common pattern/regime for the draft of the summary representation of national data on fuel quality.  Procedures other than those demanded have been used in the determination of cetane number and density of diesel.Olefins, aromatics, oxygenates as well as lead content were not measured in the analysis of petrol fuels.  The testing methods for RON, MON, vapour pressure, benzene and oxygen content deviate from the required procedures in Annex I.The Fuel Monitoring System is currently undergoing revision.  Fuel testing will continue from 2003 corresponding to the same pattern.Lead-content of fuels will not be determined because the addition of lead to fuels in Austria has been banned since 1993 for all fuel types.  Subsequent measurements have shown that the lead-ban was completely and totally kept to, which was foreseen from regular analyses in the course of the running fuel control.Austria has a refinery installation at its disposal (Refinery Schwechat).  The production of this refinery accounts for approximately 70% of the total domestic petrol use as well as approx. 56% of diesel fuel use.  The remaining demand is accounted for by imports from Germany, Italy, Slovakia and Hungary in particular.Data on the regional distribution of the imported fuel over Austria is not available at the current time.  The fuel controls carried out in the last year show no regional quality differences from which it can be assumed that a continual single quality of imported and domestically produced fuel is the case.  Since national fuel provision comes predominantly from one production installation and a quality difference (compared) with the imported fuel is not obvious, the whole of Austria can be seen as a single region (statistical model C).  Statistical data gathering on the regional distribution of imported fuels is still to be carried out.  If a separation of Austria into regions with similar variability and different fuel provision sources is possible, then a macro-region model will be used (statistical model A).The total fuel use in Austria comes to roughly 6.3 million tonnes per year (see point 5).  Austria is therefore classified as a ‘small country’ according to prEN 14274.","The prescribed vapour pressure of 60kPa in the summer half-year was exceeded by 1.3kPa on average in 2001 in all samples of the Super Plus fuel type.  In actual fact this exceedance lies within the tolerance limit of 1.8kPa, however, in 5 of the 20 tests the tolerance limit was also exceeded.Samples were taken four times in 2001 (two times winter quality, two times summer quality). At each time 30 samples have been taken for diesel, 10 for gasoline RON91, 10 for gasoline RON95 and 10 for gasoline RON98.  Therefore in 2001 there have been taken 120 samples for diesel and 40 for each gasoline quality.The measurements performed in the years 2001 and 2002 were the continuation of Austria's previous fuel quality monitoring system and did not include the parameters - olefins, aromatics,- all oxygenates,- lead content.The 2002 submission will therefore not contain these data too.From 2003 on the FQMS in Austria will be executed by the federal environment agency conforming to the directive 98/70/EG.And andLeaded gasoline is forbidden in Austria since 1993. The lead content was checked at random samples until 1998. Because the samples always complied with the regulations the lead content was not checked any more in 2001 and 2002"
2001,Belgium,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,"Monitoring has been performed by petroleum products analysis fund (FAPETRO), which depends on the Ministry of Economic affairsIn 2001, FAPETRO took 11970 samples from 4177 oil-stations spread in the Belgium territory.Sample results can be consulted in the reports of activity of FAPETRO for the years 1999, 2000 and 2001.An electronic version of these reports is available via internet on the site: http://mineco.fgov.be/energy/index_fr.htm","The information taken from the form calls for the following comments:1) In the table relative to total quantity of commercialised fuels, taken at point 5 of the form, the 708626 tons combine petrol 98 Octane and petrol 99 Octane, data which served to fill this table come from petroleum statistics, which can be consulted on internet http://ecodata.mineco.fgov.be/Fr/html/Z?EN/PET/root/ZENPETR.htm#B2) In Belgium diesel and petrol 98 Octane with 50ppm of sulphur are available only since 20023) The table of analytic results relatives to petrol call for the following comments:3.1) Analyses concerning content in olefins, in aromatics and in oxygen compounds started only since 20023.2) For the distillation parameter, in 2001 most of laboratories still applied EN 228 standard in its 1993 version.  The majority of the results concerning the evaporated fraction at 180º C for the activities 2002, the FAPETRO has results complying with EN 228 standards in its 1999 version, thus the evaporated fraction a 150º C.3.3) Since April 1999, leaded petrol is not commercialised in Belgium, monitoring carried out on all the quality of petrol have revealed that the lead content is always below 5mg/l4) The table of analytic results relatives to diesel call for the following comments:4.1) FAPETRO results do not allow to inform that the cetane number is calculated.4.2) Data relative to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons will be communicated only on the basis of activities of FAPETRO in 2002"
2001,Denmark,1st June to 31st August,N,,Small,National System,"The main content of the Danish fuel quality monitoring program is the following:In total 40 samples of petrol and 20 samples of diesel from retail sites have been analysed;Half of the samples have been taken in summer time (July) and the other half in winter time (October);Half of the samples have been taken east of Storebaelt  and the other half west of Storebaelt. The population is nearly the same east and west of Storebaelt;The samples of petrol is made up of RON 92 (9 samples), RON 95 (20 samples) and RON 98 (11 samples);Only parameters expected to have a significant impact on the environment have been measured: petrol: vapour pressure (summer only), olefines, aromatics, benzene, sulphur, MTBE and lead (2 samples only). diesel: cetane number, density, distillation (95%), PAH and sulphur.Sampling and analyses are carried out by Saybolt Denmark. This company has been certified according to ISO 9002, but has no accreditation in accordance with EN 45001 as required by prEN 14274.It has been the objective of the programme that the samples should be representative for the market. As shown in the following table this is the case:company, no. of samples, share, market shareShell, 12, 20%, 22%Statoil, 12, 20%, 19%Hydro Texaco, 7, 12%, 15%Kuwait, 7, 12%, 14%OK, 6, 10%, 11%Others (1), 16, 26%, 19%(1)  DK Benzin, Metax, Energi Benzin and Haahr Benzin","The results from the Danish monitoring program are given in annex IA-IC (petrol) and annex II (diesel). The format follows the layout presented in the Commissions Decision of 18th February 2002 (2002/159/EC). Compared to the limit values exceedances have been found for petrol vapour pressure (4 out of 20 samples) and aromatics in petrol (3 out of 40 samples). If you however use the accept level described in EN ISO 4259 (0.59*R) which according to the Saybolt Denmark correspond to 62.9 kPa for vapour pressure and 44.0% for aromatics, you only have 2 exceedances for vapour pressure left. The Danish Environmental Protection Agency has been in contact with the two companies to get their comments. In one case it was due to low throughput, so that some winter quality was left in the tank. No explanation could be given in the other case. The company's own measurements were below 60 kPa.Oxygenates other than MTBE are not used in Denmark.  Lead has not been added to petrol sold in Denmark since 1994 (due to tax incentives).  Therefore only a limited number (2 samples) of 98 RON have been analysed.  The form of the 2002 report will be identical to the 2001 report.  According to the laboratory the methods used in 2001 are identical to the methods specified in the directive.  The references in the 2002 report will be as specified in the directive.The general conclusion is that the petrol and automotive diesel sold on the Danish marked in 2001 met the requirements of Directive 98/70."
2001,Finland,1st June to 31st August,A,,Small,National System,"The monitoring of fuel quality is based on the Environmental Protection Act (86/2000), on the Council of State Regulation on the quality requirements for engine petrol and diesel fuel (1271/2000), and on the Agreement (38/481/2001) concluded between the Ministry of the Environment and the Customs Authority. According to this Agreement, the Customs Authority draws up annually a sample-taking schedule that is then approved by the Ministry of the Environment. The national district organisation of the Customs Authority is responsible for the taking of such fuel samples in accordance with the sample-taking schedule, and the analysis of the samples is carried out by the Customs Laboratory.The objective of this monitoring has been to comply, where applicable, with the requirements of the proposed Standard, prEN 14274.Sample taking:The sample-taking has been extended, for all the grades covered by the sample-taking requirement, to encompass the entire country, but with a special emphasis on certain areas (customs districts) and grades according to their sales volumes. Moreover, it has been ensured when organising the sample-taking that all the various distribution chains are covered by the sample-taking. The grades examined have been the unleaded 95-octane (RON > 95) and 98-octane (RON > 98) petrol grades and diesel fuel. Moreover, these fuels have been divided into winter and summer grades. As the sales volume of the 99-octane petrol was low, it was left outside the actual sample-taking [operation]. Also, there was no grade available in the market below 95 octanes. The sample-taking was carried out by personnel who had been on a relevant training course, and the sample vessels used were one-litre metal vessels and five-litre plastic vessels that had been approved for this particular purpose. The sample vessels were cooled down in accordance with the requirements of the method in question prior to the vapour pressure analysis.Analysis:The analyses were carried out by the Customs Laboratory, which is a testing laboratory accredited by the Finnish Centre for Metrology and Accreditation, FINAS.Sub-contractors, whose competence was verified, were employed to [check] the octane ratings, cetane numbers and distillation characteristics. The methods of analysis (including those used in the analyses that were entrusted to sub-contractors) were all comparison methods, with the exception of the sulphur method, which was a so-called in-house method. The method in question (TLAB-TT110, Determination of the sulphur content of mineral oils by means of an energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy. Mod. ASTM D 4294) corresponds to the EN ISO 8754 method specified in the Directive (Oil products. Determination of sulphur content. Energy dispersive X-ray fluoresecence method). The correctness and accuracy of the method used by the Laboratory has been verified for instance by means of Round Robin comparison studies.With regard to the lead content, the method used was not the one specified in the Standard, and not all the samples were analysed. The method employed by the Laboratory for lead (TLAB-TT111, Determination of the sulphur content of mineral oils by means of an energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy) is a so-called screening method. However, the sensitivity of the method used is considerably better than the limiting value specified in the quality requirements. The lead content of all the samples (10% of the total number of samples) selected at random, for which this measurement was performed, was well below the limiting value specified in the quality requirements, being about one category below that. The Laboratory has the capability to certify the lead content of the sample(s) by means of the EN 237 method as specified in the Directive (Oil products. Engine petrol. Determination of low lead contents by means of the atomic absorption spectrometry method) in cases where the result obtained is close to the limiting value specified for the quality or where the said limit is exceeded.Comparison examinations:In the course of 2001 the Customs Laboratory participated in the ""Round Robin Finland"" testing amongst the national laboratories involved in the fuel examinations. The co-ordinator of the said testing is Fortum Oil and Gas Oy.The tests results regarding the parameters measured (vapour pressure of petrol, sulphur content of petrol, oxygen content of petrol, benzene content of petrol, total aromatic content of petrol, sulphur content of low-sulphur diesel fuel or the so-called city diesel, and density of city diesel) were acceptable.Implemented MonitoringSample Volumes:A total of 191 petrol [types] were examined, of which 137 were 95-octane petrols (49 winter grades and 88 summer grades). Similarly, a total of 54 98-octane petrol [types] were examined (of which 29 winter grades and 25 summer grades).  A total of 98 diesel fuels were examined, of which 46 summer grades and 52 winter grades.","RON95 (summer): * Where necessary, the Customs Laboratory examines the results using a certain method-specific extended relative measurement uncertainty [factor], which is then taken into account as necessary in the evaluation of the final results. In the case of total oxygen content the said uncertainty [factor] is ±10%. The maximum quality limiting value specified in the quality requirements is 2.7% (m/m), which, taking the measurement uncertainty [factor] into account, varies between 2.4 and 3.0% (m/m). As the absolute result measured from the sample, 2.9% (m/m), is below the maximum value of the variation range, 3.0% (m/m), the Laboratory is of the opinion that the result can be accepted.** The lead analyses were not carried out quantitatively during the year in question (the quantitative method was not yet ready for use). During the latter part of the year the Customs Laboratory did measure, in a centralised way, the levels of lead in some petrol samples (in about 10% of the samples taken in 2001) using the so-called screening method. The samples examined did meet the quality requirements for unleaded petrol. At this moment in time the quantitative method is ready for use, and the lead level results relating to the samples examined during 2002 will be reported in the summary that is to be submitted in 2003.*** The ISO 4259 Standard (Petroleum products - Determination and application of precision data in relation to test methods) describes the statistical methods to be used in the interpretation of the results. The Customs Laboratory applies this Standard to the quality limiting value by taking into account not only the extended measurement uncertainty but also, where necessary, the method’s statistical R (Reproducibility) in the examination of individual results.RON95 (winter):*  The Customs Laboratory always examines the results using a certain method-specific extended relative measurement uncertainty [factor], which is then taken into account as necessary in the evaluation of the final results. In the case of benzene content the said uncertainty [factor] is ±10%. The maximum quality limiting value specified in the quality requirements is 1.0% (v/v), which, taking the measurement uncertainty [factor] into account, varies between 0.9 and 1.1% (v/v). As the absolute result measured from the sample, 1.1% (v/v), is equal to the maximum value of the variation range, 1.1% (m/m), the Laboratory is of the opinion that the result can be accepted.  ** The lead analyses were not carried out quantitatively during the year in question (the quantitative method was not yet ready for use). During the latter part of the year the Customs Laboratory did measure, in a centralised way, the levels of lead in some petrol samples (in about 10% of the samples taken in 2001) using the so-called screening method. The samples examined did meet the quality requirements for unleaded petrol. At this moment in time the quantitative method is ready for use, and the lead level results relating to the samples examined during 2002 will be reported in the summary that is to be submitted in 2003.*** The ISO 4259 Standard (Petroleum products - Determination and application of precision data in relation to test methods) describes the statistical methods to be used in the interpretation of the results. The Customs Laboratory applies this Standard to the quality limiting value by taking into account not only the extended measurement uncertainty but also, where necessary, the method’s statistical R (Reproducibility) in the examination of individual results.RON98 (summer):*  Where necessary, the Customs Laboratory examines the results using a certain method-specific extended relative measurement uncertainty [factor], which is then taken into account as necessary in the evaluation of the final results. In the case of total oxygen content the said uncertainty [factor] is ±10%. The maximum quality limiting value specified in the quality requirements is 2.7% (m/m), which, taking the measurement uncertainty [factor] into account, varies between 2.4 and 3.0% (m/m). As the absolute result measured from the sample, 2.8% (m/m), is below the maximum value of the variation range, 3.0% (m/m), the Laboratory is of the opinion that the result can be accepted. ** The lead analyses were not carried out quantitatively during the year in question (the quantitative method was not yet ready for use). During the latter part of the year the Customs Laboratory did measure, in a centralised way, the levels of lead in some petrol samples (in about 10% of the samples taken in 2001) using the so-called screening method. The samples examined did meet the quality requirements for unleaded petrol. At this moment in time the quantitative method is ready for use, and the lead level results relating to the samples examined during 2002 will be reported in the summary that is to be submitted in 2003.*** The ISO 4259 Standard (Petroleum products - Determination and application of precision data in relation to test methods) describes the statistical methods to be used in the interpretation of the results. The Customs Laboratory applies this Standard to the quality limiting value by taking into account not only the extended measurement uncertainty but also, where necessary, the method’s statistical R (Reproducibility) in the examination of individual results.RON98 (winter):*  Where necessary, the Customs Laboratory examines the results using a certain method-specific extended relative measurement uncertainty [factor], which is then taken into account as necessary in the evaluation of the final results. In the case of total oxygen content the said uncertainty [factor] is ±10%. The maximum quality limiting value specified in the quality requirements is 2.7% (m/m), which, taking the measurement uncertainty [factor] into account, varies between 2.4 and 3.0% (m/m). As the absolute result measured from the sample, 2.8% (m/m), is below the maximum value of the variation range, 3.0% (m/m), the Laboratory is of the opinion that the result can be accepted.** The lead analyses were not carried out quantitatively during the year in question (the quantitative method was not yet ready for use). During the latter part of the year the Customs Laboratory did measure, in a centralised way, the levels of lead in some petrol samples (in about 10% of the samples taken in 2001) using the so-called screening method. The samples examined did meet the quality requirements for unleaded petrol. At this moment in time the quantitative method is ready for use, and the lead level results relating to the samples examined during 2002 will be reported in the summary that is to be submitted in 2003.*** The ISO 4259 Standard (Petroleum products - Determination and application of precision data in relation to test methods) describes the statistical methods to be used in the interpretation of the results. The Customs Laboratory applies this Standard to the quality limiting value by taking into account not only the extended measurement uncertainty but also, where necessary, the method’s statistical R (Reproducibility) in the examination of individual results.Diesel:*  Where necessary, the Customs Laboratory examines the results using a certain method-specific extended relative measurement uncertainty [factor], which is then taken into account as necessary in the evaluation of the final results. In the case of distillation the said uncertainty [factor] is ±3.5%. The maximum quality limiting value specified in the quality requirements is 360%, which, taking the measurement uncertainty [factor] into account, varies between 347% and 373%. As the absolute result measured from the sample, 360.8%, is below the maximum value of the variation range, 378%, the Laboratory is of the opinion that the result can be accepted."
2001,France,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,National System,"PetrolSamples of petrol, numbering 120, have been realised for each of three grades of commercialised petrol in France in 2001 (unleaded petrol with anti-knock added products of ARS valves and unleaded petrol 95 and 98). These are about 40 samples per grade. These are divided up in four quarters of the year, about 10 samples per quarter.These samples have been carried out in four departments for the three grades of petrol: Yvelines (78) for the first quarter, Aude (11) for the second quarter, Puy de Dôme for the third quarter and Rhône (69) for the fourth quarter. These four departments also correspond to four different regions: Ile de France, Languedoc, Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes. The samples (three per sample) have been carried out in metal cans of 2 litres filled at 80%.Diesel fuelsSamples of diesel fuels, in the number of 79, have been divided up between the first and the last quarter 2001, within 6 departments, at the rate of 10 to 20 samples per departments.  These Departments are: le Nord (59), le Pas de Calais (62), les Pyrénées Orientales (66) et la Seine et Marne (77) for the first quarter; le Bas-Rhin et la Savoie for the fourth quarter.These six departments correspond to five different regions: Nord-Pas de Calais, Roussillon, Ile de France, Alsace et Rhone-Alpes.  The samples (three per sample) have bee carried out in metal cans of 2 litres filled at 80%.","A synthesis of information intended to the surveillance of quality of petrol collected during the year 2001 (from January to December) by grade of petrol, unleaded petrol with anti-recession added products valves (ARS) and unleaded petrol 95 (SP95) and 98 (SP98), is attached as three summary tables in Annex Ia to Ic.  Test methods are the one included in EN228:2000 standards.We will note that the inspection revealed only one sample of unleaded petrol 98 with a very low sulphur content of 1mg/kg of sulphur in Ile de France (Yvelines) and four samples of petrol with 10 to 50 mg/kg of sulphur: -	one petrol ARS sample in Ile de France (Yvelines: with 50 mg/kg of sulphur),-	one unleaded petrol 98 sample in Rhône-Alpes (Rhône with 50 mg/kg of sulphur) -	and 2 unleaded petrol 95 samples in Languedoc and in Ile de France (Aude with 40 mg/kg of sulphur and Yvelines with 50mg/kg).Only one petrol fuel sample has its content in sulphur over the maximum specification admitted by the Directive i.e. 150 mg/kg (Regions: Languedoc and Aude) with 210 mg/kg of sulphur. In general, contents in sulphur for unleaded petrol 95, 98 and ARS are respectively situated in the ranges of:-	SP95: 90 mg/kg to 120 mg/kg-	SP98: 60 mg/kg to 110 mg/kg-	ARS: 60 mg/kg to 120 mg/kgThe Benzene specification is always respected, except from one unleaded petrol SP98 sample in the Puy de Dôme with 4% of Benzene.Specifications concerning the distillation are always respected, except for two cases. One is with unleaded petrol SP95 having a percentage distillation at 70ºC of 45.5%.  The second is with unleaded petrol SP98 having a distillation percentage of 70ºC of 45% for a specification of 46% minimum.  These two petrol values are however very close to the specification.For samples in which an inspection have been made (inspection not systematically realised), specification concerning lead is respected and very close to zero, except for one unleaded petrol SP95 sample with 0.012 g/l of lead.Analyses which have been inspected in 2001: voluminal mass, distillation (percentage at 170ºC, at 100ºC, at 150ºC and final point), content in sulphur, benzene and potassium (mainly ARS, NF M07-065 method).A synthesis of information intended to the surveillance of quality of diesel fuels collected during the year 2001 (from January to December) is attached as summary tables in Annex II. Test methods are the one included in EN590:2000 standards.Specifications in voluminal mass are respected except from diesel with paraffin which is below minimum administrative specification of 820 kg/m3 (voluminal mass of 816.9 kg/m3 for which the calculated cetane index is 61.2) and a diesel fuels sample with a voluminal mass which slightly goes over the maximum specification, with 845.9 kg/m3.The specification in sulphur content is always respected, except from a sample which slightly goes over the limit value with 370 mg/kg.  One diesel fuels sample shows content in sulphur below 50mg/kg.Most of samples have content in sulphur comprised between 270 and 330mg/kg.Point 95% distilled has not been determined: only percentages distilled at 250ºC and 350ºC have been measured.Indexes of cetane are only indexes calculated from the voluminal mass and distillation, and follows the method NF EN ISO 6245.  There was no measure of cetane on engine CFR.  All the indexes calculated comply with the minimum specification of 46.  Most of results are situated between 49 and 52.  Only one measure goes beyond 55 (61.2).Analyses which have been inspected in 2001: voluminal mass, distillation (percentage at 250ºC, at 350ºC and in some cases at 360ºC), content in sulphur, flash point (NF EN 22719), content in Methyl Esther of Colza, viscosity at 40ºC (NF EN ISO 2104) and index of calculated cetane (NF EN ISO 6245)."
2001,Germany,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,National System,"The regulation on the monitoring of fuel quality was adapted at this time on a federal level to the Quality Demands/Stipulations of the corresponding standards.  The standards are based upon the guidelines of the EU Directives and the CEN Standards.  For monitoring fuel quality not all standard parameters were suggested for checking however, only the environmentally relevant ones, e.g. S content, those relevant to consumer protection e.g. octane number and density and, according to experience, the lack of indicative parameters such as ignition point in diesel.Because deviations occur as a rule only through impurities during the fuel’s delivery and distribution, the checking of single quality data is fully sufficient as a rule.The carrying out of this regulation is the responsibility of the federal states and /or their responsible authorities (Federal Offices for Environmental Protection, Federal/State Industrial Supervisory Offices, amongst others).  The General Administrative Regulation on the Order of the Composition and Description of the Fuel Quality regulates the monitoring of fuel quality (10th Federal Environmental Protection Law FEPL), 21.03.2002, Federal Newspaper nr. 62, p. 6758.The 10th Order on the Execution of the FEPL (Order on the Composition and the Distinction of the Qualities of Fuels, 22.12.99.) regulates the demands of the characterisation and the quality of petrol, diesel and LPG fuels through the establishment of the European Standards as minimum requirements.With the passing of a General Administrative Regulation on the unified execution in the German States the testing criteria were fixed so that a federal completion is guaranteed. Reference was made to the appropriate DIN standards for the style and boundaries /extent of the testing, forms were provided for the protocol of the sampling and the re-search results. The sampling took place at petrol stations.  The measures for infringements, the range of costs and the processing of claims and complaints are regulated in the Administrative Regulation as well.It is recommended that the following are measured as a rule in petrol during the sampling; Sulphur content, anti-knocking properties, vapour pressure, distillation, benzene content, aromatic compound content and the density.For diesel the following are to be determined; sulphur content, cetane number, CFP?, distillation, ignition point (not requisite in the Directive) and density.  Other demands should only be checked when suspected or when there are complaints.The consumption statistics are gathered and published by the Federal Office for Economy and Export Control on the basis of the Mineral Oil Data Law.","The monitoring data for Germany are collated in the appendices for petrol (I,1), Super Petrol (I/2) and SuperPlus (I/3).  National specifications like density and vapour pressure in winter are included.Together the values show that the S-content on average for 2001 already corresponds to low-S goods.  The content of aromatic hydrocarbons also corresponds on average to the limit values that do not have to be reached until 2005.Monitoring data on diesel are collated in appendices for diesel (II/1), low-S diesel (II/2), and S-free diesel (II/3).  The ignition point is added as a national specification. The testing of the petrol station goods shows that with tax incentives low-S fuels were sold from November everywhere with the same corresponding quality.1.  O2 content in Super-Plus PetrolThe O2 content was not measured.  We don’t believe this to be critical, because it can be easily calculated from the MTBE content.  As the MTBE-measurement results are in line with the limits (i.e. below), likewise so must the O2 content be below the prescribed maximal limits.2.  PAH-measurements in Sulphur-free dieselAs in chapter 5 of the report, S-free diesel was not sold at petrol stations in 2001 in Germany.  In accordance with German Law diesel was not subject to a test for PAHs for the FQM.  The testing federal authorities instigated the analyses because of the adherence to the S-limit value.3. Standard deviation of the measurementsThe reported values for fuel quality in Germany come from twelve federal reports in the form of approximately thirty datasets.  The standard deviation was not reported as a rule in these datasets.  The single data were weighted with their frequency against the mean value for the report’s production.  A standard deviation cannot be reported (however) due to a lack of data."
2001,Greece,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,"The monitoring system is mainly focused on controls of the internal market.The samples are taken from GCSL chemists or other responsible for sampling Authorities, at the refineries, at the storage tanks of the marketing companies, at fuel transportation trucks, at vessels and ships, at petrol stations, cars etc. The samples are forwarded to the laboratories of Piraeus or Thessaloniki, depending on the geographical site of the sampling. Each sample is examined twice and the results are sent to the authority responsible for sampling, for further actions.",Vapour pressureThe summer limit (60 kPa) has been exceeded in one (1) sample by 0.5 %.Distillation 95%pointThe limit value has been exceeded in one (1) sample by 1.1%.
2001,Ireland,1st June to 31st August,A,,Small,National System,"Ireland has one national oil refinery located at Whitegate, County Cork. All product is shipped (by road and by sea) ex tankage which is batched and fully tested by the refinery operator prior to release. A paper trail exists to trace any road tanker or ship’s cargo back to a quality certificate for each manufactured batch.Samples of fuel products (petrol and diesel) are taken at the refinery and at the following oil terminals by the Office of the Revenue Commissioners at a frequency of once per quarter (Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick, Waterford, New Ross and Rosslare) and after each top-up (i.e. new receipt) at the national oil reserves located at Bantry. Samples are analysed by the State Laboratory. All national RON and MON testing is outsourced on behalf of the State Laboratory. Retail sites, road tankers, commercial vehicles etc. are sampled by the Office of the Revenue Commissioners to counter the evasion of excise duty. In addition, individual oil companies test their products at home refinery and on receipt at terminals. A certificate of quality is available for inspection for each cargo/batch and product is tested again after discharge at terminals. Further quality spot checks are carried out at selected retail sites (between 2 – 4 times per annum company dependant) to give quality traceability from refinery to end user.","It should be noted that since 1 March 2002 when the Government introduced a higher excise duty rate (as permitted by Council Decision 2002/23/EC in accordance with Article 8(4) of Directive92/81/EEC) for diesel fuel with a maximum sulphur content greater than 50 ppm, the entire automotive diesel market has switched to the cleaner fuel at or below 50 ppm. This will be reflected in 2002 reporting requirements in due course.Initially 31 individual  parameters from 26 samples (25 petrol and 1diesel) were indicated as being outside the specifications of 98/70/EC. Theparameters were sulphur (7), RON (3), MON (1), olefins (1), vapour pressure(2), aromatics (2), benzene (2), distillation: evaporation at 100 degrees(12) and distillation  at 95% point (1). The last parameter relates to adiesel sample, all the rest to petrol samples.However, taking into account  the appropriate margin of tolerance (testreproducibility) of the analysis methods into consideration  only 7individual parameters from 6 different samples remained at issue . Thesample with 2 parameters at issue concerned aromatics content anddistillation (evaporation at 100 degrees).Of these 7 parameters the breakdown is as follows:2 parameters relate to benzene which are in compliance when thereproducibility is considered to one decimal place as are the parameters inthe directive but outside the directive when the reproducibility isconsidered to two decimal places as was done in Ireland followingprocedures in the relevant standard (ISO 4259). This is a discrepancy inthe legislation and has been raised with CEN by Italy in the past weunderstand. The matter should be addressed in a forthcoming revision to EN228,  the general standard relating to gasoline quality. On this basis,these samples cannot be considered to have exceeded the requirements of98/70/EC.4 parameter relate to distillation point. However, one sample was taken on28/5/01 and analysed on 27/4/02. Given the long storage time someevaporation may have occurred which could affect the distillation point andas such the sample cannot categorically be deemed to be in breach of 98/70.The other 3 parameters were stored in excess of 6 months and so also cannotbe deemed categorically to be in exceedence of 98/70/EC.The final 1 parameter relates to aromatics which is outside thespecification though again the sample had been held for over 11 months.Ireland is taking stepsadministratively to ensure the time lag between sampling and analysis ismuch shortened to avoid any future uncertainty in terms of evaporation etc."
2001,Italy,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,National System,"In view of the fact that the national system for the quality control of motor vehicle fuels, mentioned in Art. 8, para. 4 of the Decree of the President of the Council of Ministers of 23 November 2000, no. 434, and Art. 5 para. 2 of the Decree of the President of the Council of Ministers of 30 January 2002, no. 29, has not been set up yet, and the fact that the technical standard prEN 14274 is still at the public request stage and so has not been able to be used as an official reference for the collection of data concerning the ecological specifications of petrols and diesel fuels issued for consumption, this report has been drawn up on the basis of the monitoring, by sampling at the sales outlets distributed throughout the Italian territory, carried out by independent supervisory bodies on behalf of the main oil companies.The monitoring data were supplied by the subjects mentioned in Article 8, para. 5 of the DPCM 434/2000 and Article 5, para. 3 of the DPCM 29/2002, in accordance with the methods established in circular no. 2560 of 3 June 2002 of the Ministry for the Environment and Protection of the Territory, Department for the Protection of the Environment, Directorate for Pollution and Industrial Risks.",For petrol 95<RON<98 and RON>98 only import sales data was available for 2001.  Quantities produced nationally were unavailable.
2001,Luxembourg,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,"Gasolines and Diesel fuels are all imported and not produced in Luxembourg, because there is no refinery in Luxembourg. The obligations to be fulfilled by Luxembourg and the fuels importers are indicated in the ""règlement grand-ducal du 21 février 2000 concernant la qualité de l'essence et des carburants diesel"", which transposes the EU directive 98/70/CE of 13th October 1998 into Luxembourg legislation.The fuels importers have to do (or have to have done) analysis of the fuels by an authorized laboratory. The importers have to send every six months the analysis data and the data of sold fuel volumes to the Luxembourg Environment agency (Administration de l'Environnement). Thus the Environment agency should be in a position to be able to transmit the required information to the European Commission.In spring of 2002, a request has been sent by us to the fuels importers to inform them about this law. Part of them have answered by sending analysis data. Thus an incomplete data summary has been sent to the European Commission on 19th August 2002.  As far as possible to complete set of data is being prepared for that year 2002 submission.","Luxemburg has been unable to supply measurements data for:Petrol:- olefins, aromatics; all oxygenates; lead content.Diesel:- PAHThe data of those parameters have not been supplied to us. Those importers whohad supplied data informed us that these data were not available to them at thatmoment, so that they could not give us the information. As far as possible a complete data set will be prepared for this year's communication."
2001,Netherlands,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,Petrol stations were visited during January to April 2001 by a pair of colleagues of the inspectorate for Environmental Health who took samples.  The samples were analysed by external laboratories for the parameters as reported in the appendix 1 and 2 of directive 98/70/EC.,In one case the aromatics measurements were too high (44.8%).
2001,Portugal,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,"Decree Law No. 104/2000 of 3 June 2000 provides that the IGAE (Inspecção Geral das Actividades Económicas – Inspectorate-General for Economic Activities) and the DREs (Direcções Regionais do Ministério da Economia – Regional Directorates of the Ministry for the Economy) must send the DGE (Direcção-Geral de Energia – Energy Directorate-General) all the relevant information on fuel quality. However, its implementation has not yet been completed, which means that for 2001 the information is derived from the analyses carried out by the Institute for the Environment and by the Oil Companies.Sampling and testing are carried out at the refineries and terminals, and on a random basis at distribution centres throughout the country.  The methods used are specified in Directive 98/70/EC.","1) Petrol (RON>98) (Summer):  one sample exceeded the DVPE Vapour Pressure limit values – 77,7 KPa.2) Petrol (95<RON<98) (Summer):  one sample exceeded the DVPE Vapour Pressure limit values – 79,3KPa.3) All petrol samples: sulphur content is significantly above the limit value of 100 mg/Kg, because Portugal had a derogation for the sulphur content in petrol until 31-12-2001, given by the European Commission.As only ether's with five or more carbon atoms per molecule are added to petrol in Portugal, measurements of other oxygenates are not carried out."
2001,Spain,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,National System,"The elaboration of the summary of data regarding the quality monitoring of fuels has been made on the basis of taking of samples obtained from exit harbours of storage centres, properties of Logistic Company of Hydrocarborns, C.L.H. S.A. (Main Spanish logistic company of petroleum products having a market share of about 80%), spread within the national territory. These data have been compared with samples taken in final point of sub-ministries of the Autonomous Communities (e.g. Basque region). The analyses of these samples have been realised in laboratories of Autonomous Communities, as well as in the Centre of Investigation and Monitoring of quality part of the National Consumer Institute, Organisation which belongs to the Ministry of Health and Consumer, and in the own laboratories of the Logistic Company of Hydrocarborns, C.L.H. S.A.The samples have been taken during the whole year 2001, among which we can point out, however, that the new unleaded petrol 97 (which substitutes to the old petrol 97 leaded), has been commercialised in Spain only from 1 August 2001, in accordance with what is established in Real Decreto 785/2001, of 6 July (B.O.E 07.07.01).","Number of samples exceeded the % oxygen content limit values (2,7 % m/m):Petrol (RON 95) (Summer) - Three samples (3,0 , 3,0  and 3,1 % m/m respectively);Petrol (RON 97) (Winter) - One sample (3,1 % m/m);Petrol (RON 98) (Summer) - Three samples (3,0 % m/m all of them)."
2001,Sweden,1st June to 31st August,A,,Small,National System,"All deliveries of fuel to depots are accompanied by a Certificate of Quality (CQ). Analysis of these CQs is carried out for all consignments and essentially covers all parameters covered in this reporting template. This means that data is not just based on random samples but on virtually all fuel that is delivered to the market. During this first year, data has so far been collected in arrears and it has therefore not been possible to collect data from all deliveries. The volumes covered by the reporting are as follows: Unleaded 95 octane: Reported volume 4 582 000 m3. This is 98% of the total volume Unleaded 95 at 4 660 000 m3;Unleaded 98 octane: Reported volume: 516 500 m3 – 68% of the total volume Unleaded 98 at 758 000 m3;Diesel Mk 1: Reported volume 2 881 500 m3 – 81% of the total volume of diesel MK 1 at 3 556 000 m3.With regard to the quality of data: Swedish oil companies have taken environmental and quality issues seriously for many years. As part of the quality control system that is used, analyses are carried out (in addition to the analyses which are carried out in connection with the issuing of CQs) on a large proportion of the fuel that is delivered to depots. These analyses include sensitive parameters to determine whether any contamination has occurred during transport. The laboratories that perform the analyses are either the oil companies’ own laboratories or laboratories which have been accredited by SWEDAC (the Swedish Board for Accreditation and Conformity Assessment). The oil companies have quality control systems in which the quality control of fuel is an important component. There is also an inter-depot collaboration between a number of oil companies whereby these companies collect products from each other’s depots. This gives the oil companies an incentive to maintain a high level of control over quality (no company is permitted to supply fuel of inferior quality to the depots.)All this, combined with the fact that the national requirements for fuel are stricter than those of the EU, particularly as regards sulphur, mean that we as a regulatory authority in Sweden believe that we have very strict controls in place to ensure that the actual fuel qualities on the market fulfil the requirements in Directive 98/70/EC with good margins.","In Sweden a total investigation was carried out were nearly all fuels, every freight to depot, was analysed.  Only the total number of freights/analyses are known and not the distribution over months.  The standard deviation has not been calculated since early wharf rates are analysed."
2001,UK,1st June to 31st August,A,Max vapour pressure not exceeding 70 kPa.  Refinery production starting 16th April.,Large,National System,"The market in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is supplied from nine refineries operated by the major international oil companies and supplemented by imports controlled by independent suppliers. Imported fuels account for less than 10% of transport fuels marketed within the UK The United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association (UKPIA) is the trade association for the oil refiners and the Association of United Kingdom Oil Independents (AUKOI) the association for the independent oil importers and marketers. Each UK refinery and UK import terminal tests all fuels prior to release into the UK market. The testing is conducted in ISO 9000 or NAMAS accredited laboratories and these laboratories are audited both internally and externally to obtain this accreditation. These trade associations have collated the data on behalf of the UK Government from each of their members. The individual companies have collated the results and calculated the statistical data prior to sending to their trade association. The data supplied by refiners is based on laboratory analysis of every batch of fuel manufactured in the refinery for consumption within the UK. The data supplied by the importers is based on the Quality Certificate supplied with each cargo and subsequent confirmation testing.  No product is released into the market, which does not meet the limit values in the Fuels Directive 98/70/EC or the relevant EN standard. These processes are audited both internally and by external auditors as part of their ISO 9000 accreditation.The above gives the precise information on the quality of all fuel manufactured and imported into the UK. To confirm that the fuel is not contaminated as it passes through the supply chain the oil marketers conduct surveys. These surveys consist of sampling their inland terminals plus their own and competitors retail networks. The analytical data collected from these surveys have also been collated by the two trade associations and included in the submission. The summation of the manufacturing and marketing data is presented in the Appendix to this report. The petrol data is reported as required in Appendix I (a) for Premium Unleaded, Appendix I (b) for Super Unleaded and the diesel data is reported in Appendix II.","In 2001 a tax incentive was given in the UK for low-sulphur petrol (50 ppm), this made it difficult for industry to give accurate production data.  An estimate of the portion of petrol sold that was low-sulphur is 35%.All samples tested fully met the environmental requirements of the Directive and this included all transport fuels manufactured and imported into the UK. Retail surveys conducted by the industry have also confirmed that the fuels fully meet the limit value requirements of the Directive and show the fuels have not been contaminated in the supply chain to the consumer. No petrol or diesel marketed in the UK during 2001 contained less than 10ppm sulphur.All diesel fuel marketed in the UK during 2001 exceeds the specification listed in Annex IV of the Directive, which is due to come into force in 2005. Although one sample exceeded the sulphur spec but was within the limits of Annex II. By the end of 2001 all petrol marketed in the UK fully met the requirements of Annex III which is due to come into force in 2005."
2002,Austria,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,"Market research was carried out in the industry in 2002.  To this end samples were taken from petrol stations throughout Austria.  The sampling process occurred four times in the year, respectively for each region in Austria. In each of these regions,  (north, south, west and east) ten samples of each petrol type and thirty samples of diesel were taken.  This results in a total sample number of 240 per year.For the diesel fuel analysis all parameters were measured according to Annex II of the Commission’s Decision on a common pattern/regime for the draft of the summary representation of national data on fuel quality.  Procedures other than those demanded have been used in the determination of cetane number, however 10% of the samples were tested as spot checks with the prescribed method.Olefins, aromatics, oxygen-containing substances as well as lead content were not measured in the analysis of petrol fuels.  The testing methods for RON, MON, vapour pressure, benzene and oxygen content deviated from the required procedures in Annex I.  Lead in petrol fuels in Austria has been banned since 1993 and until 1998 lead content was checked by measurements.  As there were no issues arising from these checks, monitoring of fuels for lead was stopped.Austria has a single refinery installation at its disposal (Refinery Schwechat).  The production of this refinery accounts for approximately 70% of the total domestic petrol use as well as approx. 56% of diesel fuel use.  The remaining demand is accounted for by imports from Germany, Italy, Slovakia and Hungary in particular.Data on the regional distribution of the imported fuel in Austria is not available at the current time.  The fuel controls carried out in recent years show no regional quality differences from which it can be assumed that a continual single quality of imported and domestically produced fuel is the case.  Since national fuel provision comes predominantly from one production installation and a quality difference (compared) with the imported fuel is not obvious, the whole of Austria can be seen as a single region (statistical model C). The total fuel use in Austria ran to roughly 7.3 million tonnes in 2002 (see point 5).  Austria is therefore classified as a ‘small country’ according to prEN 14274.",
2002,Belgium,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,"Controls have been carried out by the “Fonds d’Analyse des produitsd petroliers (FAPETRO), which depends on the Public Services for the Federal Economy, Small and medium size enterprises, Middle Class and Energy, formerly the Ministry of economic affairs.In 2002, FAPETRO took 9847 samples on 3833 petrol stations spread in the whole territory.  Besides these, FAPETRO also took 627 samples on private stations, which are taxi companies, freight transports, administrative stations, etc… these fuels are not for public sale.  Results of samples can be consulted in the FAPETRO activity reports for the year 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002.An electronic version of these reports is available via Internet on the site: http://mineco.fgov.be/energy/index_fr.htm(You click below on the screen on PETROLE, then on CONTROLE DU PRODUIT and finally on FAPETRO.)FAPETRO forms a cooperation between authorities and petroleum sector.Functioning of FAPETROFAPETRO has been created by the royal decree of 8/2/1995 and is operational since 1996.  To guarantee 95% reliability FAPETRO cooperates with other registered laboratories which analyse samples within 24 hours following a taking.  In case of non-compliance of the sample, another registered laboratory ensures a second check within 24 hours, thus the administration has final results within 2 to 3 days after the takings.Checking at sales points are made randomly using a computer, which is representative of the Belgium market, not only regarding the geographical dispersion, but also regarding the breakdown between different brands as well as the types of oil stations.Financial charges of FAPETRO are passed on to prices of fuels and are therefore bared by consumers at the rate of 0.025 euros/1000 litres, but soon this contribution could increase as a result of the increase of analyses taken in category 1 (see explanation below), the extension of the area of application of FAPETRO to private stations and to future checking of heating gasoline.In 1996, more than 13% of samples were not compliant with standards, in 2000 this percentage dropped to 2% but in 2002 abnormal samples increased to 5.4%.  This is due to the extension of checking to private stations and to a shortfall of sales of fuels with substitutes of lead, which leads to breaches on the parameter of steam tension (there still exist winter quality during summer months).On average FAPETRO takes 210 samples per week which is almost 10 000 samples per year.  Theoretically, because there are about 20 parameters to check per sample and this for each type of fuels, FAPETRO should ask to laboratories 200 000 analyses per year, which could entails enormous costs.  Thus a compromise has been found in controlling systematically certain parameters, while others are checked more rarely according to the modes described below.  For petrol and diesel fuels the different standard parameters are classified in 3 categories.  Parameters of categories 1 are subject to systematic analyses on all samples.  For petrol fuels, parameters of categories 1 are:  Visual check, steam pressure, the index octane RON, volume mass, distillation, sulphur content, limit temperature to filterability, presence of colorant, spark point, the calculated cetin (cetane) index and the content in polycilclique aromatique hydrocarbons (PAH).If the laboratory in charge of the analysis notices that a parameter does not respect the standard, it spontaneously checks parameters of category 2 and if one of these is not compliant the laboratory analyses parameters of category 3.For petrol fuels, the sulphur content, the benzene content, the index octane MON and the stability to oxidation represent parameters of category 2, while corrosion on the copper blade, the content in gum and the content in lead constitute the category 3.Likewise, for the diesel fuel, the content in water, the lubricant power and the content in sediments form the category 2 and the corrosion on the copper blade, the content in ash, the viscosity at 40-degree C, the index Conradson and the stability at the oxidation constitute the category 3.It is this breakdown by categories which explains, for example for the content in lead, the important number of samples analysed for diesel fuel with respect to petrol fuels.  In practice, each sample is taken twice, the first for the analysis, the second for a second check.  If the registered laboratory for the analyses notices that one of the parameters does not respect the standard, the Administration of Energy gives the benefits of doubt to the oil station and does not follow the case.  If the second check confirms the breach, the pump attendant is quickly informed by the Administration of Energy. He knows that he has to replace the non-compliant fuel within 24 hours and that he will be subject to a new control in the following days.Besides charges of the analysis of the non compliant samples are transferred to the concerned pump attendant, it is a kind of fine which varies between 125 to 250 euros.  In reality, it is rarely the pump attendant who pays, but instead the brand of the oil station.","Information taken in the form suggest the following comments:1)	In the table relative to total quantities of fuel commercialised, taken in the point 5 of the form, the 629 251 tonnes group together the petrol fuel 98 Octane and the petrol fuel 99 Octane; data which served to fill this table are from petroleum statistics, which can be consulted on the web site http://ecodata.mineco.fgov.be/Fr/html/dir/Z/EN/PET/root/ZENPETR.htm#B2)	In Belgium, petrol fuel 98 Octane, which represents 1/3 of sales of total petrol fuels, anticipates the stage 2005 of Directive 98/70/CE with 50 PPM of sulphur and 35% aromatic, moreover diesel fuel at 50 PPM of sulphur has replaced diesel at 350 PPM of Sulphur. These 2 new fuels have been introduced since January 2002.3)	Since April 1999, leaded fuel is not commercialised in Belgium, cheking carried out on all the quality of fuels have revealed that the content in lead is always below 5mg/l.4)	Results of FAPETRO did not allow to give information regarding the calculated cetin (cetane) index.5)	If for example we compare the number of samples of the line index cetane (5483) and the globalisation of the 12 months of samples (5140), we notice a difference.  5140 comes from work planning of FAPETRO, while 5483 includes the second checks which are carried out on samples which are non compliant with standards."
2002,Denmark,1st June to 31st August,N,,Small,National System,"The main content of the Danish fuel quality monitoring program is the following:- in total 39 samples of petrol and 20 samples of diesel from retail sites have been analysed,- half of the samples have been taken in summer (August) and the other half in winter (November),- half of the samples have been taken east of Storebaelt  and the other half west of Storebaelt; the population is nearly the same east and west of Storebaelt,- the samples of petrol is made up of RON 92 (9 samples), RON 95 (21 samples) and RON 98 (9 samples),- only parameters expected to have a significant impact on the environment have been measured: - petrol: vapour pressure (summer only), olefines, aromatics, benzene, sulphur, MTBE and lead (2 samples only), -diesel: cetane number, density, distillation (95%), PAH and sulphur,- sampling and analyses are carried out by Saybolt Denmark, - number of samples from the different companies and their market shares are shown in the following table:Company,	no. of samples,	share,	market share;Shell,	13,	22%,	19%;Statoil,	11,	19%,	15%;Hydro Texaco,	6,	10%,	16%;Kuwait,	8,	14%,	15%;OK,	6,	10%,	20%;DK Benzin,	6,	10%,	7%;Jet, Energy Benzin and Haahr,	9,	15%,	8%;","The results from the Danish monitoring program are given in annex IA-IC (petrol) and annex II (diesel). The format follows the layout presented in the Commissions Decision of 18th February 2002 (2002/159/EC). Every measured exeedance will initiate a dialog between the company and The Danish Environmental Protection Agency. Exceedances (following the format in the EU 2001 summary report): a. Petrol – RON 92Details: 	None.b. Petrol – RON 95Details: 	The vapour pressure summer limit value (60 kPa) was exceeded by two samples (61.2 and 64.1 kPa). The aromatic limit (42%) was exceeded by one sample (42.5%) and the sulphur limit (150 ppm) was exceeded by one sample (153 ppm).Statistical significance: 	The statistical significance tolerance limit for vapour pressure is 62.9 kPa and the tolerance limit for aromatics is 44.1% and for sulphur 168 ppm. Therefore only one sample (for vapour pressure) was not in breach of the Directive. Comments: 	A new measurement showed a vapour pressure below the tolerance limit.c. Petrol – RON 98Details: 	The aromatic limit (42%) was exceeded by 6 samples (42.4, 42.5, 42.7, 42.8, 44.7 and 47.2).Statistical significance: 	The statistical significance tolerance limit for aromatics is 44.1%. Therefore two samples was not in breach of the Directive. Comments: 	The explanation has been identified to analytical problems related to samples with high content of MTBE.d. DieselDetail: 	The sulphur limit value (350 ppm) was exceeded by one sample (527 ppm). Statistical significance: 	The statistical significance tolerance limit for sulphur is 380 ppm. Therefore the sample was not in breach of the Directive.Comments: 	A new measurement one month later both at the service station and at the terminal storage showed a value of 30 ppm. The high value has therefore been removed from the statistics (annex II).The general conclusion is that the petrol and automotive diesel sold on the Danish marked in 2002 met the requirements of Directive 98/70."
2002,Finland,1st June to 31st August,A,,Small,National System,"The monitoring of fuel quality is based on the Environmental Protection Act (86/2000), on the Council of State Regulation on the quality requirements for engine petrol and diesel fuel (1271/2000), and on the Agreement (38/481/2001) concluded between the Ministry of the Environment and the Customs Authority. According to this Agreement, the Customs Authority draws up annually a sample-taking schedule that is then approved by the Ministry of the Environment. The national district organisation of the Customs Authority is responsible for the taking of such fuel samples in accordance with the sample-taking schedule, and the analysis of the samples is carried out by the Customs Laboratory.The objective of this monitoring has been to comply, where applicable, with the requirements of the proposed Standard, prEN 14274.Sample taking:The sample-taking has been extended, for all the grades covered by the sample-taking requirement, to encompass the entire country, but with a special emphasis on certain areas (customs districts) and grades according to their sales volumes. Moreover, it has been ensured when organising the sample-taking that all the various distribution chains are covered by the sample-taking. The grades examined have been the unleaded 95-octane (RON > 95) and 98-octane (RON > 98) petrol grades and diesel fuel. Moreover, these fuels have been divided into winter and summer grades. As the sales volume of the 99-octane petrol was low, it was left outside the actual sample-taking [operation]. Also, there was no grade available in the market below 95 octanes. The sample-taking was carried out by personnel who had been on a relevant training course, and the sample vessels used were one-litre metal vessels and five-litre plastic vessels that had been approved for this particular purpose. The sample vessels were cooled down in accordance with the requirements of the method in question prior to the vapour pressure analysis.Analysis:The analyses were carried out by the Customs Laboratory, which is a testing laboratory accredited by the Finnish Centre for Metrology and Accreditation, FINAS.Sub-contractors, whose competence was verified, were employed to [check] the octane ratings, cetane numbers and distillation characteristics. The methods of analysis (including those used in the analyses that were entrusted to sub-contractors) were all comparison methods, with the exception of the lead method.  The correctness and accuracy of the method used by the Laboratory has been verified for instance by means of Round Robin comparison studies.The lead method employed by the Laboratory (TLAB-TT111, Determination of the lead content of petrol by means of energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy) is a so-called screening method. However, the sensitivity of the method used is considerably better than the limiting value specified in the quality requirements. The lead content measured in all the samples was well below the limiting value specified in the quality requirements, being about one category below that required. The Laboratory has the capability to certify, if necessary, the lead content of a sample by means of the EN 237 method specified in the Directive (Oil products. Combustion engine petrol. Determination of low lead contents by means of the atomic absorption spectrometry method) in cases where the result obtained is close to the quality limit or where it exceeds the said limit.Comparison examinations:In the course of 2001 the Customs Laboratory participated in the ""Round Robin Finland"" testing amongst the national laboratories involved in the fuel examinations. The co-ordinator of the said testing is Fortum Oil and Gas Oy.The tests results for the parameters measured (distillation, sulphur content of petrol, oxygen content of petrol, benzene content of petrol, aromatic content of petrol, and sulphur content and density of low-sulphur diesel fuel) were acceptable.Implemented MonitoringSample Volumes:A total of 191 petrol [types] were examined, of which 137 were 95-octane petrols (49 winter grades and 88 summer grades). Similarly, a total of 54 98-octane petrol [types] were examined (of which 29 winter grades and 25 summer grades).  A total of 98 diesel fuels were examined, of which 46 summer grades and 52 winter grades.","The Customs Laboratory uses test method specific tested (validated) expanded uncertainty, which is taken into account when test result are compared with the limit values. As for the limit value exceedances for ethers, the expanded uncertainty of the test method is plus/minus 10 % [i.e. 90% confidence limits]. This means, that accepted results are within the range of 13,5 - 16,5 v/v %. Since the maximum observed value was 16,5 v/v % the Customs Laboratory is of the opinion that all samples comply with the requirements of the Directive."
2002,France,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,National System,"PetrolSamples of petrol, numbering 88, have been realised for each of three grades of commercialised petrol in France in 2002 (unleaded petrol with anti-knock added products of ARS valves and unleaded petrol 95 and 98). These are about 40 samples per grade. These are divided up in four quarters of the year.These samples have been carried out in three departments for the three grades of petrol: Yvelines (78) for the first quarter, Aude (11) for the second quarter, Puy de Dôme (63) for the third and fourth quarter. These three departments also correspond to three different regions: Ile de France, Languedoc, Auvergne. The samples have been carried out in metal cans of 2 litres filled at 80%.Diesel fuelsSamples of diesel fuels, in the number of 81, have been divided up between the first and the last quarter 2002, within 6 departments, at the rate of 10 to 20 samples per departments.  These Departments are: le Nord (59), le Pas de Calais (62), les Pyrénées Orientales (66) et la Seine et Marne (77) for the first quarter; le Bas-Rhin  (67) and la Savoie (73) for the fourth quarter.  These six departments correspond to five different regions: Nord-Pas de Calais, Roussillon, Ile de France, Alsace et Rhone-Alpes.  The samples have bee carried out in metal cans of 2 litres filled at 80%.","A synthesis of information intended to the surveillance of quality of petrol collected during the year 2002 (from January to December) by grade of petrol, unleaded petrol with anti-recession added products valves (ARS) and unleaded petrol 95 (SP95) and 98 (SP98), is attached as three summary tables in Annex Ia to Ic.  Test methods are the one included in EN228:2000 standards.We will note that the inspection revealed only one sample of unleaded petrol 98 with a very low sulphur content of 10mg/kg of sulphur in Rhone Alpes (Rhone) and one sample of 98 petrol with 10 to 50 mg/kg of sulphur.  In general, contents in sulphur for unleaded petrol 95, 98 and ARS are respectively situated in the ranges of:-	SP95: 90 mg/kg to 120 mg/kg-	SP98: 60 mg/kg to 110 mg/kg-	ARS: 60 mg/kg to 120 mg/kgSpecifications concerning the distillation are always respected, except for one case. Unleaded petrol SP95 having a final distillation point of 215°C.  The second is with unleaded petrol SP98 having a distillation percentage of 70ºC of 45% for a specification of 46% minimum.  These two petrol values are however very close to the specification.For samples in which an inspection have been made (inspection not systematically realised), specification concerning lead is respected and very close to zero, except for one unleaded petrol SP95 sample with 0.012 g/l of lead.Analyses which have been inspected in 2002: voluminal mass, distillation (percentage at 170ºC, at 100ºC, at 150ºC and final point), content in sulphur, benzene and potassium (mainly ARS, NF M07-065 method).A synthesis of information intended to the surveillance of quality of diesel fuels collected during the year 2001 (from January to December) is attached as summary tables in Annex II. Test methods are the one included in EN590:2000 standards.Specifications in voluminal mass are respected.  The specification in sulphur content is always respected, except 3 samples which slightly goes over the limit value with maximum 355 mg/kg.  One diesel fuels sample shows content in sulphur below 50mg/kg.  Most of samples have content in sulphur comprised between 240 and 340mg/kg.  Point 95% distilled has not been determined: only percentages distilled at 250ºC and 350ºC have been measured.Indexes of cetane are only indexes calculated from the voluminal mass and distillation, and follows the method NF EN ISO 6245.  There was no measure of cetane on engine CFR.  All the indexes calculated comply with the minimum specification of 46.  Most of results are situated between 49 and 52.  Only one measure goes beyond 55 (61.2).Analyses which have been inspected in 2002: voluminal mass, distillation (percentage at 250ºC, at 350ºC and in some cases at 360ºC), content in sulphur, flash point (NF EN 22719), content in Methyl Esther of Colza, viscosity at 40ºC (NF EN ISO 2104) and index of calculated cetane (NF EN ISO 6245)."
2002,Germany,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,National System,"The regulation on the monitoring of fuel quality was adapted at this time on a federal level to the Quality Demands/Stipulations of the corresponding DIN-EN standards.  The standards are based upon the guidelines of the EU Directives and the CEN Standards.  For monitoring fuel quality not all standard parameters were suggested for checking however, only the environmentally relevant ones, e.g. S con-tent, those relevant to consumer protection e.g. octane number and density and, according to experi-ence, the lack of indicative parameters such as ignition point in diesel.Because deviations occur as a rule only through impurities during the fuel’s delivery and distribution, the checking of a single quality parameter is fully sufficient.The carrying out of this regulation is the responsibility of the federal states and /or their responsible au-thorities (Federal Offices for Environmental Protection, Federal/State Industrial Supervisory Offices, amongst others).  The General Administrative Regulation on the Order of the Composition and Descrip-tion of the Fuel Quality regulates the monitoring of fuel quality (10th Federal Environmental Protection Law FEPL), 21.03.2002, Federal Newspaper nr. 62, p. 6758.The Sales amounts of fuel are compiled and published according to the Mineral Oil Data Law from the Federal Office for Economy and Export Control (BAFA).The 10th Order on the Execution of the FEPL (Order on the Composition and the Distinction of the Qualities of Fuels, 22.12.99.) regulates the demands of the characterisation and the quality of petrol, diesel and LPG fuels through the establishment of the European Standards as minimum requirements.  Whilst checking the parameters, simultaneous reference is made to the standards which Directive 98/70/EC (13th October 1998) prescribes in Annexes I and II.  Therefore the checking standards are not named in the forms.  With the passing of a General Administrative Regulation on the unified execution in the German States the testing criteria were fixed and justified so that a unified federal completion is guaranteed. Reference was made to the appropriate DIN standards for the style and extent of the testing, forms were provided for the protocol of the sampling and the research results. The sampling took place at petrol stations as a rule.  The measures for infringements, the range of costs and the processing of claims and complaints are regulated in the Administrative Regulation as well.  The first stage it is to clarify who has caused the sub-standard fuel quality.  If deception or negligence by the vendor of the goods can be proven then they will be punished with a fine.It is recommended that the following are measured as a rule in petrol during the sampling; Sulphur con-tent, anti-knocking properties, vapour pressure, distillation, benzene content, aromatic compound con-tent and the density.For diesel the following are to be determined; sulphur content, Cetane number, CFPP, distillation, ignition point (not requisite in the Directive) and density.  Other Quality Parameters should only be checked when suspected or when there are complaints.The consumption statistics are gathered and published by the Federal Office for Economy and Export Control on the basis of the Mineral Oil Data Law. During this collection the sulphur content of the fuel was not considered.  No differentiation was likewise made for the sale of diesel between the sale at public petrol stations or private filling stations (transport/removals, public transport companies amongst others that have their own filling stations).",In the case of exceedances: it could not be proved that the petrol station owner was either negligent or deceiving with respect to the complaint.
2002,Greece,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,"The monitoring system is mainly focused on controls of the internal market.The samples are taken from GCSL chemists or other responsible for sampling Authorities, at the refineries, at the storage tanks of the marketing companies, at fuel transportation trucks, at vessels and ships, at petrol stations, cars etc. The samples are forwarded to the laboratories of Piraeus or Thessaloniki, depending on the geographical site of the sampling. Each sample is examined twice and the results are sent to the authority responsible for sampling, for further actions.",
2002,Ireland,1st June to 31st August,A,,Small,National System,"Ireland has one national oil refinery located at Whitegate, County Cork. All product is shipped (by road and by sea) ex tankage which is batched and fully tested by the refinery operator prior to release. A paper trail exists to trace any road tanker or ship’s cargo back to a quality certificate for each manufactured batch.Samples of fuel products (petrol and diesel) are taken at the refinery and at the following oil terminals by the Office of the Revenue Commissioners at a frequency of once per quarter (Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick, Waterford, New Ross and Rosslare) and after each top-up (i.e. new receipt) at the national oil reserves located at Bantry. Samples are analysed by the State Laboratory. All national RON and MON testing is outsourced on behalf of the State Laboratory. Retail sites, road tankers, commercial vehicles etc. are sampled by the Office of the Revenue Commissioners to counter the evasion of excise duty. In addition, individual oil companies test their products at home refinery and on receipt at terminals. A certificate of quality is available for inspection for each cargo/batch and product is tested again after discharge at terminals. Further quality spot checks are carried out at selected retail sites (between 2 – 4 times per annum company dependant) to give quality traceability from refinery to end user.","4 samples (6% of total) encompassing 5 parameters (2 RON, 1 MON, 1 RVP, 1 benzene) appear to indicate relatively minor non-compliances despite EU based refinery certification as compliant. 1 RON analysis was disputed by industry as were a number of additional 100° C distillation parameters where delay between sampling and analysis was cited as a material effect on the parameter. Some samples were not retained by industry for later cross-comparative analysis. Irish authorities are engaged with relevant suppliers, the trade representative body (IPIA), the State Laboratory and external industry experts to understand and reduce any seeming discrepancy between refinery certification and downstream analytical results, with a view to strengthening existing procedures as appropriate."
2002,Italy,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,National System,"In light of the fact that the national quality control system for fuels used in vehicles, has not yet been brought in, and the fact that technical standard prEN 14274 is still at the public inquiry stage and it has therefore not been possible to use it as an official point of reference for collecting data on the ecological implications of petrol and diesel fuel consumed, the Italian report was been drawn up on the basis of monitoring carried out in the form of sampling at sales outlets throughout the national territory, on behalf of the main oil companies, by independent monitoring agencies.The monitoring data were supplied by the subjects mentioned in Article 8, para. 5 of the DPCM 434/2000 and Article 5, para. 3 of the DPCM 29/2002, in accordance with the methods established in circular no. IAR/2003/01681 of 13 February 2003 by the Ministry for the Environment and Protection of the Territory, Department for the Protection of the Environment, Directorate for Pollution and Industrial Risks.","In the 2002 survey, a marginal number of petrol and diesel fuel samples analysed data not comply with the specification limits when the margin of tolerance is taken into account.  In order to ensure the compliance with the Directive 98/70/EC, the national fuel quality monitoring system, currently and development, defines a double control: in production sites and fuel dispensing sites.  Furthermore laboratories and organisations qualified to carry out the analytical work and to draw samples, have been asked to strictly a follow the sampling and the rules set up by EN ISO 4259 for testing margins.  A further improvement is expected from the decision taken by the national standardisation body (UNICHIM) to monitor performance of the involved the brooches through the proficiency testing schemes foreseen for laboratories’ accreditation purposes."
2002,Luxembourg,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,"Gasolines and Diesel fuels are all imported and not produced in Luxembourg, because there is no refinery in Luxembourg. Directed fuel import organisations are required, twice a year, to carry out or to direct a chartered organisation to carry out for this purpose, analysis of fuels on the basis of analytical methods following European standards EN228:1999 and EN 590:1999. They have to send to the Environment Administration, each end of semester, a copy of results as well as a receipt on traded total volumes occurred on the Luxemburg territory, as well as, if need be, the traded unleaded petrol and diesel fuel volumes having a maximum sulphur content of 10 mg/kg.","Luxemburg has been unable to supply measurements data for:Petrol:- olefins, aromatics; all oxygenates; lead content.Diesel:- PAHThe data of those parameters have not been supplied to us. Those importers whohad supplied data informed us that these data were not available to them at thatmoment, so that they could not give us the information."
2002,Netherlands,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,Petrol stations were visited during the year 2002 by members of the inspectorate for Environmental Health (VROM-Inspectie) who took samples.  The samples were analysed by external laboratories for the parameters as reported in the appendix 1 and 2 of directive 98/70/EC.,In one case the aromatics measurements were too high (44.8%).
2002,Portugal,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,"Decree Law No. 104/2000 of 3 June 2000 provides that the IGAE (Inspecção Geral das Actividades Económicas – Inspectorate-General for Economic Activities) and the DREs (Direcções Regionais do Ministério da Economia – Regional Directorates of the Ministry for the Economy) must send the DGE (Direcção-Geral de Energia – Energy Directorate-General) all the relevant information on fuel quality. However, its implementation has not yet been completed, which means that for 2002 the information is derived from the analyses carried out by the Institute for the Environment and by the Oil Companies.Sampling and testing are carried out at the refineries and terminals, and on a random basis at distribution centres throughout the country.  The methods used are specified in Directive 98/70/EC.",
2002,Spain,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,National System,"The elaboration of the summary of data regarding the quality monitoring of fuels has been made on the basis of taking of samples obtained from exit harbours of storage centres, properties of Logistic Company of Hydrocarborns, C.L.H. S.A. (Main Spanish logistic company of petroleum products having a market share of about 80%), spread within the national territory. These data have been compared with samples taken in final point of sub-ministries of the Autonomous Communities (e.g. Basque region). The analyses of these samples have been realised in laboratories of Autonomous Communities, as well as in the Centre of Investigation and Monitoring of quality part of the National Consumer Institute, Organisation which belongs to the Ministry of Health and Consumer, and in the own laboratories of the Logistic Company of Hydrocarborns, C.L.H. S.A.There are 9 refineries in Spain, with a total crude throughput of 65 MTm/year.",
2002,Sweden,1st June to 31st August,A,,Small,National System,"All deliveries of fuel to depots are accompanied by a Certificate of Quality (CQ). Analysis of these CQs is carried out for all consignments and essentially covers all parameters covered in this reporting template. This means that data is not just based on random samples but on virtually all fuel that is delivered to the market. During this first year, data has so far been collected in arrears and it has therefore not been possible to collect data from all deliveries. With regard to the quality of data: Swedish oil companies have taken environmental and quality issues seriously for many years. As part of the quality control system that is used, analyses are carried out (in addition to the analyses which are carried out in connection with the issuing of CQs) on a large proportion of the fuel that is delivered to depots. These analyses include sensitive parameters to determine whether any contamination has occurred during transport. The laboratories that perform the analyses are either the oil companies’ own laboratories or laboratories which have been accredited by SWEDAC (the Swedish Board for Accreditation and Conformity Assessment). The oil companies have quality control systems in which the quality control of fuel is an important component. There is also an inter-depot collaboration between a number of oil companies whereby these companies collect products from each other’s depots. This gives the oil companies an incentive to maintain a high level of control over quality (no company is permitted to supply fuel of inferior quality to the depots.)All this, combined with the fact that the national requirements for fuel are stricter than those of the EU, particularly as regards sulphur, mean that we as a regulatory authority in Sweden believe that we have very strict controls in place to ensure that the actual fuel qualities on the market fulfil the requirements in Directive 98/70/EC with good margins.",
2002,UK,1sfivet June to 31st August,A,,Large,National System,"The market in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is supplied from nine refineries operated by the major international oil companies and supplemented by imports controlled by independent suppliers. Imported fuels account for less than 10% of transport fuels marketed within the UK The United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association (UKPIA) is the trade association for the oil refiners and the Association of United Kingdom Oil Independents (AUKOI) the association for the independent oil importers and marketers. Each UK refinery and UK import terminal tests all fuels prior to release into the UK market to confirm it meets the required specifications. The testing is conducted in ISO 9000 or NAMAS accredited laboratories and these laboratories are audited both internally and externally to obtain this accreditation. These trade associations have collated the data on behalf of the UK Government from each of their members. The individual companies have collated the results and calculated the statistical data prior to sending to their trade association. The data supplied by refiners is based on laboratory analysis of every batch of fuel manufactured in the refinery for consumption within the UK. The data supplied by the importers is based on the Quality Certificate supplied with each cargo and subsequent confirmation testing.  No product is released into the market, which does not meet the limit values in the Fuels Directive 98/70/EC as to do so would constitute an offence under UK law . These processes are audited both internally and by external auditors as part of their ISO 9000 accreditation.The above gives the precise information on the quality of all fuel manufactured and imported into the UK. All UK oil storage terminals are also accredited to ISO 9000. Quality Assurance checks and procedures ensure there is no deterioration of product quality as it moves through the supply chain. To confirm that the fuel is not contaminated as it passes through the supply chain the oil marketers conduct surveys. These surveys consist of sampling their inland terminals plus their own and competitors retail networks. The analytical data collected from these surveys have also been collated by the two trade associations and included in the submission. Additionally, this year market data has been included from a survey conducted by the Automotive industry. The summation of the industry manufacturing and marketing data is presented in the Appendix to this report. The petrol data is reported as required in Appendix I (a) for Premium Unleaded, Appendix I (b) for Super Unleaded and the diesel data is reported in Appendix II.Market ActivitiesDuring 2001 a tax incentive was allocated to unleaded petrol meeting the 2005 Fuels Directive specification. The end of 2001 saw the switching of the whole market to this standard. Additionally, one major oil company has introduced sulphur free petrol and diesel to all their sites (18) in the Edinburgh area. The actual volume sales are small compared with the whole of the UK market so no figure is included in the table below.It has been estimated that around 4% of diesel consumed on UK roads is heating gas oil, which has been laundered to remove the fiscal markers and dye. During 2002 Customs and Excise investigations discovered and shutdown 32 laundering plants. The operators were prosecuted and either imprisoned or received severe fines. To further improve detection and prosecution of these criminal activities Customs and Excise are introducing new countermeasures due to come into force during 2003.","All samples tested at Refineries and Import terminals fully met the environmental requirements of the Fuels Directive. Retail surveys conducted by the automotive oil industry have also been included in this years report. They confirmed that the fuels generally met the limit value requirements of the Directive. This indicates the fuels have not been contaminated in the supply chain from the refineries to the consumer. However, as shown in the appendices there are a few minor exceedances in the marketing data but all are within reproducibility of the appropriate test method. The parameters falling into this category are octane and Cetane number, hydrocarbon analysis and vapour pressure. There was only one result from the marketing survey, which exceeded the requirements of the Directive and it was the summer vapour pressure on a Super Unleaded sample. The result being 76 kPa and this was almost certainly caused by the very low throughput of the grade at the site, which resulted in a small quantity of winter grade remaining in the storage tank. There was very limited supplies of petrol or diesel containing less than 10ppm sulphur marketed in the UK during 2002. A tax incentive is planned for September 2004 to encourage introduction of these grades of fuel."
2003,Austria,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,"The fuel monitoring was conducted by the Environment Agency for the first time in 2003.  To this end samples were taken from petrol stations from all over Austria.  In total 107 petrol stations were tested with 340 samples being taken, of which 170 were each in the winter and summer half-years.For the diesel and petrol fuel analysis all parameters were measured according to Annex I and II of the Commission’s Decision on a common regime for the draft of the summary representation of national data on fuel quality.  Austria has a single refinery installation at its disposal (Refinery Schwechat).  The production of this refinery accounts for approximately 70% of the total domestic petrol use as well as approx. 56% of diesel fuel use.  The remaining demand is accounted for by imports from Germany, Italy, Slovakia and Hungary in particular.Data on the regional distribution of the imported fuel in Austria is not available at the current time.  The fuel controls carried out in recent years show no regional quality differences from which it can be assumed that a continual single quality of imported and domestically produced fuel is the case.  Since national fuel provision comes predominantly from one production installation and a quality difference (compared) with the imported fuel is not obvious, the whole of Austria can be seen as a single region (statistical model C). The total fuel use in Austria ran to roughly 8.0 million tonnes in 2003 (see point 5).  Austria is therefore classified as a ‘small country’ according to EN 14274 (1.12.2003).",
2003,Belgium,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,"The checks were carried out by the Fonds d'analyse des produits pétroliers (FAPETRO) [Petroleum Products Analysis Fund], which is part of the Service Public Fédéral Economie, Petites et Moyennes Entreprises, Classes Moyennes & Energie [Federal Public Service for the Economy, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, Small Traders & Energy], formerly the Ministry of Economic Affairs.In 2003, FAPETRO took 7983 samples from 3809 service stations throughout Belgium. FAPETRO also took 1532 samples from pumps in private use with taxi companies, road haulage companies, public service pumps, etc.; these fuels are not for public sale. The sampling results can be consulted in FAPETRO's activity reports for the years 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002. As a result of computer system problems caused by the unexpected departure of the computer analyst responsible for processing the data, the report for 2003 will only be available at the end of the year.  An electronic version of these reports is available on the Internet at the following website: http://mineco.fgov.be/energy/index_fr.htm .  Click on PETROLE at the bottom of the screen, then on CONTROLE DU PRODUIT, and finally on FAPETRO. FAPETRO is run jointly by the authorities and the petroleum industry.How FAPETRO operates:FAPETRO was set up by royal decree on 8/2/1995 and became operational in 1996.  To guarantee 95% reliability, FAPETRO works with approved laboratories, which analyse samples within 24 hours of collection; if a sample is non-compliant, another approved laboratory gives a second opinion within 24 hours, so the Administration has definitive results within 2 to 3 days of sampling.Retail outlets are checked at random by computer selection; checks are representative of the Belgian market in terms of geographical distribution, distribution among the different brands, and type of station.  FAPETRO costs are met through fuel prices and are therefore borne by consumers at a rate of 0.25 euros/1000 litres.  On average, FAPETRO takes 210 samples per week, i.e. approximately 10,000 samples per year.  Comments on the Belgian standard NBN T 52-603 concerning sampling at the pump:Belgian standard NBN T 52-603 concerns sampling at the pump, as does European standard EN 14275.  The European standard also has the status of a Belgian standard, so either may be applied in Belgium.  However, FAPETRO has worked with the Belgian standard since it was set up (1996) and continues to apply it today. There are no plans to switch to the European standard in the immediate future.   The two standards are very similar, the two notable differences being that:1) The European standard talks of containers of 4 litres minimum (point 4.1), whereas in the Belgian standard these are 5-litre containers (point 3 of the standard).2) With regard to sampling procedure, the European standard states that the first 4 litres must be discarded before taking the sample for analysis (point 6.2); the Belgian standard does not discard the first 4 litres (point 5.2), since FAPETRO considers that the consumer pays from the first litre he buys, so he has the right to a compliant product from the first litre.Description of the Fuel Quality Monitoring System in Belgium:The European standard EN 14274 (FQMS) has the status of a Belgian standard and could if necessary be applied in Belgium.  However, FAPETRO prefers the FQMS described in Annex 2 of the Ministerial Order of 24 January 2004 approving the standing regulation of FAPETRO's Management Committee.  Point 3.1 of this annex states that monitoring should cover the whole country and that the sample size should guarantee a reliability of 95%.  Point 3.2.1 stipulates that monitoring should cover all outlets selling to the public and all private pumps.Point 3.2.2 says that 80 service stations and 50 private pumps should be checked each week.The 210 samples taken each week are taken at random (point 3.2.3).  The frequency and large number of samples show that the spirit of standard EN 14275 is being respected.  One area in which sampling goes beyond the European standard is the double-checking described in point 3.2.4 of the annex to the Ministerial Order.  An independent body monitors the quality of FAPETRO's checks.  This body has the schedule of checks by FAPETRO inspectors, and knows which service station and which fuels are being checked on a particular day.  This body will take 10 samples per week.  So it can happen that on the same day, a service station will be checked twice, once by FAPETRO and then by the independent body.  The independent body sends its samples to an approved laboratory, which may be the same one being used by FAPETRO.  Analyses for 2003 have shown great repeatability of results between FAPETRO's samples and those of the independent body.This double-checking provides two pieces of information: two identical samples have the same analysis results, which means that the laboratories are working correctly; FAPETRO is using a good sampling method.  The rare cases where there is a slight divergence between the results are always from large service stations with two diesel pumps, for example, where FAPETRO checked pump 1 and the independent body checked pump 2.  Although the fuel is the same, the chemical composition of the two diesels is not identical.",
2003,Denmark,1st June to 31st August,N,,Small,National System,"The main content of the Danish fuel quality monitoring program is the following:§	in total 52 samples of petrol and 25 samples of diesel from retail sites have been analysed,§	half of the samples have been taken in summer (July) and the other half in winter (December),§	half of the samples have been taken east of Storebaelt  and the other half west of Storebaelt; the population is nearly the same east and west of Storebaelt,§	the samples of petrol is made up of RON 92 (14 samples), RON 95 (32 samples) and RON 98 (6 samples),§	the following parameters have been measured: 	petrol: vapour pressure (summer only), E100, E150,  olefines, aromatics, benzene, sulphur, MTBE and lead (6 samples only),	diesel: cetane number, density, distillation (95%), PAH and sulphur,§	sampling and analyses are carried out by SGS, §	number of samples from the different companies and their market shares are shown in the following table:	Petrol	DieselCompany	no. of samples	share (%)	market share (%)	no. of samples	share (%)	market share (%)Shell	10	19	19	4	16	29Statoil	6	11	14	3	12	21Hydro Texaco	5	10	17	2	8	18Kuwait	6	12	15	3	12	17OK	12	23	20	5	20	12Others (with less than 10% of market)2)	13	251)	15	8	321)	3Total	52	100	100	25	100	1001) High share due to extra samples from some of the small companies2) DK-Benzin, Jet, Haahr and Energy Benzin",Comments:§	with effect from 1st  of June 1999 fiscal incentive has been introduced in order to promote auto diesel with sulphur content below 50 ppm. The incentive is 0.18 D.kr. pr. litre (app. 2.4 Euro cents pr. litre)§	with effect from 1st  of October 2001 the Danish oil companies - due to the risk for contamination of ground water and drinking water - have stopped the addition of MTBE to 92 and 95 RON petrol. At the same time the number of retail sites offering 98 RON petrol (containing MTBE) has been reduced to app. 5% of the total numberThe results from the Danish monitoring program are given in annex IA-IC (petrol) and annex II (diesel). The format follows the layout presented in the Commissions Decision of 18th February 2002 (2002/159/EC). The measurement methods applied in some cases are different from the methods set out in EN 228:1999 and EN 590:1999. According to SGS the methods which are used give at least the same accuracy and at least the same level of precision as the methods they replace.Every measured exeedance will initiate a dialog between the company and The Danish Environmental Protection Agency. Exceedances (following the format in the EU 2001 summary report): a. Petrol – RON 92Details:	The vapour pressure summer limit value (60 kPa) was exceeded by one sample (62.1 kPa) and the benzene limit (1.0%) was exceeded by one sample (1.1%).Statistical significance:	The statistical significance tolerance limit for vapour pressure is 61.7 kPa and the tolerance limit for benzene is 1.2%. Therefore only the sample for vapour pressure was not in breach of the Directive. Comments:	No exact explanation could be found.b. Petrol – RON 95Details:	The vapour pressure summer limit value (60 kPa) was exceeded by two samples (60.1 and 61.7 kPa). The aromatic limit (42%) was exceeded by one sample (43.7%) and the benzene limit (1.0%) was exceeded by one sample (1.2%).Statistical significance:	The statistical significance tolerance limits for vapour pressure is 61.7 kPa and for aromatics 44.0% and for benzene 1.2%. Therefore the samples can not be judged non-compliant with the Directive.c. Petrol – RON 98	Noned. DieselDetail:	The cetane number limit value (min. 51.0) was not met by two samples (50.8 and 49.4 ppm). 		Statistical significance:	The statistical significance tolerance limit for cetane number is min. 48.5. Therefore the samples can not be judged non-compliant with the Directive.
2003,Finland,1st June to 31st August,A,,Small,National System,"Legislative basisThe supervision of the quality of fuel is based on the Environmental Protection Act (86/2000), the Government Decree on the quality requirements for petrol and diesel fuel (1271/2000),  it's amendments (1265/2002 and 767/2003) and an agreement between the Ministry of the Environment and Finnish Customs (38/481/2001). According to the agreement, Finnish Customs prepares a yearly sampling plan, which is to be approved by the Ministry of the Environment. Finnish Customs is in charge of the practical realization of the supervision. The Customs' national district organization takes care of taking liquid fuel samples according to the sampling plan, and the samples are analyzed at the Customs Laboratory. The supervision aims to comply, when applicable, with the requirements of standard EN 14274:2004.  SamplingSampling was done in the whole country and samples were taken of all qualities to be tested, however with emphasis on certain areas (customs districts) and qualities according to the sales volumes. Furthermore, it was ensured that samples were taken in all the distribution chains. The qualities investigated were unleaded 95 (RON > 95) and 98 (RON >=98) octane petrol and low sulphur diesel fuel. The fuels were furthermore divided into summer and winter qualities. Since the sales volume for 99 octane petrol was small (less than 2%) it was excluded from the actual sampling. Also, there was no quality under 95 octane on the market. The sampling was done by trained personnel and one litre metal containers and five litre plastic containers approved for this purpose were used as sampling containers. Before the vapour pressure analysis, the sampling containers were cooled according to the requirements of the method. Analysis The analyses were conducted at the Customs Laboratory, which is a testing laboratory accredited by FINAS, the Centre for Metrology and Accreditation. For octane and cetane numbers, subcontractors whose competence was confirmed were used. Except for the lead method, all methods of analysis used (including those subcontracted) were reference methods according to the directive. The lead method used by the laboratory (determination of lead content in petrol by energydispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy) is a socalled screening method. The sensitivity of the method used, however, is much better than the limit indicated in the quality requirements. The average lead content measured in the samples was clearly below the limit set in the quality requirements. If needed, the laboratory has the ability to confirm the lead content of the sample with the EN 237 method according to the directive (Petroleum products. Petrol. Determination of low lead concentrations by atomic absorption spectrometry) in cases where the result is near or exceeds the quality limit. The authenticity and accuracy of the methods used by the laboratory has a.o. been verified by the national Round Robin comparative studies. Comparative examinationsIn 2003, the Customs Laboratory took part in the Round Robin Finland testing, which performs national inter-laboratory fuel examinations. Fortum Oil and Gas Oy functioned as co-ordinator for this testing. The results of the parameters measured in the test (distillation of diesel fuel, sulphur content and density) were acceptable. In 2001 - 2002 the laboratory also took part in these tests; at this time other quality parameters of diesel fuel and petrol were tested with acceptable results.","The reported total sales figures for petrol include so called regular petrol (max. sulphur 150 ppm) and sulphur free qualities (max. sulphur 10 ppm). Similarly, the total sales figure for low sulphur diesel oil (max. sulphur 50 ppm) include sulphur free (max. sulphur 10 ppm) qualities. The environmental legislation in force during the reference year 2003 specifies the mandatory requirements for the year 2000 and 2005. The purpose of the environmental monitoring system is to control that the mandatory limit values set for the year 2000 are not exceeded. The system does not differentiate low sulphur and/or sulphur free qualities from the regular grades at retail sites. In 2003 there were no official sales statistics on low sulphur and/or sulphur free petrol. For diesel the situation is better known. The Finnish tax legislation in force during the reference year 2003 (Law on the Excise Duty on Liquid Fuels: 1472/1994) sets criteria for low sulphur diesel oil, and the excise duty on this quality is lower than on the regular grade diesel. Concequently practically all diesel oil marketed in 2003 was low sulphur (or sulphur free). The share of low sulphur diesel oil is available from sales statistics and taxation database.Number of samples The total number of petrol samples taken was 207. The total number of unleaded RON 95   petrol samples was 104, of which 51 samples were taken during the summer period and 53 during the winter period. The total number of unleaded RON 98 petrol samples was 103 of which 50 samples were taken during the summer period and 53 during the winter period.    Diesel fuel samples amounted to 101 of which 43 were taken during the summer period and 58 during the winter period.  Observed exceedances of the limit values and the tolerance limitsThe minimum RON number was below the limit value and the given tolerance in one RON 95 petrol sample (winter). The minimum MON number was also below the limit value and the given tolerance limit in one RON 95 petrol sample (summer). The minimum distillation number was below the limit value and the given tolerance limit in one RON 98 petrol sample (summer).The three observed exceedances of the limit value and the tolerance limits in petrol were insignificant and non systematic, thus giving no reason for further legal action.All diesel fuel samples complied with the limit values."
2003,France,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,National System,No report submitted for 2003.,No report submitted for 2003.
2003,Germany,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,National System,"The regulation on the monitoring of fuel quality was adapted at this time on a federal level to the Quality Demands/Stipulations of the corresponding DIN-EN standards.  The standards are based upon the guidelines of the EU Directives and the CEN Standards.  For monitoring fuel quality not all standard parameters were suggested for checking however, only the environmentally relevant ones, e.g. S con-tent, those relevant to consumer protection e.g. octane number and density and, according to experi-ence, the lack of indicative parameters such as ignition point in diesel.Because deviations occur as a rule only through impurities during the fuel’s delivery and distribution, the checking of a single quality parameter is fully sufficient.The carrying out of this regulation is the responsibility of the federal states and /or their responsible au-thorities (Federal Offices for Environmental Protection, Federal/State Industrial Supervisory Offices, amongst others).  The General Administrative Regulation on the Order of the Composition and Descrip-tion of the Fuel Quality regulates the monitoring of fuel quality (10th Federal Environmental Protection Law FEPL), 21.03.2002, Federal Newspaper nr. 62, p. 6758.The Sales amounts of fuel are compiled and published according to the Mineral Oil Data Law from the Federal Office for Economy and Export Control (BAFA).The 10th Order on the Execution of the FEPL (Order on the Composition and the Distinction of the Qualities of Fuels, 22.12.99.) regulates the demands of the characterisation and the quality of petrol, diesel and LPG fuels through the establishment of the European Standards as minimum requirements.  Whilst checking the parameters, simultaneous reference is made to the standards which Directive 98/70/EC (13th October 1998) prescribes in Annexes I and II.  Therefore the checking standards are not named in the forms.  With the passing of a General Administrative Regulation on the unified execution in the German States the testing criteria were fixed and justified so that a unified federal completion is guaranteed. Reference was made to the appropriate DIN standards for the style and extent of the testing, forms were provided for the protocol of the sampling and the research results. The sampling took place at petrol stations as a rule.  The measures for infringements, the range of costs and the processing of claims and complaints are regulated in the Administrative Regulation as well.  The first stage it is to clarify who has caused the sub-standard fuel quality.  If deception or negligence by the vendor of the goods can be proven then they will be punished with a fine.It is recommended that the following are measured as a rule in petrol during the sampling; Sulphur con-tent, anti-knocking properties, vapour pressure, distillation, benzene content, aromatic compound con-tent and the density.For diesel the following are to be determined; sulphur content, Cetane number, the Cold Filter Plugging Point CFPP (temperature limit value of the filterability)CFPP, distillation, ignition point (not requisite in the Directive) and density.  Other Quality Parameters should only be checked when suspected or when there are complaints.The consumption statistics are gathered and published by the Federal Office for Economy and Export Control on the basis of the Mineral Oil Data Law. During this collection the sulphur content of the fuel was not considered.  No differentiation was likewise made for the sale of diesel between the sale at public petrol stations or private filling stations (transport/removals, public transport companies amongst others that have their own filling stations).","In respect of the faults/complaints there are no exceedances to note for Normal Petrol and Super Plus Petrol.  For the S-concentration values the figure of 10mg/kg was exceeded once each  [for Normal Petrol and Super Plus Petrol].  For Super Petrol an exceedance was determined for each of engine-octane number, vapour pressure DVPE (winter goods) and the aromatic concentration.  The vapour pressure DVPE value for winter goods was exceeded in seven samples.  Because six of these faults/complaints occurred in samples from Baden-Württemberg, it is probably am matter of an incorrect ranking?, which has a stronger regional effect.  In comparison with the total number of 68 samples the exceedances are still under 10%.As only S-free diesel has been on offer for sale in Germany since 1st January 2003, the separate representation of low-S diesel is not required.The ignition point has been included as a national specification.  There were six faults/complaints in total for diesel fuel.  These were spread as one for cetane number, one for PAHs and four for ignition point.  The EU limit of 350mg/kg was held to for S-content.  In any case three samples exceeded a S-content of 10ppm.Annexes 1.1, 1.2, 1.3Reporting of an average value or a standard deviation is not possible, because a large part of the measured values are “below the limit of detection”Annex 3Since 1st January 2000 no more leaded petrol has been sold in Germany.  Since the 1st January 2003 Germany has been exclusively provided with S-free fuels (S < 10 mg/kg).  Fuels sales are not recorded dependent on / in terms of S-content in Germany."
2003,Greece,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,"The monitoring system is mainly focused on controls of the internal market.The samples are taken from GCSL chemists or other responsible for sampling Authorities, at the refineries, at the storage tanks of the marketing companies, at fuel transportation trucks, at vessels and ships, at petrol stations, cars etc. The samples are forwarded to the laboratories of Piraeus or Thessaloniki, depending on the geographical site of the sampling. Each sample is examined twice and the results are sent to the authority responsible for sampling, for further actions.","In the report for FQMS of 2002, sent on 30 May 2003 the sales of LRP were not included by the person responsible for report.  In the Greek 2003 reporting submission there are also the sales of fuels with sulphur<50 ppm.  These are the causes of the differences in sales of fuels from 2002 to 2003."
2003,Ireland,1st June to 31st August,A,,Small,National System,"Ireland has one national oil refinery located at Whitegate, County Cork. All product is shipped (by road and by sea) ex tankage which is batched and fully tested by the refinery operator prior to release. A paper trail exists to trace any road tanker or ship’s cargo back to a quality certificate for each manufactured batch.Samples of fuel products (petrol and diesel) are taken at the refinery and at the following oil terminals by the Office of the Revenue Commissioners at a frequency of once per quarter (Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick, Waterford, New Ross and Rosslare) and after each top-up (i.e. new receipt) at the national oil reserves located at Bantry. Samples are analysed by the State Laboratory. All national RON and MON testing is outsourced on behalf of the State Laboratory. Retail sites, road tankers, commercial vehicles etc. are sampled by the Office of the Revenue Commissioners to counter the evasion of excise duty. In addition, individual oil companies test their products at home refinery and on receipt at terminals. A certificate of quality is available for inspection for each cargo/batch and product is tested again after discharge at terminals. Further quality spot checks are carried out at selected retail sites (between 2 – 4 times per annum company dependant) to give quality traceability from refinery to end user.","Of the 80 petrol samples taken in 2003, 8 samples (10%) indicated relatively minor exceedances of the RON parameter. All such cases were raised with the relevant fuel supplier, who in 7 cases produced certificates of conformity indicating that the fuel was on specification ex-refinery (with one sample still disputed and one response still awaited). Industry has indicated that “light hydrocarbons” material can be lost through evaporation if inadequately stored and held over a relatively long period of time prior to testing, which for operational reasons has been a feature; this issue is being addressed in discussions with the State Laboratory and industry. The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government is in ongoing discussions with the industry’s representative body (Irish Petroleum Industry Association) to further understand and mitigate any discrepancy between refinery certification and downstream analysis, and with a view to strengthening procedures, as appropriate, to resolve this matter.  All other parameters were within the relevant directive limits.There were no exceedances of any parameters in respect of diesel samples taken during 2003."
2003,Italy,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,National System,"According to Article 8 of Directive 98/70/EC, Italy elaborated a draft of decree for setting up the fuel quality monitoring system. The decree establishes a monitoring system in accordance with the requirements of the European standard EN 14274:2003. The system shall be executed by 1° January 2005.The 2003 report from Italy had been drawn up on the basis of the monitoring by sampling the sales outlets distributed throughout the Italian territory, carried out by independent supervisory bodies on behalf of the main oil companies.The proportion of samples throughout the national territory is: 31% in North-West, 15% in North-East, 17% in Centre, 16% in South, 21% in Islands.  The macro-regions are in accordance with the statistical model A of the EN 14274:2003.The organisations responsible for sampling and analysis and reporting are: Ministero dell'Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio (Ministry for the Environment), Ministero delle Attività Produttive (Ministry of Industry), APAT (National Environmental Protection Agency), CUNA and Oil companies.  Samples are taken monthly from retail sites throughout national territory (in total 192 petrol and 276 diesel fuel).  16 refinery server market; there are 2 fiscal depots for petrol and 4 fiscal depots for diesel.  Sales data are collected by Ministero delle Attività Produttive (Ministry of Industry) through electronic questionnaire compiled by oil companies.","In order to ensure the compliance with the Directive 98/70/EC, laboratories and organisations qualified to carry out the sampling and the analysis, have been asked to strictly follow the sampling and rules set up by EN ISO 4259 for testing limits. A further improvement is expected from the decision taken by the national standardisation body (UNICHIM) to monitor performance of the involved laboratories through the proficiency testing schemes foreseen for laboratories' accreditation purposes. Besides, in Italy there is a monitoring system carried out by competent national authority in the production and importing sites. Italy carried out successful these action last year. Compared to 2002, in fact, the number of petrol and diesel fuel samples which do not comply with the specification limits decreased.Further, Italy elaborated a draft of decree necessary to comply with the Directive 2003/17/EC. The draft updated the rules for monitoring system both for marked, produced and imported fuel."
2003,Luxembourg,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,"Gasolines and Diesel fuels are all imported and not produced in Luxembourg, because there is no refinery in Luxembourg. Directed fuel import organisations are required, twice a year, to carry out or to direct a chartered organisation to carry out for this purpose, analysis of fuels on the basis of analytical methods following European standards EN228:1999 and EN 590:1999. They have to send to the Environment Administration, each end of semester, a copy of results as well as a receipt on traded total volumes occurred on the Luxemburg territory, as well as, if need be, the traded unleaded petrol and diesel fuel volumes having a maximum sulphur content of 10 mg/kg.","Luxemburg has been unable to supply measurements data for:Petrol:- olefins, aromatics; all oxygenates; lead content.Diesel:- PAHThe data of those parameters have not been supplied to us. Those importers whohad supplied data informed us that these data were not available to them at thatmoment, so that they could not give us the information."
2003,Netherlands,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,"The Netherlands has 12 provincies. It was decided to take samples from petrol stations in each province that sell fuel originating from diverse petrol companies.  Furthermore, the number of inhabitants in each province was studied and a distribution was done of petrol stations to visit, which resulted in 100 test checks [to be done] in total, spread over the summer and winter periods.The Netherlands has therefore met the European Standard EN 14274:2003 Statiscital Model B (small country).","PetrolIn the summer period it appeared that in 17 samples the vapour pressure/tension (dvpe) fell outside the specifications.  In view of the deviation of the manipulated analysis method no further action was undertaken in 16 cases.  The VROM inspectorate is currently researching the other case.In the winter period 11 samples appeared not to fulfil the motor octane number specification. In view of the deviation of the manipulated analysis method no further action was undertaken here.DieselIn the summer period 5 samples and in the winter period 7 samples appeared not to satisfy the cetane number specifications. In view of the deviation of the manipulated analysis method no further action was undertaken here.Furthermore, samples were also taken in the summer period from a transport business and a bus company.  These samples conformed to the specifications."
2003,Portugal,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,"Decree Law No. 104/2000 of 3 June 2000 provides that the IGAE (Inspecção Geral das Actividades Económicas – Inspectorate-General for Economic Activities) and the DREs (Direcções Regionais do Ministério da Economia – Regional Directorates of the Ministry for the Economy) must send the DGE (Direcção-Geral de Energia – Energy Directorate-General) all the relevant information on fuel quality. However, its implementation has not yet been completed, which means that for 2003 the information is derived from the analyses carried out by the Oil Companies.Sampling and testing are carried out at the refineries and terminals, and on a random basis at distribution centres throughout the country.  The methods used are specified in Directive 98/70/EC.",
2003,Spain,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,National System,"The preparation of the summary of data regarding the quality monitoring of fuels has been made on the basis of taking of samples obtained from exit harbours of storage centres, properties of Logistic Company of Hydrocarborns, C.L.H. S.A. (Main Spanish logistic company of petroleum products having a market share of about 80%), spread within the national territory. These data have been compared with samples taken in final point of sub-ministries of the Autonomous Communities (e.g. Basque region). The analyses of these samples have been realised in laboratories of Autonomous Communities, as well as in the Centre of Investigation and Monitoring of quality part of the National Consumer Institute, Organisation which belongs to the Ministry of Health and Consumer, and in the own laboratories of the Logistic Company of Hydrocarborns, C.L.H. S.A.There are 9 refineries in Spain, with a total crude throughput of 65 MTm/year.",
2003,Sweden,1st June to 31st August,A,,Small,National System,"All deliveries of fuel to depots are accompanied by a Certificate of Quality (CQ). Analysis of these CQs is carried out for all consignments and essentially covers all parameters covered in this reporting template. This means that data is not just based on random samples but on virtually all fuel that is delivered to the market. During this first year, data has so far been collected in arrears and it has therefore not been possible to collect data from all deliveries. With regard to the quality of data: Swedish oil companies have taken environmental and quality issues seriously for many years. As part of the quality control system that is used, analyses are carried out (in addition to the analyses which are carried out in connection with the issuing of CQs) on a large proportion of the fuel that is delivered to depots. These analyses include sensitive parameters to determine whether any contamination has occurred during transport. The laboratories that perform the analyses are either the oil companies’ own laboratories or laboratories which have been accredited by SWEDAC (the Swedish Board for Accreditation and Conformity Assessment). The oil companies have quality control systems in which the quality control of fuel is an important component. There is also an inter-depot collaboration between a number of oil companies whereby these companies collect products from each other’s depots. This gives the oil companies an incentive to maintain a high level of control over quality (no company is permitted to supply fuel of inferior quality to the depots.)All this, combined with the fact that the national requirements for fuel are stricter than those of the EU, particularly as regards sulphur, mean that we as a regulatory authority in Sweden believe that we have very strict controls in place to ensure that the actual fuel qualities on the market fulfil the requirements in Directive 98/70/EC with good margins.",The addition of ethanol was increased during 2003. Approximately 125 000 m3 of ethanol was added to the gasoline.Ethanol is added mainly at the gantry or in the refinery. When added at the gantry at a depot then the dilution effect of ethanol is not shown in the analysis. DVPE is lowered in the base gasoline order to account for the effect of ethanol.  The oxygen content has not been filled in due to addition of ethanol at this later stage.
2003,UK,1sfivet June to 31st August,A,,Large,National System,"The market in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is supplied from nine refineries operated by the major international oil companies and supplemented by imports controlled by independent suppliers. Imported fuels account for less than 10% of transport fuels marketed within the UK The United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association (UKPIA) is the trade association for the oil refiners and the Association of United Kingdom Oil Independents (AUKOI) the association for the independent oil importers and marketers. Each UK refinery and UK import terminal tests all fuels prior to release into the UK market to confirm it meets the required specifications. The testing is conducted in ISO 9000 or NAMAS accredited laboratories and these laboratories are audited both internally and externally to obtain this accreditation. These trade associations have collated the data on behalf of the UK Government from each of their members. The individual companies have collated the results and calculated the statistical data prior to sending to their trade association. The data supplied by refiners is based on laboratory analysis of every batch of fuel manufactured in the refinery for consumption within the UK. The data supplied by the importers is based on the Quality Certificate supplied with each cargo and subsequent confirmation testing.  No product is released into the market, which does not meet the limit values in the Fuels Directive 98/70/EC as to do so would constitute an offence under UK law . These processes are audited both internally and by external auditors as part of their ISO 9000 accreditation.The above gives the precise information on the quality of all fuel manufactured and imported into the UK. All UK oil storage terminals are also accredited to ISO 9000. Quality Assurance checks and procedures ensure there is no deterioration of product quality as it moves through the supply chain. To confirm that the fuel is not contaminated as it passes through the supply chain the oil marketers conduct surveys. These surveys consist of sampling their inland terminals plus their own and competitors retail networks. The analytical data collected from these surveys have also been collated by the two trade associations and included in the submission. Additionally, this year market data has been included from a survey conducted by the Automotive industry. The summation of the industry manufacturing and marketing data is presented in the Appendix to this report. The petrol data is reported as required in Appendix I (a) for Premium Unleaded, Appendix I (b) for Super Unleaded and the diesel data is reported in Appendix II.Market ActivitiesDuring 2001 a tax incentive was allocated to unleaded petrol meeting the 2005 Fuels Directive specification. The end of 2001 saw the switching of the whole market to this standard. Additionally, one major oil company has introduced sulphur free petrol and diesel to all their sites (18) in the Edinburgh area. The actual volume sales are small compared with the whole of the UK market so no figure is included in the table below.In last year's report, it was estimated that around 4% of diesel consumed on UK roads was rebated gas oil, which had been laundered to remove the fiscal markers and dye. It was also reported that new measures would come into place to combat this. To counteract these criminal activities Customs and Excise introduced the Registered Dealers in Controlled Oil, (RDCO) scheme that came into force in April 2003. The scheme requires all businesses selling red diesel or kerosene to be authorised by Customs, to exercise a duty of care when selling these fuels, to maintain information on their sales and to supply sales data to Customs monthly. The early indications are that the introduction of the scheme has made it more difficult for would be fraudsters to obtain red diesel to launder. Customs have continued to seek out offenders and through investigations have discovered and shutdown 46 laundering plants in 2003, an increase of 21% on 2002.","All samples tested at Refineries and Import terminals fully met the environmental requirements of the Fuels Directive. Retail surveys conducted by the automotive industry have also confirmed that the fuels generally met the limit value requirements of the Directive. This indicates that fuels have not been contaminated in the supply chain to the consumer. However, as shown in the appendices there were a few exceedances but all were within reproducibility of the appropriate test method (other than the summer volatility of the Super Unleaded/LRP grade). The parameters falling into this category are octane and cetane number, hydrocarbon analysis and vapour pressure. For the one result, which exceeded the requirements of the Directive, namely the summer vapour pressure for Super Unleaded/LRP, this was almost certainly caused by the very low throughput of the LRP grade. This resulted in small quantities of winter grade remaining in storage tanks, a little more so in 2003 as the demand for LRP reduced further. This grade is not expected to remain as a mainstream grade, and will become less available as demand decreases, ultimately being replaced by bottled additives in all but a few sites. This will simultaneously alleviate the problem.There were very limited supplies of petrol or diesel containing less than 10ppm sulphur marketed in the UK during 2002. A tax incentive is planned from September 2004 to encourage introduction of these grades of fuel."
2004,Austria,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,"The fuel monitoring was conducted by the Environment Agency in 2004.  To this end samples were taken from petrol stations from all over Austria.  In total 109 petrol stations were tested with 300 samples being taken, of which 150 were each in the winter and 150 in the summer half-years.For the diesel and petrol fuel analysis all parameters were measured according to Annex I and II of the Commission’s Decision on a common regime for the draft of the summary representation of national data on fuel quality.  Austria has a single refinery installation at its disposal (Refinery Schwechat).  The production of this refinery accounts for approximately 70% of the total domestic petrol use as well as approx. 56% of diesel fuel use.  The remaining demand is accounted for by imports from Germany, Italy, Slovakia and Hungary in particular.Data on the regional distribution of the imported fuel in Austria is not available at the current time.  The fuel controls carried out in recent years show no regional quality differences from which it can be assumed that there is a continual single quality of imported and domestically produced fuel.  Since national fuel provision comes predominantly from one production installation and a quality difference (compared) with the imported fuel is not obvious, the whole of Austria can be seen as a single region (statistical model C). The total fuel use in Austria ran to roughly 8.0 million tonnes in 2004 (see point 5).  Austria is therefore classified as a ‘small country’ according to EN 14274 (1.12.2003).","The amounts of fuel sold are gathered by the Federal Ministry for Economics and Work according to the Oil – Stocks and Reporting Law via a reporting obligation.  In addition to the amounts of fuel sold in 2004, the comparative values are given for 2001 2002 and 2003.The statistical survey of the amounts of fuels sold found no difference in the sulphur content.  The market research showed that it can be assumed that all petrol fuels have a maximum S-content of 10ppm.  The market research gave an average S-content of 14.3ppm for diesel.  Of the 100 tested samples, 26 had an S-content greater than 10ppm.  It can therefore be reckoned that there is an approximate 74% availability of S-free diesel."
2004,Belgium,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,"Please see our letter of last year, which was sent to you on 18 November, for a description of Belgian pump sampling standards and for details of the Ministerial Decree of 24 January 2002 on FAPETRO regulations.  Standard NBN 603 is the Belgian equivalent of European standard EN 14275. In addition, the Ministerial Decree incorporates the Belgian Fuel Quality Monitoring System, which is equivalent to European standard EN 14274.  Belgian standard NBN T 52﷓603 concerns sampling at the pump, as does European standard EN 14275.  The European standard is also recognised by Belgian law, so either may be applied in Belgium.  However, FAPETRO has worked with the Belgian standard since it was first established in 1996 and continues to apply it today. There are no plans to switch to the European standard in the immediate future.  The two standards are very similar, the two main differences being as follows:1) The European standard refers to containers with a minimum capacity of 4 litres (point 4.1), whereas in the Belgian standard these are 5-litre containers (point 3 of the standard).2) For the sampling procedure, the European standard stipulates that the first 4 litres should be discarded before taking the sample for analysis (point 6.2); the Belgian standard does not discard the first 4 litres (point 5.2), since FAPETRO believes that as the consumer is charged from the first litre, he has a right to a compliant product from the first litre. Description of the Fuel Quality Monitoring System in Belgium.European standard EN 14274 (FQMS) is recognised by Belgian law and could if necessary be applied in Belgium.  However, FAPETRO prefers the FQMS described in Annex 2 of the Ministerial Decree of 24 January 2002 ratifying the internal rules of FAPETRO’s Management Committee.  Point 3.1 of this Annex states that monitoring must be nationwide and that the size of the sample must be such as to guarantee 95% reliability.  Point 3.2.1 stipulates that monitoring extends to all public points of sale and to all private pumps.  Point 3.2.2 states that weekly checks are carried out at 80 service stations and 50 private distribution points.The 210 samples taken each week are taken at random (point 3.2.3).  Consequently, the frequency and quantity of samples show compliance with the spirit of European standard EN 14275.  One of the aspects that goes beyond the European standard is the double checking described in point 3.2.4 of the Annex to the Ministerial Decree.  An independent body monitors the quality of FAPETRO’s checks.  This body has access to FAPETRO inspection schedules. Therefore it knows for any given day which service station and which fuels are going to be checked.  The independent body takes 10 samples each week.  It follows from this that on any given day a service station will be inspected twice, once by FAPETRO and then by the independent body.The independent body sends its samples to an authorised laboratory, which may or may not be the same as the one used by FAPETRO.  The analyses show that for 2004 there was great reproducibility of the results between FAPETRO’s samples and those of the independent body.  This double checking provides two pieces of information: two identical samples have the same analysis results and therefore the laboratories are doing their job properly and the sampling method used by FAPETRO is good.  The rare cases where there is a slight discrepancy between the results are always from large service stations which, for example, have two diesel pumps; FAPETRO will have checked pump 1, and the independent body pump 2.","Entre le 1/1/2003 et le 1/1/2004 le nombre de stations-service a varié de 3833 à 3809,"
2004,Cyprus,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,"Legislative basis The supervision of the quality of fuel is based on the Environmental Protection Act (86/2000), the Government Decree on the quality requirements for petrol and diesel fuel (1271/2000),  it's amendments (1265/2002 and 767/2003) and an agreement between the Ministry of the Environment and Finnish Customs (38/481/2001). According to the agreement, Finnish Customs prepares a yearly sampling plan, which is to be approved by the Ministry of the Environment. Finnish Customs is in charge of the practical realization of the supervision. The Customs' national district organization takes care of taking liquid fuel samples according to the sampling plan, and the samples are analyzed at the Customs Laboratory. The supervision aims to comply, when applicable, with the requirements of standard EN 14274:2004 model A three macro regions (see Annex I of this document). SamplingSampling was done in the whole country  according to the sampling plan following the guidelines of a standard EN 14274:2004 model A. Country was divided to 3 macro-regions with about same sales volume and variability factor (see Annex I of this document). Also the number of retail sites in macro regions were between 500 - 800.  The sampling places were selected randomly, however, ensuring that all distribution chain companies were included. The sampling was split to winter and summer periods so that minimum sample amount was taken in both periods. Furthermore, the sampling was further split during the period. Samples were taken in retail sites with the exception that during the second half of the year 2004 the octane and cetane analysis were done from the samples taken from the fuel refineries and terminals (13 samples). These supply samples were taken in all macro regions and in different time. The design of the system to monitor fuel quality in Cyprus was based on Cyprus conditions.  According to the provisions of the Law N.148 (I)/2003 on fuel quality, the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism designates the laboratories for testing fuel samples, maintains a list with all retail sites and terminal facilities, and appoints the Chief Inspector, his Assistant and the officers responsible to carry out sampling. According to the Law, the Chief Inspector secures that a fuel monitoring system is in place and decides the number and the locations of the sites from which samples are taken. The Minister has appointed the Director of the Energy Service to be the Chief Inspector. The Chief Inspector is performing his duties by utilizing the laboratories nominated by the Minister, which are the laboratories of the COTL and the State General Laboratory. He also supervises the officers appointed by the Minister for sampling (fuel inspectors). It shall be stressed that the COTL is operating under the supervision of the Energy Service and the Chief Inspector, who is also a member of the COTL’s Board of Directors. The frequency of sampling at retail sites as well as the Larnaca depot is decided by the Chief Inspector and/or his assistant. Having in mind that Cyprus is considered as a single region and the supply, distribution and retail of petroleum products are carried out only by the four marketing companies, which are utilizing a single depot, the number of the samples taken in 2004 was adequate to monitor the Cyprus distribution chain. The Cyprus FQMS was designed based on the following parameters: · Country size: Small and single region  · Automotive fuel consumption per year: 650,000 MT · Import facilities: Larnaca depot · Common import facilities: Cyprus Oil Terminal Ltd., (former refinery) · Number of fuel marketing companies: 4· Number of retail sites: 250 petrol stations operated by marketing companies. ","The reported total sales figures for petrol include regular petrol (max. sulphur 150 ppm) and sulphur free qualities (max. sulphur 10 ppm). Similarly, the total sales figure for low sulphur diesel (max. sulphur 50 ppm) include sulphur free (max. sulphur 10 ppm) qualities. The environmental legislation in force during the reference year 2004 specifies the mandatory requirements for the year 2000 and 2005. The purpose of the environmental monitoring system is to control that the mandatory limit values set for the year 2000 are not exceeded. The monitoring and sampling system did not differentiate low sulphur and/or sulphur free qualities from the regular grades at retail sites in 2004. Furthermore, official sales statistics do not differentiate fuels qualities according to their sulphur content. Environmental differentiation of the excise duty has been used in Finland for several years to promote the used of low sulphur diesel. The tax legislation changed during the reference year. According to the new provisions lower excise duty levels are applied to sulphur free diesel and petrol as from the 1st of September 2004 (Law on the Excise Duty on Liquid Fuels 394/2004 amending the provisions of 1472/1994). Consequently, all diesel fuel marketed in 2004 was either low sulphur or sulphur free and sulphur free petrol replaced regular grades more or less completely by the end of the year. "
2004,Czech Republic,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,"The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic has in its responsibility monitoring and quality inspection of automotive fuels marketed in the Czech Republic and ensures both tasks in conjunction with The Czech Trade Inspection (CTI).Automotive fuels quality is monitored on the basis of valid Czech legislation in which EU legislation was transposed (relevant directives, decisions) and in compliance with European standards (EN) for test methods, quality, FQMS and sampling. Sampling was carried out by CTI (at 883 filling stations) and subsequent samples are analysed by accredited laboratory that is concurrently accredited inspection body.Geographical availability of sulphur-free fuels will be given in monitoring next year.Fuels with 50 ppm sulphur were made but were not declared at filling station yet.Annex III: Unleaded petrol SPECIÁL BA-91 contents additive type VSRPA (Valve Seat Recession Protection Additive). This petrol has to be coloured to deep orange colour.  These two national grades of Regular unleaded petrol, minimum RON = 91, (NATURAL BA-91 and SPECIÁL BA-91) differ on content of additive.Annex IV:Climate-related requirements Diesel fuel, temperate climates: Summer period  (15.04.-30.09.)      grade B (CFPP, max. 0 ºC) Winter period   (16.11.-28.2.)         grade F (CFPP, max. -20 ºC, Cloud point max. -8 ºC)Transitional period (01.10.-15.11., 01.03.-14.04.)       grade D (CFPP, max. -10 ºC)The Czech Trade Inspection evaluates several further quality parameters:for petrol - density, % evaporated at 70 ºC, Final Boiling Point (FBP), Distillation Residue  and content of potassium (for  SPECIÁL  BA-91),for diessel – flash point, Cetan index, Cold filter plugging point (CFPP), Distillation [% (V/V) recovered at 250 ºC and % (V/V) recovered at 350 ºC]",Unleaded petrol SPECIÁL BA-91 contents additive type VSRPA (Valve Seat Recession Protection Additive).
2004,Denmark,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,"Basic principlesThe Danish Fuel Quality Monitoring Programme is described in the Danish Statutory Order no. 884 of 3. November 2003 which was send to the Commission in November 2003 when notifying the implementation of directive 2003/17. Compared to the procedure described in EN 14274 the number of samples is reduced. The reasoning behind Danish programme is as follows: More than 99% of the fuels used for road transport in Denmark are distributed from the two Danish re-fineries or from terminals owned by members of the Danish Petroleum Industry Association (OFR) which have to meet the Association’s Exchange specifications. These specifications are in accordance with DS/EN 228 for petrol and DS/EN 590 for diesel and the current Danish Statutory Order regarding the quality of petrol and diesel fuel. More than 99% of the fuels used for road transport in Denmark are delivered from terminals, which are certified in accordance with ISO 9000 or equivalent quality-management systems. More than 99% of the fuels used for road transport in Denmark are distributed from terminals where “Certificates of Quality” exist for every import/batch approved according to DS/EN 228 for petrol or DS/EN 590 for diesel and the current Danish Statutory Orderregarding the quality of petrol and diesel.Some of the specified parameters are only measured on a reduced number of samples. It is parameters which are estimated to have minor influence on the environment (RON, MON, oxygen and oxygenates). Also for lead a reduced number of samples are analysed. Lead has not been present in petrol in Denmark for more than 10 years. This is in accordance with the discussions on the first expert meeting on the implementation of directive 98/70/EC in Brussels the 3. April 2003, where ""Mr. Zierock (DG ENV) suggested that fewer meas-urements could be taken for less sensitive parameters such as lead and octane number.."". Details for the 2004 monitoring programme  in total 40 samples of petrol and 20 samples of diesel from retail sites have been analysed, samples have been taken from all companies on the Danish market, the number of samples of different fuel qualities (octane number) and from different companies reflects the actual market(however at least 4 samples per fuel quality), the sites are chosen randomly by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency from a list of existing filling stations, half of the samples have been taken in summer (August) and the other half in winter (November), half of the samples have been taken east of Storebaelt  and the other half west of Storebaelt; the population is nearly the same east and west of Storebaelt, the samples of petrol is made up of RON 92 (6 samples), RON 95 (30 samples) and RON 98 (4 samples), the following parameters have been measured (number of samples in parenthesis):  petrol: vapour pressure (summer only, 18), E100 (40), E150 (40), olefines (40), aromatics (40), benzene (40),sulphur (40), MTBE (40), lead (6), RON (6), MON (6), oxygen (6) and oxygenates (6),  diesel: cetane number (20), density (20), 95%-distillation (20), PAH (20) and sulphur (20), the summer period has been defined as 1st June - 31st August (countries with severe winter condition), sampling and analyses are carried out by companies which meet the criteria given in EN 14274 and EN 14275. The 2004 sampling and analyses are made by SGS Sweden.",
2004,Estonia,1st May to 30th September,A,,Small,National System,Estonian Environmental Research Center (EERC) is managing the FQMS and reporting the results. Tax and Customs Board (TCB) has taken for this reporting period all samples and throughout the year. The analyses of samples were carried out by the lab of EERC and a different accredited lab. The test methods applied were in accordance with the Directive. The sales data of the fuels were provided by TCB. ,
2004,Finland,1st June to 31st August,A,,Small,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,"Legislative basis The supervision of the quality of fuel is based on the Environmental Protection Act (86/2000), the Government Decree on the quality requirements for petrol and diesel fuel (1271/2000),  it's amendments (1265/2002 and 767/2003) and an agreement between the Ministry of the Environment and Finnish Customs (38/481/2001). According to the agreement, Finnish Customs prepares a yearly sampling plan, which is to be approved by the Ministry of the Environment. Finnish Customs is in charge of the practical realization of the supervision. The Customs' national district organization takes care of taking liquid fuel samples according to the sampling plan, and the samples are analyzed at the Customs Laboratory. The supervision aims to comply, when applicable, with the requirements of standard EN 14274:2004 model A three macro regions (see Annex I of this document). SamplingSampling was done in the whole country  according to the sampling plan following the guidelines of a standard EN 14274:2004 model A. Country was divided to 3 macro-regions with about same sales volume and variability factor (see Annex I of this document). Also the number of retail sites in macro regions were between 500 - 800.  The sampling places were selected randomly, however, ensuring that all distribution chain companies were included. The sampling was split to winter and summer periods so that minimum sample amount was taken in both periods. Furthermore, the sampling was further split during the period. Samples were taken in retail sites with the exception that during the second half of the year 2004 the octane and cetane analysis were done from the samples taken from the fuel refineries and terminals (13 samples). These supply samples were taken in all macro regions and in different time. The grades investigated were unleaded 95 (RON > 95) and 98 (RON >=98) octane petrol and low sulphur diesel fuel. The fuels were furthermore divided into summer and winter grade. Since the sales volume for 99 octane petrol was small (less than 2%) it was excluded from the actual sampling. Also, there was no quality under 95 octane on the market. The sampling aims to comply, when applicable, with the requirements of standard EN 14275:2004. The sampling was done by trained personnel. One litre metal containers and five litre plastic containers approved for this purpose were used as sampling containers. Before the vapour pressure analysis, the sampling containers were cooled according to the requirements of the method. Analysis The analyses were conducted at the Customs Laboratory, which is a testing laboratory accredited by FINAS, the Centre for Metrology and Accreditation. For octane and cetane numbers, subcontractors whose competence was confirmed were used. Except for the lead method, all methods of analysis used (including those subcontracted) were reference methods according to the standards EN 228:2004 and EN 590:2004. The lead method used by the laboratory (determination of lead content in petrol by energydispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy) is a socalled screening method. The sensitivity of the method used, however, is much better than the limit indicated in the quality requirements. The average lead content measured in the samples was clearly below the limit set in the quality requirements. If needed, the laboratory has the ability to confirm the lead content of the sample with the EN 237 method according to the directive (Petroleum products. Petrol. Determination of low lead concentrations by atomic absorption spectrometry) in cases where the result is near or exceeds the quality limit. The authenticity and accuracy of the methods used by the laboratory has been verified by the national Round Robin comparative studies. Comparative examinationsIn 2004, the Customs Laboratory took part in the Round Robin Finland testing, which performs national inter-laboratory fuel examinations and tests organized by IIS (Institute of Interlaboratory Studies). The results of the parameters measured in the test (sulphur content, density, distillation, vapour pressure, benzene, total oxygen, MTBE, EtOH, MeOH) were acceptable. In 2001 - 2003 the laboratory also took part in these tests; at this time other quality parameters of diesel fuel and petrol were tested with acceptable results.","The reported total sales figures for petrol include regular petrol (max. sulphur 150 ppm) and sulphur free qualities (max. sulphur 10 ppm). Similarly, the total sales figure for low sulphur diesel (max. sulphur 50 ppm) include sulphur free (max. sulphur 10 ppm) qualities. The environmental legislation in force during the reference year 2004 specifies the mandatory requirements for the year 2000 and 2005. The purpose of the environmental monitoring system is to control that the mandatory limit values set for the year 2000 are not exceeded. The monitoring and sampling system did not differentiate low sulphur and/or sulphur free qualities from the regular grades at retail sites in 2004. Furthermore, official sales statistics do not differentiate fuels qualities according to their sulphur content. Environmental differentiation of the excise duty has been used in Finland for several years to promote the used of low sulphur diesel. The tax legislation changed during the reference year. According to the new provisions lower excise duty levels are applied to sulphur free diesel and petrol as from the 1st of September 2004 (Law on the Excise Duty on Liquid Fuels 394/2004 amending the provisions of 1472/1994). Consequently, all diesel fuel marketed in 2004 was either low sulphur or sulphur free and sulphur free petrol replaced regular grades more or less completely by the end of the year. "
2004,Germany,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,B: EN14274 Statistical Model B,"The 10th Order on the Execution of the FEPL (Order on the Composition and the Distinction of the Qualities of Fuels, 22.12.99.) regulates the demands of the characterisation and the quality of petrol, diesel and LPG fuels through the establishment of the European Standards as minimum requirements.  Whilst checking the parameters, simultaneous reference is made to the standards which Directive 98/70/EC (13th October 1998) prescribes in Annexes I and II.  Therefore the checking standards are not named in the forms.With the passing of a General Administrative Regulation on the unified execution in the German States the testing criteria were fixed and justified so that a unified federal completion is guaranteed. Reference was made to the appropriate DIN standards for the style and extent of the testing, forms were provided for the protocol of the sampling and the research results. The sampling took place at petrol stations as a rule.  The measures for infringements, the range of costs and the processing of claims and faults/complaints are regulated in the Administrative Regulation as well.  The first stage it is to clarify who has caused the sub-standard fuel quality.  If deception or negligence by the vendor of the goods can be proven then they will be punished with a fine.It is recommended that the following are measured as a rule in petrol during the sampling; Sulphur content, anti-knocking properties, vapour pressure, distillation, benzene content, aromatic compound content and the density.For diesel the following are to be determined; sulphur content, cetane number, the Cold Filter Plugging Point CFPP (temperature limit value of the filterability), distillation, ignition point (not required in the Directive) and density.  Other Quality Parameters should only be checked when suspected or when there are faults/complaints.The consumption statistics are gathered and published by the Federal Office for Economy and Export Control on the basis of the Mineral Oil Data Law. During this collection the sulphur content of the fuel was not considered.  No differentiation was likewise made for the sale of diesel between the sale at public petrol stations or private filling stations (transport/removals, public transport companies amongst others that have their own filling stations).",
2004,Greece,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,"The  European Standard EN 14274:2003 statistical model A is accepted as the monitoring system for Greece. Greece  is divided into 3 NUTS level 2 territorial units, (A,B,C)REGION A AττικήREGION B Θεσσαλία, Μακεδονία, Ήπειρος, Θράκη, ΘεσσαλονίκηREGION C Στερεά Ελλάδα, Εύβοια, Ιόνια νησιά, Πελοπόνησος, Κρήτη, ΑιγαίοThe monitoring system has been designed, but it has not been fully applied for the year 2004 due to technical reasons. According to the Joint Ministerial Decision No 291/2004, the General Greek Chemical State Laboratory (GCSL) is responsible for controlling the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and reporting on the fuel quality monitoring system.Fuel samples are collected from GCSL chemists and other departments of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the Ministry of Development and the Ministry of Environment, which are also responsible for sampling. The samples are taken at the refineries, the storage tanks of the marketing companies and the petrol stations. There is a difficulty of coordinating the three above authorities for sampling exactly as the relevant standard mentions. This is the main technical reason why the monitoring system has not been fully applied.   They are examined at the fuel laboratories of GCSL in Piraeus, for Regions A and C and  in Thessaloniki when the sampling is taken from the northern part of Greece (Region B). According to the Joint Ministerial Decision No 548/1998 (J.O. 127/B/1999), the samples are tested as being easily alterated products. All the mandatory fuel parameters, according to directive 98/70/EC, are measured in the laboratories of GCSL , except the Motor Octane Number, Vapour pressure DVPE, Cetane number and  Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) which are tested in the laboratories of the refineries: In the laboratories of GCSL, parameters of fuels (e.g. markers SY124 and Kinizarin) important for  investigating adulteration and smuggling events are also measured. It has to be noted  that , each year,  more than 4000 samples are tested for adulteration and smuggling reasons by the  GCSL laboratories.",
2004,Hungary,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,"After signing the contract between Ministry of Economy and Transport and ÁMEI dated 24 November 2004, sampling was started. This date was also explained by the fact that in autumn the transition period spans 1 October till 14 November and fuel samples taken during this transition period shall not be included in the FQMS. In this summary report it was examined whether the samples fulfil or not the requirements of the relating product standards in winter period. Hungary with the annual automotive fuel sales of 3.736 million tons is considered to be a small size country. Fuels marketed in Hungary originate from lot of different sources, national refineries and abroad. Fuels produced in a refinery can appear anywhere in Hungary due to small geographical distances. Therefore, the fuel distribution network becomes so complicated and ramifying that Hungary does not divide into regions. In consequence of the above mentioned Hungary considered as a small country made up of one region (Model C).The sample number was calculated proportionally from the number of samples taken during one year. To establish the number of samples drawn from different suppliers the distribution of the retail fuelling stations was taken into consideration.The analytical measurements of petrol and diesel fuel samples were carried out according to the test methods specified in the relating product standard. (If more than one test methods were specified for a parameter the arbitrary one was carried out)","According to monthly and yearly data originated from Energy Efficiency, Environment and Energy Information Agency Non-Profit Company and Hungarian Petroleum Association (MÁSZ), the quantities of different type of fuels marketed in 2004 are shown in table and diagram below.From the table and diagram it can be seen that until May the quantity of regular unleaded petrol (En-91) decreased such a rate that it was no reason for sampling in the monitored period."
2004,Ireland,1st June to 31st August,A,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,See Note in General Summary of Analysis on the previous worksheet,
2004,Italy,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,"Italy established a fuel quality monitoring system, in accordance with the requirements of the European standard EN 14274:2003, by decree 3 February 2005. The 2004 national report had been drawn up on the base of a monitoring system at sale outlets distributed throughout the Italian territory. The monitoring system (sampling and measurements) was carried out by independent supervisory bodies on behalf of the main oil companies.Samples were taken monthly in each Winter and Summer period (Summer period for petrol: 1st May to 30th September).The 2004 monitoring system was set up using the statistical model A of EN 14274 (large country framework, five macro-regions).256 petrol samples and 269 diesel fuel samples were analysed. The distribution of samples throughout the national territory was: 36% North-West, 11% North-East, 24% Centre, 15% South and 14% Islands. The test methods required for fuel quality monitoring were performed by laboratories that regularly participate in one or more national inter-laboratory proficiency testing schemes, and that are accredited according to EN ISO 17025 or certified according to EN ISO 9001. The proficiency testing schemes include all test methods listed in the FQMS. According to the requirements of EN 14274, analytical results for petrol and diesel fuel were reported separately for each season. ",
2004,Latvia,1st June to 31st August,A,,Small,National System,"In the Latvia requirements of Directive 98/70/EC transposed in the Cabinet Regulation No 332 ""Regulation regarding to the petrol and diesel conformity assesment"". Organization responsible forsampling, analisis and raporting is State Revenue Service. Types of locations at which sampling carried out are terminals/depots and refuelling stations. Frequency of sampling is not rarely that once a lunar. Sellection of sampling points get accordingly with fuel grades. In accordance with requirements which arised from the mentioned Cabinet Regulation monitoring sistem of diesel move compliance with following standards: cetane number LVS EN ISO 5165:2002; distillation LVS EN ISO 3405; polyciclyc aromatic hydrocarbons LVS EN 12916; sulphu LVS EN 8754; density LVS EN ISO 12185. Monitoring sistem of petrol move compliance with following standards: compliance density LVS EN ISO 12185; research octane number LVS EN 25164; lead LVS EN 13723; sulphur LVS EN ISO 8754; distillation LVS EN ISO 3405; benzene LVS EN 238; oxygen content LVS EN 13132; oxygenates ASTMD D 5845; vapour pressure LVS EN 13016-1. All Latvian National Standard has adopted from EU.",
2004,Lithuania,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,,
2004,Luxembourg,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,"Importers of the fuels concerned are required twice a year to carry out – or to have carried out by an authorised body – fuel analyses on the basis of the analytical methods referred to in European standards EN 228:1999 and EN 590:1999. By the end of every six month period, they must send the national environment agency a copy of the analysis results and a statement of the total volumes of petrol and diesel fuels marketed in Luxembourg, and, where applicable, the volumes of unleaded petrol and diesel fuels marketed with a maximum sulphur content of 10 mg/kg.",
2004,Malta,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,"Enemalta Corporation is currently the sole importer of petrol and diesel fuels for use in Malta.  Deliveries are made periodically by ship to the Enemalta terminal.  Each fuel delivery is accompanied by a quality certificate issued by a recognised fuel analysis organization.  For every fuel shipment, a sample is also taken and analysed by a separate independent analytical laboratory.  Malta currently has 85 refuelling stations which have been geographically divided into four districts.  Every month, a randomly selected refuelling station from one district is sampled for each fuel type available (thus each district is sampled 3 times per year) and the necessary analytical testing carried out by an independent analytical laboratory.  Based on fuel sales for the year 2003, this system gives an overall sample to sales ratio of about 425 samples per billion litres of unleaded gasoline, about 690 samples per billion litres of LRP and about 325 samples per billion litres of diesel.  This system will also ensure full coverage of the fuels used in Maltese territory.",
2004,Netherlands,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,B: EN14274 Statistical Model B,"Descritption of the system for inspection of the fuel qualityThe Netherlands has 12 provincies. It was decided to take samples from petrol stations in each province that sell fuel originating from diverse petrol companies.  Furthermore, the number of inhabitants in each province was studied and a distribution was done of petrol stations to visit, which resulted in 100 test checks [to be done] in total, spread over the summer and winter periods.The Netherlands has therefore met the European Standard EN 14274:2003 Statiscital Model B (small country).",
2004,Poland,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,"1.1. Aims of operation of the system for monitoring and control of the quality of liquid fuels and liquid biofuels The purpose of operating the system is to monitor, from the statistical standpoint, the quality of liquid fuels brought into circulation and to remove from circulation liquid fuels that do not meet the quality requirements stipulated in the regulations.1.2. Agencies involved in the monitoring and control of fuel quality Tasks connected with administration of the system for monitoring and control of the quality of liquid fuels and liquid biofuels are carried out by the President of the Office for Competition and Consumer Protection with the assistance of the Trade Inspectorate, which undertakes controls of fuel quality. Analysis of fuel quality is carried out by laboratories possessing accreditation of the Polish Centre for Accreditation for testing fuel by the methods stipulated in the regulations.1.3. The time and territorial scope of control In accordance with the national regulations, monitoring and control of fuel quality are divided into two periods of the year – the summer period, which with reference to gasoline runs from 1 May to 30 September (with reference to diesel fuel, from 16 April to 30 September) and the winter period, which with reference to gasoline runs from 1 October to 30 April (with reference to diesel fuel, from 1 October to 15 April). This report presents data obtained on the basis of controls of the quality of liquid fuels carried out in the period from May to December 2004, i.e. in the summer period and for 3 months of the winter period.Control was carried out on the territory of the whole country. Pursuant to the relevant regulations, for purposes of control the territory was divided up according to the administrative divisions of the country – the regions of control correspond to the provinces. 1.4. Organization of control Pursuant to the national regulations, monitoring and control of fuel quality are carried out in two areas: within the scope of the so-called European part of the system and within the scope of the so-called national part of the system.This report presents the results of controls carried out within the scope of the European part of the system. The stations where fuel samples were taken in 2004 were randomly selected separately for each province and for each type of fuel. All the fuel samples were investigated with respect to all of the quality parameters stated in the directive.2. List of all types of liquid fuels and liquid biofuels brought into circulation in the territory of the country, and information relating to their quantities.Quality control of liquid fuels covered all types of fuels in circulation in the country's territory, i.e.:• 95 octane gasoline, • 98 octane gasoline, • diesel fuel.","Notes:1. The stated output does not allow for so-called inter-refinery trading.2. Total import – relates to finished products intended for immediate consumption, as well as product that is a constituent for further processing. Total import also includes trade with the area of the European Community.3. Domestic consumption – comprises refinery sales to direct national consumers and sales by other private parties.Owing to the lack of final data on import of private parties for December 2004, the level of annual domestic consumption and import is estimated.Number of monitored fuel stations and factory stations taking into account the types of liquid fuels and provinces:In the period from May to December 2004, 499 fuel stations were inspected, taking 500  samples."
2004,Portugal,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,"Concerning the 2004 information, we will follow the same methodology used in precedent reports. The companies themselves carry on tests, taking samples in refineries and terminals, and randomly across the country in retail sites. Their frequency is roughly monthly, throughout the year. There are two refineries that suply the market, one of them in the north and the other in the south. Test methods are those specified in Directive 98/70/CE. The implementation of the alternative methodologies namely in order to comply with EN 14274, is not already finished, but it will, in a near future.",
2004,Slovakia,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,"In 2004 Fuel Quality Monitoring (FQM) was performed for the first time in full accordance with EU legislation and European standards. Before FQM starts it was necessary to take the steps as follows:• Transposition of EU Directives (98/70/EC, 2003/17/EC, 2002/159/EC, 1999/32/EC) into the Slovak law system. • Implementation of EN 14274 & EN 14275 into Slovak Technical Standard system. • Selection of the appropriate accredited testing laboratory by the form of public provision, which is required by Slovak law. • Ensuring needed sources for FQM (finances, technical equipments, human sources). • Creation of the working list of retail sites and commercial sites, and their identification numbers. Building of system which ensures updating of this list each year. • Personnel training.  ",The data concerning to sales of individual motor fuel grades were summarised from reports worked out by motor fuel distributors/salers.In 2004 the motor fuel distributors did not declare the sulphur content on refuelling stations. The sample numbers of individual motor fuel grades from the sulphur content point of view were chosen from the analytical results. 
2004,Slovenia,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,EN 14274 : 2003 ,EN 14274 : 2003 
2004,Spain,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,National System,,
2004,Sweden,1st June to 31st August,A,,Small,National System,FQMS from Certificate of Quality ,
2004,UK,1st June to 31st August,A,,Large,National System,"Data CollectionThe market in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is supplied from nine refineries operated by the major international oil companies and supplemented by imports controlled by independent suppliers. Imported fuels account for less than 10% of transport fuels marketed within the UK The United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association (UKPIA) is the trade association for the oil refiners and the Association of United Kingdom Oil Independents (AUKOI) the association for the independent oil importers and marketers. Each UK refinery and UK import terminal tests all fuels prior to release into the UK market to confirm they meet the required specifications. Testing is conducted in ISO 9000 or NAMAS accredited laboratories and these are audited both internally and externally to obtain this accreditation. These trade associations have collated the data on behalf of the UK Government from each of their members. The individual member companies have collated the results and calculated the statistical data prior to sending to their trade association. The data supplied by refiners is based on laboratory analysis of every batch of fuel manufactured in the refinery for consumption within the UK. The data supplied by the importers is based on the Quality Certificate supplied with each cargo and subsequent confirmation testing.  No product is released into the market, which does not meet the limit values in the Fuels Directive 98/70/EC or the relevant EN standard. These processes are audited both internally and by external auditors as part of their ISO 9000 accreditation.The above gives the precise information on the quality of all fuel manufactured and imported into the UK. All UK oil storage terminals are also accredited to ISO 9000. Quality Assurance checks and procedures ensure there is no deterioration of product quality as it moves through the supply chain. To confirm that the fuel is not contaminated as it passes through the supply chain the oil marketers conduct surveys. These surveys consist of sampling their inland terminals plus their own and competitors' retail networks. The analytical data collected from these surveys has also been collated by the trade associations and included in the submission. The summation of the industry manufacturing and marketing data is presented in the Appendix to this report. The petrol data is reported as required in Appendix I (a) for Premium Unleaded, Appendix I (b) for Super Unleaded and the diesel data is reported in Appendix II.Market ActivitiesDuring 2001 a tax incentive was allocated to unleaded petrol meeting the 2005 Fuels Directive specification. The end of 2001 saw the switching of the whole market to this standard. ULSD (Ultra Low Sulphur Diesel; 50 ppm max sulphur, 835 kg/m3 max, and T95 345° max) had already been incentivised by fiscal means, and already represented 100% of market sales.","Discussion of results and ConclusionAll samples tested at Refineries and Import terminals fully met the environmental requirements of the Fuels Directive. Retail surveys conducted by the automotive industry have also confirmed that the fuels generally met the limit value requirements of the Directive. This indicates that fuels have not been contaminated in the supply chain to the consumer. However, as shown in the appendices there were a few exceedances but all were within reproducibility of the appropriate test method (other than the summer volatility of the Unleaded gasoline grades). The parameters falling into this category are octane and cetane number, hydrocarbon analysis and vapour pressure. For the one result, which exceeded the requirements of the Directive, namely the summer vapour pressure for Unleaded gasolines (95 & 97 grades), this was almost certainly caused by slow changeover from summer to winter specifications at very low throughput service stations. Results here however were far more marginal than reported for 2003 (max 1.7 kPa exceedance in 2004 vs 10 kPa in 2003), when the very low throughput grade LRP was having an influence. It is difficult to eliminate this effect entirely as there will always remain very low throughout service stations.There were some limited supplies of petrol or diesel containing less than 10ppm sulphur marketed in the UK during 2004. These however have not been separated in volume reporting from 2005 specification fuels. The UK had planned to introduce a tax incentive from September 2004, however, due to oil price pressures all tax increases on transport fuels (including differentials) have been suspended in the UK, this suspension has been continued into 2005, and the UK intends to implement other measures by year end 2005."
2005,Austria,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,,Sulphur free diesel availability extrapolated from 100 samples.
2005,Belgium,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,L'arrêté ministériel du 24 janvier 2002 approuvant le règlement d'ordre intérieur du Comité de Gestion du Fonds d'analyse des produits pétroliers décrit le fonctionnement du système FQM en Belgique.,"Les volumes des essences et du diesel à 10 ppm de soufre sont des estimations (voir explications en note annexe).The tendency of the previous years concerning the progressive reduction in the points of continuous sale (3458 points of sale 01.01.2006 compared to 3663 01.01.2005 and 3809 01.01.2004). The principal cause of the disappearance of the small points of distribution is the more rigorous legislation. The geographical situation does not seem to have of impact on the closing of the stations. Except in the Walloon Brabant where an additional station was open, the fall in percentages is quasi equal in all the provinces. In 2005, 8.705 samples were taken with the various pumps near the public points of distribution, which means that the number of samples taken in 2005 is higher than that of 2004 (8.539) and of 2003 (7.983). The results of the analyses show that 343 (that is to say 3,94%) examined samples did not correspond to the regulation in force. That means that only one sample on 33 is not completely in conformity with the standards. This situation falls under the tendency of the previous years, namely 3,36 % of samples presenting of the anomalies in 2004 and 3,63% in 2003. That means that for the third year of continuation, the objective of less than 5% of samples presenting of the anomalies was achieved.just like the previous year, the objective of 5% as maximum of samples non-conformity is reached for each type of fuel. It is to be noticed that especially the number of samples of EUROSUPER 95RON presenting of the anomalies increased (3,50% in 2005 compared to 2,05% in 2004). That is mainly due to the infringements on the level of the vapour pressure. The figures for the super+50 and the gas oil 50S are quasi equal to those of 2004. Graphs 1 to 7 in appendix at the end of this annual report give an image of the distribution of the samples over the year and between the various marks. Graph 1 gives an outline of the number of samples presenting of the negative results per quarter.Although the good quality of the fuels cannot be questioned, the infringements concerning the vapour pressure always pose problems and especially for the pumps with low flow. In 2005, important results out-spec were noted for the first time, in particular for winter quality when one found samples presenting a vapour pressure higher than 95 Kpa. The increase in the number of statement of warning increased proportionally compared to the increase in the number of opened files, but in spite of the higher number of the number of files, one notes a reduction in the number of Pro Justitia, namely 30 in 2005 compared to 34 in 2004 for only 286 files treated against 345 in 2005. That seems to mean that the owners react more quickly and take adequate measurements when they receive an official report of warning. Just like in 2004, a low number of Pro Justitia were written at the points of distribution of the large marks, but in 2005, no pump was the subject of seals. The number of complaints having resulted in the analysis from the taken samples fell again. In 2005, only 10 complaints carried out to later actions compared to 17 in 2004, 27 in 2003 and 32 in 2002."
2005,Cyprus,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,As per accompanying report. Cyprus has a single depot and is considered a single region.,
2005,Czech Republic,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,"The Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade is responsible for issuing directives and guidelines (directive 98/70/ES, 2000/71/ES, 2003/17/ES, part of 2003/30/ES and decision 2002/159/ES) regarding the quality of automotive fuels and is responsible for submitting reports on the FQMS for fuels (petrol and diesel) sold in the Czech Republic. Fuel quality is monitored on the basis of Ministry of Industry and Trade Decree no. 229/2004 Coll. (laying down the requirements for fuels of road vehicles and for fuel quality monitoring), which has been harmonized with EU legislation and is in compliance with European quality standards (EN 228 and EN 590), test standards, sampling standards and the FQMS.Sampling, in compliance with EN 14275:2003, is carried out by the Czech Trade Inspection (CTI) primarily at refuelling stations (RS), in order to establish the situation in the fuel distribution market.  This results in the taking of a large number of samples and, in addition to the parameters required under the FQMS to conform to environmental specifications, the following fuel characteristics are also monitored for consumer protection purposes:Petrol: density (at 15 °C), % (V/V) evaporated at 70 °C,  FPP (Final Boiling Point), distillation residue, content of potassium (at Speciál BA-91), existent gum content (solvent washed).Diesel: flash point, cetane index, CFPP, distillation [% (V/V) recovered at 250 °C and at 350 °C], viscosity at 40 °C.The analyses are performed by an accredited laboratory, Ústav paliv a maziv, a.s., (Institute of Fuels and Lubricants).","Unleaded petrol BA-91conforms to all parameters, apart from the RON and MON values for ""premium grade"" of petrol.  Unleaded petrol Speciál BA-91 is suitable for older types of motor with unhardened valve seats, because this petrol contains a VSRPA type additive to protect against excess wear on the valve seat (Valve Seat Recession Protection Additive).  The petrol is coloured dark orange.In 2005 57,500  tons of Normal BA-91 were sold (2.5% of all petrol sold) and 149,400 tons of premium Super BA-91 (6.6%)."
2005,Denmark,1st June to 31st August,A,,Small,National System,"Basic principlesThe Danish Fuel Quality Monitoring Programme is described in the Danish Statutory Order no. 884 of 3. November 2003 which was send to the Commission in November 2003 when notifying the implementation of directive 2003/17. Compared to the procedure described in EN 14274 the number of samples is reduced. The reasoning behind the Danish programme is as follows:• More than 99% of the fuels used for road transport in Denmark are distributed from the two Danish refineries or from terminals owned by members of the Danish Petroleum Industry Association (OFR) which have to meet the Association’s Exchange specifications. These specifications are in accordance with DS/EN 228 for petrol and DS/EN 590 for diesel and the current Danish Statutory Order regarding the quality of petrol and diesel fuel.• More than 99% of the fuels used for road transport in Denmark are delivered from terminals, which are certified in accordance with ISO 9000 or equivalent quality-management systems.• More than 99% of the fuels used for road transport in Denmark are dis-tributed from terminals where “Certificates of Quality” exist for every import/batch approved according to DS/EN 228 for petrol or DS/EN 590 for diesel and the current Danish Statutory Order regarding the quality of petrol and diesel.Some of the specified parameters are only measured on a reduced number of samples. It is parameters which are estimated to have minor influence on the environment (RON, MON, oxygen and oxygenates). Also for lead a reduced number of samples are analysed. Lead has not been present in petrol in Denmark for more than 10 years. This is in accordance with the dis-cussions on the first expert meeting on the implementation of directive 98/70/EC in Brussels the 3. April 2003, where ""Mr. Zierock (DG ENV) suggested that fewer measurements could be taken for less sensitive parameters such as lead and octane number.."". Details for the 2005 monitoring programme The main content of the Danish fuel quality monitoring programme is as follows:• in total 40 samples of petrol and 20 samples of diesel from retail sites have been analysed,• samples have been taken from all companies on the Danish market,• the number of samples of different fuel qualities (octane number) and from different companies reflects the actual market (however at least 4 samples per fuel quality),• the sites are chosen randomly by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency from a list of existing filling stations,• half of the samples have been taken in summer (August) and the other half in winter (May and October),• half of the samples have been taken east of Storebaelt  and the other half west of Storebaelt; the population is nearly the same east and west of Storebaelt,• sampling and analyses are carried out by companies which meet the criteria given in EN 14274 and EN 14275. The 2005 sampling and analyses are made by SGS Sweden.Test methodsThe test methods applied for analysis are in some cases different from the methods set out in EN 228:1999 and EN 590:1999. SGS Sweden, who performs the analysis, has declared that the methods used correspond to the ones in the directive.The methods are: ASTM D4815 is used instead of EN 13132 for oxygenatesASTM D5453 is used instead of ISO 20846 for sulphurASTM D3237 is used instead of EN 237 for lead",
2005,Estonia,1st May to 30th September,A,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,"Estonian Environment Research Centre (EERC) is managing the FQMS and reporting the results. The monitoring followed the European Standard EN 14274. The sample-taking followed the European Standard EN 14275. Analyses were partly done in the laboratory of EERC, partly in a private laboratory, and the applied methods had accreditation.",
2005,Finland,1st June to 31st August,A,,Small,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,"Legislative basis The supervision of the quality of fuel is based on the Environmental Protection Act (86/2000), the Government Decree on the quality requirements for petrol and diesel fuel (1271/2000),  it's amendments (1265/2002 and 767/2003) and an agreement between the Ministry of the Environment and Finnish Customs (38/481/2001). According to the agreement, Finnish Customs prepares a yearly sampling plan, which is to be approved by the Ministry of the Environment. Finnish Customs is in charge of the practical realization of the supervision. The Customs' national district organization takes care of taking liquid fuel samples according to the sampling plan, and the samples are analyzed at the Customs Laboratory. The supervision aims to comply, when applicable, with the requirements of standard EN 14274:2004 model A three macro regions (see Annex I of this document). SamplingSampling was done in the whole country  according to the sampling plan following the guidelines of a standard EN 14274:2004 model A. Country was divided to 3 macro-regions with about same sales volume and variability factor (see Annex I of this document). Also the number of retail sites in macro regions were between 500 - 800.  The sampling places were selected randomly, however, ensuring that all distribution chain companies were included. The sampling was split to winter and summer periods so that minimum sample amount was taken in both periods. Furthermore, the sampling was further split during the period. Samples were taken in retail sites with the exception that during the year 2005 the majority of octane and cetane number analysis were done from the samples taken from the fuel refineries and terminals (44 petrol and 36 diesel fuel samples). These supply samples were taken in all macro regions and in different time. The grades investigated were unleaded 95 (RON > 95) and 98 (RON >=98) octane sulphur free (max. 10 mg/kg) petrol and sulphur free (max. 10 mg/kg) diesel fuel. The fuels were furthermore divided into summer and winter grade. Since the sales volume for 99 octane petrol was small (less than 2%) it was excluded from the actual sampling. Also, there was no quality under 95 octane on the market. The sampling aims to comply, when applicable, with the requirements of standard EN 14275:2004. The sampling was done by trained personnel. One litre metal containers and five litre plastic containers approved for this purpose were used as sampling containers. Before the vapour pressure analysis, the sampling containers were cooled according to the requirements of the method.  Analysis The analyses were conducted at the Customs Laboratory, which is a testing laboratory accredited by FINAS, the Centre for Metrology and Accreditation. For octane and cetane numbers, subcontractors whose competence was confirmed were used. Except for the lead method, all methods of analysis used (including those subcontracted) were reference methods according to the standards EN 228:2004 and EN 590:2004. The lead method used by the laboratory (determination of lead content in petrol by energydispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy) is a socalled screening method. The sensitivity of the method used, however, is much better than the limit indicated in the quality requirements. The average lead content measured in the samples was clearly below the limit set in the quality requirements. If needed, the laboratory has the ability to confirm the lead content of the sample with the EN 237 method according to the directive (Petroleum products. Petrol. Determination of low lead concentrations by atomic absorption spectrometry) in cases where the result is near or exceeds the quality limit. The authenticity and accuracy of the methods used by the laboratory has been verified by the national Round Robin comparative studies. Comparative examinationsIn 2005, the Customs Laboratory took part in the Round Robin Finland testing, which performs national inter-laboratory fuel examinations and tests organized by IIS (Institute of Interlaboratory Studies). The results of the parameters measured in the test (sulphur content, density, distillation, lead content, vapour pressure, aromatic and olefin contents, benzene and MTBE) were acceptable. In 2001 - 2004 the laboratory also took part in these tests; at this time same and other quality parameters of diesel fuel and petrol were tested with acceptable results.",All unleaded petrol and diesel fuels sold and used in Finland were sullphur free (max. 10 mg/kg).  
2005,France,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,National System,No report submitted for 2005.,No report submitted for 2005.
2005,Germany,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,National System,"The 10th Order on the Execution of the FEPL (Order on the Composition and the Distinction of the Qualities of Fuels, 22.12.99.) regulates the demands of the characterisation and the quality of petrol, diesel and LPG fuels through the establishment of the European Standards as minimum requirements.  Whilst checking the parameters, simultaneous reference is made to the standards which Directive 98/70/EC (13th October 1998) prescribes in Annexes I and II.  Therefore the checking standards are not named in the forms.With the passing of a General Administrative Regulation on the unified execution in the German States the testing criteria were fixed and justified so that a unified federal completion is guaranteed. Reference was made to the appropriate DIN standards for the style and extent of the testing, forms were provided for the protocol of the sampling and the research results. The sampling took place at petrol stations as a rule.  The measures for infringements, the range of costs and the processing of claims and faults/complaints are regu-lated in the Administrative Regulation as well.  The first stage it is to clarify who has caused the sub-standard fuel quality.  If deception or negligence by the vendor of the goods can be proven then they will be pun-ished with a fine.It is recommended that the following are measured as a rule in petrol during the sampling; Sulphur con-tent, anti-knocking properties, vapour pressure, distillation, benzene content, aromatic compound con-tent and the density.For diesel the following are to be determined; sulphur content, cetane number, the Cold Filter Plugging Point CFPP (temperature limit value of the filterability), distillation, ignition point (not required in the Di-rective) and density.  Other Quality Parameters should only be checked when suspected or when there are faults/complaints.The consumption statistics are gathered and published by the Federal Office for Economy and Export Control on the basis of the Mineral Oil Data Law. During this collection the sulphur content of the fuel was not considered.  No differentiation was likewise made for the sale of diesel between the sale at public petrol stations or private filling stations (transport/removals, public transport companies amongst others that have their own filling stations).",
2005,Greece,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,"The  European Standard EN 14274:2003 statistical model A is accepted as the monitoring system for Greece.                                           Greece  is divided into 3 NUTS level 2 territorial units, (A,B,C)REGION A AττικήREGION B Θεσσαλία, Μακεδονία, Ήπειρος, Θράκη, ΘεσσαλονίκηREGION C Στερεά Ελλάδα, Εύβοια, Ιόνια νησιά, Πελοπόνησος, Κρήτη, ΑιγαίοThe FQMS has been  designed, but it has not been fully applied for the year 2005 due to technical reasons. According to the Joint Ministerial Decision No 291/2004, the General  Chemical State Laboratory (ΓΧΚ) is responsible for controlling the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and reporting on the fuel quality monitoring system.Fuel samples are collected from ΓΧΚ chemists  at the refineries . This report concerns the results of the samples that are taken at the refineries. ",
2005,Hungary,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,"Hungary with the annual automotive fuel sales of 3 937 thousand tons is considered to be a small size country. Fuels marketed in Hungary originate from lot of different sources, i.e. from national refineries and abroad. Fuels produced in a refinery can appear anywhere in Hungary due to small geographical distances. Therefore, the fuel distribution network becomes so complicated and ramifying that Hungary is not divided into regions. In consequence of the above mentioned Hungary considered as a small country made up of one region (Model C).Samples were taken from refuelling stations. The list of refuelling stations was made available by Hungarian Custom and Finance Guard. Sampling places were selected from the approx. 2000 refuelling stations randomly.","According to data originated from Energy Efficiency, Environment and Energy Information Agency Non-Profit Company and Hungarian Petroleum Association (MÁSZ), the quantities of different type of fuels marketed in 2005 are shown in table"
2005,Ireland,1st June to 31st August,A,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,See Note in General Summary of Analysis on the previous worksheet.,
2005,Italy,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,"Italy established a fuel quality monitoring system, in accordance with the requirements of the European standard EN 14274:2003, by decree 3 February 2005. The 2005 national report had been drawn up on the base of a monitoring system at sale outlets distributed throughout the Italian territory.The monitoring system (sampling and measurements) was carried out by independent supervisory bodies on behalf of the main oil companies.  Samples were taken monthly in each Winter and Summer period (Summer period for petrol: 1st May to 30th September).The 2005 monitoring system was set up using the statistical model A of EN 14274 (large country framework, five macro-regions).  318 petrol samples and 309 diesel fuel samples were analysed.The distribution of samples throughout the national territory was: 29% North-West, 9% North-East, 26% Centre, 17% South and 19% Islands.The test methods required for fuel quality monitoring were performed by laboratories that regularly participate in one or more national inter-laboratory proficiency testing schemes, and that are accredited according to EN ISO 17025 or certified according to EN ISO 9001. The proficiency testing schemes include all test methods listed in the FQMS.According to the requirements of EN 14274, analytical results for petrol and diesel fuel were reported separately for each season and for each grade.Sulphur free fuels were monitorated in 2005 for the first time. Compared to the total samples taken, the percentages of samples of  sulphur free petrol and diesel fuel were 24% and 8%, respectively.","Italy has defined only two grades for each type of fuel: petrol with minimum RON = 95 and maximum sulphur content of 50 mg/kg (parent grade),  petrol with minimum RON = 95 and maximum sulphur content of 10 mg/kg; diesel fuel with maximum sulphur content of 50 mg/kg (parent grade), diesel fuel with maximum sulphur content of 10 mg/kg. A limited quantity of petrol with minimum RON = 98 was sold in 2005 for market in trial, even if this does not correspond to any specific petrol grade defined at national level."
2005,Latvia,1st June to 31st August,A,,Small,National System,"In the Latvia requirements of Directive 98/70/EC transposed in the Cabinet Regulation No 332 ""Regulation regarding to the petrol and diesel conformity assessment"". Organization responsible for sampling, analysis and reporting is State Revenue Service and the State Ltd “Latvian certification centre”. Types of locations at which sampling carried out are terminals/depots and refuelling stations. Frequency of sampling is not rarely that once a month. Selection of sampling points gets accordingly with fuel grades. In accordance with requirements which arised from the mentioned Cabinet Regulation monitoring system of diesel move compliance with following standards: cetane number LVS EN ISO 5165:2002; distillation LVS EN ISO 3405; polyciclyc aromatic hydrocarbons LVS EN 12916; sulphu LVS EN 8754; density LVS EN ISO 12185. Monitoring sistem of petrol move compliance with following standards: compliance density LVS EN ISO 12185; research octane number LVS EN 25164; lead LVS EN 13723; sulphur LVS EN ISO 8754; distillation LVS EN ISO 3405; benzene LVS EN 238; oxygen content LVS EN 13132; oxygenates ASTMD D 5845; vapour pressure LVS EN 13016-1. All Latvian National Standard has adopted from EU.","* calculating oil products quantity in tons, there has been used average compactness: petrol - 0,765 t/m³; diesel - 0,835 t/m³"
2005,Lithuania,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,,Data source: State Tax Inspectorate under the Ministry of Finance.
2005,Luxembourg,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,"The importers of the fuels concerned are held, twice per annum, to carry out or make carry out, by an approved organization for this purpose, the analyses of the fuels on the basis of analytical method aimed in the European standards INTO 228:1999 and 590:1999. They must send to the administration Environment, at the end of each six-month period, a copy of the result of the analyses as well as a statement of total volumes of gasoline and the oils Diesel marketed on the Luxembourg territory like, if necessary, of volumes of unleaded gas and marketed oils Diesel having a maximum content sulphur of 10 mg/kg.",
2005,Malta,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,"EneMalta Corporation was the sole importer of petrol and diesel fuels for use in Malta in 2005.  Deliveries are made periodically by ship to the Enemalta terminal.  Each fuel delivery is accompanied by a quality certificate issued by a recognised fuel analysis organization.  For every fuel shipment, a sample is also taken and analysed by a separate independent analytical laboratory.  Malta currently has 85 refuelling stations which have been geographically divided into four districts.  Every month, a randomly selected refuelling station from one district is sampled for each fuel type available (thus each district is sampled 3 times per year) and the necessary analytical testing carried out by an independent analytical laboratory.  Based on fuel sales for the year 2005, this system gives an overall sample to sales ratio of 439 samples per billion litres of unleaded gasoline, 921 samples per billion litres of LRP and 268 samples per billion litres of diesel.  This system will also ensure full coverage of the fuels used in Maltese territory.",
2005,Netherlands,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,"The Netherlands has 12 provinces. It was decided to take samples from petrol stations in each province that sell fuel originating from diverse petrol companies.  Furthermore, the number of inhabitants in each province was studied and a distribution was done of petrol stations to visit, which resulted in 100 test checks [to be done] in total, spread over the summer and winter periods. The Netherlands has therefore met the European Standard EN 14274:2003 Statistical Model A (small country).",
2005,Poland,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,"1. Summary of the Polish system for monitoring and controlling the quality of liquid fuels and liquid biofuels1.1. Legal basisThe legal basis for implementing the system of monitoring and controlling the quality of liquid fuels in Poland, are as follows:• Law dated 23 January 2004 regarding the system of monitoring and controlling the quality of liquid fuels and liquid biofuels (Dz.U. No. 34, item 293 with amendments), hereinafter referred to as ‘the Law’, incorporating the provisions 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 (OJ L 350/58, 28.12.98) as amended by Directive 2003/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council dated 3 March 2003 (OJ L 76/10, 22.3.2003), hereinafter referred to as ‘the Directive’.• Law dated 15 December 2000  on Trade Inspectorate (Dz. U. of 2001 No. 4, item 25 with amendments) and its associated bylaws, • Ordinance by the Minister of Economic Affairs and Labour dated 17 September 2004 regarding the method of monitoring the quality of  liquid fuels and liquid biofuels (Dz. U. No. 211, item 2146), hereinafter referred to as ‘the Ordinance on the method of monitoring’,• Ordinance by the Minister of Economic Affairs and Labour, of 16 August 2004 regarding the quality requirements for liquid fuels (Dz. U. No. 192, item 1969), hereinafter referred to as ‘the Ordinance on quality requirements’*• Ordinance by the Minister of Economic affairs and Labour dated 16 August 2004 regarding the methods of testing the quality of liquid fuels (Dz. U. No. 192, item 1970), hereinafter referred to as ‘the Ordinance on testing methods’.1.2. The purpose of introducing the system of monitoring and controlling the quality of liquid fuels and liquid biofuels The purpose of operating the system is to carry out statistical monitoring of the quality of liquid fuels coming onto the market and to remove from circulation liquid fuels that do not meet the quality requirements as stipulated by the regulations. 1.3. The agencies involved in monitoring and controlling the quality of fuel The system for monitoring and controlling the quality of liquid fuels and liquid biofuels is administered by the President of the Office for Competition and Consumer Protection.The tasks associated with its administration are performed with the aid of the Trade Inspectorate, which inspects the quality of fuels. The analyses of fuel quality are carried out by laboratories accredited by the Polish Centre for Accreditation as authorised to test fuels using the methods stipulated in the regulations.1.4. The time-scale and the area included in the control In accordance with the national regulations regarding the monitoring methods, the process of monitoring and controlling fuel quality covers two seasons: summer and winter. The summer season for petrol fuels is applicable from 1 May until 30 September (for diesel oils from 16 April until 30 September). The winter season for petrol fuels is from 1 October until 30 April (for diesel oils from 1 October until 15 April). The report presents data gathered in the course of fuel quality inspections carried out by the Trade Inspectorate in the period from January until December 2005.The inspections covered the entire territory of Poland. In accordance with the regulations concerning the monitoring methods, the territory of Poland was divided up according to the administrative divisions of the country – with the inspection regions corresponding to those of the provinces.  1.5. The structure of the control process Pursuant to the national regulations the process of monitoring and controlling fuel quality has to cover two aspects: the European component of the system, and the national component of the system.This report presents the results of the inspections carried out in accordance with the European component of the system, organized along the guidelines laid down by the Directive. The stations where fuel samples were taken in 2005 were randomly selected, separately for each province and for each type of fuel. All fuel samples were tested with respect to all quality parameters listed in the Directive on the quality of petrol and diesel fuels.",
2005,Portugal,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,"The companies themselves carry on tests, taking samples in refineries and terminals, and randomly across the country in retail sites. Their frequency is roughly monthly, throughout the year. There are two refineries that suply the market, one of them in the north and the other in the south. Test methods are those specified in Directive 98/70/CE.",
2005,Slovakia,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,"In 2005 Fuel Quality Monitoring (FQM) was performed for the second time in full accordance with EU legislation and European standards. According to monitoring programme the samples were well-proportioned taken on the whole territory of the Slovak Republic. Winter period samples were taken in February, November, December. Summer period samples were taken in May, June, July, August and September. Sampling of petrol and diesel fuels was not realized in so-called ""intermediate period"".FQM was realised in cooperation of the Slovak Inspectorate of the Environment (government institution) with Slovnaft VURUP (accredited testing laboratories Reg. No.: 049/S-119). Slovak Inspectorate of the Environment was responsible for FQM planning and managing, and drawing of samples as well. Slovnaft VURUP was responsible for proper transport of samples and their testing, and FQM report completion. Transport of samples between filling stations and testing laboratories was realised by the special arranged van for the purpose of minimization of light fraction losses. This van fulfils the requirements of EN 14275 standard.Analyses:• Besides all the required analyses, the density of each petrol sample was determined. These data will used for recalculation of the sold litres to tonnes of each petrol grade after the Ministry of Environment of Slovak Republic will give data concerning to sales of individual motor fuel grades. • In the cases, when the test results breached the tolerance limits, the pertinent refuelling station owner (""dealer"") was penalized by the Slovak Inspectorate of the Environment.   • On the base of the reported data in Annex V and VI (8 lists/tables) is possible to observe, that at the time being majority of sold motor fuels fulfil requirement in term of sulphur content limit 10 mg/kg and therefore according to trend in Slovakia ""sulphur-free fuels"" will be available on market in full range before required day 1.1.2009.NOTE 1:This report does not contain the data concerning to sales of individual motor fuel grades for 2005, because the Ministry of Environment of Slovak Republic, which is responsible for collection of data from motor fuel distributors/dealers did not submitted these data to Slovnaft VÚRUP, Inc. until June 23, 2006. According to “Time List” of Ministry of Environment of Slovak Republic these data should be available in October 2006. After the processing these data, Slovnaft VÚRUP, Inc., will send updated tables which are in the Lists “Sales”, “<10 ppm S fuel availability”, „Sampling–Petrol”, “Sampling-Diesel”, “Petrol 91 RON <10 ppm S”, “Petrol 95 RON <10 ppm S”, “Petrol 98 RON <10 ppm S”, “Diesel <10 ppm S” approximately until November 30, 2006.On the base of decision of Ministry of Environment of Slovak Republic, in above mentioned lists there are presented data from 2004.",
2005,Slovenia,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,"The fuel quality monitoring system in Slovenia is based on the European Standard EN 14274:2003.Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia is receiving monthly and annual reports from independent inspection body, which is responsible for preparing the sampling plan, sampling of fuel samples, analysis and collecting the data. It is accredited by Slovenian Accreditation as an inspection body according to EN ISO/IEC 17020:2004. The analyses of samples were carried out by testing laboratories accredited according to EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005.Samples of petrol were taken at refuelling stations each month across the winter and summer periods. Samples of diesel were taken at refuelling stations (96 samples) and depots (56 samples) each month throughout the year.The test methods were in compliance with the Directive specifications, except for determination of lead and cetane number. Validation and traceability of both methods were provided according to EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005.","National sales data was taken from the statistics compiled and published by Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia.Small quantities of Unleaded petrol (minimum RON >=98 &< 10 ppm Sulphur), Unleaded petrol (minimum 95 =< RON < 98 & < 10 ppm Sulphur) and Diesel fuel (< 10 ppm sulphur) were also sold in Slovenia in year 2005.The data of sulphur-free fuels were provided by oil distributors. There are however only three official national fuel grades in Slovenia"
2005,Spain,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,National System,"The fuel quality control reports are based on data obtained by sampling the exit tanks in storage centres owned by the Logistic Hydrocarbon Company (C.L.H., S.A.), which is the main logistic fuel company in Spain, and has a market share of 80%. This data is then compared to that obtained by sampling fuels from storage points at their final destinations in different Autonomous Regions.Lab analyses of the samples were carried out at the following locations: in various labs across Autonomous Regions, at the Quality Control & Investigation  Centre within the National Consumer’s Institute (within the Department/Ministry of Health & the Consumer), and at the Logistic Hydrocarbon Company’s labs.There are 9 refineries in Spain, which supply the national market, and have a total fuel processing capacity of 65 MTm/year.",It was not possible to obtain separate data for the two types of diesel (<50ppm and <10ppm)
2005,Sweden,1st June to 31st August,A,,Small,National System,FQMS from Certificate of Quality ,"Diesel fuel sales include also fuel for off road use - Sweden has the same grade on road as well as off road diesel fuel, Diesel for transportation use is approx 3 700 000 m3."
2005,UK,1st June to 31st August,A,,Large,National System,"The market in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is supplied from nine refineries operated by the major international oil companies and supplemented by imports controlled by independent suppliers. Imported fuels account for less than 10% of transport fuels marketed within the UK The United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association (UKPIA) is the trade association for the oil refiners and the Association of United Kingdom Oil Independents (AUKOI) the association for the independent oil importers and marketers. Each UK refinery and UK import terminal tests all fuels prior to release into the UK market to confirm they meet the required specifications. Testing is conducted in ISO 9000 or NAMAS accredited laboratories and these are audited both internally and externally to obtain this accreditation. These trade associations have collated the data on behalf of the UK Government from each of their members. The individual member companies have collated the results and calculated the statistical data prior to sending to their trade association. The data supplied by refiners is based on laboratory analysis of every batch of fuel manufactured in the refinery for consumption within the UK. The data supplied by the importers is based on the Quality Certificate supplied with each cargo and subsequent confirmation testing.  No product is released into the market, which does not meet the limit values in the Fuels Directive 98/70/EC or the relevant EN standard. These processes are audited both internally and by external auditors as part of their ISO 9000 accreditation.The above gives the precise information on the quality of all fuel manufactured and imported into the UK. All UK oil storage terminals are also accredited to ISO 9000. Quality Assurance checks and procedures ensure there is no deterioration of product quality as it moves through the supply chain. To confirm that the fuel is not contaminated as it passes through the supply chain the oil marketers conduct surveys. These surveys consist of sampling their inland terminals plus their own and competitors' retail networks. The analytical data collected from these surveys has also been collated by the trade associations and included in the submission. ",
2006,Austria,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,"The fuel monitoring was conducted by the Environment Agency in 2006.  To this end samples were taken from petrol stations from all over Austria.  In total 245 petrol stations were tested with 303 samples being taken, of which 150 were each in the winter and 153 in the summer half-years","Sulphut free diesel availability extrapolated from 100 samples.In total more than 8.15 million tonnes of fuel were sold in Austria in 2006, of which 6.15 million tonnes (ca. 75%) were diesel. "
2006,Bulgaria,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,"Responsible organisation(s):  Ministry of Environment and Water and State Agency for Metrological and Technical Surveillance (SAMTS) – Directorate General “Quality control of liquid fuels”Format of Fuel Quality Monitoring System (FQMS):  National system.Country Size:  Small (less than 15 million tonnes automotive fuel dispensed per year).Summer Period:  1st May to 30th September (Normal)Location(s) of sampling:  Public and private refuelling stations spread in the Bulgarian territory.Time/frequency of sampling:  Upon special private and police request. Only 16 samples were taken in 2006.  (In 2005, samples were taken regularly each week with a maximum of 6 samples a day.  In total 711 petrol samples and 392 diesel samples.)Specification of test methods:  In compliance with Directive 98/70/EC for all available testing equipment.  Sulphur content - according to the requirements of EN ISO 8754 due to the available equipment.  Collection of sales data:  the Ministry of Environment of Slovak Republic is responsible for collection of data from motor fuel distributors/dealers.Additional information: The Bulgarian fuel quality monitoring system was introduced on 1st of October 2003 after the Clean Air Act and the Regulation on liquid fuels quality and procedures and methods of their control were adopted. The Regulation implements the requirements of the Directive 98/70/EC and 2003/17/EC. On the basis of the Regulation the Directorate General ""Quality control of liquid fuels"" was created. The Directorate consists of three regional departments for control collecting samples, one department for testing fuels with its own accredited laboratory and one department for control, issuing the experts' conclusion about the compliance /non-compliance of the tested fuels. During the year 2006 the testing laboratory was repaired/replaced and the Directorate General collected samples only upon special private and police requests and the results are not considered as representative. Thanks to the realization of the European Aid Project 121584/D/S/BG (PHARE project BG 20031004-937.02.01) during the year 2006 the laboratory for testing of fuels within the State Agency for Metrological and Technical Surveillance was supplied with the necessary equipment for carrying out the analyses required by the Decision 2002/159/EC and Directive 98/70/EC amended by Directive 2003/17/EC. ",Petrol sales information is for all petrol - no information was available on the separate split of sales between regular (RON 92) and premium (RON 95) grades.
2006,Cyprus,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,See report,
2006,Czech Republic,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,"The Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade is responsible for issuing directives and guidelines (directive 98/70/EC, 2000/71/EC, 2003/17/EC, part of 2003/30/EC and decision 2002/159/EC) regarding the quality of automotive fuels and is responsible for submitting reports on the FQMS for fuels (petrol and diesel) sold in the Czech Republic. Fuel quality is monitored on the basis of Ministry of Industry and Trade Decree no. 229/2004 Coll., laying down the requirements for fuels of road vehicles and for fuel quality monitoring, which has been harmonized with EU legislation and is in compliance with European quality standards for petrol and diesel (EN 228 and EN 590), test standards, sampling standards and the FQMS.Sampling in compliance with EN 14275:2003 is carried out by the Czech Trade Inspection (CTI) primarily at refuelling stations (RS), in order to establish the situation in the quality of fuel distribution market.  This results in the taking of a large number of samples and, in addition to the parameters required under the FQMS to conform to environmental specifications, the following fuel characteristics are also monitored for consumer protection purposes:Petrol: density (at 15 °C), % (V/V) evaporated at 70 °C, FPP (Final Boiling Point), distillation residue, content of potassium (at Speciál BA-91), existent gum content (solvent washed).Diesel: flash point, cetane index, CFPP, distillation [% (V/V) recovered at 250 °C and at 350 °C], viscosity at 40 °C.The analyses are performed by an accredited laboratory, Ústav paliv a maziv, a.s., (Institute of Fuels and Lubricants).","Unleaded petrol BA-91conforms to all parameters, apart from the RON and MON values for ""premium grade"" of petrol.  Unleaded petrol Speciál BA-91 is suitable for older types of motor with unhardened valve seats, because this petrol contains a VSRPA type additive to protect against excess wear on the valve seat (Valve Seat Recession Protection Additive).  The petrol is coloured dark orange."
2006,Denmark,1st June to 31st August,A,,Small,National System,"Basic principlesThe Danish Fuel Quality Monitoring Programme is described in the Danish Statutory Order no. 884 of 3. November 2003 which was send to the Commission in November 2003 when notifying the implementation of directive 2003/17. Compared to the procedure described in EN 14274 the number of samples is reduced. The reasoning behind the Danish programme is as follows:• More than 99% of the fuels used for road transport in Denmark are distributed from the two Danish refineries or from terminals owned by members of the Danish Petroleum Industry Association (OFR) which have to meet the Association’s Exchange specifications. These specifications are in accordance with DS/EN 228 for petrol and DS/EN 590 for diesel and the current Danish Statutory Order regarding the quality of petrol and diesel fuel.• More than 99% of the fuels used for road transport in Denmark are delivered from terminals, which are certified in accordance with ISO 9000 or equivalent quality-management systems.• More than 99% of the fuels used for road transport in Denmark are dis-tributed from terminals where “Certificates of Quality” exist for every import/batch approved according to DS/EN 228 for petrol or DS/EN 590 for diesel and the current Danish Statutory Order regarding the quality of petrol and diesel.Some of the specified parameters are only measured on a reduced number of samples. It is parameters which are estimated to have minor influence on the environment (RON, MON, oxygen and oxygenates). Also for lead a reduced number of samples are analysed. Lead has not been present in petrol in Denmark for more than 10 years. This is in accordance with the dis-cussions on the first expert meeting on the implementation of directive 98/70/EC in Brussels the 3. April 2003, where ""Mr. Zierock (DG ENV) suggested that fewer measurements could be taken for less sensitive parameters such as lead and octane number.."". Details for the 2006 monitoring programme The main content of the Danish fuel quality monitoring programme is as follows:• in total 40 samples of petrol and 20 samples of diesel from retail sites have been analysed,• samples have been taken from all companies on the Danish market,• the number of samples of different fuel qualities (octane number) and from different companies reflects the actual market (however at least 4 samples per fuel quality),• the sites are chosen randomly by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency from a list of existing filling stations,• half of the samples have been taken in summer (August) and the other half in winter (May and October),• half of the samples have been taken east of Storebaelt  and the other half west of Storebaelt; the population is nearly the same east and west of Storebaelt,• sampling and analyses are carried out by companies which meet the criteria given in EN 14274 and EN 14275. The 2006 sampling and analyses are made by SGS Sweden.Test methodsThe test methods applied for analysis are in some cases different from the methods set out in EN 228:1999 and EN 590:1999. SGS Sweden, who performs the analysis, has declared that the methods used correspond to the ones in the directive.The methods are: ASTM D4815 is used instead of EN 13132 for oxygenatesASTM D5453 is used instead of ISO 20846 for sulphurASTM D3237 is used instead of EN 237 for lead","Due to the risk of groundwater contamination, the Danish oil companies continue marketing MTBE-free 92 and 95 RON petrol. The number of retail sites offering 98 RON petrol (containing MTBE) is less than 5% of the total number, and the sites have been chosen in a way that the risk for contamination of the groundwater is minimised."
2006,Estonia,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,Not applicable.,
2006,Finland,1st June to 31st August,A,,Small,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,"Legislative basis The supervision of the quality of fuel is based on the Environmental Protection Act (86/2000), the Government Decree on the quality requirements for petrol and diesel fuel (1271/2000),  it's amendments (1265/2002 and 767/2003) and an agreement between the Ministry of the Environment and Finnish Customs (38/481/2001). According to the agreement, Finnish Customs prepares a yearly sampling plan, which is to be approved by the Ministry of the Environment. Finnish Customs is in charge of the practical realization of the supervision. The Customs' national district organization takes care of taking liquid fuel samples according to the sampling plan, and the samples are analyzed at the Customs Laboratory. The supervision aims to comply, when applicable, with the requirements of standard EN 14274:2004 model A three macro regions (see Annex I of this document). SamplingSampling was done in the whole country  according to the sampling plan following the guidelines of a standard EN 14274:2004 model A. Country was divided to 3 macro-regions with about same sales volume and variability factor (see Annex I of this document). Also the number of retail sites in macro regions were between 500 - 800.  The sampling places were selected randomly, however, ensuring that all distribution chain companies were included. The sampling was split to winter and summer periods so that minimum sample amount was taken in both periods. Furthermore, the sampling was further split during the period. Samples were taken in retail sites with the exception that all octane (total 39 petrol samples) and cetane (48 diesel samples) analysis were done from the samples taken from the fuel refineries and terminals. These supply samples were taken in all macro regions and in different time. The grades investigated were unleaded 95 (RON >= 95) and 98 (RON >=98) octane sulphur free (max. 10 mg/kg) petrol and sulphur free (max. 10 mg/kg) diesel fuel. The fuels were furthermore divided into summer and winter grade. Since the sales for 99 octane petrol was small (less than 2%) it was excluded from the actual sampling. Also, there was no quality under 95 octane on the market. The sampling aims to comply, when applicable, with the requirements of standard EN 14275:2004. The sampling was done by trained personnel. One litre metal containers and five litre plastic containers approved for this purpose were used as sampling containers. Before the vapour pressure analysis, the sampling containers were cooled according to the requirements of the method.  Analysis The analyses were conducted at the Customs Laboratory, which is a testing laboratory accredited by FINAS, the Centre for Metrology and Accreditation. For octane and cetane numbers, subcontractors whose competence was confirmed were used. Except for the lead method, all methods of analysis used (including those subcontracted) were reference methods according to the standards EN 228:2004 and EN 590:2004. The lead method used by the laboratory (determination of lead content in petrol by energydispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy) is a socalled screening method. The sensitivity of the method used, however, is much better than the limit indicated in the quality requirements. The average lead content measured in the samples was clearly below the limit set in the quality requirements. If needed, the laboratory has the ability to confirm the lead content of the sample with the EN 237 method according to the directive (Petroleum products. Petrol. Determination of low lead concentrations by atomic absorption spectrometry) in cases where the result is near or exceeds the quality limit. The authenticity and accuracy of the methods used by the laboratory has been verified by the national Round Robin comparative studies. Comparative examinationsIn 2006, the Customs Laboratory took part in the Round Robin Finland testing, which performs national inter-laboratory fuel examinations and tests organized by IIS (Institute of Interlaboratory Studies). The results of the parameters measured in the tests (sulphur content, density, distillation, lead content, vapour pressure, aromatic and olefin contents, benzene content, total oxygen content, MTBE and ethanol contents) were acceptable. In 2001 - 2005 the laboratory also took part in these tests with acceptable results.",All unleaded petrol and diesel fuels sold and used in Finland were sullphur free (max. 10 mg/kg). Samples were taken in retail sites with the exception that all octane (total 39 petrol samples) and cetane (48 diesel samples) analysis were done from the samples taken from the fuel refineries and terminals. 
2006,France,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,B: EN14274 Statistical Model B,"The levies and testing were carried out at during the 2nd sermestre/half of 2006.  1- inspections carried out in-service stations:297 samples were taken in 88 different service stations. These levies have been completed on the following products whenever they were presented on sale:Samples of SP95 (unleaded 95) and SP98 (unleaded 98), GO (diesel/gas oil)Sample diesel 10 ppm sulphurSamples of fuels known as Green (because of their content EMAG for diesel, oxygenates compounds for petrol or simply because of their performances pledged.)Sample a grade fuels identical but with distinct trademarks (e.g. Diesel and Diesel Prime Excellium coexisting in the same service station) because of their respective performances distinct.The 297 samples taken are divided into 122 samples of diesel, 88 petrol unleaded 98 and 87 of gasoline unleaded 95.  Geographically, the sites taken is divided as follows: 32 sites in Ile de France region, 23 sites in region Normandy and 33 sites in the PACA region.  The 297 samples taken are divided geographically as follows: 111 samples in Ile de France, 77 in Normandy Region (Upper and Lower), 109 in Region PACA.4773 analyses were carried out in the laboratory. The rate of non-compliance is less a 1% for all grades except diesel 10ppm, which has a rate of non-conformance of 1.59%, however, this rate is 5 to connect the relatively small number of samples (1 result on 63 non-compliant laboratory tests covering 7 samples).It can therefore be concluded that the quality of fuels analysis and distribution by extrapolation, in whole is very satisfactory. It is indeed shown only one result not in accordance with specifications exceeding the limits of reproducibility of the corresponding standardized method. All other non-conforming results lies between the boundary of the specification and the limits of reproducibility of the standardized method.2 - Controls at depots21 samples are allocating in 14 samples of FOD, 3 of Diesel Peche, 2 of Heavy Fuel Oil BTS and 2 Hold Marine. Were taken in 12 different depots.  The 21 samples were taken representing geographically as follows: 9 samples in Ile de France region, 5 in Normandy region (Upper and Lower), 7 in the PACA region.174 laboratory tests were completed. The grade FOD had a non-conformity of 2.14%, the GOP grade of 5.56%. And the heavy fuel grade of 12.5%. The grade marine bunker fuel oil not revealed any non-conformity and grade DML has not been taken.It can be concluded that the quality of products analysis is satisfactory. The rate of non-compliance remain acceptable especially when we connect them with the low number of samples taken by grade. One result not in accordance with specifications exceeds the threshold reproducibility the corresponding standardized method. All other non-compliant results are among the limit of specification and the reproducibility of the standardized method.",
2006,Germany,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,National System,"The system for the monitoring of fuel quality in Germany complies with the requirements of DIN EN standards. The standards are based on the requirements of EU directives and the CEN norms. The enforcement of this regulation is the responsibility of the Federal States and their relevant authorities (national offices for the Environment, State Labour Inspectorates and others).The monitoring of fuel quality is regulated by the General Administration Rule on the nature and the award of the qualities of fuels (10th BImSchV), 21 March 2002, the Federal Gazette No 62, p. 6758thThe sales volumes of fuels are collected and published after the oil data from the Federal Law of Economics and Export Control (BAFA).",Since 01.01. 2003 sulfur-free fuels only are sold in the market.
2006,Greece,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,"The monitoring system has been  designed, but it has not been fully applied for the year 2006 due to technical reasons. According to the Joint Ministerial Decision No 291/2004, the General  Chemical State Laboratory (GCSL) is responsible for controlling the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and reporting on the fuel quality monitoring system.Fuel samples are collected from GCSL chemists  at the refineries . This report concerns the results of the samples that are taken at the refineries.     The official sampling authorities are YP.E.E.  of the Ministry of Economics and Finance, KEDAK of the Ministry of Development and EARTH of the Ministry of Environment. These authorities collect samples from the  storage tanks of the marketing companies and the petrol stations but they follow the national fuel quality system .  This is the main technical reason why the monitoring system of EN 14274 has not been fully applied.   The samples are examined at the fuel laboratories of GCSL in Piraeus, for Regions A and C and  in Thessaloniki when the sampling is taken from the northern part of Greece (Region B). According to the Joint Ministerial Decision No 548/1998 (J.O. 127/B/1999), the samples are tested as being easily alterated products. All the mandatory fuel parameters, according to directive 98/70/EC, are measured in the laboratories of the refineries.  It has to be noted  that , each year,  more than 4000 samples are tested for adulteration and smuggling reasons by the  GCSL laboratories. Our national fuel quality system that is based on markers and sulphur content detects any adulteration done on fuels protecting our national economy as well as the environment.However, as mentioned above , the applied monitoring system  for smuggling reasons is different than that of the standard EN 14274, and as such it has not been counted in the present statistical analysis.  Our main goals still remain the following: In Athens, the department EARTH of the Ministry of the environment is going to undertake exclusively the collection of the samples taken at the petrol stations in Athens according to the standard EN 14274. The ministry of development is going to be responsible for reporting the sales of fuels. A new legislation concerning the collection of the samples in petrol stations is going to be in effect.     ",
2006,Hungary,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,The FQMS system used by Hungary is bases on EN 14274. Samples were taken at filling stations according to EN 14275.,"The quantities of different type of fuels marketed in 2006, according to data originated from the Energy Centre Hungary Non-Profit Company and the Hungarian Petroleum Association (MÁSZ),On the basis of labelling of fuels at filling stations we categorized the main volume of fuels as ""low sulphur"" but all fuels belong to ""sulphur free"" category on the basis of relevent sulphur content (below 10 ppm). "
2006,Ireland,1st June to 31st August,A,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C, ,
2006,Italy,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,"Italy established a fuel quality monitoring system, in accordance with the requirements of the European standard EN 14274:2003, by decree 3 February 2005. The 2006 national report had been drawn up on the base of a monitoring system at sale outlets distributed throughout the Italian territory.The monitoring system (sampling and measurements) was carried out by independent supervisory bodies on behalf of the main oil companies. Samples were taken monthly in each Winter and Summer period (Summer period for petrol: 1st May to 30th September).The 2006 monitoring system was set up using the statistical model A of EN 14274 (large country framework, five macro-regions).283 petrol samples and 380 diesel fuel samples were analysed.The distribution of samples throughout the national territory was:  33% North-West, 12% North-East, 26% Centre,  15% South and  15% Islands.The test methods required for fuel quality monitoring were performed by laboratories that regularly participate in one national inter-laboratory proficiency testing scheme and that are accredited according to EN ISO 17025 or certified according to ISO 9000 standards.The proficiency testing scheme include all test methods to be carried out by laboratory for the FQMS.According to the requirements of EN 14274, analytical results for petrol and diesel fuel were reported separately for each season and for each grade.Compared to the total samples taken, the percentages of samples of  sulphur free petrol and diesel fuel were 19 % and 26%, respectively. ","Italy has defined only two grades for each type of fuel: petrol with minimum RON = 95 and maximum sulphur content of 50 mg/kg (parent grade),  petrol with minimum RON = 95 and maximum sulphur content of 10 mg/kg; diesel fuel with maximum sulphur content of 50 mg/kg (parent grade), diesel fuel with maximum sulphur content of 10 mg/kg. A limited quantity of petrol with minimum RON = 98 was sold in 2006 for market in trial, even if this does not correspond to any specific petrol grade defined at national level."
2006,Latvia,1st June to 31st August,A,,Small,National System,"In accordance with law and regulations State Revenue Service (SRS) is responsible for monitoring of fuel market.SRS Excise Goods Department is structural unit of SRS central apparatus which main function is to ensure that laws and regulations concerning circulation of excise goods are being implemented. In order to ensure effective monitoring of fuel quality SRS began to use mobile express laboratories of fuel quality testing in February 2004. With these express laboratories the fuel quality testing is made in all stages of fuel circulation, covering as numerous licensed entrepreneurs as possible. As only licensed entrepreneurs are allowed to trade with fuel, approximately 1500 samples are tested each year.The use of express laboratories has reduced the time spent between the moment of sample taking and receiving the conclusion of conformity assessment. This is important both in terms of consumer protection (so no inadequate fuel would be in circulation) and interests of entrepreneurs themselves (so any distraction of entrepreneurs’ activity would be as short as possible). ","*in order to calculate the volume of oil products (in tonnes) the average density is used : for petrol - 0,765 t/m³; for diesel - 0,835 t/m³** including volume of petrol, which contains 4.5-5% by volume of ethyl alcohol or ETBE up to volume of  12%*** including volume of marked diesel (including 63 534 460 litres  of marked diesel)       "
2006,Lithuania,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,,
2006,Luxembourg,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,"The fuel importers are required twice a year to perform, or have performed by a body approved for this purpose, an analysis of fuel on the basis of analytical methods set forth in the European standards EN and EN 228:1999 590:1999. They must send to the administration of the Environment at the end of each semester a copy of the results of analyses and a survey of total volumes of gasoline and diesel fuel marketed in the territory of Luxembourg and, if appropriate, volumes of unleaded gasoline and diesel fuel marketed with a maximum sulphur content of 10 mg / kg. ",
2006,Netherlands,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,"The Netherlands fall under Model A – small country, whereby the Netherlands consists of one macro-region that is subdivided into three geographical and approximately equally large subregions – north, west and south.  In total, one hundred petrol stations are tested each year, divided between summer and winter periods.  Fewer parameters are analysed now, including lead- and oxygen-content in petrol and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in diesel). This is due to the good performance over the last few years.In the summer period it appeared that three RON samples and one MON sample lay outside the specifications. In view of the deviation limits in the analysis method no further action has been undertaken.In the winter period it appeared that one MON sample lay outside of the specifications. In view of the deviation limits in the analysis method no further action has been undertaken.",
2006,Poland,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,B: EN14274 Statistical Model B,,
2006,Portugal,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,"The companies themselves carry on tests, taking samples in refineries and terminals, and randomly across the country in retail sites. Their frequency is roughly monthly, throughout the year. There are two refineries that suply the market, one of them in the north and the other in the south. Test methods are those specified in Directive 98/70/CE.",
2006,Romania,1st June to 31st August,N,,Large,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,,
2006,Slovakia,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,,  X) In 2006 the motor fuel distributors did not declare the sulphur content at refuelling stations. The sample numbers of individual motor fuel grades from the sulphur content point of view were selected from the analytical results.                                                                                                                    
2006,Slovenia,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,"The fuel quality monitoring system in Slovenia is based on the European Standard EN 14274:2003.Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia is receiving monthly and annual reports from independent inspection body, which is responsible for preparing the sampling plan, sampling of fuel samples, analysis and collecting the data. It is accredited by Slovenian Accreditation as an inspection body according to EN ISO/IEC 17020:2004. The analyses of samples were carried out by testing laboratories accredited according to EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005.Samples of petrol were taken at refuelling stations each month across the winter and summer periods (total 136 samples). Samples of diesel and Gas Oil were taken at refuelling stations (101 and 19 samples) and depots (42 and 102 samples) each month throughout the year.The test methods were in compliance with the Directive specifications, except for determination of lead and cetane number. Validation and traceability of both methods were provided according to EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005.","National sales data was provided by fuel distributors and by Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia.Small quantities of Unleaded petrol (minimum RON >=98 &< 10 ppm Sulphur), Unleaded petrol (minimum 95 =< RON < 98 & < 10 ppm Sulphur) and Diesel fuel (< 10 ppm sulphur) were also sold in Slovenia in year 2006.The data of sulphur-free fuels were provided by oil distributors. There are however only three official national fuel grades in Slovenia"
2006,Spain,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,National System,,"National consumption of petrol has shrunk by 4.5% compared to 2005, whereas the diesel fuel consumtpion has increased by 5.5% Unleaded petrol 95 =< RON < 98 (Gasolina sin plomo 97 I.O.) consumption was negligible, and therefore an appropriate samples taking was not performed. It was not possible to obtain sales data for sulphur-free diesel fuel. "
2006,Sweden,1st June to 31st August,A,,Small,National System,FQMS from Certificate of Quality ,"Diesel fuel sales include also fuel for off road use - Sweden has the same grade on road as well as off road diesel fuel, Diesel for transportation use is approx 3 700 000 m3."
2006,UK,1st June to 31st August,A,,Large,National System,"The UK fuel quality monitoring system makes use of industry quality analyses on every batch of fuel produced in, or imported into, the UK, plus samples taken at distribution terminals and forecourts (to check for contamination in the distribution network). Due to the very large number of samples involved, this approach provides an equivalent, or greater, degree of confidence to EN 14274.",
2007,Austria,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,,Sulphut free diesel availability extrapolated from 100 samples.
2007,Belgium,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,,
2007,Bulgaria,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,"I.1. Description of the systemResponsible organization(s): Ministry of Environment and Water and State Agency for Metrological and Technical Surveillance (SAMTS) – Directorate General “Quality control of liquid fuels”Location(s) of sampling: public and private refueling stations spread in the Bulgarian territoryTime/frequency of sampling: regularly and upon request of various bodies and private personsSpecification of test methods: according to the tests methods mentioned in the Directive for all available testing equipment. Sulfur content - according to the requirements of EN ISO 8754 due to the available equipment.Other details: Bulgarian monitoring system was introduced on 1-st of October 2003 since the Clean Air Act and the Regulation on liquid fuels quality and procedures and methods of their control were adopted. The Regulation implements the requirements of the Directive 98/70/EC and 2003/17/EC. On the basis of the Regulation the Directorate General “Quality control of liquid fuels” was created. The Directorate consists of three regional departments for control collecting samples, one department for testing fuels with its own laboratory having one stationary and two mobile departments which will be accredited within the next months and one department for control, issuing the experts’ conclusion about the compliance/non compliance of the tested fuels. The staff of the regional control departments is spread out all over the country and is located in 7 main towns. The staff of the stationary department of  the laboratory is located in Sofia and each one of the two mobile laboratories will perform tests in the north and in the south of the country respectively. Thanks to the realization of the European Aid Project 121584/D/S/BG (PHARE project BG 2003/004-937.02.01) during the year 2007 the laboratory for testing of fuels within the State Agency for Metrological and Technical Surveillance was supplied with the necessary equipment for establishment of the parameters, requested by the Decision 2002/159/EC and Directive 98/70/EC amended by Directive 2003/17/EC. The equipment supplied under the above mentioned project was installed and the staff was trained. During the year 2007 the laboratory of the Directorate General “Quality control of liquid fuels” started the procedure for reaccreditation and widening the scope of accreditation by the Bulgarian Accreditation Service including the equipment supplied under European Aid Project 121584/D/S/BG. The procedure for the accreditation will be finished within the next months. For testing the samples collected during the year 2007, the Directorate General “Quality control of liquid fuels” used other accredited laboratories in Bulgaria, but their possibilities for testing of fuels were also limited as it is shown in next sheets. On the basis of the established non-compliances 7 penalties acts were issued with total amount of the fines of 75 000 Euro.",The source of above information for fuel consumption in 2006 is the National Statistic Institute. The data for 2007 will be available in November 2008. The presented data on national consumption of diesel fuel include refueled abroad diesel fuel as well as used in Bulgarian navigation marine diesel and gas oil. 
2007,Cyprus,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,N/A,Unleaded petrol with minimum RON 100 and <50 ppm Sulphur is also market in Cyprus in small quantities. Tonnes=2546
2007,Czech Republic,1st June to 31st August,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,"The Czech Ministry of Industry of Industry and Trade (MIT) is responsible for issuing directives guidlines (directive 98/70/EC, 2000/71/EC, 2003/17/EC, part of 2003/30/EC and Decision 2002/159/EC) regarding the quality of automotive fuels and is responsible for submitting reports on the FQMS for fuels (petrol and diesel) sold in the Czech Republic. Fuel quality is monitored on the basisMIT Decree no. 229/2004 Coll., laying down the requirements for fuels of road vehicles and for fuel quality monitoring, which has been harmonized with EU legislation and is compliance with European quality standards for petrol and diesel (EN 228 and EN 590), test standards, sampling standards and the FQMS. Sampling in compliance with EN 14275:2003 is carried out by the Czech trade Inspection (CTI) primarily ar refuelling Stations (RS), in order to establish the situation in trhe quality of fuel distribution market. This results in the taking of a large number of samples and, in addition to the parameters required under the FQMS  to conform to environmental specifications, another characteristics are alsomonitored for consumer protection.",
2007,Denmark,1st June to 31st August,A,,Small,National System,"Basic principlesThe Danish Fuel Quality Monitoring Programme is described in the Danish Statutory Order no. 884 of 3. November 2003 which was send to the Commission in November 2003 when notifying the implementation of directive 2003/17. Compared to the procedure described in EN 14274 the number of samples is reduced. The reasoning behind the Danish programme is as follows:• More than 99% of the fuels used for road transport in Denmark are distributed from the two Danish refineries or from terminals owned by members of the Danish Petroleum Industry Association (OFR) which have to meet the Association’s Exchange specifications. These specifications are in accordance with DS/EN 228 for petrol and DS/EN 590 for diesel and the current Danish Statutory Order regarding the quality of petrol and diesel fuel.• More than 99% of the fuels used for road transport in Denmark are delivered from terminals, which are certified in accordance with ISO 9000 or equivalent quality-management systems.• More than 99% of the fuels used for road transport in Denmark are dis-tributed from terminals where “Certificates of Quality” exist for every import/batch approved according to DS/EN 228 for petrol or DS/EN 590 for diesel and the current Danish Statutory Order regarding the quality of petrol and diesel.Some of the specified parameters are only measured on a reduced number of samples. It is parameters which are estimated to have minor influence on the environment (RON, MON, oxygen and oxygenates). Also for lead a reduced number of samples are analysed. Lead has not been present in petrol in Denmark for more than 10 years. This is in accordance with the dis-cussions on the first expert meeting on the implementation of directive 98/70/EC in Brussels the 3. April 2003, where ""Mr. Zierock (DG ENV) suggested that fewer measurements could be taken for less sensitive parameters such as lead and octane number.."". Details for the 2007 monitoring programme The main content of the Danish fuel quality monitoring programme is as follows:• in total 41 samples of petrol and 21 samples of diesel from retail sites have been analysed,• samples have been taken from all companies on the Danish market,• the number of samples of different fuel qualities (octane number) and from different companies reflects the actual market (however at least 2 samples per fuel quality),• the sites are chosen randomly by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency from a list of existing filling stations,• half of the samples have been taken in summer (August) and the other half in winter (May and October),• half of the samples have been taken east of Storebaelt  and the other half west of Storebaelt; the population is nearly the same east and west of Storebaelt,• sampling and analyses are carried out by companies which meet the criteria given in EN 14274 and EN 14275. The 2007 sampling and analyses are made by SGS Sweden.Test methodsThe test methods applied for analysis are in some cases different from the methods set out in EN 228:1999 and EN 590:1999. SGS Sweden, who performs the analysis, has declared that the methods used correspond to the ones in the directive.The methods are: ASTM D4815 is used instead of EN 13132 for oxygenatesASTM D5453 is used instead of ISO 20846 for sulphurASTM D3237 is used instead of EN 237 for lead",
2007,Estonia,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,Not applicable.,
2007,Finland,1st June to 31st August,A,,Small,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,"Legislative basis The supervision of the quality of fuel is based on the Environmental Protection Act (86/2000), the Government Decree on the quality requirements for petrol and diesel fuel (1271/2000),  it's amendments (1265/2002 and 767/2003) and an agreement between the Ministry of the Environment and Finnish Customs (38/481/2001). According to the agreement, Finnish Customs prepares a yearly sampling plan, which is to be approved by the Ministry of the Environment. Finnish Customs is in charge of the practical realization of the supervision. The Customs' national district organization takes care of taking liquid fuel samples according to the sampling plan, and the samples are analyzed at the Customs Laboratory. The supervision aims to comply, when applicable, with the requirements of standard EN 14274:2004 model A three macro regions (see Annex I of this document). SamplingSampling was done in the whole country  according to the sampling plan following the guidelines of a standard EN 14274:2004 model A. Country was divided to 3 macro-regions with about same sales volume and variability factor (see Annex I of this document). Also the number of retail sites in macro regions were between 500 - 800.  The sampling places were selected randomly, however, ensuring that all distribution chain companies were included. The sampling was split to winter and summer periods so that minimum sample amount was taken in both periods. Furthermore, the sampling was further split during the period. Samples were taken in retail sites with the exception that all octane (total 47 petrol samples) and cetane (68 diesel samples) analysis were done from the samples taken from the fuel refineries and terminals. These supply samples were taken in all macro regions and in different time. The grades investigated were unleaded 95 (RON >= 95) and 98 (RON >=98) octane sulphur free (max. 10 mg/kg) petrol and sulphur free (max. 10 mg/kg) diesel fuel. The fuels were furthermore divided into summer and winter grade. Since the sales for 99 octane petrol was small (less than 2%) it was excluded from the actual sampling. Also, there was no quality under 95 octane on the market. The sampling aims to comply, when applicable, with the requirements of standard EN 14275:2004. The sampling was done by trained personnel. One litre metal containers and five litre plastic containers approved for this purpose were used as sampling containers. Before the vapour pressure analysis, the sampling containers were cooled according to the requirements of the method. Analysis The analyses were conducted at the Customs Laboratory, which is a testing laboratory accredited by FINAS Accreditation Service. For octane and cetane numbers, subcontractors whose competence was confirmed were used. Except for the lead method, all methods of analysis used (including those subcontracted) were reference methods according to the standards EN 228:2004 and EN 590:2004. The lead method used by the laboratory (determination of lead content in petrol by energydispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy) is a socalled screening method. The sensitivity of the method used, however, is much better than the limit indicated in the quality requirements. The average lead content measured in the samples was clearly below the limit set in the quality requirements. If needed, the laboratory has the ability to confirm the lead content of the sample with the EN 237 method according to the directive (Petroleum products. Petrol. Determination of low lead concentrations by atomic absorption spectrometry) in cases where the result is near or exceeds the quality limit. Sulphur, density and vapour pressure methods have been accredited by FINAS Accreditation service. Other methods used by the laboratory have been tested and valitated according to our quality procedure. The authenticity and accuracy of the methods used by the laboratory have been verified by the national Round Robin and international PT comparative studies. Comparative examinationsIn 2007, the Customs Laboratory took part in the Round Robin Finland testing, which performs national inter-laboratory fuel examinations and tests organized by IIS (Institute of Interlaboratory Studies). The results of the parameters measured in the tests (sulphur content, density, distillation, vapour pressure, benzene content, total oxygen content, MTBE, ETBE and ethanol contents) were acceptable. In 2001 - 2006 the laboratory also took part in these tests with acceptable results.",All unleaded petrol and diesel fuels sold and used in Finland were sulphur free (max. 10 mg/kg). Samples were taken in retail sites with the exception that all octane (27 RON 95 petrol samples and 20 RON 98 petrol samples) and cetane (68 diesel samples) analysis were done from the samples taken from the fuel refineries and terminals. Total number of petrol and diesel sample include supply samples for octane and cetane analysis.
2007,France,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,B: EN14274 Statistical Model B,,
2007,Germany,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,National System,,
2007,Greece,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,,
2007,Hungary,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,On the basis of volume of marketed fuels (gasoline and diesel together is 3.523 thousand tons) Hungary considered a small country with one region.,"The data of national sales originated from Hungarian Petroleum Association (MÁSZ) and from Hungarian Customs and Finance Guard (VPOP).National sales volumes in litres are real values, the volumes in tonnes are calculated from litres by an average density of products. "
2007,Ireland,1st June to 31st August,A,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,,*The Oil returns that come to the Department from Oil Companies & Consumers are just rated as unleaded 95.
2007,Italy,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,A,"Italy established a fuel quality monitoring system, in accordance with the requirements of the European standard EN 14274:2003, by decree 3 February 2005. The 2007 national report had been drawn up on the base of a monitoring system at sale outlets distributed throughout the Italian territory.The monitoring system (sampling and measurements) was carried out by independent supervisory bodies on behalf of the main oil companies. Samples were taken monthly in each Winter and Summer period (Summer period for petrol: 1st May to 30th September).The 2007 monitoring system was set up using the statistical model A of EN 14274 (large country framework, five macro-regions).299 petrol samples and 382 diesel fuel samples were analysed.The distribution of samples throughout the national territory was: 42% North-West, 12% North-East, 21% Centre, 13% South and 12% Islands.The test methods required for fuel quality monitoring were performed by laboratories that regularly participate in one or more national inter-laboratoryproficiency testing schemes, and that are accredited according to EN ISO 17025 or certified according to ISO 9000 standards. The proficiency testingschemes include all test methods listed in the FQMS.According to the requirements of EN 14274, analytical results for petrol and diesel fuel were reported separately for each season and for each grade.Compared to the total samples taken, the percentages of samples of  sulphur free petrol and diesel fuel were 18% and 19%, respectively. ","Italy has defined only two grades for each type of fuel: petrol with minimum RON = 95 and maximum sulphur content of 50 mg/kg (parent grade),  petrol with minimum RON = 95 and maximum sulphur content of 10 mg/kg; diesel fuel with maximum sulphur content of 50 mg/kg (parent grade), diesel fuel with maximum sulphur content of 10 mg/kg. A limited quantity of petrol with minimum RON = 98 and maximum sulphur content of 10 mg/kg was sold in 2007 for market in trial, even if this does not correspond to any specific petrol grade defined at national level."
2007,Latvia,1st June to 31st August,A,,Small,National System,"In accordance with law and regulations State Revenue Service (SRS) is responsible for monitoring of fuel market.SRS Excise Goods Department is structural unit of SRS central apparatus which main function is to ensure that laws and regulations concerning circulation of excise goods are being implemented. In order to ensure effective monitoring of fuel quality SRS began to use mobile express laboratories of fuel quality testing in February 2004. With these express laboratories the fuel quality testing is made in all stages of fuel circulation, covering as numerous licensed entrepreneurs as possible. As only licensed entrepreneurs are allowed to trade with fuel, approximately 1500 samples are tested each year.The use of express laboratories has reduced the time spent between the moment of sample taking and receiving the conclusion of conformity assessment. This is important both in terms of consumer protection (so no inadequate fuel would be in circulation) and interests of entrepreneurs themselves (so any distraction of entrepreneurs’ activity would be as short as possible). ","*in order to calculate the volume of oil products (in tonnes) the average density is used : for petrol - 0,765 t/m³; for diesel - 0,835 t/m³                                                                                      ** including volume of petrol, which contains 4.5-5% by volume of ethyl alcohol or ETBE up to volume of  12%                                                                                                                                           *** including volume of marked diesel (including 58 229 360 litres of marked diesel)"
2007,Lithuania,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,,
2007,Malta,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,"Enemalta Corporation was the sole importer of petrol and diesel fuels for use in Malta in 2006.  Deliveries are made periodically by ship to the Enemalta terminal.  Each fuel consignment is accompanied by a quality certificate issued by a recognized fuel analysis organization.  For every shipment, a sample is also taken and analysed by a separate independent analytical laboratory.  Malta currently has more than 80 service stations which have been geographically divided into four districts.  On a regular basis, a randomly selected refuelling station from one district is sampled for each fuel type available and the necessary analytical testing carried out by an independent analytical laboratory. This system ensures full coverage of road\transport fuels used in Maltese territory.  Based on fuel sales for the year 2007, the overall samples to sales ratio for the year corresponds to: 261 samples per billion litres of unleaded petrol, 444 samples per billion litres of LRP and 154 samples per billion litres of diesel.",
2007,Netherlands,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,,
2007,Poland,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,B: EN14274 Statistical Model B,"In the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2007, inspected 873 petrol stations, collecting 873 samples.  To extract the control activities carried out in order to prepare a report for the European Commission on the quality of liquid fuels (in accordance with Directive 98/70/EC amended by Directive 2003/17/EC) introduced the name ""European part of the system to monitor and control the quality of fuel,"" which refers to control: • unleaded petrol RON 98, RON 95 unleaded petrol, diesel, • conducted only in the stations and the fuel companies, which have been selected for inspection, • based on sampling the fuel in the amount resulting from the regulation on how the monitoring and the European standard EN 14 274 PN: 2005 - Automotive fuels - Assessment of the quality of gasoline and diesel fuel - the fuel quality monitoring system, • all the parameters set out in Directive 98/70/EC as amended by Directive 2003/17/EC on the quality of gasoline and diesel fuels and some so-called. supplies listed in the regulation on quality, which are also listed in the standards PN-EN 228 Automotive fuels - Unleaded petrol - Requirements and test methods, and PN-EN 590 Automotive fuels - Gas oils - Requirements and test methods. • consisting of collecting one sample of one species in the fuel station. This report presents the results of the checks carried out on the basis of the above-mentioned criteria.In accordance with the Regulation on the monitoring, monitoring and quality control had been divided into two periods of the year: summer and winter. The summer period, in respect of petrol, runs from May 1 to September 30 (in respect of diesel fuel from 16 April to 30 September). The winter period, in respect of petrol, runs from 1 October to 30 April (with respect to diesel from 1 October to 15 April). This report presents data obtained on the basis of the quality of liquid fuels by the Inspectorate of Commerce during the period from January to December 2007 The audit was conducted throughout the country. According to the Regulation on how to monitor, for monitoring purposes, the territory of Poland is divided into areas corresponding województwom, in accordance with the administrative division of the country.","CURRENT TARIFF DOES NOT DISTINGUISH SULPHUR FREE FUELS SO PRECISE MEASUREMENT OF 'SUPLHUR FREE' GRADE FUELS WAS IMPOSSIBLE.  Quality control of liquid fuels in the European part of the system included the following types of fuels that are traded on the country, namely: • RON 95 unleaded petrol, • RON 98 unleaded petrol, • diesel fuel.  Production of motor gasoline with a sulfur content to 10 mg / kg was 3 680 thousand. tonnes Production of diesel fuel with a sulfur content to 10 mg / kg amounted to 7 231 thousand. tonnes. According to information provided by the Energy Market Agency SA show that in 2007 brought to Poland in the import and purchase of intra 748 thousand. tonnes of petrol vehicles and 2 899 thousand. tonnes of diesel. However, due to the fact that the current tariff does not distinguish sulfur free fuels, precise determination of the share of petrol and diesel fuel with a sulfur content to 10 mg / kg in the total volume of imports and intra-acquisition was not possible. In addition, based on estimates of the Polish Organization of Industry and Trade Oil consumption on the sulfur free fuels can be concluded that the share of gasoline with a sulfur content to 10 mg / kg in the total amount of gasoline consumed in the country in 2007 amounted to approximately 86%, while the share of diesel with a sulfur content to 10 mg / kg in the total amount of diesel consumed in the country amounted to approximately 97%. It should be stressed that these calculations were made on the basis of estimates of the Agency's Energy Market Authority SA and Polish Oil Industry and Trade. With regard to the geographic availability of sulfur free fuels, it should be noted that fuel bezsiarkowe available in the largest retail networks of suppliers (PKN Orlen, Grupa Lotos SA, Shell, BP, Statoil, Neste) are not marked in a special way, which indicates the sulfur content. Often, while motor gasoline bezsiarkowe are available on the company names, such as: Verva, Ultimate or Suprema. Diesel Sulfur free, is sold under the names: Verva ON, Ultimate Diesel, SupraDiesel."
2007,Portugal,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,"The companies themselves carry on tests, taking samples in refineries and terminals.  Samples in retail sites are taken across the country by government authorities. Their frequency is roughly monthly, throughout the year. There are two refineries that suply the market, one of them in the north and the other in the south. Test methods are those specified in Directive 98/70/CE.",
2007,Romania,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,"Romania is divided in 8 regions (see Table 1); Figure 1 identifies these regions and their location in the country. Samples were taken at gas stations that deliver fuel to private and commercial users; fuel was provided to the stations by oil companies (local, national and international). Therefore samples were taken randomly over the identified regions (see Table 1). Since the total amount of petrol and diesel fuel used in Romania was below 15 million tonnes in 2007, Romania is regarded as a small country (European Standard EN 14274:2003, paragraph 3.2) and due to the lack of sales data per region, Statistical Model C as prescribed in European Standard EN 14274:2003 was applied. ","During 2007 125 stations were verified. From these, 98 petrol and 102 diesel fuels samplings were collected.The tables that contain the results of the sampling and analysis are provided in Annex I and II (Petrol) and III and IV (Diesel); main conclusions of the 2007 sampling campaign are:DieselFor 12 diesel fuels samplings, the sulphur content was not in line with the specification for Euro 4 (sulphur more than 50 ppm).                         Ministry of Economy and Finance informed The National Authority for Consumer Protection (NACP) about this problem.NACP fined all stations that did not respect environmental specifications, with approximate EURO 1500 In order to prevent these situations, it was identified a supplementary mechanism, meaning the collaboration with The National Customs Authority  - the Division for Monitoring the Excises and Customs Operations which has responsibilities of fiscal inspection for the excisable products (according to the Government Decision no. 532/2007 regarding the organization and the functioning of the The National Customs Authority )According to this new mechanism, immediately after the confirmation of the surpassed values, the Division for Monitoring the Excises and Customs Operations is informed in order to start the procedure of  fiscal inspection of the excisable products."
2007,Slovakia,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,,"X) Production of Petrol 91 RON has been stopped in the winter season of 2006. During January and February 2007 was sold out Petrol 91 RON, which was stored in the terminals. "
2007,Slovenia,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,"The fuel quality monitoring system in Slovenia is based on the European Standard EN 14274:2003.Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia is receiving monthly and annual reports from independent inspection bodies, which is responsible for preparing the sampling plan, sampling of fuel samples, analysis and collecting the data. They are accredited by the Slovenian Accreditation as an inspection body according to EN ISO/IEC 17020:2004. The analyses of samples were carried out by testing laboratories accredited according to EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005.Samples of petrol were taken at refuelling stations each month across the winter and summer periods (total 139 samples). Samples of Diesel fuel were taken each month throughout the year at refuelling stations and depots (120 and 57 samples) .The test methods were in compliance with the Directive specifications, except for determination of lead and cetane number. Validation and traceability of both methods were provided according to EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005.","National sales data was provided by fuel distributors, by independent inspection bodies, and by Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia.Considerable quantities of Unleaded petrol (minimum RON >=98 &< 10 ppm Sulphur), Unleaded petrol (minimum 95 =< RON < 98 & < 10 ppm Sulphur) and Diesel fuel (< 10 ppm sulphur) were sold in Slovenia in year 2007.The data of sulphur-free fuels were provided by oil distributors. There are however only three official national fuel grades in Slovenia."
2007,Spain,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,National System,"As set out in Article 8 of Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 13 October 1998 on the quality of petrol and diesel, is produced this report which, in Appendices I and II to the statistics of the grades of motor fuels in Spain during 2007. In Spain it was being sold in the year 2007 the following types of fuel: Petrol 95 IO, 98 IOy Petrol Diesel vehicle. each of which were conducted with appropriate sampling and analysis, reflecting the values of the parameters that are set out in the Directive 98/70/EC.  As is known, the Directive 98/70/EC amended by 2003/17/EC of March 3, 2003, which set in Annexes I and II specifications for petrol and diesel respectively. The Directive 2003/17/EC was transposed into Spanish law by Royal Decree 1700/2003 of December 15, later repealed and replaced by the Royal Decree 61/2006 of 31 January, for determining the specifications for petrol, diesel, fuel oil and liquefied petroleum gases and regulating the use of certain biofuels. The presentation of the data obtained has been carried out in accordance with the decision of 18 February 2002 establishing a common format for presentation. ","The report also fuel sales in Spain in that year 2007, which reached the 6687 KTm. of gasoline and 25,760 KTm. of diesel fuel. It is noted that Spanish consumption of gasoline in 2007, a decline of 3.5% compared to 2006. For its part, the consumption of diesel fuel increased in the same period, 4.8%.  The compilation of the summaries of the data on the quality of fuel has been made based on samples collected at the exit of Vehicle storage facilities owned Hydrocarbons Logistics Company, CLH, SA (leading Spanish logistics of petroleum products with a market share of around 80%), located throughout the country, these data were compared with samples taken at the end of supply of the Autonomous Communities. "
2007,Sweden,1st June to 31st August,A,,Small,National System,"FQMS from Certificate of Quality - Responsible organisations (for sampling, analysis & reporting): Oil companies and The Swedish Petroleum Institute - Types of Sampling Locations: Refinery and terminals - Time/frequency/occasion of sampling: Every batch from the refinery and imports to terminals - Number of refineries serving the market: 3 national refineries and a number of international refineries - Number of sources of imported fuels: '--Petrol: 3 national refineries and a number of international refineries - '--Diesel: 3 national refineries and 2 scandinavian  refineries - Method of collection of sales data: Reported by the major oil companies in the market - Other relevant details: The reporting is based on: for petrol 95 octane: 4 820 894 m3, which is 98% of total sales; for petrol 98 octane: 336 706 m3, which is 99 % of total sales; Diesel data is based on 85% of sold volume",Diesel fuel sales also include off road use - Sweden has the same grade for on road as for off road diesel fuel
2007,UK,1st June to 31st August,A,,Large,National System,"The UK fuel quality monitoring system makes use of industry quality analyses on every batch of fuel produced in, or imported into, the UK, plus samples taken at distribution terminals and forecourts (to check for contamination in the distribution network). Due to the very large number of samples involved, this approach provides an equivalent, or greater, degree of confidence to EN 14274.",Fuel sales data is provided in million litres and thousand tonnes.
2008,Austria,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,,Sulphut free fuel availability extrapolated from samples.
2008,Belgium,1st May to 30th September,n,,Small,National System,"L'arrêté ministériel du 24 janvier 2002 approuvant le règlement d'ordre intérieur du Comité de Gestion du Fonds d'analyse des produits pétroliers décrit le fonctionnement du système FQM en Belgique.The Ministerial Decree of January 24, 2002 approving the Rules of Procedure of the Management Fund analysis of petroleum products described how the system FQM in Belgium.",National sales total in metric tonnes
2008,Bulgaria,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,B: EN14274 Statistical Model B,"I.1. Description of the systemResponsible organization(s): Ministry of Environment and Water and State Agency for Metrological and Technical Surveillance (SAMTS) – Directorate General “Quality control of liquid fuels”Location(s) of sampling: commercial sites, public and private refueling stations, spread all over the Bulgarian territoryTime/frequency of sampling: regularly every week, six samples per day max.Number of samples taken: 271 samples on both petrol fuels (RON 95 and RON 98) and 232 samples on diesel fuel. Only 6 samples of heating  and heavy fuels were taken because of the use of gas fuels as heating fuels in all heating plants and small boilers in Bulgaria. The sulphur content was complying with the limits of the specifications.Specification of test methods: according to the tests methods mentioned in the Directive 98/70/EC amended by Directive  2003/17/EC. Other details: Bulgarian monitoring system was introduced on 1-st of October 2003 since the Clean Air Act and the Regulation on liquid fuels quality and procedures and methods of their control were adopted. The Regulation implements the requirements of the Directive 98/70/EC and 2003/17/EC. The latest Regulation amendment dated 2007 empowers the Directorate General “Quality control of liquid fuels” of SAMTS to take and test samples of liquid fuels for transport and heating purposes and Executive Agency “Maritime Administration” to take samples from ships and send them for testing in the laboratory of the Directorate General “Quality control of liquid fuels” of SAMTS.The Directorate General “Quality control of liquid fuels” of SAMTS consists of three regional departments for control collecting samples, one department for control, issuing the experts’ conclusion about the compliance/non compliance of the tested fuels and one department for testing fuels with its own laboratory having one stationary and two mobile departments which were accredited on 1-st August 2008. The staff of the regional control departments is spread out all over the country and is located in 7 main towns. The Directorate General “Quality control of liquid fuels” staff performs regular control of petrol stations, taking samples according to scheme for monitoring the fuel quality given in EN 14274 for small size country in model B, where the country has 3 macro-regions and 7 regions. Each macro region area was established taking into account the total number of petrol stations of  about 3300, marketing  about 597 000 t petrol and about 1602 000 t diesel. The petrol stations are located as follow:-Regional department for fuel quality control in Sofia is responsible for Bulgaria west (from north to the south borders) - totally 1264 petrol stations marketing about 211 000 t petrol and about 554 000 t diesel fuels-Regional department for fuel quality control in Pleven is responsible for Bulgaria north – totally 896 petrol stations (Pleven region-268 petrol stations, Varna region-316 petrol stations and Ruse region -312 petrol stations) marketing about 185 000 t petrol and about 518 000 t diesel fuels-Regional department for fuel quality control in Burgas is responsible for Bulgaria south - totally 1240 petrol stations (Burgas region-351 petrol stations, Plovdiv region-522 petrol stations and Haskovo region -367 petrol stations)  marketing  about 202 000 t petrol and about 530 000 t diesel fuels.The marketed fuels are mainly produced by one Bulgarian refinery. Small amounts of both fuels are imported from abroad. Taking into account nearly the equal amount of petrol stations, marketing nearly the same amounts of fuels in each macro-region and the availability of both fuels, produced by one refinery, having branches in each macro region, the amount of samples to be taken, is considered to be equal for each regional department of the Directorate General “Quality control of liquid fuels”.","The source of above information for fuel consumption in 2008 is the National Statistic Institute. For evaluation of the intended minimum number of samples to be taken according to the requirements of EN 14274 the amounts of the marketed petrol and diesel fuels, dated 2007 were used. The presented data on national consumption of diesel fuel include refueled abroad and used in Bulgarian navigation marine diesel and gas oil (35190 tones). FT: 2008 SALES DATA RECEIVED ON 27/11/2009.  2007 DATA ORIGINALLY PROVIDED REPLACED WITH NEW SALES FIGURES.  NO A-98H SALES DATA IS AVAILABLE & NO ADDITIONAL SAMPLING DATA IS AVAILABLE."
2008,Cyprus,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,N/A,Unleaded petrol with minimum RON 100 and <50 ppm Sulphur is also market in Cyprus in small quantities. Tonnes=2574
2008,Czech Republic,1st June to 31st August,0,,Large,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,"The Czech Ministry of Industry of Industry and Trade (MIT) is responsible for issuing directives guidlines (directive 98/70/EC, 2000/71/EC, 2003/17/EC, part of 2003/30/EC and Decision 2002/159/EC) regarding the quality of automotive fuels and is responsible for submitting reports on the FQMS for fuels (petrol and diesel) sold in the Czech Republic. Fuel quality is monitored on the basisMIT Decree no. 229/2004 Coll., laying down the requirements for fuels of road vehicles and for fuel quality monitoring, which has been harmonized with EU legislation and is compliance with European quality standards for petrol and diesel (EN 228 and EN 590), test standards, sampling standards and the FQMS. Sampling in compliance with EN 14275:2003 is carried out by the Czech trade Inspection (CTI) primarily ar refuelling Stations (RS), in order to establish the situation in trhe quality of fuel distribution market. This results in the taking of a large number of samples and, in addition to the parameters required under the FQMS  to conform to environmental specifications, another characteristics are alsomonitored for consumer protection.","* Sales of petrol BA-91 a BA-95 were not registered separately for 50 ppm S and 10 ppm S. The numbers in brackets do not include the move of warehouse stock and they are given only for information from the point of view of RON and sulphur. ""Total"" numbers for petrol and diesel show the real values of total sales and are given by the Czech Statistical Office but they are not separated according to RON nor sulphur."
2008,Denmark,1st June to 31st August,A,,Large,National System,"Basic principlesThe Danish Fuel Quality Monitoring Programme is described in the Danish Statutory Order no. 884 of 3. November 2003 which was send to the Commission in November 2003 when notifying the implementation of directive 2003/17. Compared to the procedure described in EN 14274 the number of samples is reduced. The reasoning behind the Danish programme is as follows:• More than 99% of the fuels used for road transport in Denmark are distributed from the two Danish refineries or from terminals owned by members of the Danish Petroleum Industry Association (OFR) which have to meet the Association’s Exchange specifications. These specifications are in accordance with DS/EN 228 for petrol and DS/EN 590 for diesel and the current Danish Statutory Order regarding the quality of petrol and diesel fuel.• More than 99% of the fuels used for road transport in Denmark are delivered from terminals, which are certified in accordance with ISO 9000 or equivalent quality-management systems.• More than 99% of the fuels used for road transport in Denmark are dis-tributed from terminals where “Certificates of Quality” exist for every import/batch approved according to DS/EN 228 for petrol or DS/EN 590 for diesel and the current Danish Statutory Order regarding the quality of petrol and diesel.Some of the specified parameters are only measured on a reduced number of samples. It is parameters which are estimated to have minor influence on the environment (RON, MON, oxygen and oxygenates). Also for lead a reduced number of samples are analysed. Lead has not been present in petrol in Denmark for more than 10 years. This is in accordance with the dis-cussions on the first expert meeting on the implementation of directive 98/70/EC in Brussels the 3. April 2003, where ""Mr. Zierock (DG ENV) suggested that fewer measurements could be taken for less sensitive parameters such as lead and octane number.."". Details for the 2009 monitoring programme The main content of the Danish fuel quality monitoring programme is as follows:• in total 41 samples of petrol and 21 samples of diesel from retail sites have been analysed,• samples have been taken from all companies on the Danish market,• the number of samples of different fuel qualities (octane number) and from different companies reflects the actual market (however at least 2 samples per fuel quality),• the sites are chosen randomly by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency from a list of existing filling stations,• half of the samples have been taken in summer (August) and the other half in winter (May and October),• half of the samples have been taken east of Storebaelt  and the other half west of Storebaelt; the population is nearly the same east and west of Storebaelt,• sampling and analyses are carried out by companies which meet the criteria given in EN 14274 and EN 14275. The 2008 sampling and analyses are made by SGS Sweden.Test methodsThe test methods applied for analysis are in some cases different from the methods set out in EN 228:1999 and EN 590:1999. SGS Sweden, who performs the analysis, has declared that the methods used correspond to the ones in the directive.The methods are: ASTM D4815 is used instead of EN 13132 for oxygenatesASTM D5453 is used instead of ISO 20846 for sulphurASTM D3237 is used instead of EN 237 for lead",
2008,Estonia,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,Not applicable.,All sales data is preliminary as full report will be prepared by Estonian Statistical Bureau in september 2009 according to Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on energy statistics
2008,Finland,1st June to 31st August,A,,Small,#N/A,"Legislative basis The supervision of the quality of fuel is based on the Environmental Protection Act (86/2000), the Government Decree on the quality requirements for petrol and diesel fuel (1271/2000),  it's amendments (1265/2002 and 767/2003) and an agreement between the Ministry of the Environment and Finnish Customs (38/481/2001). According to the agreement, Finnish Customs prepares a yearly sampling plan, which is to be approved by the Ministry of the Environment. Finnish Customs is in charge of the practical realization of the supervision. The Customs' national district organization takes care of taking liquid fuel samples according to the sampling plan, and the samples are analyzed at the Customs Laboratory. The supervision aims to comply, when applicable, with the requirements of standard EN 14274:2004 model A three macro regions (see Annex I of this document). SamplingSampling was done in the whole country  according to the sampling plan following the guidelines of a standard EN 14274:2004 model A. Country was divided to 3 macro-regions with about same sales volume and variability factor (see Annex I of this document). Also the number of retail sites in macro regions were between 500 - 800.  The sampling places were selected randomly, however, ensuring that all distribution chain companies were included. The sampling was split to winter and summer periods so that minimum sample amount was taken in both periods. Furthermore, the sampling was further split during the period. Samples were taken in retail sites with the exception that all octane (total 35 petrol samples) and cetane (38 diesel samples) analysis were done from the samples taken from the fuel refineries and terminals. These supply samples were taken in all macro regions and in different time. The grades investigated were unleaded 95 (RON >= 95) and 98 (RON >=98) octane sulphur free (max. 10 mg/kg) petrol and sulphur free (max. 10 mg/kg) diesel fuel. The fuels were furthermore divided into summer and winter grade. Since the sales for 99 octane petrol was small (less than 2%) it was excluded from the actual sampling. Also, there was no quality under 95 octane on the market. The sampling aims to comply, when applicable, with the requirements of standard EN 14275:2004. The sampling was done by trained personnel. One litre metal containers and five litre plastic containers approved for this purpose were used as sampling containers. Before the vapour pressure analysis, the sampling containers were cooled according to the requirements of the method. Analysis The analyses were conducted at the Customs Laboratory, which is a testing laboratory accredited by FINAS Accreditation Service. For octane and cetane numbers, subcontractors whose competence was confirmed were used. Except for the lead method, all methods of analysis used (including those subcontracted) were reference methods according to the standards EN 228:2004 and EN 590:2004. The lead method used by the laboratory (determination of lead content in petrol by energydispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy) is a socalled screening method. The sensitivity of the method used, however, is much better than the limit indicated in the quality requirements. The average lead content measured in the samples was clearly below the limit set in the quality requirements. If needed, the laboratory has the ability to confirm the lead content of the sample with the EN 237 method according to the directive (Petroleum products. Petrol. Determination of low lead concentrations by atomic absorption spectrometry) in cases where the result is near or exceeds the quality limit. Sulphur, density and vapour pressure methods have been accredited by FINAS Accreditation service. Other methods used by the laboratory have been tested and valitated according to quality procedure of Customs Laboratory. The authenticity and accuracy of the methods used by the laboratory have been verified by the national Round Robin and international PT comparative studies. Comparative examinationsIn 2008, the Customs Laboratory took part in the Round Robin Finland testing, which performs national inter-laboratory fuel examinations and tests organized by IIS (Institute of Interlaboratory Studies). The results of the parameters measured in the tests (sulphur content, density, distillation, vapour pressure, benzene content, total oxygen content, ethers and ethanol contents) were acceptable. In 2001 - 2007 the laboratory also took part in these tests with acceptable results.",All unleaded petrol and diesel fuels sold and used in Finland were sulphur free (max. 10 mg/kg). Samples were taken in retail sites with the exception that all octane (20 RON 95 petrol samples and 15 RON 98 petrol samples) and cetane (39 diesel samples) analysis were done from the samples taken from the fuel refineries and terminals. Total number of petrol and diesel sample include supply samples for octane and cetane analysis.
2008,France,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,B: EN14274 Statistical Model B,"French monitoring system is set up using the European Standard EN 14274:2003 statistical model B. The organisation responsible for sampling, analysis and reporting is the society Intertek Caleb Brett, accredited and certified laboratory. The sampling are carried out in refuelling stations for national fuel grade (petrol and diesel) and in depots for fuel oil domestique, fishing gas oil, marine diesel, heavy fuel.  In 2008, 1176 samples were made in 399 refuelling stations. All France's region were controlled. The number of refuelling sations controlled is proportionnal to the area, the density of population and the consumption of fuel of the region.",
2008,Germany,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,#N/A,"The Tenth Ordinance on the implementation of the Federal Pollution (Regulation on the nature and the award of grades of fuel -- 10. BImSchV), 24 June 2004 (Federal Law Gazette I No. 30 p. 1342) governed the reporting year 2008, the Labeling requirements and the quality of petrol, diesel and Liquid fuels through the drawing up of European standards as Minimum requirements. At the same time to check the parameters on the standards made by the EU Directive 98/70/EC, as amended, 8 May 2003 in the Annexes III and IV to prescribe. Therefore, the testing standards on the forms did not called. With the adoption of a general administrative regulation to ensure consistent Implementation in the German states established the criteria and founded, so that a uniform federal law enforcement is ensured. In assessing the Results are still on the standards contained in the respective limits Tolerances allowed to) the accuracy (trueness and precision of each Test account and ensure that no errors one sub-standard fuel is rejected. Only when a cost overrun of each resulting resulting rejection threshold can therefore expect a standard misconduct will. For the nature and extent of sampling to the relevant DIN standards noted for the logging of samples and the test results be specified forms. The sampling is usually at the pump . done Finally in the administrative actions for violations, which Allocation of costs and the handling of complaints dealt. In the first stage is to to clarify who is the polluter pays for the poor quality of the fuel. Can the Be established distributors of the product of fraud or negligence, this is fine with sanctioned. The consumption statistics from the Federal Office of Economics and Export Control on the basis of data collected from the petroleum law and published. This survey is the sulfur content of fuels is not included. When disposing of Diesel fuel is also not for sale to the public filling stations or Selbsttanker (freight forwarders, transport companies etc. with their own filling stations) distinguished. Regulations on vapor pressure of gasoline: fuel of the quality level of summer goods need in the period from 1 May to 30 September in accordance Directive 98/70/EC and offered a national normative and legal setting (10. BlmSchV). The vapor pressure is then min. 45 kPa and max. 60 kPa.Winter Goods must be in the period 16 November to 15 March will be offered. The Vapor pressure is then min. 60 kPa and max. 90 kPa.In times of 1 October to 15 November and from 16 March to 30 April (must) so-called transitional product, the vapor pressure of the peak winter season does not indicated or exceed the minimum value of the DST.In the plant are normal 2.1 OK 2.2 OK OK 2.3 Super and Super Plus Monitoring data collected for the Federal Republic of Germany. National Specifications, such as for example Density and vapor pressure in the winter are inserted. Overall, the figures show that the sulfur content with a few exceptions, as in therecent years, sulfur-free products already comply.The petrol quality in Germany is generally good. It was only in rare Exceptionally exceedances of Prüfgrenzwerte identified. In most of these cases Fuel was still classified as a Standardized, so there were few Complaints. The following are included in the national reports are Exceedances of Prüfgrenzwerte and complaints for 2008 include:","The Federal Republic of Germany supports using a tax preference since 01.01. 2003, paragraph sulfur fuel (S <10 mg / kg). Excess of this limit is a tax law violation, if the product was sold with the tax preference, but no breach of the Fuel Quality Directive, this limit for the Sulfur until 2005 (based on a reasonable equitable geographical Basis) and from 2009 (providing coverage).The products listed in the tables mean values are averages of the partial results of the Countries, expressed as a weighted average of these partial results. For Standard deviations were in each case the values with the largest number of a sample Land taken over.Total sales of petrol and diesel fuel in Germany in 2008In the Federal Republic of Germany since 01.01.2000 leaded fuel is no longer sold. Since 01.01. 2003 Germany is financed entirely from sulfur fuel (S <10 mg supplied per kg). The fuel sales are not recorded in Germany, depending on the sulfur content."
2008,Greece,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,,
2008,Hungary,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,"Regarding the volume of fuels marketed in Hungary (gasoline and diesel together is 4.453 thousand tons), Hungary is considered a small country with one region.","The data of national sales originates from the Hungarian Customs and Finance Guard (VPOP).National sales volumes in litres are real values, the volumes in tonnes are calculated from litres by an average density of products. "
2008,Ireland,1st June to 31st August,A,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,,*The Oil returns that come to the Department from Oil Companies & Consumers are just rated as unleaded 95.
2008,Italy,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,"Italy established a fuel quality monitoring system, in accordance with the requirements of the European standard EN 14274:2003, by decree 3 February 2005. The 2008 national report had been drawn up on the base of a monitoring system at sale outlets distributed throughout the Italian territory.The monitoring system (sampling and measurements) was carried out by independent supervisory bodies on behalf of the main oil companies. Samples were taken monthly in each Winter and Summer period (Summer period for petrol: 1st May to 30th September).The 2008 monitoring system was set up using the statistical model A of EN 14274 (large country framework, five macro-regions).299 petrol samples and 346 diesel fuel samples were analysed.The distribution of samples throughout the national territory was: 40% North-West, 15% North-East, 22% Centre, 14% South and 9% Islands.The test methods required for fuel quality monitoring were performed by laboratories that regularly participate in one or more national inter-laboratoryproficiency testing schemes, and that are accredited according to EN ISO 17025 or certified according to ISO 9000 standards. The proficiency testingschemes include all test methods listed in the FQMS.According to the requirements of EN 14274, analytical results for petrol and diesel fuel were reported separately for each season and for each grade.Compared to the total samples taken, the percentages of samples of  sulphur free petrol and diesel fuel were 21% and 25%, respectively. ","Italy has defined only two grades for each type of fuel: petrol with minimum RON = 95 and maximum sulphur content of 50 mg/kg (parent grade),  petrol with minimum RON = 95 and maximum sulphur content of 10 mg/kg; diesel fuel with maximum sulphur content of 50 mg/kg (parent grade), diesel fuel with maximum sulphur content of 10 mg/kg. A limited quantity of petrol with minimum RON = 98 was sold in 2008 for market in trial, even if this does not correspond to any specific petrol grade defined at national level."
2008,Latvia,1st June to 31st August,A,,Small,National System,"In accordance with law and regulations State Revenue Service (SRS) is responsible for monitoring of fuel market.SRS Excise Goods Department is structural unit of SRS central apparatus which main function is to ensure that laws and regulations concerning circulation of excise goods are being implemented. In order to ensure effective monitoring of fuel quality SRS began to use mobile express laboratories of fuel quality testing in February 2004. With these express laboratories the fuel quality testing is made in all stages of fuel circulation, covering as numerous licensed entrepreneurs as possible. As only licensed entrepreneurs are allowed to trade with fuel, approximately 1500 samples are tested each year.The use of express laboratories has reduced the time spent between the moment of sample taking and receiving the conclusion of conformity assessment. This is important both in terms of consumer protection (so no inadequate fuel would be in circulation) and interests of entrepreneurs themselves (so any distraction of entrepreneurs’ activity would be as short as possible). ","*in order to calculate the volume of oil products (in tonnes) the average density is used : for petrol - 0,765 t/m³; for diesel - 0,835 t/m³                                                                                      ** including volume of petrol, which contains 4.5-5% by volume of ethyl alcohol or ETBE up to volume of  12%                                                                                                                                           *** including volume of marked diesel (including 58 229 360 litres of marked diesel)"
2008,Lithuania,1st June to 31st August,0,,Large,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,,
2008,Luxembourg,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,National System,"The FQMS, in compliance with the European Standard EN 14274:2003, is being built up and will be applied from 2010 on. Number of samplesInstead of 100 samples for the fuel grade diesel, Luxembourg plans to take:- 3 samples each period (summer & winter) taken at the six major filling station which are responsible for about 50% of the total fuel sales (36 samples). - 25 samples each period taken at the other filling stations, which could be weighted (elected by random generator) amount their sale numbers (50 samples). * Gives a total of 86 samples per year for dieselInstead of 2 x 100 samples for the fuel grades petrol RON 95 and petrol RON 98, Luxembourg plans to take:- 25 samples per period for both grades (weighted by their sale numbers)-  8 samples per period at the principal terminal   (weighted by their sale numbers)*Gives a total of 66 samples per year for petrol, 12 samples for RON 98, 54 samples for RON 95",
2008,Malta,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,"Enemalta Corporation was the sole importer of petrol and diesel fuels for use in Malta in 2008.  Deliveries are made periodically by ship to the Enemalta terminal.  Each fuel consignment is accompanied by a quality certificate issued by a recognized fuel analysis organization.  For every shipment, a sample is also taken and analysed by a separate independent analytical laboratory.  Malta currently has more than 80 service stations which have been geographically divided into four districts.  On a regular basis, a randomly selected refuelling station from one district is sampled for each fuel type available and the necessary analytical testing carried out by an independent analytical laboratory. This system ensures full coverage of road/transport fuels used in Maltese territory.  Based on fuel sales for the year 2008, the overall samples to sales ratio for the year corresponds to: 228 samples per billion litres of unleaded petrol, 535 samples per billion litres of LRP and 148 samples per billion litres of diesel.",
2008,Netherlands,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,,
2008,Poland,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,B: EN14274 Statistical Model B,,
2008,Portugal,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,"The companies themselves carry on tests, taking samples in refineries and terminals.  Samples in retail sites are taken across the country by government authorities. Their frequency is roughly monthly, throughout the year. There are two refineries that suply the market, one of them in the north and the other in the south. Test methods are those specified in Directive 98/70/CE.",
2008,Romania,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,"During 2008, 177 stations were verified. From these, 177 petrol and 171 diesel fuels samplings were collected.The tables that contain the results of the sampling and analysis are provided in Annex I and II (Petrol) and III and IV (Diesel); main conclusions of the 2008 sampling campaign are:DieselFor 11 diesel fuels samplings, the sulphur content was not in line with the specification for Euro 4 (sulphur more than 50 ppm).The diesel fuel quantity which not complies is aproximative 91.000 litres.Ministry of Economy informed The National Authority for Consumer Protection (NACP) about this problem.NACP fined stations that did not respect environmental specifications, with approximate EURO 1000 and stoped the trade.In order to prevent these situations, it was identified a supplementary mechanism, meaning the collaboration with The National Customs Authority  - the Division for Monitoring the Excises and Customs Operations which has responsibility of fiscal inspection for the excisable products (according to the Government Decision no. 532/2007 regarding the organization and the functioning of the The National Customs Authority )According to this new mechanism, immediately after the confirmation of the surpassed values, the Division for Monitoring the Excises and Customs Operations is informed in order to start the procedure of fiscal inspection of the excisable products",
2008,Slovakia,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,,
2008,Slovenia,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,"The fuel quality monitoring system in Slovenia is based on the European Standard EN 14274:2003.Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia is receiving monthly and annual reports from two independent inspection bodies, which are responsible for preparing the sampling plan, carrying the sampling of fuel samples out, analysis, and collecting and precessing the data. They are accredited by the Slovenian Accreditation as an inspection body according to EN ISO/IEC 17020:2004. The analyses of samples were carried out by testing laboratories accredited according to EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005.Samples of petrol, Diesel fuel and Gas Oil were taken each month throughout the year at refuelling stations and depots (total number of samples: 462).The test methods were in compliance with the Directive specifications, except for determination of lead and cetane number. Validation and traceability of both methods were provided according to EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005.",
2008,Spain,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,National System,"DESCRIPTION OF THE CONTROL OF QUALITY OF FUELThe compilation of summaries of data on the control of fuel quality has been conducted based on samples obtained at the output landings storage centers owned Hydrocarbons Logistics Company, CLH, SA (Spanish major logistics company of petroleum products with a market share of around 80%), located throughout the national territory, these data have been verified with samples taken at the end points of supply of the Autonomous Communities.The analysis of these samples have been conducted in the laboratory of the Autonomous Communities and in the Research Center and Quality Control of the National Consumer Institute, Agency of the Ministry of Health and Consumption, and the Laboratory itself Logistics Company Hydrocarbons, CLH, SAThere are in Spain a total of 9 refineries that supply the domestic market with a total capacity of crude treatment, 65 MTM / year.","(*) Could not get the sales data broken diesel (<50ppm) and (<10 ppm).During the year 2008 have been marketed in Spain fuels with a sulfur content below 10 mg / kg (10ppm).The petrol RON> = 98 marketed all have a sulfur content <10 ppmIn Spain, the summer period which includes the existing Royal Decree 61/2006 of 31 January concerning the specifications of petrol, is May 1 to September 30, establishing the vapor pressure for that period at a boundary maximum of 60 kPa.Petrol imports total: 486KTm, Diesel Imports total: 6.968KTmPetrol exports total: 3.312KTm, Diesel exports total: 385KTm"
2008,Sweden,1st June to 31st August,A,,Large,#N/A,"FQMS from Certificate of Quality      Responsible organisations Oil companies and The Swedish Petroleum Institute  (for sampling, analysis & reporting)     Types of Sampling Locations Refinery and terminalsTime/frequency/occasion of sampling Every batch from the refinery and imports to terminals  Number of refineries serving the market 3 national refineries and a number of international refineriesNumber of sources of imported fuels     --Petrol 3 national refineries and a number of international refineries --Diesel 3 national refineries and 2 scandinavian  refineries    Method of collection of sales data Reported by the major oil companies in the market Other relevant details: The reporting is based on: for petrol 95 octane: 4 660 715 m3which is 99% of total sales; for petrol 98 octane: 255 294 m3, which is 99 % of total sales; Diesel data is based on 96% of sold volume",Diesel fuel sales also include off road use - Sweden has the same grade for on road as for off road diesel fuel
2008,UK,1st June to 31st August,A,,Large,National System,"The UK fuel quality monitoring system makes use of industry quality analyses on every batch of fuel produced in, or imported into, the UK, plus samples taken at distribution terminals and forecourts (to check for contamination in the distribution network). Due to the very large number of samples involved, this approach provides an equivalent, or greater, degree of confidence to EN 14274.",Source of data: Directory of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES) Table 3.6 (Thousand tonnes). Conversion to litres uses factor of 1362 litres/tonne for gasoline and 1195 litres/tonne for diesel (UK averages). Volume sales are in million litres.
2009,Austria,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,,
2009,Belgium,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,National System,,As of 1st January 2009 sulphur content of all fuels marketed with a member state territory must not exceed a maximum of 10 mg/kg. Belgium completely followed this rule.
2009,Bulgaria,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,B: EN14274 Statistical Model B,,"The source of above information for fuel consumption in 2008 is the National Statistic Institute. For evaluation of the intended minimum number of samples to be taken according to the requirements of EN 14274 the amounts of the marketed petrol and diesel fuels, dated 2008 were used. The data on fuel consumption in 2009 will be available in November 2010. Since 1-st of January 2009 the sulphur contents in both petrol and diesel which have been distributted on the market were decreased  to max. 10 mg/kg.  "
2009,Cyprus,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,,Unleaded petrol with minimum RON 100 is also market in Cyprus in small quantities. Tonnes=2885
2009,Czech Republic,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,,All of the samples were taken at the service stations.
2009,Denmark,1st June to 31st August,A,,Small,National System,,
2009,Estonia,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,,
2009,Finland,1st June to 31st August,A,,Small,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,,All unleaded petrol and diesel fuels sold and used in Finland were sulphur free (max. 10 mg/kg). Samples were taken in retail sites with the exception that all octane (26 RON 95 petrol samples and 21 RON 98 petrol samples) and cetane (59 diesel samples) analysis were done from the samples taken from the fuel warehouses (refineries and terminals). Total number of petrol and diesel sample include supply samples for octane and cetane analysis.
2009,France,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,B: EN14274 Statistical Model B,,"Since april 2009, a new fuel called 'SP95-E10 » is available in France. The upper,limit for ethanol content is 10% (v /v). The SP95-E10 represents less than 10% by volume of fuel sales in France"
2009,Germany,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,National System,,"The sales volumes of fuels from petroleum data for the Federal Law of Economics and Export Control (BAFA) collected and published.Testing is usually carried out at the gas station.The consumption statistics are provided by the Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA) calculated on the basis of the petroleum law and published data. When Sales of diesel fuel is not for sale to the public filling stations or at Even tanker (freight forwarders, transport companies own gas stations etc.) it is distinguished."
2009,Greece,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,,
2009,Hungary,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,,Sales volumens are originated from Hungarian Customs and Finance Guard. 
2009,Ireland,1st June to 31st August,A,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,,
2009,Italy,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,,
2009,Latvia,1st June to 31st August,A,,Small,National System,,"* Calculating the amount of fuel used in tonnes of average density: petrol - 0.765, diesel - .835, ** a marked diesel fuel, use of fishing vessels and supply of fuel (sulfur content higher than 50ppm but does not exceed 200ppm"
2009,Lithuania,1st June to 31st August,A,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,,Data on national sales are preliminary. Official data will be available in October 2010. Data source: Department of Statistics of Lithuania
2009,Luxembourg,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,,,
2009,Malta,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,,"Here sales are divided according to the Sulphur Content but results are combined in the Annex sheets. Reason: Sample could have been from April 2009 imports, ie. before the changeover date. As from next year only 10 ppm fuels will be recorded."
2009,Netherlands,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,,
2009,Poland,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,B: EN14274 Statistical Model B,,"Values of ""total"" of liquid fuel was developed based on statistical data from the Energy Market Agency SA values of ""total"" for liquid fuels is based on data contained in the quarterly Report to the Energy Regulatory Office (other values include estimates).2) Including intra-Community acquisition.3) With respect to liquid biofuels, in the quarterly Reports of ERO, given the distinction between diesel and ester forming spontaneous fuel. However, due to the fact that the content of fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) in diesel fuel is, according to the data ERO, slightly more than 5 thousand. tons, we can say that it is a diesel fuel containing 20% ester.4. Number of filling stations and checked the station site - including the species of liquid fuels and the provinces.In the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009 were reviewed in 747 gas stations, collecting 747 samples of liquid fuels. In the same period were reviewed in a fuel station, which were sold esters which are inherent fuel, collecting a sample.3. List of all species of liquid fuels marketed within the country and information on their quantity.Control of fuel quality in the European part of the system covered the following types of liquid fuels on the market in the country, namely:• unleaded petrol RON 95• unleaded petrol RON 98• diesel fuel,• diesel fuel with a 20% ester (B20)• forming spontaneous ester fuel (B100).The following presents information on production, imports and domestic consumption of individual species of liquid fuels and liquid fuels is collected on the basis of data provided by the Energy Regulatory Authority and Energy Market Agency SA2.6. Control Organization To identify the control activities carried out in order to prepare a report for the European Commission on fuel quality (according to Directive 98/70/EC amended by Directive 2003/17/EC) introduced the name ""European system of quality monitoring and control of fuel,"" which refers to the control : • unleaded petrol RON 98, RON 95 unleaded petrol, diesel, • liquid biofuels such as diesel fuel containing 20% ester (B20), and ester forming spontaneous fuel (B100) • run only on petrol stations and on-site, which has been drawn for inspection, • involving the sampling of fuel in an amount resulting from the regulation on how the monitoring and the European standard BS EN 14 274: 2005 - Automotive fuels - Assessment of petrol and diesel - fuel quality monitoring system, • All parameters set out in Directive 98/70/EC as amended by Directive 2003/17/EC on the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and some parameters of the so-called. supplies listed in the regulation on quality requirements, which are also listed in the standards BS EN 228 Automotive fuels - Unleaded petrol - Requirements and test methods, and BS EN 590 Automotive fuels - oils - Requirements and test methods • All parameters specified in the regulation on quality requirements for liquid fuels, which are also listed in the PN-EN 14 214 Automotive fuels - Fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) for diesel engines - Requirements and test methods • consisting of collecting a sample of one grade of fuel at the station. This report presents the results of inspections carried out based on the above-mentioned criteria. "
2009,Portugal,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,National System,,"In the table above figures related to refineries include refineries and terminals.AEA SR- Added in the litres figures using the conversion factors used by the UK- Conversion to litres using DECC factors;  1371 Premium, 1355 Super & 1192 Diesel. "
2009,Romania,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,B: EN14274 Statistical Model B,,
2009,Slovakia,1st May to 30th September,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,,
2009,Slovenia,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,,,Regarding No. of Samples: Service stations and Terminals  (Depos) are reported only. Beside these there were also samples taken at so called Direct supply (12 samples of Diese Fuel)
2009,Spain,1st May to 30th September,N,,Large,National System,,During 2009 all motor fuels that have been commercialized in Spain have a sulfur content less than 10 mg / Kg (10ppm).
2009,Sweden,1st June to 31st August,A,,Small,National System,,
2009,UK,1st June to 31st August,A,,Large,National System,,"Based on DECC Energy Statistics data - table 3.5.  Super grade includes reported LRP sales (11 kTonnes).                                                                                                                                                            Conversion to litres using DECC factors;  1371 Premium, 1355 Super & 1192 Diesel. "
2010,Austria,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,,"The fuel grade ""Normal"" is specified to have a minimum RON of 91, but in fact average figures range about more than 96 RON and there is just one sample below 95 (including tolerance level)"
2010,Belgium,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,National System,The ministerial decree of 24 January 2002 approving the internal regulations of the Management Committee of the Fund analysis of petroleum products described how the Fuel Quality Monitoring system would operate in Belgium.,National sales total in metric tonnes
2010,Bulgaria,16th Apr to 15th Oct,N,,Small,B: EN14274 Statistical Model B,,"The source of above information for fuel consumption in 2009 is the National Statistic Institute. For evaluation of the intended minimum number of samples to be taken according to the requirements of EN 14274 the amounts of the marketed petrol and diesel fuels, dated 2009 were used. Data on fuel consumption in 2010 will be available in november 2011.*There are no data on consumption of petrol octane number by category. Regulation 1099/2008/EO in which the National Institute of Statistics report, there are no separate requirements for different types of unleaded petrol. The amount is 625,798 for the unleaded petrol with an octane number min. RON = 95; min. 95 = RON <98 and min. RON>= 98 (rows 2 to 4, table 1). **Diesel fuel is the sum of consumption of fuel in the Republic of Bulgaria and fuel loaded in Bulgaria for international navigation of all ships (international and Bulgarian). Fuel loaded abroad by Bulgarian ships are 42,241 tons and are not included in the total value (row total diesel, table 1)"
2010,Cyprus,16th Apr to 15th Oct,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,"2.2.1 Responsible organizationsAccording to the Law, the Energy Service of the Ministry of Commerce Industry and Tourism is the competent authority for monitoring the quality of fuels. The Mobile Lab and the laboratory of the CPSC were appointed to conduct tests required for monitoring fuel quality. The Mobile Lab of the Energy Service carried out almost all the tests required for monitoring the fuel quality for 2010. The Laboratory of the CPSC conducted only a limited number of tests especially for verification reasons.   2.2.2. Frequency of sampling and selection of sampling pointsSamples of all fuel grades were taken from petrol stations, the depot at Larnaca, including CPSC farm, cars and other private installations of large consumers by the inspectors of the Energy Service. Retail site (petrol stations) samples were taken by the inspectors of the Energy Service on a monthly surveillance program prepared by the Chief Inspector and/or his Assistant. The petrol stations (from which samples are taken) were selected from the list of petrol stations based on the volume of sales and the geographical location. The number of samples taken from the Larnaca depot was determined by the number of petroleum shipments imported. All petroleum products held by the CPSC were tested in order to secure their compliance with the EU specifications.2.2.3 Cyprus FQM System  The design of the national fuel quality monitoring system was based on Cyprus conditions. According to the provisions of Law N.148 (I)/2003 on fuel quality, the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism designates the laboratories for testing the fuel samples, maintains a list with all retail sites and terminal facilities and appoints the Chief Inspector, his Assistant and the inspectors responsible to carry out the sampling. According to the Law, the Chief Inspector secures that a fuel monitoring system is in place and decides on the number and the locations of the sites from which samples are taken. The Minister has appointed the Director of the Energy Service to be the Chief Inspector. The Chief Inspector performs his duties by utilizing the laboratories nominated by the Minister, which are the laboratories of the CPSC and the Mobile lab of the Energy Service. He also supervises the fuel inspectors appointed by the Minister. The frequency of sampling at petrol stations as well as the Larnaca depot is decided by the Chief Inspector and/or his assistant. Having in mind that Cyprus is considered as a single region and the supply, distribution and retail of petroleum products are carried out only by the four marketing companies, which utilize a single depot, the number of samples taken in 2010 were adequate to monitor the Cyprus distribution chain, and significantly increased compared to 2009. The Energy Service since May 2007 owns a mobile lab for performing all the necessary tests form monitoring the fuel quality of fuels marketed Cyprus. The Mobile Lab, consists of 7 fully automatic analyzers that can define almost all the main parameters of diesel, petrol, kerosene gasoil, jet fuel, marine and fuel oil. The Mobile Lab is in the process of being an accredited fuel laboratory, based on the CYS EN ESO/IEC 17025:2005 standard.The Cyprus FQMS was designed based on the following parameters: • Country size: Small and single region  • Automotive fuel consumption per year: 776.722 toe • Import facilities: Larnaca depot comprises the three tank farms owned by the oil market companies ((Petrolina, EKO, ExxonMobil). Total Capacity: 42.000 MT (Lukoil and BP Eastern Mediterranean utilize other companies facilities)• Common import facilities: Cyprus Petroleum Storage Company Ltd, (former refinery) of total capacity: 82.200 MT• Number of oil marketing companies: 5 (Petrolina, EKO, ExxonMobil, Lukoil, BP Eastern Mediterranean (imports only diesel for large consumers))• Number of retail sites: 268 petrol stations operated by the oil marketing companies. ","A small number of diesel samples (24 samples) were tested from consumers cars. Samples from depots and large consumers are not included.Small quantities (2495 MT) of unleaded petrol RON 100 were marketed during the year 2010, the consumption of which was 0.33% of the total transport fuels, therefore is not reported. 4. GEOGRAPHICAL AVAILABILITY OF SULPHUR-FREE FUELS All petrol and diesel marketed in Cyprus during 2010 were sulphur - free petrol and sulphur - free diesel fuels. "
2010,Czech Republic,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,"The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic (MIT) is responsible for the implementation of the Directive 98/70/EC as subsequently amended. In conformity with this, the fuel quality was monitored in 2010 on the basis of MIT Decree No. 229/2004 Coll., replaced by MIT Decree No. 133/2010 Coll., in effect since 1 June 2010 (Table 2 of Annex 4 of this Decree is to be in effect since 1 January 2012); in compliance with European quality standards for petrol and diesel (EN 228 and EN 590), test standards, sampling standards and the Fuel Quality Monitoring System. Sampling in compliance with EN 14275:2003 is carried out by the Czech Trade Inspection (CTI), primarily at refuelling stations (RS). In the year 2010 the samples were taken at RS only. In addition to the parametres required under the FQMS to conform to environmental specifications, other characteristics are also monitored for consumer protection.","Production of regular unleaded petrol with minimum RON = 91, i.e. Special BA-91, was ended in the Czech Republic in the half of the year 2010.  The need for this type of petrol is solved with the help of additives."
2010,Denmark,1st Jun to 31st Aug,A,,Small,National System,"• More than 99% of the fuels used for road transport in Denmark are distributed from the two Danish refineries or from terminals owned by members of the Danish Petroleum Association (EOF) which have to meet the Association’s Exchange specifications. These specifications are in accordance with DS/EN 228 for petrol and DS/EN 590 for diesel and the current Danish Statutory Order regarding the quality of petrol and diesel fuel.• More than 99% of the fuels used for road transport in Denmark are delivered from terminals, which are certified in accordance with ISO 9000 or equivalent quality-management systems.• More than 99% of the fuels used for road transport in Denmark are distributed from terminals where “Certificates of Quality” exist for every import/batch approved according to DS/EN 228 for petrol or DS/EN 590 for diesel and the current Danish Statutory Order regarding the quality of petrol and diesel.Some of the specified parameters are only measured on a reduced number of samples. It is parameters which are estimated to have minor influence on the environment (RON, MON, oxygen and oxygenates). Also for lead a reduced number of samples are analysed. Lead has not been present in petrol in Denmark for more than 10 years. This is in accordance with the discussions on the first expert meeting on the implementation of directive 98/70/EC in Brussels the 3. April 2003, where ""Mr. Zierock (DG ENV) suggested that fewer measurements could be taken for less sensitive parameters such as lead and octane number.""Details for the 2010 monitoring programme The main content of the Danish fuel quality monitoring programme is as follows:• in total 42 samples of petrol and 22 samples of diesel from retail sites have been analysed,• samples have been taken from all companies on the Danish market,• the number of samples of different fuel qualities (octane number) and from different companies reflects the actual market (however at least 2 samples per fuel quality),• the sites are chosen randomly by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency from a list of existing filling stations,• half of the samples have been taken in summer (August) and the other half in winter (May and October),• half of the samples have been taken east of Storebaelt  and the other half west of Storebaelt; the population is nearly the same east and west of Storebaelt,• sampling and analyses are carried out by companies which meet the criteria given in EN 14274 and EN 14275. The 2010 sampling and analyses are made by SGS Sweden.Test methodsThe test methods applied for analysis are in some cases different from the methods set out in EN 228:1999 and EN 590:1999. SGS Sweden, who performs the analysis, has declared that the methods used correspond to the ones in the directive.The methods are: ASTM D4815 is used instead of EN 13132 for oxygenatesASTM D5453 is used instead of ISO 20846 for sulphurASTM D3237 is used instead of EN 237 for lead",Mass in tonnes are calculated based on the volume.
2010,Estonia,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,"Not applicableInformation about 2010 Biofuel usage in Estonia:Under the Alcohol, Tobacco and Fuel Excise Duty Act, now that a permit has been issued by the European Commission, biofuel is exempt from excise duty until that permit expires.Biofuel for which the first four digits of the CN code are 4401, 4402, 1507 – 1518 and biofuels of the CN code 3824 90 55, 3824 90 80 – 3824 90 99, 2207 20 00, 2909 19 10 are exempt from excise duty. Permission to exempt biofuel from excise duty was received from the European Commission in a letter dated 27 July 2005. The number of the permit for the exemption from excise duty is 314/2005 and it is valid for 6 years. Fuel to be used for transport purposes must fulfill the requirements of standards EVS-EN 228:2008+NA:2009, EVS-EN 590:2009+A1:2010+NA:2009 and EVS-EN 14214:2008+A1:2009+NA:2010.In the light of the European Commission's communications on the ""Biomass Action Plan"" and the ""EU Strategy for Biofuels"", the government decided to draw up a development plan forthe promotion of biomass and bioenergy. The plan links up with development plans in other fields and all promotional support measures. In accordance with Directive 2003/30/EC, blends with a low biofuel content can be used without any problems in vehicles presently in use in Europe, so that the sale of fuel meeting the standards in question does not require the addition of any special marking. At she same time it should be noted that many motor vehicle manufactures continue to take a very cautious view of the use of biodiesel fuel.According to the statements provided by biofuel permit-holders, in 2010: 3 106 970 kg (3 518 264 litres) of biofuel CN 3824 90 91 was produced; 26 147 405 kg (29 613 755 litres) ofbiofuel CN 3824 90 91, 2 205 614 kg (2 538 392 litres) of biofuel CN 3824 90 99 and 7 188 170 kg (9 578 387 litres) of biofuel CN 2207 20 00 was imported; 1 401 934 kg (1 549 871litres) of biofuel CN 3824 90 91, 2 182 661 kg (2 511 995 litres) of biofuel CN 3824 90 99 and 6 835 660 kg (9 082 946 litres) of biofuel CN 2207 20 00 released for consumption.As at March 2011, 15 biofuel permits have been issued. Information on the permits is available on the Tax and Customs Board 's website: http://www.emta.ee.",
2010,Finland,1st Jun to 31st Aug,A,,Small,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,"Legislative basis The supervision of the quality of fuel is based on the Environmental Protection Act (86/2000), the Government Decree on the quality requirements for petrol and diesel fuel (1271/2000),  it's amendments (1265/2002 and 767/2003) and an agreement between the Ministry of the Environment and Finnish Customs (38/481/2001). According to the agreement, Finnish Customs prepares a yearly sampling plan, which is to be approved by the Ministry of the Environment. Finnish Customs is in charge of the practical realization of the supervision. The Customs' national district organization takes care of taking liquid fuel samples according to the sampling plan, and the samples are analyzed at the Customs Laboratory. The supervision aims to comply, when applicable, with the requirements of standard EN 14274:2004 model A three macro regions (see Annex I of this document). SamplingSampling was done in the whole country  according to the sampling plan following the guidelines of a standard EN 14274:2004 model A. Country was divided to 3 macro-regions with about same sales volume and variability factor (see Annex I of this document). Also the number of retail sites in macro regions were between 500 - 800.  The sampling places were selected randomly, however, ensuring that all distribution chain companies were included. The sampling was split to winter and summer periods so that minimum sample amount was taken in both periods. Furthermore, the sampling was further split during the period. Samples were taken in retail sites with the exception that all octane (45 petrol samples of which 2 failed to deliver results) and cetane (45 diesel samples) analysis were done from the samples taken from the fuel warehouses of refineries and terminals. These supply samples were taken in all macro regions and in different time. The grades investigated were unleaded RON 95 and RON 98 octane sulphur free (max. 10 mg/kg) petrol and sulphur free (max. 10 mg/kg) diesel fuel. The fuels were furthermore divided into summer and winter grade. Since the sales volume for RON 98 octane gasoline was less than 10% the minimum is calculated as: %sales x min for this grade. Since the sales for RON 99 octane petrol was small (less than 2%) it was excluded from the actual sampling. Also, there was no quality under RON 95 octane on the market. The sampling aims to comply, when applicable, with the requirements of standard EN 14275:2004. The sampling was done by trained personnel. One litre metal containers and five litre plastic containers approved for this purpose were used as sampling containers. Before the vapour pressure analysis, the sampling containers were cooled according to the requirements of the method. Analysis The analyses were conducted at the Customs Laboratory, which is a testing laboratory accredited by FINAS Accreditation Service. For octane and cetane numbers, subcontractors whose competence was confirmed were used. Except for the lead method, all methods of analysis used (including those subcontracted) were reference methods according to the standards EN 228:2004 and EN 590:2004. The lead method used by the laboratory (determination of lead content in petrol by energydispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy) is a socalled screening method. The sensitivity of the method used, however, is much better than the limit indicated in the quality requirements. The average lead content measured in the samples was clearly below the limit set in the quality requirements. If needed, the laboratory has the ability to confirm the lead content of the sample with the EN 237 method according to the directive (Petroleum products. Petrol. Determination of low lead concentrations by atomic absorption spectrometry) in cases where the result is near or exceeds the quality limit. Sulphur, density and vapour pressure methods have been accredited by FINAS Accreditation service. Other methods used by the laboratory have been tested and valitated according to quality procedure of Customs Laboratory. The authenticity and accuracy of the methods used by the laboratory have been verified by the national Round Robin and international PT comparative studies. Comparative examinationsIn 2010, the Customs Laboratory took part in the Round Robin Finland testing, which performs national inter-laboratory fuel examinations and tests organized by IIS (Institute of Interlaboratory Studies). The results of the parameters measured in the tests (sulphur content, density, distillation, vapour pressure, lead, benzene content, total oxygen content, aromatics and olefins contents, ethers and ethanol contents) were acceptable. In 2001 - 2009 the laboratory also took part in these tests with acceptable results.",No. refinery samples include samples also from terminals and warehouses.  It was not possible to make a distinction this year. Two refinery samples of RON 98 petrol failed to deliver octane results. Two refinery samples of RON 98 were analyzed for the set of parametres.
2010,France,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Large,B: EN14274 Statistical Model B,"French fuel quality monitoring system is set up using the European Standard EN 14274:2004 statistical model B. The organisation responsible for sampling, analyzing and reporting is the society Intertek OCA France, accredited and certified laboratory. The samples are carried out in refuelling stations for national fuel grade (petrol and diesel) and in depots for heating oil, fishing gas oil, marine diesel oil, heavy fuel oil.Refuelling stations and depots which are controled are drawn lots.Intertek tried to sampling during all the year out of the periods of seasonnal specifications changes.",
2010,Germany,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Large,National System,"The tenth ordinance for the implementation of the federal Immisionsschutzgesetzes(Regulation on the nature and the award of the qualities of fuels -10th BImSchV) of 27 January 2009 was the implementation of the Directives 2003/17/ECEuropean Parliament and the Council of 3 March 2003 amending Directive98/70/EC on the quality of petrol and diesel fuels (OJ EU L 76, p. 10) and2003/30/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 8 May 2003 on the promotion ofUse of biofuels or other renewable sources of fuels forTransport sector (OJ EU No L 123, p. 42).The 10th BImSchV regulates the labeling requirements and the quality ofFuels by laying the European standards as minimum requirements,or German standards if no European standards for the appropriate fuel. there To check the parameters referred to the standards which the EU directive87/70/EG of 13 October 1998 in the Annexes I and II prescribes for it. Hencetesting standards are not named on the forms.The 10th BImSchV is complemented by an administrative rule (GeneralAdministrative regulation on the implementation of the Regulation implementing the TenthFederal Pollution Control Act (Ordinance on the quality and distinctionthe qualities of fuels - 10 BImSchV) of 17 July 2009). By the GeneralAdministrative regulation will ensure a uniform federal law enforcement. There areincluding the taking and checking of fuel samples and measuresBreaches regulated.The conduct of the review to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels isGermany in the jurisdiction of the provinces. These transmit their results to theFederal Environment Agency, where they are combined into an overall report.The Federal Environmental Office shall forward the report to the Federal Environment Ministry, where theTransmission is initiated at the Commission.",Diesel sold in two different categories; B5 and B7.  Results combined in sales tables - parameter results provided separately.
2010,Greece,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,"Sampling is mostly taken place in the refineries. For the minimum number of sampling model A is applied as in the Fuel dispensing sites according to the Directive for the report purposes. However, all fuels produced in the refineries and sold in the market are monitored by the chemists of the General Chemical state Laboratory based exclusively in the refineries. Thus, through the whole year , uncontaminated samples according to EN 228 specifications is assured from the refineries supplied to the fuels chain market. ",Sales of 2010  are completed  by the ministry of Energy  No of samples is completed by General Chemical State laboratory
2010,Hungary,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,"Regarding the volume of fuels marketed in Hungary (gasoline and diesel together is 4117 thousand tons), Hungary is considered a small country with one region.",Sales volumens are originated from Hungarian Customs and Finance Guard. 
2010,Ireland,1st Jun to 31st Aug,A,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,,"Sales figures for petrol and diesel are supplied by the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources                                                      *The Oil returns that come to the Department from Oil Companies & Consumers are rated as unleaded 95. "
2010,Italy,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Large,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,"Italy established a fuel quality monitoring system, in accordance with the requirements of the European standard EN 14274:2003, by decree 3 February 2005. The 2010 national report had been drawn up on the base of a monitoring system at sale outlets distributed throughout the Italian territory. The monitoring system (sampling and measurements) was carried out by independent supervisory bodies on behalf of the main oil companies. Samples were taken monthly in each Winter and Summer period (Summer period for petrol: 1st May to 30th September). The 2010 monitoring system was set up using the statistical model A of EN 14274 (large country framework, five macro-regions). 200 petrol samples and 200 diesel fuel samples were analysed.The distribution of samples throughout the national territory was: 26% North-West, 22% North-East, 25% Centre, 16% South and 11% Islands. The test methods required for fuel quality monitoring were performed by laboratories that regularly participate in one or more national inter-laboratory proficiency testing schemes, and that are accredited according to EN ISO 17025 or certified according to ISO 9000 standards. The proficiency testing schemes include all test methods listed in the FQMS. According to the requirements of EN 14274, analytical results for petrol and diesel fuel were reported separately for each season and for each grade.","In 2010 Italy has defined only one grade for each type of fuel: petrol with minimum RON = 95 and maximum sulphur content of 10 mg/kg; diesel fuel with maximum sulphur content of 10 mg/kg. A limited quantity of petrol with minimum RON = 98 was sold in 2010 for market in trial, even if this does not correspond to any specific petrol grade defined at national level."
2010,Latvia,1st Jun to 31st Aug,A,,Small,National System,,
2010,Lithuania,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,,"A-95 National sales total (thousands litres) - 385000, A-98 (thousands litres) - 9000, Total Petrol (thousands litres) - 394000, Diesel and Total Diesel (thousands litres) - 1190000"
2010,Luxembourg,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,,
2010,Malta,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,National System,,"Unleaded petrol and LRP are imported only by EnemaltaDiesel is imported by both Enemalta + Falzon Fuel EnergyThe conversion between litres and tonnes is taken from the Energy Statistics Manual, IEA Publications, Stedi as 1185 litres per tonne"
2010,Netherlands,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Large,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,,
2010,Poland,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Large,B: EN14274 Statistical Model B,Summer and winter periods for petrol and diesel differ in Poland - petro seasonal periods given above (Poland classified as a 'normal' country in terms of ambient summer temperature:Summer Period Start Petrol: 1/05 Diesel: 16/04End Petrol: 30/09 Diesel: 30/09Winter Period Start Petrol: 1/10 Diesel: 1/10End Petrol: 30/04 Diesel 15/04,Fuel sales provided in million tonnes - transferred to tonnes.
2010,Portugal,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,National System,"There are two refineries that supply the market, one of them in the north and the other in the south. The companies themselves carry on tests, taking samples in refineries and terminals and their frequency is roughly monthly, throughout the year.Samples in retail sites are taken across the country by government authorities and were taken most months across the winter and summer periods. The minimum number of tests established for small countries, (300 tests / year) was held at service stations.Test methods are those specified in Directive 98/70/CE.In tests carried out in service stations were determined all parameters specified in the Directive. In tests carried out at refineries and terminals was not made the determination of lead content and oxygenates, with the exception of Ethers with>=5 carbon atoms/molecule.   ",In the table above figures related to refineries include refineries and terminals.    
2010,Romania,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,B: EN14274 Statistical Model B,"In the process of transposing EU legislation, in national legislation was adopted the Government Decision no. 689/2004 regarding the establishment of marketing of gasoline and diesel, modified and completed by Government Decision no. 15/2006.The two Government decisions take full provisions of Directive 98/70/EC on the quality of petrol and diesel and amendments thereto contained in Directive 2003/17/EC.In applying the provisions of this Decision, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Business the Environment is responsible for implementing the ""qualitative and quantitative monitoring system for petrol and diesel,"" sold by filling stations, approved by Minister of Economy and Trade through Order no.742/2004 ,whose annex was replaced by Order no.58/2006.Activity sampling (sampling and analysis) of petrol and diesel is made by testing laboratories, product certification bodies or third party inspection bodies recognized for this purpose by the Ministry of Economy and Commerce, Recognition is made after a trial assessment, based on the following criteria set forth in Annex 1 of the Order no.742/2004, replaced by Order no.58/2006:• be accredited for testing, field / certification schemes on the quality of petrol and diesel;• to have liability insurance;• to demonstrate its own sampling capability, equipped with appropriate equipment to perform tests according to the methods stipulated in Government Decree amended and supplemented nr.689/2004.The monitoring procedure consists of sampling, analysis, verification of compliance condition marketing of petrol and diesel, having as referential SR EN 14275 - torch sampling pumps at filling stations and networks outside the private network stations.Test methods are mentioned in both petrol and diesel specific standards:a)  SR EN 228 automotive fuels, unleaded petrol, requirements and test methods.b) SR EN 590 automotive fuels, diesel fuels, requirements and test methods.According to Order no.58/2006 in the monitoring system of petrol and diesel, work sampling is done at least two bodies.After evaluating the requests received from organizations, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Business the Environment recognized SC ROMPETROL SA and SC ROMCONTROL QUALITY CONTROL SRL to perform sampling activities.The list of organizations recognized for the sampling activity of petrol and diesel is approved by Ministry of Economy and Commerce no.527/2006.Based on the result as ""qualitative and quantitative monitoring system for petrol and diesel"" the National Annual Report is prepared. This report which contains information on petrol and diesel quality and the quantity of petrol and diesel sold on previous the year.Framework for presenting the report is provided by the provisions of the Order of the Minister of Economy and Commerce nr.662/2004 establishing a common format for submission of national annual report concerning fuel quality placed on the market, which fully transposes Decision no.2002/159/EC.Romania is divided in 8 regions. Samples were taken at filling stations that deliver fuel to private and commercial users; fuel was provided to the stations by oil companies (local, national and international). Therefore samples were taken randomly over the identified regions. Since the total amount of petrol and diesel fuel used in Romania was below 15 million tonnes in 2010, Romania is regarded as a small country (European Standard EN 14274:2003, paragraph 3.2) and due to the lack of sales data per region, Statistical Model B as prescribed in European Standard EN 14274:2003 was applied.",
2010,Slovakia,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,,
2010,Slovenia,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,"The fuel quality monitoring system in Slovenia is based on the European Standard EN 14274:2003.Environment Agency of the Republic of Slovenia receives monthly and annual reports from two independent inspection bodies, which are responsible for preparing the sampling plan, carrying the sampling and  analysis of fuel samples out, and collecting and processing the data. They are accredited by the Slovenian Accreditation as an inspection body according to EN ISO/IEC 17020:2004. The analyses of samples are carried out by testing laboratories accredited according to EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005.Samples of Petrol, Diesel Fuel and Gas Oil are taken each month throughout the year at refuelling stations and depots (total number of samples in 2010: 462).The test methods were in compliance with the Directive specifications, except for determination of lead and cetane number. Validation and traceability of both methods were provided according to EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005.",
2010,Spain,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Large,National System,,No information has been provided about sample location.
2010,Sweden,(16th Apr - 1st Jun) to (31st Aug - 15th Sep),A,,Small,National System,                                                                                                                                                                                                            ,Diesel fuel sales include off road diesel use. Sweden has the same diesel fuel on road as off road.
2010,UK,1st Jun to 31st Aug,A,,Large,National System,As pre previous report.,"Based on DECC Energy Statistics data - table 3.5.  Super grade includes reported LRP sales (11 kTonnes).                                                                                                                                                            Conversion to litres using DECC factors;  1360 Premium, 1355 Super & 1191 Diesel. "
2011,Austria,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,"Regarding Statistical Model change: The Commission stated within the FQMS Summery Reports ""Key areas for improvements"", that"" Austria has stated that it uses Statistical Model C, however this does not appear entirely consistent with the European Standard specification (discussed in section 2.2.2). Instead statistical Model A seems more appropriate, which would require further information to be reported on sample numbers in different regions."" In past parameters didn´t show significant differences between Austrians states - since the introduction of blending Ethanol (ETBE) to petrol fuels, it appears that there are two different petrol sources since differences appear between the allocation of Ethanol and Bio-ETBE. Based on analyses of the past three years, Austria chooses to adapt the FQM - model and switch from C to Model A (2 Macro-regions).",
2011,Belgium,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,National System,"L'arrêté ministériel du 24 janvier 2002 approuvant le règlement d'ordre intérieur du Comité de Gestion du Fonds d'analyse des produits pétroliers décrit le fonctionnement du Belgium uses a national system that existed even before the FQMS was developed. The number of taken samples is higher than in the other statistical models A, B or C.       Fapetro, Funds for analyses of petrol products, is responsible for the quality monitoring of the automotive fuel sold in Belgium.This organization took 7118 samples at public refuelling points (service stations) amongst whole Belgium in 2011. We are happy to announce that the evaluation of the results showed good quality of the fuel sold on the Belgium market. 97% out of the 7118 samples were compliant. Belgium uses the ISO 4259 norm for the interpretation of the analyses results from 1 January 2009.All the samples were analysed by labs that were ISO 17025 accredited.  All the used test methods are accredited or the demand for accreditation is in demand at the Belgian accreditation authority.     Above that Fapetro also effects twice a year an audit in the labs in order to reassure itself of the quality of the reported analysed    samples.      I would like to add that Fapetro is currently in the process to obtain ISO17020 accreditation. This process might be completed during the year 2012.Fapetro also took and analysed samples from private refuelling points, where the fuel is not intended for public sale. Those results are not included in the FQMR as it is not demanded.None non-compliant sample showed results that proved that the infraction was due to fraud.All infringements were due to involuntary contamination or low rotation of stocks.FutureFapetro tries to solve the ‘key areas of improvement’.For the year 2012 I can already announce that Fapetro analysed the manganese content and all samples were compliant. As Belgium has obtained a lot of experience in analysing fuel quality through the years, we are available for any questions concerning our national system. Please do not hesitate to contact us. We remain available all the time if further detailed or other information is required. ",National sales total in metric tonnes
2011,Bulgaria,16th Apr to 15th Oct,N,,Small,B: EN14274 Statistical Model B,"The tests for some parameters do not correspondwith the number of samples. For example: -          parameter “Vapour pressure DVPE” hasbeen tested only during the summer period; -          for parameter “Hydrocarbon analysis –olefins and aromatics” the number of samplewhich have been tested in 2011 is 17 out of 473for all kinds of Petrol. -          for “Lead content” the same figure is 16 outof 473.Bulgaria have confirmed that the total yearly sample numbers do not correspond with the highest number of tests which have been done because most of the samples have been tested twice.  Firstly in mobile laboratories and then, if there are parameters which are out of compliance, the same tests have been repeated in a stationary laboratory using the same sample. Some samples have been tested only in stationary laboratories.","The source of the above information for fuel consumption in 2010 is the National Statistic Institute. For evaluation of the intended minimum number of samples to be taken according to the requirements of EN 14274 the amounts of the marketed petrol and diesel fuels, dated 2010 were used.The data on fuel consumption in 2011 will be available in December 2012. There are no data on consumption of petrol octane number by category. In the Regulation 1099/2008/EO under which the National Institute of Statistics reports, there are no separate requirements for different types of unleaded petrol. The amount is 594,499 tons for the unleaded petrol with an octane number min. RON = 95; min. 95 = RON <98 and min. RON>= 98 (rows 14, 18 and 22, table 1). Diesel fuel (1 666 110 tons) is the sum of consumption of fuel in the Republic of Bulgaria and fuel loaded in Bulgaria for international navigation of all ships (international and Bulgarian). Fuel loaded abroad by the Bulgarian ships is 32,625 tons and it is not included in the total value (row total diesel, table 1). Row 28 (455,125 tons) includes fuels with 1-4% biofuel blend. For the reporting year Bulgaria doesn't have any amounts of petrol blended with bioethanol. "
2011,Cyprus,16th Apr to 15th Oct,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,Cyprus have confirmed that they are using the ASTM D 7220 test method for determining the Sulphur content of petrol. ,Cyprus have confirmed that they are using the ASTM D 7220 test method for determining the Sulphur content of petrol. 
2011,Czech Republic,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,"Monitoring is conducted in accordance with EN 14274:2003, used regional model C. Samples are taken at filling/refueling stations throughout the year (every six months for a schedule of withdrawals) and by this procedure is ensured sampling in the winter and summer quality.For the tests are used specified quality standards in the test procedures.  In 2011 were taken 2303 samples, including 1016 diesel samples and 991 petrol samples with including mobile laboratory sampling. In addition to the required types of fuel (petrol EN 228 and diesel 590) has been ran for verifying the quality and  other sold fuels : diesel fuel blend (CSN 656508), FAME (EN 14214), E-85 fuel (DIN CEN/TS 15293), LPG (EN 589) and natural gas (CSN 656517). The number of samples are listed in the Decree No. 133/2010 Coll, which is ensured sampling in the winter and summer quality. The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic  is responsible for the implementation of Directive 98/70/EC as subsequently amended and coordination of all work at the national level monitored for 2011, which are in details in the tabular requirements for reporting to  the European Commission in this template.  ","Points of 2 and 3 of this page mean in the conditions of the Czech Republic following : E5 denotes 0-5% ethanol content, derivated from biofuels,  B7 includes from 0 to 7% of biofuel blend and B+ includes = 30% of biofuel blend. In the Czech Republic there are two refineries: - Czech refinery in Kralupy and Litvinov - Paramo. In the part of table the number of samples from rafineries when it is zero this means that fuel grade is imported only to the CZ and it is not produced in the Czech Republic. "
2011,Denmark,1st Jun to 31st Aug,A,,Small,National System,"Denmark applies a national FQMS with a reduced number of samples due to the following reasons • More than 99% of the fuels used for road transport in Denmark are distributed from the two Danish refineries or from terminals owned by members of the Danish Petroleum Association (EOF) which have to meet the Association’s Exchange specifications. These specifications are in accordance with DS/EN 228 for petrol and DS/EN 590 for diesel and the current Danish Statutory Order regarding the quality of petrol and diesel fuel.• More than 99% of the fuels used for road transport in Denmark are delivered from terminals, which are certified in accordance with ISO 9000 or equivalent quality-management systems.• More than 99% of the fuels used for road transport in Denmark are distributed from terminals where “Certificates of Quality” exist for every import/batch approved according to DS/EN 228 for petrol or DS/EN 590 for diesel and the current Danish Statutory Order regarding the quality of petrol and diesel.As in earlier years, some of the specified parameters are only measured on a reduced number of samples. It is parameters which are estimated to have minor influence on the environment.Details for the 2011 monitoring programme The main content of the Danish fuel quality monitoring programme is as follows:• in total 42 samples of petrol and 21 samples of diesel from retail sites have been analysed,• samples have been taken from all companies on the Danish market,• the number of samples of different fuel qualities (octane number) and from different companies reflects the actual market (however at least 2 samples per fuel quality),• the sites are chosen randomly by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency from a list of existing filling stations,• half of the samples have been taken in summer (August) and the other half in winter (May and October),• half of the samples have been taken east of Storebaelt  and the other half west of Storebaelt; the population is nearly the same east and west of Storebaelt,• sampling and analyses are carried out by companies which meet the criteria given in EN 14274 and EN 14275. The 2011 sampling and analyses are made by SGS Sweden.Test methodsThe test methods applied for analysis are in some cases different from the methods set out in EN 228:2004 and EN 590:2004. SGS Sweden, who performs the analysis, has declared that the methods used correspond to the ones in the directive.The methods are: ASTM D4815 is used instead of EN 13132 for oxygen contentASTM D5453 is used instead of ISO 20846 for sulphurASTM D3237 is used instead of EN 237 for lead",The share between B5 and B7 is estimated by the Danish Energy- and Oil Associsation.
2011,Estonia,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,Not applicable,
2011,Finland,1st Jun to 31st Aug,A,,Small,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,"Legislative basis The supervision of the quality of fuel is based on the Environmental Protection Act (86/2000), the Government Decree on the quality requirements for petrol and diesel fuel (1206/2010) and an agreement between the Ministry of the Environment and Finnish Customs (38/481/2001). According to the agreement, Finnish Customs prepares a yearly sampling plan, which is to be approved by the Ministry of the Environment. Finnish Customs is in charge of the practical realization of the supervision. The Customs' national district organization takes care of taking liquid fuel samples according to the sampling plan, and the samples are analyzed at the Customs Laboratory. The supervision aims to comply, when applicable, with the requirements of standard EN 14274:2003 model A three macro regions (see Annex I of this document). SamplingSampling was done in the whole country  according to the sampling plan following the guidelines of the standard EN 14274:2003 model A. Country was divided to 3 macro-regions with about same sales volume and variability factor (see Annex I of this document). Also the number of retail sites in macro regions were between 500 - 800.  The sampling places were selected randomly, however, ensuring that all distribution chain companies were included. All samples were taken in retail sites. The division of the consumption per macro region is based on total annual consumption of 95 (95 E10) and 98 (98 E5) octane grades. Diesel fuel consumption figures per macro region are for the whole year as well. The sampling was split to winter and summer periods in order to take minimum sample amount in both periods. The grades investigated were unleaded RON 95 (95 E10) and RON 98 (98 E5) octane sulphur free (max. 10 mg/kg) petrol and sulphur free (max. 10 mg/kg) diesel fuel. The fuels were furthermore divided into summer and winter grade. Since the sales for RON 99 octane petrol was small (less than 2%) it was excluded from the actual sampling. Also, there was no quality under RON 95 octane on the market. The sampling aims to comply, when applicable, with the requirements of standard EN 14275:2003. The sampling was done by trained personnel. One litre metal containers and five litre plastic containers approved for this purpose were used as sampling containers. Before the vapour pressure analysis, the sampling containers were cooled according to the requirements of the method. Analysis The analyses were conducted at the Customs Laboratory, which is a testing laboratory accredited by FINAS Accreditation Service. For octane and cetane numbers, subcontractors whose competence was confirmed were used. Except for the lead method, all methods of analysis used (including those subcontracted) were reference methods according to the standards EN 228:2009 and EN 590:2009. The lead method used by the laboratory (determination of lead content in petrol by energydispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy) is a so called screening method. The sensitivity of the method used, however, is much better than the limit indicated in the quality requirements. The average lead content measured in the samples was clearly below the limit set in the quality requirements. If needed, the laboratory has the ability to confirm the lead content of the sample with the EN 237 method according to the directive (Petroleum products. Petrol. Determination of low lead concentrations by atomic absorption spectrometry) in cases where the result is near or exceeds the quality limit. Sulphur, density and vapour pressure methods have been accredited by FINAS Accreditation service. Other methods used by the laboratory have been tested and validated according to quality procedure of Customs Laboratory. Manganese content of petrol was not examined, because it is not included in EN 228:2009, EN 14275:2004 or mentioned in table I of the Finnish regulation 1206/2010 concerning the quality requirements for petrol. According to the oil companies MMT is not used in fuels marketed in Finland. FAME content of diesel fuel was not examined, because bio-origin component of diesel fuel produced in Finland is HVO (NExBTL). However, the Customs Laboratory is prepared to start FAME analysis in 2013. The authenticity and accuracy of the methods used by the laboratory have been verified by the national Round Robin and international PT comparative studies. Comparative examinationsIn 2011, the Customs Laboratory took part in the Round Robin Finland testing, which performs national inter-laboratory fuel examinations and tests organized by IIS (Institute of Interlaboratory Studies). The results of the parameters measured in the tests (sulphur content, density, distillation, vapour pressure, lead, benzene content, total oxygen content, aromatics and olefins contents, ethers and ethanol contents) were acceptable. In 2001 - 2010 the laboratory also took part in these tests with acceptable results.",
2011,France,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Large,B: EN14274 Statistical Model B,"In the meaning of sections 3.2.2 and 5.3.3 of standard EN 14274, France is ranked as a large country (annual sales of fuel is over 15 million tonnes) and model B applies. Model A is not used because the geographical layout of refineries and oil depots does not allow for the identification of macro-regions containing a number of very local sources, as required by the standard. Controlled regions are the 22 metropolitan French mainland administrative and five overseas departments (DOMs). The provider performing the sampling and analysis on behalf of the Directorate General for Energy and Climate (DGEC) is Intertek OCA France, selected through European tender.  The contract has a maximum duration of 4 years. The last contract was awarded May 2, 2011. There was no control performed in the first quarter of 2011 due to issues during the tendering process. The provider in charge of monitoring and testing is audited annually by the DGEC. DGEC is responsible for reporting on the basis of data supplied by the provider .Each monitoring campaign in petrol stations spreads over a calendar year and is organized into quarterly programs except for the DOMs, where the sampling campaign is done once a year, due to the absence of seasonal weather. During a quarter, the DGEC may expressly request, in view of the anomalies and non-compliances detected, additional sampling and analyses.  Petrol stations are randomly selected by DGEC from a list of French petrol stations updated every year. The number of samples for  SP95-E10 and E85 fuels is determined in accordance with the requirements of DIN EN 14274; that is to say, in terms of market share for these fuels. Wherever possible, samples are taken throughout the year.","France have provided sales data for Unleaded petrol (minimum RON = 95) with up to 85% biofuel content and taken four samples of the fuel - however have not provided sample results.  In addition, sample results for Fuels SP 95 (Unleaded petrol (minimum RON = 95) with up to 5% biofuel content) and SP98 (Unleaded petrol (minimum RON >= 98) with up to 5% biofuel content) have been reported in combination."
2011,Germany,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Large,B: EN14274 Statistical Model B,"4th Description of the system for monitoring of fuel qualityThe tenth Regulation implementing the Federal Pollution Control Act (Ordinance on the quality and distinction of the qualities of fuels - 10th BImSchV) of 8 December 2010 was the implementation of Directive 2009/30/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 amending Directive 98/70/EC on the quality of petrol and diesel fuels (OJ EU L 140, p 88). The 10th BImSchV regulates the labeling requirements and fuel quality by the drawing up of European standards as minimum requirements, and German standards, if there are no European standards for the appropriate fuel. To verify the parameters refer to the standards that the EU Directive 98/70/EC of 13 October 1998 in Annexes I and II to prescribe.The 10th BImSchV is complemented by an administrative rule (General Administrative Regulation for the implementation of the Tenth Ordinance implementing the Federal Pollution Control Act (Ordinance on the quality and distinction of the qualities of fuels - 10th BImSchV) of 17 July 2009). By the General Administrative Regulation a nationwide uniform enforcement is ensured. It will be regulated include the removal and examination of fuel samples, and measures for violations. Referred to in the administrative regulation rejection limits are within the 95% tolerance limit.The verification for the quality of petrol and diesel in Germany is the responsibility of the provinces. These forward their findings to the Federal Environment Agency, where they are combined into a single report.The Federal Environment Agency shall submit this report to the Federal Environment Ministry, which causes the transmission to the Commission.In DIN EN 14274 is specified that for Germany, the model B (non-macro-regions) is: Germany is divided into 16 states, which can not be associated with fuel supply patterns for cover. As Germany is classified in conjunction with the FQMS as a large country, the minimum number of samples 200 per fuel and time (summer, winter), which are divided numerically on the individual states according to the requirements of DIN EN 14274.","6th Geographical distribution of sulfur-free fuelsThe coverage in the supply of sulfur-free fuels is achieved via the retail network of the oil companies, because all domestic sales of gasoline and diesel fuel as sulfur-free within the meaning of the directive."
2011,Greece,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,,Bioethanol has not been introduced in the Greek market
2011,Hungary,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,Samples were taken from refuelling stations. Refuelling stations to be sampled were randomly selected from the list of refuelling stations (1899 refuelling station were in Hungary at 31 December of 2010). The list made by National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV).  ,"The report is complete, contains all informations. "
2011,Ireland,1st Jun to 31st Aug,A,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,,"Sales figures for petrol and diesel are supplied by the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources  *The Oil returns that come to the Department from Oil Companies & Consumers are rated as unleaded 95. "
2011,Italy,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Large,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,"Italy established a fuel quality monitoring system, in accordance with the requirements of the European standard EN 14274:2003, by decree 3 February 2005. The 2011 national report had been drawn up on the base of a monitoring system at sale outlets distributed throughout the Italian territory. The monitoring system (sampling and measurements) was carried out by independent supervisory bodies on behalf of the main oil companies. Samples were taken monthly in each Winter and Summer period (Summer period for petrol: 1st May to 30th September). The 2011 monitoring system was set up using the statistical model A of EN 14274 (large country framework, five macro-regions). 200 petrol samples and 200 diesel fuel samples were analysed.The distribution of samples throughout the national territory was: 27% North-West, 18,5% North-East, 26,5% Centre, 18% South and 10% Islands. The test methods required for fuel quality monitoring were performed by laboratories that regularly participate in one or more national inter-laboratory proficiency testing schemes, and that are accredited according to EN ISO 17025 or certified according to ISO 9001 standards. The proficiency testing schemes include all test methods listed in the FQMS. According to the requirements of EN 14274, analytical results for petrol and diesel fuel were reported separately for each season and for each grade.",Sales data in 2011 was collected by Ministry of Industry through an electronic questionnaire compiled by oil companies.
2011,Latvia,1st Jun to 31st Aug,A,,Small,National System,"The State Revenue Service is responsible for supervision of the fuel market in accordance with the article 24 of Consumer Rights Protection Law, Article 15 of Cabinet Regulation No 332 adopted on 26 September 2000 „Requirements for Conformity Assessment of Petrol and Diesel Fuel” and Article 27 of Cabinet Regulation No 772 adopted on 18 October 2005 “Regulations Regarding Requirements for Biofuel Quality, Conformity Assessment, Market Supervision and Procedures for Consumer Information”.","The amount of fuel in tonnes was calculated using average density: 0,765 kg/l for petrol, 0,835 kg/l for diesel and 0,791kg/l for E85 petrol."
2011,Lithuania,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,,
2011,Luxembourg,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,National System,Details on the Luxembourgish national FQMS were provided to the Commission. No updates can be reported.,"As already mentionned on the sheet ""Contracts&FQMS"" the legal basis allowing the analysis of the MMT content and obligating the economic operators to label the fuel pumps was missing in 2011."
2011,Malta,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,National System,"Enemalta Corporation was the active importer of petrol and diesel for use in Malta in 2011. Falzon Group of Companies was also an active importer for diesel in Malta in 2011.  Other importers are currently dormant in this field. Deliveries are made periodically by ship to the terminals.  Each fuel consignment is accompanied by a quality certificate issued by a recognized fuel analysis organization.  For every shipment, a sample is also taken and analysed by a separate independent analytical laboratory.  Malta currently has more than 80 service stations.  On a regular basis, a randomly selected refuelling station is sampled for each fuel type available and the necessary analytical testing carried out by an independent analytical laboratory. This system ensures full coverage of road/transport fuels used in Maltese territory.  Based on fuel sales for the year 2011, the overall samples to sales ratio for the year corresponds to: 322 samples per billion litres of unleaded petrol, and 257 samples per billion litres of diesel.  In addition, Malta carries out frequent sampling exercises to monitor the sulphur and FAME contents in diesel to ensure compliance with the directive by importers and retailers alike.  The reporting of these sampling exercises has been added in this year's report as suggested by the AEA. Totals and data are shown in the Diesel excel sheets.","The conversion between litres and tonnes is taken from the Energy Statistics Manual, IEA publications, Stedi as 1185 litres per tonne"
2011,Netherlands,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,National System,,
2011,Poland,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,B: EN14274 Statistical Model B,,
2011,Portugal,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,"There are two refineries that supply the market, one of them in the north and the other in the south. The companies themselves carry on tests, taking samples in refineries and terminals and their frequency is roughly monthly, throughout the year.Samples in retail sites are taken across the country by government authorities and were taken most months across the winter and summer periods. The minimum number of tests established for small countries, (300 tests / year) was held at service stations.Test methods are those specified in Directive 98/70/CE.In tests carried out in service stations were determined all parameters specified in the Directive, except for MMT which has not yet been implemented. ",
2011,Romania,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,B: EN14274 Statistical Model B,"In the process of transposing EU legislation, in national legislation was adopted the Government Decision no. 689/2004 regarding the establishment of marketing of gasoline and diesel, modified and completed by Government Decision no. 15/2006.The two Government decisions take full provisions of Directive 98/70/EC on the quality of petrol and diesel and amendments thereto contained in Directive 2003/17/EC.In applying the provisions of this Decision, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Business the Environment is responsible for implementing the ""qualitative and quantitative monitoring system for petrol and diesel,"" sold by filling stations, approved by Minister of Economy and Trade through Order no.742/2004 ,whose annex was replaced by Order no.58/2006.Activity sampling (sampling and analysis) of petrol and diesel is made by testing laboratories, product certification bodies or third party inspection bodies recognized for this purpose by the Ministry of Economy and Commerce, Recognition is made after a trial assessment, based on the following criteria set forth in Annex 1 of the Order no.742/2004, replaced by Order no.58/2006:• be accredited for testing, field / certification schemes on the quality of petrol and diesel;• to have liability insurance;• to demonstrate its own sampling capability, equipped with appropriate equipment to perform tests according to the methods stipulated in Government Decree amended and supplemented nr.689/2004.The monitoring procedure consists of sampling, analysis, verification of compliance condition marketing of petrol and diesel, having as referential SR EN 14275 - torch sampling pumps at filling stations and networks outside the private network stations.Test methods are mentioned in both petrol and diesel specific standards:a)  SR EN 228 automotive fuels, unleaded petrol, requirements and test methods.b) SR EN 590 automotive fuels, diesel fuels, requirements and test methods.According to Order no.58/2006 in the monitoring system of petrol and diesel, work sampling is done at least two bodies.After evaluating the requests received from organizations, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Business the Environment recognized SC ROMPETROL SA and SC ROMCONTROL QUALITY CONTROL SRL to perform sampling activities.The list of organizations recognized for the sampling activity of petrol and diesel is approved by Ministry of Economy and Commerce no.527/2006.Based on the result as ""qualitative and quantitative monitoring system for petrol and diesel"" the National Annual Report is prepared. This report which contains information on petrol and diesel quality and the quantity of petrol and diesel sold on previous the year.Framework for presenting the report is provided by the provisions of the Order of the Minister of Economy and Commerce nr.662/2004 establishing a common format for submission of national annual report concerning fuel quality placed on the market, which fully transposes Decision no.2002/159/EC.Romania is divided in 8 regions. Samples were taken at filling stations that deliver fuel to private and commercial users; fuel was provided to the stations by oil companies (local, national and international). Therefore samples were taken randomly over the identified regions. Since the total amount of petrol and diesel fuel used in Romania was below 15 million tonnes in 2010, Romania is regarded as a small country (European Standard EN 14274:2003, paragraph 3.2) and due to the lack of sales data per region, Statistical Model B as prescribed in European Standard EN 14274:2003 was applied.",
2011,Slovakia,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,,
2011,Slovenia,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,"The fuel quality monitoring system in Slovenia is based on the European Standard EN 14274:2003, utilising statistical model C (small country). Environment Agency of the Republic of Slovenia receives monthly (from October 2011 on, 3-monthly) and annual reports from two independent inspection bodies, which are responsible for preparing the sampling plan, carrying the sampling and  analysis of fuel samples out, and collecting and processing the data. They are accredited by the Slovenian Accreditation as an inspection body according to EN ISO/IEC 17020:2004. The analyses of samples are carried out by testing laboratories accredited according to EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005.Samples of Petrol, Diesel Fuel and Gas Oil are taken each month throughout the year at refuelling stations and depots (total number of samples in 2011: 446).The test methods were in compliance with the Directive specifications, except for determination of cetane number. Validation and traceability of the cetan number method was provided according to EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005.","All fuels (=petrol and diesel) are sulfur free grade. Data in ""Terminals"" column include depots, and direct supply to users. In Slovenia there are no rafineries. Due to the fact that Directive 2009/28/EC has been implemented  in Slovenia by national Regulation in February 2012 only, the information on the lifecycle greenhouse gas intensity and/or on the origin of biofuels supplied/distributed in Slovenie can not be included in this report for the year 2011. "
2011,Spain,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Large,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,Los periodos para gasolinas son: verano desde el 1 de mayo hasta el 30 de septiembre e invierno desde el 1 de octubre hasta el 30 de abril.                     Los periodos para gasoleos son : verano desde el 1 de abril   hasta el 30 de septiembre e Invierno desde el 1 de octubre hasta el 31 de marzoThe periods for gasoline are: summer from May 1 through September 30 and winter from October 1 through April 30. The periods for gas oils are summer from April 1 through September 30 and winter from 1 October to 31 March,
2011,Sweden,(16th Apr - 1st Jun) to (31st Aug - 15th Sep),A,,Small,National System,"The reporting is based on quality data of all the deliveries to the terminals in Sweden.                                                                                                       Sweden has a distinct North/South divide and therefore the country reports on the South from 1 May to 15 September and on the North from 15 May to 31 August for summer period.For the winter period, the South is reported from 1 November to 15 March and for the North it is 16 October to 31 March.",Diesel fuel volumes include off road diesel. Sweden has the same quality off road as on road.
2011,UK,1st Jun to 31st Aug,A,,Large,National System,"The UK fuel quality monitoring system makes use of industry quality analyses on every batch of fuel produced in, or imported into, the UK, plus samples taken at distribution terminals and forecourts (to check for contamination in the distribution network). Due to the very large number of samples involved, this approach provides an equivalent, or greater, degree of confidence to EN 14274.","Based on DECC statistics data - table 3.5. Super included reproted LRP sales (12 ktonnes). Conversion to volume using DECC factors; 1362 Premium, 1355 Super & 1194 Diesel. "
2012,Austria,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,"Regarding Statistical Model change: The Commission stated within the FQMS Summery Reports ""Key areas for improvements"", that"" Austria has stated that it uses Statistical Model C, however this does not appear entirely consistent with the European Standard specification (discussed in section 2.2.2). Instead statistical Model A seems more appropriate, which would require further information to be reported on sample numbers in different regions."" In past parameters didn´t show significant differences between Austrians states - since the introduction of blending Ethanol (ETBE) to petrol fuels, it appears that there are two different petrol sources since differences appear between the share of Ethanol and Bio-ETBE, both as part of the biogenic content. Based on analyses of the past three years, Austria chooses to adapt the FQM - model and switch from C to Model A (2 Macro-regions). This was inplemented for the first time in reporting year 2011. Moreover, due to changes regarding fuel consumption of the petrol grade ""normal"", 2012 there were only 3 samples taken according to the standard EN 14274.","The conversion factor from mass to volume (density) was cacluated by using actual figures of blended volumes respecting theirdifferent density. For diesel the density used is 0,8355, for petrol 0,7439 "
2012,Belgium,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,National System,"The Ministerial Decree of 24 January 2002 approving the rules of procedure of the Management Committee of the Fund analysis of petroleum products described operation. Detailled information about our organization, that 'Obtained ISO17020 certification can be Provided on demand, Likewise the quality manual (only available in french)",
2012,Bulgaria,16th Apr to 15th Oct,N,,Small,B: EN14274 Statistical Model B,"National legislation includes: - the Clean Air Act;- Law of renewable energy sources, and - Regulation on liquid fuels quality and procedures and methods of their control.  Bulgaria did not submit for derogation but nevertheless petrol has been blended with 2% bioethanol during 2012, according to the requirements of Law of renewable energy sources. This 2% blending did not lead to vapor pressure higher than allowed. But having in mind the gradual increase of the bioethanol added which is prescribed by this law, Bulgaria submitted notification for “bioethanol” derogation pursuant to Article 3(4) and (5) of Directive 98/70/EC. A letter of conformation has been received that Bulgarian notification was registered by the Commission on the 1st of February 2013. Consequently Bulgaria received letter by the Commission, specifying information which was considered to be missing in the notification but still needed to be submitted. Bulgaria sent a receipt of the requested information within the specified deadline.There are not significant changes in the number of samples or location of sampling since the last detailed FQM report. Fuel quality monitoring system is based on fortuitous choice of location of sampling using special software in GD QCLF or after received signal in SAMTS.Bulgarian monitoring system is set up using European Standard EN 14274:2003 for small country, statistical model “B”.  ","The source of the above information for fuel consumption in 2011 is the National Statistic Institute. For evaluation of the intended minimum number of samples to be taken according to the requirements of EN 14274, were used the amounts of the marketed petrol and diesel fuels for 2011. The data on fuel consumption in 2012 will be available in December 2013. There are no data on consumption of petrol octane number by category. In the Regulation 1099/2008/EO under which the National Institute of Statistics reports, there are no separate requirements for different types of unleaded petrol. The amount is 536819 tons for the unleaded petrol with an octane number min. RON = 95 and  RON>= 98. Market share of petrol RON=98 is approximately under 5 % of petrol sales on the market. For the reporting year (2011) Bulgaria doesn't have any amounts of petrol blended with bioethanol. Diesel fuel (1 711 694 tons) is the sum of consumption of fuel in the Republic of Bulgaria and fuel loaded in Bulgaria for international navigation of all ships (international and Bulgarian). Fuel loaded abroad by the Bulgarian ships is 22 932 tons and it is not included in the total value. Diesel fuel B7 (18 965 tons) includes fuels with 4% biofuel blend."
2012,Cyprus,16th Apr to 15th Oct,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,N/A,N/A
2012,Czech Republic,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,"FQMS is described at the next pages of this template. There are provided all details requirement and actual steps for fuel quality monitoring by standards in the Czech Republic, but we would like to inform you about some other parameters, which are monitored, for example: oxidative stability, which determinates the age of fuel before use and it is very important information for consumers, or parameter ETBE - Ethyl t-butyl ether of petrol, which is added to petrol as an additive for better results of the general impact on air quality in the transport in the CZ.  For a more detailed explanation, ETBE is commonly used as an oxygenate additive of petrol in the production of gasoline from crude oil. ETBE offers equal or greater air quality benefits than ethanol, while being technically and logistically less challenging.  Unlike ethanol, ETBE does not induce evaporation of gasoline, which is one of the causes of smog, and does not absorb moisture from the atmosphere.If the controller of Czech Trade Inspection (CTI) finds some lack of the fuel quality, is banned the sale of fuels until does not finished rectification according to the Act No. 64/1986 Coll on Czech Trade Inspection the next amended with financial sanctions, in synergy with the Act No. 311/2010 Coll for fuels and petrol stations. At the petrol stations are sold also fuels, for example BA-91 and FAME in a very small amount, which consumers are not purchased in larger quantities what is connected with technical condition of the engine and its structure, respectively with a developing trend of combustion engines or with limited use in agricultural production (FAME- green diesel). According to the national legislation we are doing controls and monitoring the criteria, which are going beyond requirements of Commission, such as filterability of diesel in the winter (CFPP), or potassium content, which is added to petrol for better engine running (movement of the valves). In the Czech Republic is located 7 regions, where are doing controls of fuel quality and these are coordinated by Authority General Inspectorate – the Czech Trade Inspection, methodically. There are not excluded any areas/regions.  More details are provided at the page of ""Detailed FQMS"".","On the basic legislation in force was introduced compulsory registration of all fuel retailers in the whole of their distribution chain to the customer, especially at petrol stations in the Czech Republic, in 2011. These measures showed improvement in the quality monitoring of motor fuels in the comparable period of the previous year, for example: in 2010 were not complied with the limit values in 5.6% of automotive gasoline samples, in 2011 it was only 2.01% of substandard samples and for diesel samples were not complied with the limit values in 9, 6% in 2010, in 2011 were unsatisfactory samples only 5.65%. In 2012 have been checked  total more about 442 control samples  than in 2011 where there were not complied with the limit values of monitored indicators in 1.8% of petrol and diesel in 3.7% of samples. We can state, in the long-term monitoring and with the compulsory registration of fuel distributors/retailers the control system continues supports good results of the above-mentioned measures."
2012,Denmark,1st Jun to 31st Aug,A,,Small,National System,,
2012,Estonia,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,N/A,
2012,Finland,1st Jun to 31st Aug,A,,Small,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,"* The minimum number of samples as specified in European Standard EN 14274 refers to a minimum number of samples taken from Fuel Dispensing sites in order to determine fuel quality at the point of use.  If sampling has taken place in terminals or refineries, please provide additional information detailing the number of samples per fuel grade at each sample location in the section below.","FAME content of diesel fuel was not examined, because bio-origin component of diesel fuel produced in Finland is HVO (NExBTL). However, the Customs Laboratory is prepared to start FAME analysis in 2014. Manganese content of petrol was not examined. According to the oil companies MMT is not used in fuels marketed in Finland. "
2012,France,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Large,B: EN14274 Statistical Model B,No change has occurred in the control system in 2012,
2012,Germany,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Large,B: EN14274 Statistical Model B,"* The minimum number of samples as specified in European Standard EN 14274 refers to a minimum number of samples taken from Fuel Dispensing sites in order to determine fuel quality at the point of use.  If sampling has taken place in terminals or refineries, please provide additional information detailing the number of samples per fuel grade at each sample location in the section below.",
2012,Greece,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,"The sampling system was designed and implemented in Greek law by the article 9 of the State Supreme Chemical Council Decision No. 316/2010, (Government Gazette 501/B/2012).","We inform you that the Competent Greek Authority for  the quantities of each grade of liquid fuel used and/or sold in Greece is the Directorate of Petroleum Affairs in Ministry of Environment Energy and Climatic Change. The data relating to fuel sales regulated by Directive 98/70/EC, for the year 2012, will be completed by October 2013, when the competent authority  will submit the final data in accordance with Regulation 1099/2008. For further sales data information please email to:  ZavlagaV@eka.ypeka.gr ,ZacharopoulosA@eka.ypeka.gr"
2012,Hungary,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,"We report the fuel quality using same monitoring system and methods since joining to the EU (2004). We use the statistical model C with one parent grade of gasoline (ESZ-95) and one national grade of gasoline (ESZ-98), but the sales volume of this grade is very low (appr. 3 %). In the case of diesel we use one parent grade only.",No any other infoermations.
2012,Ireland,1st Jun to 31st Aug,A,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,In 2012 the Department contracted an independent company to undertake sampling of fuel at forecourts around the country.  Ireland has moved away from relying partly on Revenue samples which are collected at terminals and have moved towards increased independent sampling from forecourts. ,"Sales figures for petrol and diesel are supplied by the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources  *The Oil returns that come to the Department from Oil Companies & Consumers are rated as unleaded 95. "
2012,Italy,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Large,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,,Sales data in 2012 was collected by Ministry of Industry through an electronic questionnaire compiled by oil companies.
2012,Latvia,1st Jun to 31st Aug,A,,Small,National System,"The State Revenue Service is responsible for supervision of the fuel market in accordance with the article 24 of Consumer Rights Protection Law, Article 15 of Cabinet Regulation No 332 adopted on 26 September 2000 „Requirements for Conformity Assessment of Petrol and Diesel Fuel” and Article 27 of Cabinet Regulation No 772 adopted on 18 October 2005 “Regulations Regarding Requirements for Biofuel Quality, Conformity Assessment, Market Supervision and Procedures for Consumer Information”.                                                                                                                                                                                          Latvia has been using petrol with a vapour pressure of 70kPa historically and such petrol is currently in use. The Commission raises no objection to the notification from the Republic of Latvia to permit the placing on the market during the summer period of petrol with a maximum vapour pressure of 70kPa (derogation) until the end of 2020.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        ","The amount of fuel in litres was calculated using average density: 0,765 t/m3 for petrol, 0,835 t/m3 for diesel and 0,791 t/m3 for E85 petrol."
2012,Lithuania,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,In Lithuania the Lithuanian standart LST EN 14274:2004 which has been fully taken over from the European standart EN 14274:2003 is in use.,
2012,Luxembourg,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,National System,Please refer to the attached document 'Report on the fuel quality monitoring system of Luxembourg',
2012,Malta,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,National System,"Malta will keep using the National System.  There were no derogations received since the last detailed FQMS report except that this is the last year that  Malta will be reporting the Cetane index instead of Cetane number.  As from next year the Cetane number will be reported from the Market samples lifted. There were no changes to sampling quantities or location. Since April 2012, Manganese was included in the testing of all petrol fuel. Now all the petrol parameters are being measured.",Malta might have biofuel in its petrol in the future.
2012,Netherlands,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Large,National System,,
2012,Poland,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Large,B: EN14274 Statistical Model B,"Poland adopted a fuel quality monitoring system defined in the standard EN 14 274 Automotive fuels - Assessment of petrol and diesel - Fuel Quality Monitoring System (FQMS) - Model B - with special reference to the Polish.In accordance with the Regulation on the monitoring, the minimum number of samples to monitor the monitoring period to period is 100 for each fuel type.Taking into account the specificity of the Polish market for liquid fuels, in particular due to the low availability of the Polish stations unleaded petrol RON 98, the Regulation on the monitoring, the minimum number of samples for this fuel type for each monitoring period is 30, not 100, as specified in EN 14 274",
2012,Portugal,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,"The FQMS keeps unchanged. There are two refineries that supply the market, one of them in the north and the other in the south. The companies themselves carry on tests, taking samples in refineries and terminals and their frequency is roughly monthly, throughout the year.Samples in retail sites are taken across the country by government authorities and were taken most months across the winter and summer periods. The minimum number of tests established for small countries, (300 tests / year) was held at service stations. In addition to these tests was considered a sample of 89 tests carried out at refineries and terminals. This sample was composed of 32 tests for I.O.95, 25 for I.O.98 and 32 for diesel.  Test methods are those specified in Directive 98/70/CE.In tests carried out in service stations were determined all parameters specified in the Directive, except for MMT which has not yet been implemented. In refineries and terminals was not determined MMT (which is not used in Portugal) and only a few determinations were made for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. ",
2012,Romania,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,B: EN14274 Statistical Model B,"In the process of transposing EU legislation, in national legislation was adopted the Government Decision no. 928/2012 regarding the establishment of marketing of gasoline and diesel, modified and completed by Government Decision no. 1308/2012.The two Government decisions take full provisions of Directive 98/70/EC on the quality of petrol and diesel and amendments thereto contained in Directive 2003/17/EC.In applying the provisions of this Decision, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and the Business the Environment is responsible for implementing the ""qualitative and quantitative monitoring system for petrol and diesel,"" sold by service stations, approved by Minister, the through Order no.742/2004, whose annex was replaced by Order no.58/2006.Activity sampling (sampling and analysis) of petrol and diesel is made by testing laboratories, product certification bodies or third party inspection bodies recognized for this purpose by the Ministry, Recognition is made after a trial assessment, based on the following criteria set forth in Annex 1 of the Order no.742/2004, replaced by Order no.58/2006:• be accredited for testing, field / certification schemes on the quality of petrol and diesel;• to have liability insurance;• to demonstrate its own sampling capability, equipped with appropriate equipment to perform tests according to the methods stipulated in Government Decree amended and supplemented nr.928/2012.The monitoring procedure consists of sampling, analysis, verification of compliance condition marketing of petrol and diesel, having as referential SR EN 14275 - torch sampling pumps at filling stations and networks outside the private network stations.Test methods are mentioned in both petrol and diesel specific standards:a)  SR EN 228 automotive fuels, unleaded petrol, requirements and test methods.b) SR EN 590 automotive fuels, diesel fuels, requirements and test methods.According to Order no.58/2006 in the monitoring system of petrol and diesel, work sampling is done at least two bodies.After evaluating the requests received from organizations, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Business the Environment recognized SC ROMPETROL QUALITY CONTROL SRL and SC ROMCONTROL SA to perform sampling activities.The list containing the two above mentioned organizations recognized for the sampling activity of petrol and diesel is approved by Ministerial Order no.527/2006. Both ROMPETROL QUALITY CONTROL SRL and SC ROMCONTROL SA  are acredited EN ISO/CEI 17025 to perform physico-chemical testing and analysis for fuels.Based on the result as ""qualitative and quantitative monitoring system for petrol and diesel"" the National Annual Report is prepared. This report which contains information on petrol and diesel quality and the quantity of petrol and diesel sold on previous the year.Framework for presenting the report is provided by the provisions of the Ministerial Order no.662/2004 establishing a common format for submission of national annual report concerning fuel quality placed on the market, which fully transposes Decision no.2002/159/EC.Romania is divided in 8 regions; Figure 1 identifies these regions and their location in the country. Samples were taken at filling stations that deliver fuel to private and commercial users; fuel was provided to the stations by oil companies (local, national and international). Therefore samples were taken randomly over the identified regions. Since the total amount of petrol and diesel fuel used in Romania was below 15 million tonnes in 2011, Romania is regarded as a small country (European Standard EN 14274:2003, paragraph 3.2) and due to the lack of sales data per region, Statistical Model B as prescribed in European Standard EN 14274:2003 was applied. in the process of transposing EU legislation, in national legislation was adopted the Government Decision no. 689/2004 regarding the establishment of marketing of gasoline and diesel, modified and completed by Government Decision no. 15/2006.The two Government decisions take full provisions of Directive 98/70/EC on the quality of petrol and diesel and amendments thereto contained in Directive 2003/17/EC.In applying the provisions of this Decision, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and the Business the Environment is responsible for implementing the ""qualitative and quantitative monitoring system for petrol and diesel,"" sold by service stations, approved by Minister, the through Order no.742/2004, whose annex was replaced by Order no.58/2006.Activity sampling (sampling and analysis) of petrol and diesel is made by testing laboratories, product certification bodies or third party inspection bodies recognized for this purpose by the Ministry, Recognition is made after a trial assessment, based on the following criteria set forth in Annex 1 of the Order no.742/2004, replaced by Order no.58/2006:• be accredited for testing, field / certification schemes on the quality of petrol and diesel;• to have liability insurance;• to demonstrate its own sampling capability, equipped with appropriate equipment to perform tests according to the methods stipulated in Government Decree amended and supplemented nr.928/2012.The monitoring procedure consists of sampling, analysis, verification of compliance condition marketing of petrol and diesel, having as referential SR EN 14275 - torch sampling pumps at filling stations and networks outside the private network stations.Test methods are mentioned in both petrol and diesel specific standards:a)  SR EN 228 automotive fuels, unleaded petrol, requirements and test methods.b) SR EN 590 automotive fuels, diesel fuels, requirements and test methods.According to Order no.58/2006 in the monitoring system of petrol and diesel, work sampling is done at least two bodies.After evaluating the requests received from organizations, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Business the Environment recognized SC ROMPETROL QUALITY CONTROL SRL and SC ROMCONTROL SA to perform sampling activities.The list containing the two above mentioned organizations recognized for the sampling activity of petrol and diesel is approved by Ministerial Order no.527/2006. Both ROMPETROL QUALITY CONTROL SRL and SC ROMCONTROL SA  are acredited EN ISO/CEI 17025 to perform physico-chemical testing and analysis for fuels.Based on the result as ""qualitative and quantitative monitoring system for petrol and diesel"" the National Annual Report is prepared. This report which contains information on petrol and diesel quality and the quantity of petrol and diesel sold on previous the year.Framework for presenting the report is provided by the provisions of the Ministerial Order no.662/2004 establishing a common format for submission of national annual report concerning fuel quality placed on the market, which fully transposes Decision no.2002/159/EC.Romania is divided in 8 regions; Figure 1 identifies these regions and their location in the country. Samples were taken at filling stations that deliver fuel to private and commercial users; fuel was provided to the stations by oil companies (local, national and international). Therefore samples were taken randomly over the identified regions. Since the total amount of petrol and diesel fuel used in Romania was below 15 million tonnes in 2011, Romania is regarded as a small country (European Standard EN 14274:2003, paragraph 3.2) and due to the lack of sales data per region, Statistical Model B as prescribed in European Standard EN 14274:2003 was applied. ",
2012,Slovakia,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,"* The minimum number of samples as specified in European Standard EN 14274 refers to a minimum number of samples taken from Fuel Dispensing sites in order to determine fuel quality at the point of use.  If sampling has taken place in terminals or refineries, please provide additional information detailing the number of samples per fuel grade at each sample location in the section below.",
2012,Slovenia,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,"The fuel quality monitoring system in Slovenia is based on the European Standard EN 14274:2003, utilising statistical model C (small country). Environment Agency of the Republic of Slovenia 3-monthly and annual reports from two independent inspection bodies, which are responsible for the sampling plan, carrying the sampling and  analysis of fuel samples out, and collecting and processing the data. They are accredited by the Slovenian Accreditation as an inspection body according to EN ISO/IEC 17020:2004. The analyses of samples are carried out by testing laboratories accredited according to EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005.Samples of Petrol, Diesel Fuel, and Gas Oil are taken each month throughout the year at refuelling stations and depots (total number of samples in 2012: ???).The test methods were in compliance with the Directive specifications, except for determination of cetane number. Validation and traceability of the cetan number method was provided according to EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005.","All fuels (=petrol and diesel) are sulfur free grade. Data in ""Terminals"" column include depots, and direct supply to users. In Slovenia there are no rafineries. Due to the fact that Directive 2009/28/EC has been implemented  in Slovenia by national Regulation in February 2012 only, the information on the lifecycle greenhouse gas intensity and/or on the origin of biofuels supplied/distributed in Slovenie can not be included in this report for the year 2012. "
2012,Spain,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Large,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,Summer and winter periods are different for diesel and gasoline:     Diesel:      winter from 01-10 to 30-03.  Summer from 01-04 to 30-09. Gasoline:  winter from 01-10 to 30-04.   Summer from 01-05 to 30-09 ,
2012,Sweden,(16th Apr - 1st Jun) to (31st Aug - 15th Sep),A,,Large,National System,The detailed breakdown of the Fuel Quality Monitoring System in the tab Detailed FQMS is from 2013 and includes the 2012 FQMS Report.,Diesel fuel volumes include off road diesel. Sweden has the same quality off road as on road.
2012,UK,1st Jun to 31st Aug,A,,Large,National System,"The UK fuel quality monitoring system makes use of industry quality analyses on every batch of fuel produced in, or imported into, the UK, plus samples taken at distribution terminals and forecourts (to check for contamination in the distribution network). Due to the very large number of samples involved, this approach provides an equivalent, or greater, degree of confidence to EN 14274","Based on DECC statistics data -Table ET 3.5. Super included reported LRP sales (10 ktonnes). Conversion to volume using DECC factors; 1369 liters/tonne Premium, 1356 Super & 1195 Diesel. "
2013,Austria,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,"* The minimum number of samples as specified in European Standard EN 14274 refers to a minimum number of samples taken from Fuel Dispensing sites in order to determine fuel quality at the point of use.  If sampling has taken place in terminals or refineries, please provide additional information detailing the number of samples per fuel grade at each sample location in the section below.","The conversion factor from mass to volume (density) was cacluated by using actual figures of blended volumes respecting their different density. Diesel B0: 0,837kg/liter; Diesel B7: 0,841 kg/liter; Super Plus E0: 0,7440 kg/liter; Normal E5: 0,7443 kg/liter; Super E5: 0,7451 kg/liter; Super Plus E5: 0,7445 kg/liter"
2013,Belgium,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,National System,"* The minimum number of samples as specified in European Standard EN 14274 refers to a minimum number of samples taken from Fuel Dispensing sites in order to determine fuel quality at the point of use.  If sampling has taken place in terminals or refineries, please provide additional information detailing the number of samples per fuel grade at each sample location in the section below.",Please read the information in the email 
2013,Bulgaria,16th Apr to 15th Oct,N,,Small,B: EN14274 Statistical Model B,"* The minimum number of samples as specified in European Standard EN 14274 refers to a minimum number of samples taken from Fuel Dispensing sites in order to determine fuel quality at the point of use.  If sampling has taken place in terminals or refineries, please provide additional information detailing the number of samples per fuel grade at each sample location in the section below.","Information for clarification:Data listed in columns ""National sales total"" relates to 2012. The source of this information for fuel consumption is the National Statistical Institute. According to the requirements on the basis of which NSI is colecting the information, official data for fuel consumption for 2013 will be available in Desember 2014. For this reason Bulgaria can not provide the national fuel sales for 2013 in this report.  There are no data from the National Statistical Institute on consumption of petrol by category (octane number). In the Regulation 1099/2008/EO under which the National Statistical Institute reports, there are no requirements for collection of data for petrol by different types (octane numbers). Based on information from the national refinery the market share of petrol RON=98 is approximately 3% of petrol sales on the market and this are the 15405 tones listed above.Diesel fuel (1 823 114 tones) is the sum of consumption of diesel in the Republic of Bulgaria and diesel loaded in Bulgaria for international navigation of all ships (both international and Bulgarian). All the other data in this sheet refers to 2013."
2013,Cyprus,16th Apr to 15th Oct,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,"* The minimum number of samples as specified in European Standard EN 14274 refers to a minimum number of samples taken from Fuel Dispensing sites in order to determine fuel quality at the point of use.  If sampling has taken place in terminals or refineries, please provide additional information detailing the number of samples per fuel grade at each sample location in the section below.",N/A
2013,Czech Republic,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,"* The minimum number of samples as specified in European Standard EN 14274 refers to a minimum number of samples taken from Fuel Dispensing sites in order to determine fuel quality at the point of use.  If sampling has taken place in terminals or refineries, please provide additional information detailing the number of samples per fuel grade at each sample location in the section below.","At annual monitoring of the market fuel quality has been sold a total of 5,798,683 tons of fuel in the Czech Republic over the year 2013. From this amount have been sold 5,714,000 tons of conventional fuels, which mean 1.57 million tons of petrol and 4,144,000 tons of diesel fuel. At the Czech market was simultaneously sold 138,500 tons of mixed diesel fuel and 50,000 tons of B100 (FAME), 22,600 tons of Ethanol E85, together with 15,680 tons of CNG and 69,000 tons of LPG."
2013,Denmark,1st Jun to 31st Aug,A,,Small,National System,"* The minimum number of samples as specified in European Standard EN 14274 refers to a minimum number of samples taken from Fuel Dispensing sites in order to determine fuel quality at the point of use.  If sampling has taken place in terminals or refineries, please provide additional information detailing the number of samples per fuel grade at each sample location in the section below.",
2013,Estonia,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,"* The minimum number of samples as specified in European Standard EN 14274 refers to a minimum number of samples taken from Fuel Dispensing sites in order to determine fuel quality at the point of use.  If sampling has taken place in terminals or refineries, please provide additional information detailing the number of samples per fuel grade at each sample location in the section below.",
2013,Finland,1st Jun to 31st Aug,A,,Small,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,"* The minimum number of samples as specified in European Standard EN 14274 refers to a minimum number of samples taken from Fuel Dispensing sites in order to determine fuel quality at the point of use.  If sampling has taken place in terminals or refineries, please provide additional information detailing the number of samples per fuel grade at each sample location in the section below.",
2013,France,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Large,B: EN14274 Statistical Model B,"* The minimum number of samples as specified in European Standard EN 14274 refers to a minimum number of samples taken from Fuel Dispensing sites in order to determine fuel quality at the point of use.  If sampling has taken place in terminals or refineries, please provide additional information detailing the number of samples per fuel grade at each sample location in the section below.",
2013,Germany,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Large,B: EN14274 Statistical Model B,"* The minimum number of samples as specified in European Standard EN 14274 refers to a minimum number of samples taken from Fuel Dispensing sites in order to determine fuel quality at the point of use.  If sampling has taken place in terminals or refineries, please provide additional information detailing the number of samples per fuel grade at each sample location in the section below.",
2013,Greece,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,"* The minimum number of samples as specified in European Standard EN 14274 refers to a minimum number of samples taken from Fuel Dispensing sites in order to determine fuel quality at the point of use.  If sampling has taken place in terminals or refineries, please provide additional information detailing the number of samples per fuel grade at each sample location in the section below.","We inform you that the Competent Greek Authority for  the quantities of each grade of liquid fuel used and/or sold in Greece is the Directorate of Petroleum Affairs in Ministry of Environment Energy and Climatic Change. According to the e-mail of 22-10- 2014 originated by the Ministry of Environment Energy and Climatic Change, we completed the report and provide   the final data relating to fuel sales regulated by Directive 98/70/EC, for the year 2013."
2013,Hungary,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,"* The minimum number of samples as specified in European Standard EN 14274 refers to a minimum number of samples taken from Fuel Dispensing sites in order to determine fuel quality at the point of use.  If sampling has taken place in terminals or refineries, please provide additional information detailing the number of samples per fuel grade at each sample location in the section below.",No any other informations.
2013,Ireland,1st Jun to 31st Aug,A,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,"* The minimum number of samples as specified in European Standard EN 14274 refers to a minimum number of samples taken from Fuel Dispensing sites in order to determine fuel quality at the point of use.  If sampling has taken place in terminals or refineries, please provide additional information detailing the number of samples per fuel grade at each sample location in the section below.","Sales figures for petrol and diesel are supplied by the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources  *The Oil returns that come to the Department from Oil Companies & Consumers are rated as unleaded 95. "
2013,Italy,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Large,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,"* The minimum number of samples as specified in European Standard EN 14274 refers to a minimum number of samples taken from Fuel Dispensing sites in order to determine fuel quality at the point of use.  If sampling has taken place in terminals or refineries, please provide additional information detailing the number of samples per fuel grade at each sample location in the section below.","Sales data in 2013 was collected by Ministry of Economic Development through an electronic questionnaire compiled by oil companies. Italy confirms that all the data as requested in tab Sales, according to Petrol 1, 2, 1+2  are related to unleaded petrol (=10ppm sulphur ) containing <5% ethanol."
2013,Latvia,1st Jun to 31st Aug,A,,Small,National System,"* The minimum number of samples as specified in European Standard EN 14274 refers to a minimum number of samples taken from Fuel Dispensing sites in order to determine fuel quality at the point of use.  If sampling has taken place in terminals or refineries, please provide additional information detailing the number of samples per fuel grade at each sample location in the section below.",
2013,Lithuania,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,"* The minimum number of samples as specified in European Standard EN 14274 refers to a minimum number of samples taken from Fuel Dispensing sites in order to determine fuel quality at the point of use.  If sampling has taken place in terminals or refineries, please provide additional information detailing the number of samples per fuel grade at each sample location in the section below.",
2013,Luxembourg,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,National System,"* The minimum number of samples as specified in European Standard EN 14274 refers to a minimum number of samples taken from Fuel Dispensing sites in order to determine fuel quality at the point of use.  If sampling has taken place in terminals or refineries, please provide additional information detailing the number of samples per fuel grade at each sample location in the section below.",
2013,Malta,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,National System,"* The minimum number of samples as specified in European Standard EN 14274 refers to a minimum number of samples taken from Fuel Dispensing sites in order to determine fuel quality at the point of use.  If sampling has taken place in terminals or refineries, please provide additional information detailing the number of samples per fuel grade at each sample location in the section below.",no additional information
2013,Netherlands,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Large,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,"* The minimum number of samples as specified in European Standard EN 14274 refers to a minimum number of samples taken from Fuel Dispensing sites in order to determine fuel quality at the point of use.  If sampling has taken place in terminals or refineries, please provide additional information detailing the number of samples per fuel grade at each sample location in the section below.",
2013,Poland,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Large,B: EN14274 Statistical Model B,"* The minimum number of samples as specified in European Standard EN 14274 refers to a minimum number of samples taken from Fuel Dispensing sites in order to determine fuel quality at the point of use.  If sampling has taken place in terminals or refineries, please provide additional information detailing the number of samples per fuel grade at each sample location in the section below.",
2013,Portugal,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,"* The minimum number of samples as specified in European Standard EN 14274 refers to a minimum number of samples taken from Fuel Dispensing sites in order to determine fuel quality at the point of use.  If sampling has taken place in terminals or refineries, please provide additional information detailing the number of samples per fuel grade at each sample location in the section below.",
2013,Romania,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,B: EN14274 Statistical Model B,"* The minimum number of samples as specified in European Standard EN 14274 refers to a minimum number of samples taken from Fuel Dispensing sites in order to determine fuel quality at the point of use.  If sampling has taken place in terminals or refineries, please provide additional information detailing the number of samples per fuel grade at each sample location in the section below.",
2013,Slovakia,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,"* The minimum number of samples as specified in European Standard EN 14274 refers to a minimum number of samples taken from Fuel Dispensing sites in order to determine fuel quality at the point of use.  If sampling has taken place in terminals or refineries, please provide additional information detailing the number of samples per fuel grade at each sample location in the section below.",
2013,Slovenia,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Small,C: EN14274 Statistical Model C,"* The minimum number of samples as specified in European Standard EN 14274 refers to a minimum number of samples taken from Fuel Dispensing sites in order to determine fuel quality at the point of use.  If sampling has taken place in terminals or refineries, please provide additional information detailing the number of samples per fuel grade at each sample location in the section below.",
2013,Spain,1st May to 30th Sep,N,,Large,A: EN14274 Statistical Model A,"* The minimum number of samples as specified in European Standard EN 14274 refers to a minimum number of samples taken from Fuel Dispensing sites in order to determine fuel quality at the point of use.  If sampling has taken place in terminals or refineries, please provide additional information detailing the number of samples per fuel grade at each sample location in the section below.",
2013,Sweden,(16th Apr - 1st Jun) to (31st Aug - 15th Sep),A,,Small,National System,"* The minimum number of samples as specified in European Standard EN 14274 refers to a minimum number of samples taken from Fuel Dispensing sites in order to determine fuel quality at the point of use.  If sampling has taken place in terminals or refineries, please provide additional information detailing the number of samples per fuel grade at each sample location in the section below.",Diesel fuel volumes include off road diesel. Sweden has the same quality off road as on road.
2013,UK,1st Jun to 31st Aug,A,,Large,National System,"* The minimum number of samples as specified in European Standard EN 14274 refers to a minimum number of samples taken from Fuel Dispensing sites in order to determine fuel quality at the point of use.  If sampling has taken place in terminals or refineries, please provide additional information detailing the number of samples per fuel grade at each sample location in the section below.","Based on DECC statistics data -Table ET 3.5 & DECC estimated Super unleaded volume, conversion to volume using DECC factors; 1368 litres/tonne Premium, 1359 Super & 1192 Diesel. "
2014,Austria,1st May - 30th September,Ν,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,"Due to the total fuels sold (about 8 Mio. tons), Austria is classified as a small country.Statistic Model: Previous in Austria the Statistic Model C was used. This was based on the circumstances, that there is only one refinery in Austria which majorly serves the Austrian market with fuels. Only small amounts of fuels are imported from other countries, for instance Italy, Germany and Slovakia. Therefore Austria was seen to be one region only which leads to the use of Model C. After assessing the used model again in 2010, the system was switched from C to A (first time in 2011). It was shown that that there are two major sources serving the Austrian market. The segregation of the two macro regions (east & west) was made based on specific fuel parameters which differ significantly over the national territory. One basic indicator was the ratio of the two biogenic components ETBE and Ethanol. Since 2011 there were no changes made.",
2014,Belgium,1/5/2016 - 30/9/2016,N,,S,National System,* No major changes have been made to the national system,
2014,Bulgaria,16-th April - 15-th October,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model B,"Report 2014The national legislation includes:- The Law of Ambient Air Cleanliness;- The Law of renewable energy sources;- The Regulation on the liquid fuels quality requirements, conditions, order and way of their control    By implementing Decision of the European commission for Bulgaria on 7 April 2014 it has been approved derogation from the requirements for vapours pressure of petrol fuels, in accordance with Article 3 (4) and (5) of Directive 98/70/EC for petrol and diesel fuels quality. This decision allows to be placed on the market petrol containing ethanol with max vapour pressure 60 kPa in the summer period, with the respective vapour pressure waiver permitted, as referred to in Appendix III to the Directive, provided that the ethanol used is biofuel.      The Fuel Quality Monitoring System is based on random choice of sampling location through special software in the Directorate General “Quality control of liquid fuels” or after an alert has been issued to SAMTS.The Bulgarian monitoring system has been created by using the European standard EN 14274:2003 for small size country, statistical model “B” for 2014.",
2014,Croatia,1st May - 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"The fuel quality monitoring system in Croatia is based on the European Standard EN 14274, utilising statistical model C (small country). Distributors are obliged to submit fuel quality data to Croatian Environment Agency. The sampling is performed by the legal entity who is certifed according to the HR EN ISO/IEC 17020 and HR EN ISO/IEC 17025.Samples of petrol, diesel fuel and gas oil are taken according to the „Fuel quality monitoring programme” which is under the responsibility of Ministry of Environmental and Nature Protection. Ministry of Environmental and Nature Protection sets out “Fuel quality monitoring programme” current year for the next.",
2014,Cyprus,16/4/2014 - 15/10/2014,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C," The CPSC lab, has set the method and  the necessary equipment for measuring manganese concentration in petrol samples. So there are some results about messuring maganese. ",
2014,Czech Republic,1st May - 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"The fuel samples were tested monthly throughout the course of the year 2014 for diesel and petrol quality as for Motorova nafta and Special BA-91, Super BA-95, Super Plus BA-98. This controlling process of all fuel samples was carried out in collaboration with Czech Trade Inspection (CTI) and SGS laboratory tests in accordance with European standards EN 228 and EN 590 and further amendments to the national standards ČSN EN 228:2013 and ČSN EN 590:2014. The total number of fuel samples was checked in 2663 samples of fuels at service stations in the whole country, including 1007 samples of petrol and 1202 samples of diesel. The total number of fuel samples also includes additional required fuels from the Czech market, namely samples of mixed diesel fuel (73 samples), FAME -100% biodiesel (30 samples), Ethanol E85 with about 85% bio- component(13 samples) and other gaseous fuel grade CNG- natural gas (36 samples) and next one LPG - Liquefied Petroleum Gas (302).  These fuel samples were checked in accordance with Article 3 and 4 of Directive 2009/30/EC, including a total of 421 petrol samples and 539 diesel samples in summer time and 586 petrol samples and 658 diesel samples, plus 5 samples of artic clima samples of diesel in winter time. We present these data in the electronic template tables, directly. Sampling requirements were performed in accordance with amendment to national standards in compliance with national and European legislation, which means with minimum number 50 samples of petrol and diesel samples of the season as the basic. Sampling was carried out at petrol stations throughout the country. ",
2014,Denmark,1st June - 31st August,Α,,S,National System,No changes.,
2014,Estonia,1. May - 30/9/2014,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,N/A,
2014,Finland,1/6/2016 - 31/8/2016,Α,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,"Legislative basis The supervision of the quality of fuel is based on the Environmental Protection Act 527/2014 (formerly 86/2000), the Government Decree on the quality requirements for petrol and diesel fuel (1206/2010) and an agreement between the Ministry of the Environment and Finnish Customs (38/481/2001). According to the agreement, Finnish Customs prepares a yearly sampling plan, which is to be approved by the Ministry of the Environment. Finnish Customs is in charge of the practical realization of the supervision. The Customs' national organization takes care of taking liquid fuel samples according to the sampling plan, and the samples are analyzed at the Customs Laboratory. The supervision aims to comply, when applicable, with the requirements of standard EN 14274:2003 model A three macro regions (see Regional Sampling sheets). SamplingSampling was done in the whole country  according to the sampling plan following the guidelines of the standard EN 14274:2003 model A. Country was divided to 3 macro-regions with about same sales volume and variability factor (see Regional Sampling sheets). There were 2 refineries and 19 terminals in operation. The number of retail sites in macro regions were about 640, 740 and 480, making a total of about 1860. The sampling places were selected randomly, however, ensuring that all distribution chain companies were included. All samples were taken in retail sites. The division of the consumption per macro region is based on total annual consumption of 95 (95 E10) and 98 (98 E5) octane grades. Diesel fuel consumption figures per macro region are for the whole year as well. The sampling was split to winter and summer periods in order to take minimum sample amount in both periods. The grades investigated were unleaded RON 95 (95 E10) and RON 98 (98 E5) octane sulphur free (max. 10 mg/kg) petrol and sulphur free (max. 10 mg/kg) diesel fuel. The fuels were furthermore divided into summer and winter grade. Since the sales for RON 99 octane petrol was small (less than 2%) it was excluded from the actual sampling. Also, there was no quality under RON 95 octane on the market. The sampling aims to comply, when applicable, with the requirements of standard EN 14275:2004. The sampling was done by trained personnel. One litre metal containers and five litre plastic containers approved for this purpose were used as sampling containers. Before the vapour pressure analysis, the sampling containers were cooled according to the requirements of the method. Analysis The analyses were conducted at the Finnish Customs Laboratory, which is a testing laboratory accredited by FINAS Accreditation Service. For octane and cetane numbers, aromatics and olefins contents, oxygenates, benzene, oxygen and FAME contents subcontractors whose competence was confirmed were used. Aromatics and olefins contents of petrol were also examined by EN 15553 method and benzene, oxygenates and oxygen contents were examined by EN 13132 method for petrol samples taken before May 2014. Except for the lead and magnase all other methods of analysis used (including those subcontracted) were reference methods according to the standards EN 228:2012 and EN 590:2013. The lead method used by the laboratory (determination of lead content in petrol by energydispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy) is a so called screening method. The average lead content measured in the samples was clearly below the limit set in the quality requirements. If needed, the laboratory has the ability to confirm the lead content of the sample with the EN 237 method according to the directive (Petroleum products. Petrol. Determination of low lead concentrations by atomic absorption spectrometry) in cases where the result is near or exceeds the quality limit. Sulphur, density and vapour pressure methods have been accredited by FINAS Accreditation service. Other methods used by the laboratory have been tested and validated according to quality procedure of Customs Laboratory. Manganese content of petrol was also examined by energydispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy. The laboratory has the ability to confirm the manganese content with the EN 16136 method if necessary. The authenticity and accuracy of the methods used by the laboratory have been verified by the national Round Robin and international PT comparative studies. Comparative examinationsIn 2014, the Customs Laboratory took part in the Round Robin Finland testing, which performs national inter-laboratory fuel examinations and PT tests organized by IIS (Institute of Interlaboratory Studies). The results of the parameters measured in the tests (sulphur content, density, distillation, vapour pressure, lead, olefins contents, benzene, oxygenates and oxygen) were acceptable. In 2001 - 2013 the laboratory also took part in these tests with acceptable results.",
2014,France,May 1st - September 30 th,Ν,,L,EN 14274 Statistical Model B,Aucun changement n'est intervenu dans le système de contrôle en 2014.,
2014,Germany,1st May - 30th September,N,,L,EN 14274 Statistical Model B,"The Tenth Ordinance on the Implementation of the Federal Immission Control Act (Ordinance on the Quality and Labelling of Fuels) of 8 December 2010 (Federal Law Gazette BGBl. I, p. 1849) as last amended by Article 1 of the Ordinance of 1. December 2014 (Federal Law Gazette BGBl. I, p. 1890) transposes 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) as last amended by Directive 2009/30/EC (OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 88) and Council Directive 1999/32/EC of 26 April 1999 relating to a reduction in the sulphur content of certain liquid fuels and amending Directive 93/12/EEC (OJ L 121, 11.5.1999, p. 13), as last amended by Directive 2009/30/EC (OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 88).  The Tenth Ordinance on the Implementation of the Federal Immission Control Act (BImSchV) lays down the requirements for labelling and the quality of fuels by determining European standards as minimum requirements, or German standards where no European standards exist for the fuel in question. The ordinance regulates the characteristics for the following fuels: petrol fuels, diesel fuels, bio diesel, ethanol fuel (E85), liquid fuel, natural gas, biogas used as fuel, vegetable oil fuel (rape seed) and vegetable oil fuel (all seeds or oils fruits). For this report, only petrol and diesel fuels are of interest. For the review of parameters we refer to the standards specified in Annexes I and II to Directive 98/70/EC of 13 October 1998.The 10th BImSchV is supplemented by a general administrative regulation (General Administrative Regulation on the Implementation of the Ordinance on the Quality and Labelling of Fuels of 4 September 2012). The general administrative regulation ensures a nationwide uniform application, for example regarding the sampling and testing of fuel samples and measures in case of infringements. The limit values for compliance in the general administrative regulation are consistent with the tolerance limit of 95%. The administrative regulation also lists measures in case of infringements, distribution of costs and appeal procedures. In a first step it must be determined who is responsible for the insufficient quality of the fuel in question. A fine will be imposed if the distributor can be proven guilty of fraud or negligence.Regarding the minimum number of samples to be taken for the respective fuel, reference is made to DIN EN 14274 (Automotive fuels - Assessment of petrol and diesel quality - Fuel Quality Monitoring (FQMS); German version EN 14274:2004-05, May 2004). The quality of petrol and diesel fuels is tested by the competent authorities of the Länder. The overall monitoring of fuel quality also falls within the responsibilities of the competent Länder authorities, which are district administrations, lower administrative authorities, districts and non-district or independent municipalities. The method for selecting fuel stations may be rotation, random selection or another way, taking into account population distribution and regional aspects.  The Länder submit their findings to the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) where they are summarised in a report. The report is then forwarded to the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, and to the European Commission.DIN EN 14274 (Annex C) lays down that model B applies to Germany (non-macro region): Germany is divided into 16 political regions (Bundesländer) which do not comply with fuel distribution patterns. As Germany is categorised as a large country with regard to FQMS, the minimum number of samples is 200 per fuel and period (summer, winter). The share in sampling for the various regions and the resulting number of samples is stipulated in the General Administrative Regulation on the 10th BImSchV, Annex 20. For the fuels with less than 10% market share DIN EN 14274-2003 (D) defines a smaller number of samples. Please find additional information on the number of samples for fuels with minor market shares for each region at http://www.verwaltungsvorschriften-im-internet.de/pdf/BMU-IGI6-20120904-SF-A020.pdf . Please note: According to the official data on mineral oils of the Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (BAFA), there has been a strong decline in the share of ""OK Normal"" in the total amount of petrol fuel sold. This share was 0.67 % in 2011, 0.20 % in 2012, 0.02 % in 2013 and 0.01 % in 2014 (definitive data). Based on our current knowledge, ""OK Normal"" is not being produced or delivered in Germany. It cannot be completely ruled out that a few service stations still sell ""OK Super"" as ""OK Normal"". Further explanations were communicated within the framework of the pilot procedure against Germany in the communication of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany to the European Commission dated 5 June 2014 (Obligation of annual reports in accordance with Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 on the quality of petrol and diesel fuel,  Reference No. 6306/14/CLIM).With the latest revision of the Tenth BImSchV, dating from 1 Decembre 2014, it is not  allowed to bring ""OK Normal"" into the market any longer. ",
2014,Greece,1st May  - 30th September ,Ν,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,"The sampling system was implemented in Greek law by article 9 of the State Supreme Chemical Council Decision No. 316/2010, (Government Gazette 501/B/2012).",
2014,Hungary,1st of May - 30th of September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,Hungary did not change anything in the FQMS system since 2004 (joining date to the EU). ,
2014,Ireland,1st June - 31st August,Α,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,Samples are taken by the Irish Petroleum Industry Association at service stations and are analysed by ITS Testing Services (UK) Ltd.  Results are reported to the Department my the Irish Petroleum Industry Association. ,
2014,Italy,1st May - 30th September,N,,L,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,0,
2014,Latvia,1st June - 31st August,N,,S,National System,"The State Revenue Service is responsible for supervision of the fuel market in accordance with the article 24 of Consumer Rights Protection Law, Article 15 of Cabinet Regulation No 332 adopted on 26 September 2000 „Requirements for Conformity Assessment of Petrol and Diesel Fuel” and Article 27 of Cabinet Regulation No 772 adopted on 18 October 2005 “Regulations Regarding Requirements for Biofuel Quality, Conformity Assessment, Market Supervision and Procedures for Consumer Information”.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Latvia has been using petrol with a vapour pressure of 70kPa historically and such petrol is currently in use. The Commission raises no objection to the notification from the Republic of Latvia to permit the placing on the market during the summer period of petrol with a maximum vapour pressure of 70kPa (derogation) until the end of 2020.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        ",
2014,Lithuania,1st of May - 30th of September,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,In Lithuania the Lithuanian standart LST EN 14274 which has been fully taken over from European standart EN 14274 in use.,
2014,Luxembourg,1/5/2016 - 30/9/2016,Ν,,S,National System,"In 2014, Luxembourg applied its national FQMS and took as much samples as determined in this system with a reduced number of samples compared the European Standard based on a statistical evaluation. Considering the EU Pilot 6315/14/CLIM, the Luxembourgish FQMS will be adapted and starting from 2015 Model C of the European Standard EN 14274 will be applied.",
2014,Malta,* Normal - * Normal,N,,S,National System,"Malta has started to use EN 14274 Statistical Model C since October 2014.  Therefore in the last quarter of 2014, 25 samples per fuel grade were collected.",
2014,Netherlands,5/1/2017 12:00:00 AM to 9/30/2017 12:00:00 AM,N,,,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,The Netherlands has 12 provinces. It was decided to take samples at fuel service stations from various oil companies. Samples has been taken in each province at bases of the population and the number of fuel stations of each province. This had been resulted in a total of 100 checks divide between summer and winter.,
2014,Poland,1st May - 30 th September,N,,L,EN 14274 Statistical Model B,"Polska przyjęła system monitorowania jakości paliw określony w normie EN 14 274 Paliwa do pojazdów samochodowych – Ocena jakości benzyn i olejów napędowych – System monitoringu jakości paliw (FQMS) – model B - z uwzględnieniem specyfiki warunków polskich. Zgodnie z rozporządzeniem w sprawie sposobu monitorowania, minimalna liczba próbek pobieranych w celu monitorowania w poszczególnych okresach monitorowania wynosi 100 w odniesieniu do każdego gatunku paliwa.Biorąc pod uwagę specyfikę polskiego rynku paliw ciekłych, w szczególności z uwagi na małą dostępność na polskich stacjach benzyny bezołowiowej RON 98, w rozporządzeniu w sprawie sposobu monitorowania, minimalna liczba próbek dla tego gatunku paliwa, dla każdego okresu monitorowania wynosi 30, a nie 100, jak określono w normie EN 14 274.  Jednocześnie z uwagi na fakt, iż w Polsce w przeciągu kilku poprzednich lat roczna konsumpcja paliwa przekroczyła wartość 15 mln ton, co klasyfikuje Polskę jako kraj duży, oraz w związku z uwagami KE dotyczącymi zbyt małej liczby pobieranych próbek, podwojono liczbę próbek pobierając po 200 próbek oleju napędowego i benzyny RON 95 oraz po 60 próbek benzyny RON 98 w poszczególnych okresach monitorowania. ",
2014,Portugal,1/5/2016 - 30/9/2016,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"Due to the transfer of competencies for the execution of Fuel Quality Monitoring System (FQMS), to the National Authority for the Oil Market (ENMC) and the need to launch new tender for conducting tests for quality control, in 2014, FQMS program began only in September.Because of this, the number of samples in service stations, in 2014, was less them the minimum required. Of the total of 138 analyzes conducted at service stations, 92 correspond to summer and winter periods having been carried out 46 tests in the intermediate period (April/October), which were not considered in FQMS.The report contains 92 samples (40 - IO.95, 10- IO.98 and 42 diesel).",
2014,Romania,1st May - 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model B,"In the process of transposing EU legislation, in national legislation was adopted the Government Decision no.928/2012 regarding the establishment of marketing of gasoline and diesel, modified and completed by Government Decision no.1308/2012 and Government Decision no.1121/2013.    The qualitative and quantitative monitoring system for petrol and diesel, sold by service stations, is approved by Order of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Business Environment no. 2459/2012, who replaced Order.no.742/2004 and Order no.58/2006.     Activity sampling (sampling and analysis) of petrol and diesel is made by testing laboratories, product certification bodies or third party inspection bodies recognized for this purpose by the Ministry. Recognition is made after a trial assessment, based on the following criteria set forth in Annex 1 of the Order no.2459/2012: * be accredited for testing, field/cerification schemes on the quality of petrol and diesel; *to have liability insurance; *to demonstrate its own sampling capability, equipped with appropriate equipment to perform tests according to the methods stipulated in Government Decision no.928/2012, amended and supplemented.     According to Order no.2459/2012 in the monitoring system of petrol and diesel, work sampling is done at least two bodies. The list containing the two above mentioned organizations recognizes for the sampling activity of petrol and diesel is approved by Ministerial Order no.527/2006, and the bodies are SC ROMPETROL QUALITY CONTROL SRL and SC ROMCONTROL SA, both acredited EN ISO/CEI 17025 to perform physico-chemical testing and analisys for fuels.  By the order no.447/26.05.2014 was recognised another two bodies for the sampling activity of petrol and diesel: SC LUKOIL Romania SRL and SGS Romania SA. The sampling activity of petrol and diesel was negotiated  with the four recognized bodies.  The negotiation winners was SGS Romania SA and ROMPETROL QUALITY CONTROL SRL.   Based on the results as ""qualitative and quantitative monitoring system for petrol and diesel"" the National Annual Report is prepared. This report which contains information on petrol and diesel quality and the quantity of petrol and diesel sold on previous year. Framework for presenting the report is provided by the prevision of the Ministerial Order no.662/2004 establishing a common format for submission of national annual report concerning fuel quality placed on the market, which fully transposes Decision no.2002/159/EC. Romania is divided in 8 regions. Samples were taken at filling stations that deliver fuel to private and commercial users; fuel was provided to the stations by oil companies (local, national and international). Therefore samples were taken randomly over the identified regions. Since the total amount of petrol and diesel used in Romania was below 15 million tonnes in 2013, Romania is regarded as a small country(European Standard EN 14274:2003, paragraph 3.2). In november 2012, was approved the Order of the minister od economy, trade and business environment no.2458/2012 for the approval of form of presentations  of information regarding total quantities of petrol and diesel placed on the market, detailed on types and development regions of Romania, by the producers, importers and distributors of petrol and diesel.",
2014,Slovakia,1st May - 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"During the time period of 2014:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             - the national monitoring system: Directive No.: 362 issued by the Ministry of Environment in August 2010, Directive No.: 228 issued by the Ministry of Environment in august 2014,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   - no derogations since the last FQMS report,                                                                                                                                                                                                                - no significant changes to sampling quantities/location since the last detailed FQM report,                                                                                                                                        - no delays to provision of the annual fuel quality data report.",
2014,Slovenia,1st May - 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"The fuel quality monitoring system in Slovenia is based on the European Standard EN 14274:2003, utilising statistical model C (small country). Environment Agency of the Republic of Slovenia receives 3-monthly and annual reports from two independent inspection bodies on regular basis. They are responsible for the sampling plan, carry  sampling and  analysis of fuel, and collect and process the data. They are accredited by the Slovenian Accreditation as an inspection bodies according to EN ISO/IEC 17020:2004. The analyses of samples are carried out by testing laboratories accredited according to EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005.Samples of Petrol Fuels, Diesel Fuel, and Gas Oil are taken each month throughout the year at refuelling stations and depots.The test methods were in compliance with the Directive specifications, except for determination of cetane number. Validation and traceability of the cetan number method was provided according to EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005.In 2014 MMT was still not included in monitoring of quality of liquid fuel. Amendement of the Slovenian Manual of monitoring the physical and chemical properties of liquid fuels has been adopted in July 2014.",
2014,Spain, - ,N,,L,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,Summer and winter periods are different for diesel and gasoline:     Diesel:      winter from 01-10 to 30-03.  Summer from 01-04 to 30-09. Gasoline:  winter from 01-10 to 30-04.   Summer from 01-05 to 30-09 ,
2014,Sweden,1 May South; 16 May North - 15 Sep South; 31 Aug North,Α,,S,National System,"In 2013 Sweden, for the first time, gave a detailed breakdown of the national Fuel Quality Monitoring System in the tab Detailed FQMS including the data from 2012. No major changes of the national monitoring system have been made since then. The only new in this 2014 FQMS report from Sweden are three clarifications in the explanatory text. Firstly, the relationship between the number of samples at stockages (terminals or depots) and the number of crosschecking at fuel dispensing sites have been described in more detail in the text in the tab Detailed FQMS/SAMPLING.  It is also described where the fuel dispensing sites, where the samples were taken in 2014, are situated. This is according to an agreement between the European Commission, Directorate-General Climate Action and the Swedish Ministry of the Environment and Energy, in October 2014, by reason of (EU-pilot 6321/14/CLIM). Secondly, the regulation from The Swedish Transport Agency has been supplemented by the demand for appropriate information to consumers concerning the bio fuel, in particular FAME, content of diesel fuel in Article 4.1 of the FQM Directive 98/70/EC. Thirdly, an amendment of the Act (Drivmedelslag (2011:319) is also under way to incorporate the limit of 2 mg per litre of methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl (MMT) in diesel fuel according to Article 8a.2. This is described in more detail in the text in the tab Detailed FQMS/National legislation that transposed the FQD.",
2014,UK,1/6/2015 - 31/8/2015,N,,L,National System,"The UK fuel quality monitoring system makes use of industry quality analyses on batches of fuel produced in, or imported into, the UK, plus samples taken at distribution terminals and forecourts (to check for contamination in the distribution network). Due to the very large number of samples involved, this approach provides an equivalent, or greater, degree of confidence to EN 14274.",
2015,Austria,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,No changees were made - no update necessary ,
2015,Belgium,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,National System,,
2015,Bulgaria,16-th April to 15-th October,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,"Report 20151. The national legislation includes:- The Clean Air Act;- The Law of Renewable energy sources, as well as- The Regulation on the liquid fuels quality requirements, conditions, order and way of their control2. The Bulgarian monitoring system was created with the help of the European standard BDS EN 14274:2003 for small size country. Until 2014 was used statistical model “B”; since 2015 it has been used statistical model “A”. Responsible organizations for the management and implementation of the FQ Directive are the Ministry of Environment and Water and the State Agency for Metrological and Technical Surveillance – Directorate General “Quality control of liquid fuels” (DG QCLF).Since January 2016 Directorate General “Quality control of liquid fuels“ of SAMTS has been arranged in four departments:- „Inspection on quality of liquid fuels“ – exercising control and collecting samples;- „Testing Laboratory of liquid fuels, lubricants and additives” – testing fuels in own accredited laboratories (one permanently sited and two mobile laboratories);- „Control and Methodology“ – expertise of testing results and assessment of the conformity with the quality requirements;- „Monitoring system and database management“ – FQMS management.The control staff is located in 7 big cities – Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna, Burgas, Pleven, Ruse and Haskovo. Directorate General “Quality control of liquid fuels“ with its staff performs regular control of refueling stations and takes samples, according to the monitoring scheme of liquid fuels quality, given in BDS EN 14274 for country with low consumption, model A. The country is divided into six regions, according to the nomenclature of statistical territorial units (NUTS), level 2. The total number of refueling stations throughout the country is about 3000. The regions for planning and the number of the refueling stations are as follows:- Northwest region including districts Vidin, Vratsa, Lovech, Montana and Pleven – 377 refueling stations.- Central north region including districts Veliko Tarnovo, Gabrovo, Razgrad, Ruse and Silistra – 382 refueling stations.- Northeast region including districts Varna, Dobrich, Targovishte and Shumen – 407 refueling stations.- Southeast region including districts Burgas, Sliven, Stara Zagora and Yambol – 461 refueling stations.- Southwest region including districts Blagoevgrad, Kyustendil, Pernik, Sofia district and Sofia city – 696 refueling stations.- Central south region including districts Kardzhali, Pazardzhik, Plovdiv, Smolyan and Haskovo – 694 refueling stations.3. Since the beginning of 2015 Directorate General “Quality control of liquid fuels“ has organized the planning of locations to be inspected for liquid fuels quality control in two directions:- Locations for control in fulfillment of the requirements of standard BDS EN 14274 “Petrol fuels. Assessment of the quality of petrol and diesel fuel. Monitoring system for fuels quality“.- Locations for national control.Each year, by 10 January is developed a Plan for inspecting locations distributing liquid fuels.In fulfillment of the requirements of standard BDS EN 14274 are planned minimum 200 locations for control in order to provide 50 petrol samples and 50 diesel fuel samples during the summer and winter period.The locations are chosen by regions, proportionally determined on the basis of the annual fuels consumption in a region, on a random basis from the locations’ database. Each location has a unique identification number.Testing samples taken for liquid fuels quality control, in accordance with the requirements of standard BDS EN 14274, is performed only in the permanently sited laboratory by Set of parameters pursuant to European Directive 98/70/EC and methods, determined in standards BDS EN 228 and BDS EN 590.4. By implementing Decision of the European commission of 7 April 2014 for derogation from the requirements for vapours pressure of petrol fuels, in accordance with Article 3 (4) and (5) of Directive 98/70/EC about petrol and diesel fuels quality, was notified to the Republic of Bulgaria that derogation was permitted from the requirements for vapours pressure of petrol fuels, as follows:- From 1 September 2014 for 6% bioethanol in petrol permitted vapours pressure waiver - 8.0 kPa;- From 1 March 2015 for 7% bioethanol in petrol permitted vapours pressure waiver - 7.9 kPa;",
2015,Croatia,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"The fuel quality monitoring system in Croatia is based on the European Standard EN 14274, utilising the statistical model C (small country) and we have national sampling. Croatian Agency for the Environment and Nature receives annual reports from distributors to 31st March of current year for the previous year.The control and sampling is performed by the legal entity that is certified according the Croatian Accreditation Agency ( ISO / IEC 17020). Analysis of fuel samples is performed by the legal entity that is certified according by the Croatian Accreditation Agency (ISO / IEC 17025).The samples of Petrol Fuels, Diesel Fuel, and Gas Oil are taken each month during the year at refuelling stations and terminals, according to the „Fuel quality monitoring programme” which is under the responsibility of Ministry of Environmental and Nature Protection. Ministry of Environmental and Nature Protection sets out “Fuel quality monitoring programme” of current year for the next year. According to the national legislation which transposed the Fuel Quality Directive, the distributors are penalized in case of any exceedance of prescribed fuel quality. Enforcement is under responsibility of Market Inspection (Ministry of Economy, Republic of Croatia). Penalties are included in the Air Protection Law (OG No. 130/11, 47/14).According to the national legislation which transposed the FQM Directive, the distributors are penalized in case of not submitting data to the National database established by Croatian Agency for the Environment and Nature. Enforcement is under responsibility of Environmental Inspection (Ministry of Environmental and Nature protection, Republic of Croatia).Penalties are included in the Air Protection Law (OG No. 130/11, 47/14). In 2015 five (5) Petrol samples (UNLEADED PETROL EUROSUPER RON 95) were analysed for MMT.",
2015,Cyprus,16th April to 15th of October,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,same as previous year.,
2015,Czech Republic,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"The fuel samples were tested monthly throughout the course of the year 2015 for diesel and petrol quality as for Motorova nafta and Special BA-91, Super BA-95, Super Plus BA-98. This controlling process of all fuel samples was carried out in collaboration with Czech Trade Inspection (CTI) and SGS laboratory tests in accordance with European standards EN 228 and EN 590 and further amendments to the national standards ČSN EN 228:2013 and ČSN EN 590:2014. The total number of fuel samples was checked in 2723 samples of fuels at service stations in the whole country, including 1025 samples of petrol and 1218 samples of diesel. The total number of fuel samples also includes additional required fuels from the Czech market, namely samples of mixed diesel fuel (86 samples), FAME -100% biodiesel (33 samples), Ethanol E85 with about 85% bio- component(9 samples) and other gaseous fuel grade CNG- natural gas (40 samples) and next one LPG - Liquefied Petroleum Gas (310).  The essential fuel samples like petrol and diesel were checked in accordance with Article 3 and 4 of Directive 2009/30/EC, including a total of 417 petrol samples and 560 diesel samples in summer time and 608 petrol samples and 658 diesel samples, plus 2 samples of artic clima for diesel in winter time. Sampling requirements were performed in accordance with amendment to national standards in compliance with national and European legislation, which means with minimum number 50 samples of petrol and diesel samples of the season as the basic. Sampling was carried out at petrol stations throughout the country.",
2015,Denmark,1 st June to 31 st August,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,The National System has been exchenged with Model C.The number of sampels has been expanded to:- Min. 50 samples in the sommer periode for each fuel grade with a marked share greater than 10 %.- Min.50 samples in the winther periode for each fuel grade with a marked share greater than 10 %.- Min. 50 samples in the summer period for diesel fuel.- Min. 50 samples in the winther period for diesel fuel,
2015,Estonia,1st May to 30th September,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,N/A,
2015,Finland,42522 to 42613,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,"Legislative basis The supervision of the quality of fuel is based on the Environmental Protection Act 527/2014 (formerly 86/2000), the Government Decree on the quality requirements for petrol and diesel fuel (1206/2010) and an agreement between the Ministry of the Environment and Finnish Customs (38/481/2001). According to the agreement, Finnish Customs prepares a yearly sampling plan, which is to be approved by the Ministry of the Environment. Finnish Customs is in charge of the practical realization of the supervision. The Customs' national organization takes care of taking liquid fuel samples according to the sampling plan, and the samples are analyzed at the Customs Laboratory or by subcontractors whose competence was confirmed. The supervision aims to comply, when applicable, with the requirements of standard SFS-EN 14274:2013 model A three macro regions (see Regional Sampling sheets). SamplingSampling was done in the whole country  according to the sampling plan following the guidelines of the standard EN 14274:2003 model A. Country was divided to 3 macro-regions with about same sales volume and variability factor (see Regional Sampling sheets). There were 2 refineries and 19 terminals in operation. The number of retail sites in macro regions were about 650, about 750 and about 490, making a total of about 1890. The sampling places were selected randomly, however, ensuring that all distribution chain companies were included. All samples were taken in retail sites. The division of the consumption per macro region is based on total annual consumption of 95 (95 E10) and 98 (98 E5) octane grades. Diesel fuel consumption figures per macro region are for the whole year as well. The sampling was split to winter and summer periods in order to take minimum sample amount in both periods. The grades investigated were unleaded RON 95 (95 E10) and RON 98 (98 E5) octane sulphur free (max. 10 mg/kg) petrol and sulphur free (max. 10 mg/kg) diesel fuel. The fuels were furthermore divided into summer and winter grade. Since the sales for RON 99 octane petrol was small (less than 2%) it was excluded from the actual sampling. Also, there was no quality under RON 95 octane on the market. The sampling aims to comply, when applicable, with the requirements of standard EN 14275:2004. The sampling was done by trained personnel. One litre metal containers and five litre plastic containers approved for this purpose were used as sampling containers. Before the vapour pressure analysis, the sampling containers were cooled according to the requirements of the method. The analyses were conducted at the Customs Laboratory, which is a testing laboratory accredited by FINAS Accreditation Service. For octane and cetane numbers, aromatics and olefins contents, oxygenates, benzene, oxygen and FAME contents subcontractors whose competence was confirmed were used. Aromatics, olefins benzene, oxygenates and oxygen contents were also examined in Finnish Customs Laboratory for petrol samples taken from September to December 2015. Except for the lead and magnase methods, all methods of analysis used (including those subcontracted) were reference methods according to the standards EN 228:2012 and EN 590:2013. The lead method used by the laboratory (determination of lead content in petrol by energydispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy) is a so called screening method. The sensitivity of the method used, however, is much better than the limit indicated in the quality requirements. The average lead content measured in the samples was clearly below the limit set in the quality requirements. If needed, the laboratory has the ability to confirm the lead content of the sample with the EN 237 method according to the directive (Petroleum products. Petrol. Determination of low lead concentrations by atomic absorption spectrometry) in cases where the result is near or exceeds the quality limit. Sulfur of petrol and diesel (EN ISO 20846 method), density of diesel (EN ISO 12185 method) and vapour pressure of petrol (EN 13016-1 method) methods have been accredited by FINAS Accreditation service. Other methods used by the laboratory have been tested and validated according to quality procedure of Customs Laboratory. These test methods are EN ISO 3405 method (distillation of petrol and diesel), EN 12916 method (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons content of diesel), EN ISO 22854 method (aromatics, olefins, benzene, oxygenates and oxygen contents of petrol samples taken from September to December). Manganese content of petrol was also examined by energydispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy. The laboratory has the ability to confirm the manganese content with the EN 16136 method if necessary. The authenticity and accuracy of the methods used by the laboratory have been verified by the national Round Robin and international PT comparative studies.  Sulphur content of samples taken from November to December 2015 were also measured according to EN ISO 8754  (EDXRF) method, because UVF-sulphuranalyzer was broken. The determination of RON (EN ISO 5164 method) and MON (EN ISO 5163 method) numbers of petrol, cetane number of diesel (EN ISO 5165 method), aromatics, olefins, benzene, oxygenates and oxygen contents of petrol (EN ISO 22854 method) and FAME content (EN 14078 method) have been done by external contractor, which also provides the accreditation and/or validation procedure for these methods.Comparative examinationsIn 2015, the Customs Laboratory took part in the Round Robin Finland testing, which performs national inter-laboratory fuel examinations and PT tests organized by IIS (Institute of Interlaboratory Studies). The results of the parameters measured in the tests (sulphur content, density, distillation, vapour pressure, lead, olefins contents, benzene, oxygenates and oxygen) were acceptable. In 2001 - 2014 the laboratory also took part in these tests with acceptable results.",
2015,France,May 1st to September 30 th,N,,L,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,"Dans le cadre de son système de surveillance de la qualité de l'essence et des carburants diesel,  et à l'occasion du lancement d'un nouveau marché pour la période 2015-2018, la France a mené une réflexion sur la pertinence du modèle utilisé. Cette réflexion résulte d'un contexte de rationalisation des points d'approvisionnements des carburants en France depuis 2010 et de l'évolution de la part de marché du SP95-E10 qui dépasse 10 % des ventes d'essence. Cette réflexion a abouti à un changement du modèle du système de surveillance à utiliser : désormais la France utilise le modèle A, défini dans la norme EN 14274 et présenté comme le modèle à privilégier. Les autorités françaises ont informé la Commisison européenne par une note du 11 juillet 2014 du changement du modèle utilisé à compter du 1er janvier 2015. Depuis cette même date, le prestataire qui effectue les prélèvements et les analyses pour le compte de la Direction de l'Énergie est la société SGS Oil, Gas & Chemicals, sélectionnée par appel d'offre en juillet 2014.",
2015,Germany,1st May to 30th September,N,,L,EN 14274 Statistical Model B,"The Tenth Ordinance on the Implementation of the Federal Immission Control Act (Ordinance on the Quality and Labelling of Fuels) of 8 December 2010 (Federal Law Gazette BGBl. I, p. 1849) as last amended by Article 1 of the Ordinance of 1. December 2014 (Federal Law Gazette BGBl. I, p. 1890) transposes 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) as last amended by Directive (EU) 2015/1513 (OJ L 239, 15.9.2015, p. 1) and Council Directive (EU) 2016/802 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 relating to a reduction in the sulphur content of certain liquid fuels.  The Tenth Ordinance on the Implementation of the Federal Immission Control Act (BImSchV) lays down the requirements for labelling and the quality of fuels by determining European standards as minimum requirements or German standards where no European standards exist for the fuel in question. The ordinance regulates the characteristics for the following fuels: petrol fuels, diesel fuels, bio diesel, ethanol fuel (E85), liquid fuel, natural gas, biogas used as fuel, vegetable oil fuel (rape seed) and vegetable oil fuel (all seeds or oils fruits). For this report, only petrol and diesel fuels are of interest. For the review of parameters we refer to the standards specified in Annexes I and II to Directive 98/70/EC of 13 October 1998.The 10th BImSchV is supplemented by a general administrative regulation (General Administrative Regulation on the Implementation of the Ordinance on the Quality and Labelling of Fuels of 4 September 2012). The general administrative regulation ensures a nationwide uniform application, for example regarding the sampling and testing of fuel samples and measures in case of infringements. The limit values for compliance in the general administrative regulation are consistent with the tolerance limit of 95%. The administrative regulation also lists measures in case of infringements, distribution of costs and appeal procedures. In a first step it must be determined who is responsible for the insufficient quality of the fuel in question. A fine will be imposed if the distributor can be proven guilty of fraud or negligence.Regarding the minimum number of samples to be taken for the respective fuel, reference is made to DIN EN 14274 (Automotive fuels - Assessment of petrol and diesel quality - Fuel Quality Monitoring (FQMS); German version EN 14274:2004-05, May 2004). The quality of petrol and diesel fuels is tested by the competent authorities of the Länder. The overall monitoring of fuel quality also falls within the responsibilities of the competent Länder authorities, which are district administrations, lower administrative authorities, districts and non-district or independent municipalities. The method for selecting fuel stations may be rotation, random selection or another way, taking into account population distribution and regional aspects.  The Länder submit their findings to the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) where they are summarised in a report. The report is then forwarded to the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, and to the European Commission.DIN EN 14274 (Annex C) lays down that model B applies to Germany (non-macro region): Germany is divided into 16 political regions (Bundesländer) which do not comply with fuel distribution patterns. As Germany is categorised as a large country with regard to FQMS, the minimum number of samples is 200 per fuel and period (summer, winter). The share in sampling for the various regions and the resulting number of samples is stipulated in the General Administrative Regulation on the 10th BImSchV, Annex 20. For the fuels with less than 10% market share DIN EN 14274-2003 (D) defines a smaller number of samples. Please find additional information on the number of samples for fuels with minor market shares for each region at http://www.verwaltungsvorschriften-im-internet.de/pdf/BMU-IGI6-20120904-SF-A020.pdf . ",
2015,Greece,1st May  to 30th September ,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,"The sampling system was implemented in Greek law by article 9 of the State Supreme Chemical Council Decision No. 316/2010, as amended by the  State Supreme Chemical Council Decision No.77/2016 (Government Gazette 501/B/2012).",
2015,Hungary,1st of May to 30th of September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,No changes have been facilitated to the FQMS in Hungary.,
2015,Ireland,1st June  to 31st August,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,Samples are taken by the Irish Petroleum Industry Association at service stations and are analysed by ITS Testing Services (UK) Ltd.  Results are reported to the Department by the Irish Petroleum Industry Association. ,
2015,Italy,1st May to 30th September,N,,L,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,,
2015,Latvia,1st June to 31st August,N,,S,National System,"The State Revenue Service is responsible for supervision of the fuel market in accordance with the article 24 of Consumer Rights Protection Law, Article 15 of Cabinet Regulation No 332 adopted on 26 September 2000 „Requirements for Conformity Assessment of Petrol and Diesel Fuel” and Article 27 of Cabinet Regulation No 772 adopted on 18 October 2005 “Regulations Regarding Requirements for Biofuel Quality, Conformity Assessment, Market Supervision and Procedures for Consumer Information”.  Latvia has been using petrol with a vapour pressure of 70kPa historically and such petrol is currently in use. The Commission raises no objection to the notification from the Republic of Latvia to permit the placing on the market during the summer period of petrol with a maximum vapour pressure of 70kPa (derogation) until the end of 2020.  ",
2015,Lithuania,1st of May to 30th of September,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"In Lithuania the Lithuanian standard LST EN 14274, which has been fully taken from European standard EN 14274, is in use.",
2015,Luxemburg,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,,
2015,Malta,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"Malta started to use EN 14274 Statisitical Model C in October 2014, therefore year 2015 is the first year in which Model C was fully implemented. A minimum of 50 samples per fuel grade per period (winter/summer) were taken from Fuel Dispensing sites. A total of 203 samples were collected and analysed. ",
2015,Netherlands,,,,,,The Netherlands has 12 provinces It was decided to take samples at fuel service stations from various oil companies. Samples have been taken in each province at bases of the population and the number of fuel stations in each province. Due to lack of funding this year 62 checks (for petrol) and 68 checks (for diesel) have made only during the winter time.,
2015,Poland,1st May to 30 th September,N,,L,EN 14274 Statistical Model B,"Polska przyjęła system monitorowania jakości paliw określony w normie EN 14 274 Paliwa do pojazdów samochodowych – Ocena jakości benzyn i olejów napędowych – System monitoringu jakości paliw (FQMS) – model B - z uwzględnieniem specyfiki warunków polskich. Zgodnie z rozporządzeniem w sprawie sposobu monitorowania, minimalna liczba próbek pobieranych w celu monitorowania w poszczególnych okresach monitorowania wynosi 100 w odniesieniu do każdego gatunku paliwa.Biorąc pod uwagę specyfikę polskiego rynku paliw ciekłych, w szczególności z uwagi na małą dostępność na polskich stacjach benzyny bezołowiowej RON 98, w rozporządzeniu w sprawie sposobu monitorowania, minimalna liczba próbek dla tego gatunku paliwa, dla każdego okresu monitorowania wynosi 30, a nie 100, jak określono w normie EN 14 274.  Jednocześnie z uwagi na fakt, iż w Polsce w przeciągu kilku poprzednich lat roczna konsumpcja paliwa przekroczyła wartość 15 mln ton, co klasyfikuje Polskę jako kraj duży, oraz w związku z uwagami KE dotyczącymi zbyt małej liczby pobieranych próbek, podwojono liczbę próbek pobierając po 200 próbek oleju napędowego i benzyny RON 95 oraz po 60 próbek benzyny RON 98 w poszczególnych okresach monitorowania. ",
2015,Portugal,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"Due to the transfer of competencies for the execution of Fuel Quality Monitoring System (FQMS), to the National Authority for the Oil Market (ENMC) and the need to launch new tender for conducting tests for quality control, in 2015, FQMS program began only in March.Of the total of 949 analyzes conducted at service stations, 635 correspond to summer and winter periods (249- IO.95, 16- IO.98 and 370 diesel) .The remaining 314 were carried out  in the intermediate period (April/October), so they are not considered in FQMS.",
2015,Slovakia,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"During the time period of 2015:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             - the national monitoring system: Directive No.: 367 issued by the Ministry of Environment in November 2015, Directive No.: 228 issued by the Ministry of Environment in august 2014,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   no derogations since the last FQMS report,                                                                                                                                                                                                                - no significant changes to sampling quantities/location since the last detailed FQM report,                                                                                                                                        - no delays to provision of the annual fuel quality data report.",
2015,Slovenia,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,The fuel quality monitoring system in Slovenia was not changed.In 2015 a limited number (20) of Petrol samples (18 of NMB95 and 2 NMB98/100) were analysed for  MMT.,
2015,Spain,,N,,L,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,Summer and winter periods are different for diesel and gasoline:Diesel:      winter from 01-10 to 30-03.  Summer from 01-04 to 30-09. Gasoline:  winter from 01-10 to 30-04.   Summer from 01-05 to 30-09 ,
2015,Sweden,1 May South ; 16 May North to 15 Sep South; 31 Aug North,A,,S,National System,"In 2013 Sweden, for the first time, gave a detailed breakdown of the national Fuel Quality Monitoring System in the tab Detailed FQMS including data from 2012. No changes of the national fuel monitoring system as such have been made since then, except for some minor clarifications of the text in this report. The relationship between the number of samples at stockages (terminals and depots) and the number of crosscheckings at fuel dispensing sites is described in more detail in the text in the tab Detailed FQMS/SAMPLING. In this tab could also bee seen where the fuel dispensing sites, where the crosschecking samples were taken in 2015, are situated. This is according to an agreement between the European Commission, Directorate-General Climate action and the Swedish Ministry of the Environment and Energy, in October 2014, by reason of EU-pilot 6321/14/CLIM. Concerning recent transposition of requirements of the Fuel Quality Directive 98/70/EG, the regulation TSFS 2011:66 from the Swedish Transport Agency was in 2015, through the  regulation TSFS 2015:14, supplemented by requirements on information to customers concerning biofuel content, in particular the FAME content, of diesel fuel according to Article 4.1. An amendment of the law (Drivmedelslag (2011:319) was also made in 2015 to incorporate the limit of 2 mg per litre of metylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl (MMT) in diesel fuel according to article 8a.2. This is described in the text in the tab Detailed FQMS/National legislation that transposed the FQD. ",
2015,UK,42522 to 42613,A,,L,National System,There has been no changes to the fuel quality monitoring system used over previous years.,
2016,Austria,1st Mayto 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,No changes were made - no update necessary ,
2016,Belgium,42856to 43008,N,,S,National System,Any change to the national monitoring system used,
2016,Bulgaria,16-th Aprilto 15-th October,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,"There have not been significant changes in the monitoring system since the last reporting period.The only ones carried out were:I. Annual update of the system with locations to be inspected based on data given by the National Revenue Agency. For 2016 the Annual Plan for inspecting locations distributing liquid fuels was developed on the basis of a list of 2 945 refueling stations with the following regional allocation:- Northwest region including districts Vidin, Vratsa, Lovech, Montana and Pleven – 366 refueling stations.- Central north region including districts Veliko Tarnovo, Gabrovo, Razgrad, Ruse and Silistra – 363 refueling stations.- Northeast region including districts Varna, Dobrich, Targovishte and Shumen – 398 refueling stations.- Southeast region including districts Burgas, Sliven, Stara Zagora and Yambol – 457 refueling stations.- Southwest region including districts Blagoevgrad, Kyustendil, Pernik, Sofia district and Sofia city – 684 refueling stations.- Central south region including districts Kardzhali, Pazardzhik, Plovdiv, Smolyan and Haskovo – 677 refueling stations.II. Extending the scope of the accredited laboratories of DG QCLF.On the basis of Application for re-accreditation and extending the scope of accreditation Reg. №09-141/2/P of 09.02.2016 and initiated Procedure for re-accreditation and extending the scope of accreditation Reg. №80/35ЛИ/ПА/РО/24.02.2016 of the Testing Laboratory of liquid fuels, lubricants and additives (TL LFLA) accredited, according to BDS EN ISO/IEC 17025, and having Certificate Reg. №35ЛИ/18.10.2013, valid until 30.09.2016, and Letter Ref. №80/35ЛИ/ПА/РО/4/Ф of 27.05.2016, was carried out on-the-spot evaluation of TL LFLA from external evaluators of the Executive Agency “Bulgarian Accreditation Office” (EA BAO) for re-accreditation and extending the scope of accreditation of the laboratory during the period 06.06.2016 to 21.06.2016. Discrepancies were not found in the received reports from the assessment team and the laboratory confirmed the accreditation and extended the scope with the following parameters and testing methods which were included in the new Certificate Reg. №35ЛИ/30.09.2016, valid until 30.09.2020, and in Order of EA BAO of 30.09.2016, as follows:1. Sector “Permanently sited laboratory – Sofia”- “Manganese content” – BDS EN 16135;- “Sulphur content” – BDS EN ISO 20884;- “Flammability properties (Cetane number)” – BDS EN ISO 5165;2. Sector “Mobile laboratory – Pleven” and sector “Mobile laboratory – Burgas”- “Methyl esters of fatty acids content (FAME)” – BDS EN 14078.",
2016,Croatia,1st Mayto 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"The fuel quality monitoring system in Croatia is based on the European Standard EN 14274, utilising the statistical model C (small country) and we have national sampling. Croatian Agency for the Environment and Nature receives annual reports from distributors to 31st March of current year for the previous year.The control and sampling is performed by the legal entity that is certified according the Croatian Accreditation Agency ( ISO / IEC 17020). Analysis of fuel samples is performed by the legal entity that is certified according by the Croatian Accreditation Agency (ISO / IEC 17025).The samples of Petrol Fuels, Diesel Fuel, and Gas Oil are taken each month during the year at refuelling stations and terminals, according to the „Fuel quality monitoring programme” which is under the responsibility of Ministry of Environmental and Nature Protection. Ministry of Environmental and Nature Protection sets out “Fuel quality monitoring programme” of current year for the next year. According to the national legislation which transposed the Fuel Quality Directive, the distributors are penalized in case of any exceedance of prescribed fuel quality. Enforcement is under responsibility of Market Inspection (Ministry of Economy, Republic of Croatia). Penalties are included in the Air Protection Law (OG No. 130/11, 47/14).According to the national legislation which transposed the FQM Directive, the distributors are penalized in case of not submitting data to the National database established by Croatian Agency for the Environment and Nature. Enforcement is under responsibility of Environmental Inspection (Ministry of Environmental and Nature protection, Republic of Croatia).Penalties are included in the Air Protection Law (OG No. 130/11, 47/14). In 2015 fourteen (14) Petrol samples (UNLEADED PETROL EUROSUPER RON 95) were analysed for MMT.",
2016,Cyprus,16th Aprilto 15th October,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,SAME AS PREVIOUS YEAR,
2016,Czech Republic,1st Mayto 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"The fuel samples were tested monthly throughout the course of the year 2016 for diesel and petrol quality as for Motorova nafta and Special BA-91, Super BA-95, Super Plus BA-98. This controlling process of all fuel samples was carried out in cooperation with the Czech Trade Inspection (CTI) and SGS laboratory tests in accordance with European standards EN 228 and EN 590 and further amendments to the national standards ČSN EN 228:2013 and ČSN EN 590:2014. The total number of fuel samples was checked in 2549 samples of fuels at service stations in the whole country, including 992 samples of petrol and 1193 samples of diesel. The total number of fuel samples also includes additional required fuels from the Czech market, namely samples of mixed diesel fuel (13 samples), FAME -100% biodiesel (7 samples), Ethanol E85 with about 85% bio- component(7 samples) and other gaseous fuel grade CNG- natural gas (42 samples) and next one LPG - Liquefied Petroleum Gas (295).  The essential fuel samples like petrol and diesel were checked in accordance with Article 3 and 4 of Directive 2009/30/EC, including a total of 413 petrol samples and 564 diesel samples in summer time and 579 petrol samples and 621 diesel samples, plus 8 samples of artic clima for diesel in winter time. Sampling requirements were performed in accordance with amendment to the national standards in compliance with the national and European legislation, which means with minimum number 50 samples of petrol and diesel samples of the season as the basic. The sampling was carried out at the petrol stations throughout the country. ",
2016,Denmark,1 st Juneto 31 st August,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,No changes since the last detailed breakdown of the FQM system.,
2016,Estonia,1st of Mayto 30th of Septemer,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,N/A,
2016,Finland,42887to 42978,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,"Legislative basis The supervision of the quality of fuel is based on the Environmental Protection Act 527/2014 (formerly 86/2000), the Government Decree on the quality requirements for petrol and diesel fuel (1206/2010) and an agreement between the Ministry of the Environment and Finnish Customs (38/481/2001). According to the agreement, Finnish Customs prepares a yearly sampling plan, which is to be approved by the Ministry of the Environment. Finnish Customs is in charge of the practical realization of the supervision. The Customs' national organization takes care of taking liquid fuel samples according to the sampling plan, and the samples are analyzed at the Customs Laboratory or by subcontractors whose competence was confirmed. The supervision aims to comply, when applicable, with the requirements of standard SFS-EN 14274:2013 model A three macro regions (see Regional Sampling sheets). Sampling Sampling was done in the whole country  according to the sampling plan following the guidelines of the standard EN 14274:2013 model A. Country was divided to 3 macro-regions with about same sales volume and variability factor (see Regional Sampling sheets). There were 2 refineries and 19 terminals in operation. The number of retail sites in macro regions were about 650, about 750 and about 460, making a total of about 1860. The sampling places were selected randomly, however, ensuring that all distribution chain companies were included. All samples were taken in retail sites. The division of the consumption per macro region is based on total annual consumption of 95 (95 E10) and 98 (98 E5) octane grades. Diesel fuel consumption figures per macro region are for the whole year as well. The sampling was split to winter and summer periods in order to take minimum sample amount in both periods. The grades investigated were unleaded RON 95 (95 E10) and RON 98 (98 E5) octane sulphur free (max. 10 mg/kg) petrol and sulphur free (max. 10 mg/kg) diesel fuel. The fuels were furthermore divided into summer and winter grade. Since the sales for RON 99 octane petrol was small (less than 2%) it was excluded from the actual sampling. Also, there was no quality under RON 95 octane on the market. The sampling aims to comply, when applicable, with the requirements of standard EN 14275:2013. The sampling was done by trained personnel. One litre metal containers and five litre plastic containers approved for this purpose were used as sampling containers. Before the vapour pressure analysis for petrol samples, the sampling containers were cooled according to the requirements of the method.                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Analyses                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              The analyses were conducted at the Customs Laboratory, which is a testing laboratory accredited by FINAS Accreditation Service. For octane and cetane numbers and FAME contents subcontractors whose competence was confirmed were used. Except for the lead and manganase methods, all methods of analysis used (including those subcontracted) were reference methods according to the standards EN 228:2012 and EN 590:2013. The lead method used by the laboratory (determination of lead content in petrol by energydispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy) is a so called screening method. The sensitivity of the method used, however, is much better than the limit indicated in the quality requirements. The average lead content measured in the samples was clearly below the limit set in the quality requirements. If needed, the laboratory has the ability to confirm the lead content of the sample with the EN 237 method according to the directive (Petroleum products. Petrol. Determination of low lead concentrations by atomic absorption spectrometry) in cases where the result is near or exceeds the quality limit. Sulfur of petrol and diesel (EN ISO 20846 method), density of diesel (EN ISO 12185 method) and vapour pressure of petrol (EN 13016-1 method) methods have been accredited by FINAS Accreditation service. Other methods used by the laboratory have been tested and validated according to quality procedure of Customs Laboratory. These test methods are EN ISO 3405 method (distillation of petrol and diesel), EN 12916 method (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons content of diesel), EN ISO 22854 method (aromatics, olefins, benzene, oxygenates and oxygen contents of petrol). Manganese content of petrol was also examined by energydispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy. The laboratory has the ability to confirm the manganese content with the EN 16136 method if necessary. The authenticity and accuracy of the methods used by the laboratory have been verified by the national Round Robin and international PT comparative studies.  The determination of RON (EN ISO 5164 method) and MON (EN ISO 5163 method) numbers of petrol, cetane number of diesel (EN ISO 5165 method) and FAME content (EN 14078 method) have been done by external contractor, which also provides the accreditation and/or validation procedure for these methods.Comparative examinationsIn 2016, the Customs Laboratory took part in the Round Robin Finland testing, which performs national inter-laboratory fuel examinations and PT tests organized by IIS (Institute of Interlaboratory Studies). The results of the parameters measured in the tests (sulphur, density, distillation, vapour pressure, lead, aromatics, olefins, benzene, oxygenates and oxygen) were acceptable. In 2001 - 2015 the laboratory has also taken part in these tests with acceptable results.",
2016,France,may 1stto september 30th,N,,L,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,"Comme signalé en 2016, la France a recours au modèle A de la norme EN 14274 depuis le 1er janvier 2015. Depuis cette même date, le prestataire qui effectue les prélèvements et les analyses pour le compte de la Direction de l'Énergie est la société SGS Oil, Gas & Chemicals, sélectionnée par appel d'offre en juillet 2014.",
2016,Germany,1st Mayto 30th September,N,,L,EN 14274 Statistical Model B,"The Tenth Ordinance on the Implementation of the Federal Immission Control Act (Ordinance on the Quality and Labelling of Fuels) of 8 December 2010 (Federal Law Gazette BGBl. I, p. 1849) as last amended by Article 1 of the Ordinance of 1. December 2014 (Federal Law Gazette BGBl. I, p. 1890) transposes 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) as last amended by Directive (EU) 2015/1513 (OJ L 239, 15.9.2015, p. 1) and Council Directive (EU) 2016/802 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 relating to a reduction in the sulphur content of certain liquid fuels.  The Tenth Ordinance on the Implementation of the Federal Immission Control Act (BImSchV) lays down the requirements for labelling and the quality of fuels by determining European standards as minimum requirements or German standards where no European standards exist for the fuel in question. The ordinance regulates the characteristics for the following fuels: petrol fuels, diesel fuels, bio diesel, ethanol fuel (E85), liquid fuel, natural gas, biogas used as fuel, vegetable oil fuel (rape seed) and vegetable oil fuel (all seeds or oils fruits). For this report, only petrol and diesel fuels are of interest. For the review of parameters we refer to the standards specified in Annexes I and II to Directive 98/70/EC of 13 October 1998.The 10th BImSchV is supplemented by a general administrative regulation (General Administrative Regulation on the Implementation of the Ordinance on the Quality and Labelling of Fuels of 4 September 2012). The general administrative regulation ensures a nationwide uniform application, for example regarding the sampling and testing of fuel samples and measures in case of infringements. The limit values for compliance in the general administrative regulation are consistent with the tolerance limit of 95%. The administrative regulation also lists measures in case of infringements, distribution of costs and appeal procedures. In a first step it must be determined who is responsible for the insufficient quality of the fuel in question. A fine will be imposed if the distributor can be proven guilty of fraud or negligence.Regarding the minimum number of samples to be taken for the respective fuel, reference is made to DIN EN 14274 (Automotive fuels - Assessment of petrol and diesel quality - Fuel Quality Monitoring (FQMS); German version EN 14274:2004-05, May 2004). The quality of petrol and diesel fuels is tested by the competent authorities of the Länder. The overall monitoring of fuel quality also falls within the responsibilities of the competent Länder authorities, which are district administrations, lower administrative authorities, districts and non-district or independent municipalities. The method for selecting fuel stations may be rotation, random selection or another way, taking into account population distribution and regional aspects.  The Länder submit their findings to the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) where they are summarised in a report. The report is then forwarded to the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, and to the European Commission.DIN EN 14274 (Annex C) lays down that model B applies to Germany (non-macro region): Germany is divided into 16 political regions (Bundesländer) which do not comply with fuel distribution patterns. As Germany is categorised as a large country with regard to FQMS, the minimum number of samples is 200 per fuel and period (summer, winter). The share in sampling for the various regions and the resulting number of samples is stipulated in the General Administrative Regulation on the 10th BImSchV, Annex 20. For the fuels with less than 10% market share DIN EN 14274-2003 (D) defines a smaller number of samples. Please find additional information on the number of samples for fuels with minor market shares for each region at http://www.verwaltungsvorschriften-im-internet.de/pdf/BMU-IGI6-20120904-SF-A020.pdf . ",
2016,Greece,1st May to 30th September ,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,"The sampling system was implemented in Greek law by article 9 of the State Supreme Chemical Council Decision No. 316/2010 (Government Gazette 501/B/2012), and Decision No.77/2016 (Government Gazette  4217/Β/2016).",
2016,Hungary,1st of Mayto 30th of September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,No changes facilitated to FQMS in Hungary.,
2016,Ireland,1st Juneto 31st August,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,Samples are taken by the Irish Petroleum Industry Association at service stations and are analysed by ITS Testing Services (UK) Ltd.  Results are reported to the Department by the Irish Petroleum Industry Association. ,
2016,Italy,1st Mayto 30th September,N,,L,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,No changes have been made to the system.,
2016,Latvia,1st Juneto 31st August,N,,S,National System,"The State Revenue Service is responsible for supervision of the fuel market in accordance with the article 24 of Consumer Rights Protection Law, Article 15 of Cabinet Regulation No 332 adopted on 26 September 2000 „Requirements for Conformity Assessment of Petrol and Diesel Fuel” and Article 27 of Cabinet Regulation No 772 adopted on 18 October 2005 “Regulations Regarding Requirements for Biofuel Quality, Conformity Assessment, Market Supervision and Procedures for Consumer Information”.  Latvia has been using petrol with a vapour pressure of 70kPa historically and such petrol is currently in use. The Commission raises no objection to the notification from the Republic of Latvia to permit the placing on the market during the summer period of petrol with a maximum vapour pressure of 70kPa (derogation) until the end of 2020.  ",
2016,Lithuania,1st of Mayto 30th of September,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"In Lithuania the Lithuanian standard LST EN 14274, wich has been fully taken from European standard EN 14274, is in use.",
2016,Luxemburg,1st Mayto 30th September,N,,S,National System,"In 2015, Luxembourg used the Fuel Quality  Monitoring System Model C as defined in EN 14274 and the Luxembourgish Environmental Administration let elaborate a study of the impact of sample size on FQMS reliability. The study confirms that a sample size of 31  (Petrol, per grade, Diesel) instead of 50 gives a sufficient statistical evidence of realibility. The study was sent to the European Commission in november 2015. This sample size of 31 was used as the minimum number of samples taken for 2016 for each grade and season.",
2016,Malta,Normalto Normal,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,No additional information. ,
2016,Netherlands,1st Mayto 30th September,,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,The Netherlands has 12 provinces It was decided to take samples at fuel service stations from various oil companies. Samples have been taken in each province at bases of the population and the number of fuel stations in each province.,
2016,Poland,1st Mayto 30 th September,N,,L,EN 14274 Statistical Model B,"Polska przyjęła system monitorowania jakości paliw określony w normie EN 14 274 Paliwa do pojazdów samochodowych – Ocena jakości benzyn i olejów napędowych – System monitoringu jakości paliw (FQMS) – model B - z uwzględnieniem specyfiki warunków polskich. Zgodnie z rozporządzeniem w sprawie sposobu monitorowania, minimalna liczba próbek pobieranych w celu monitorowania w poszczególnych okresach monitorowania wynosi 100 w odniesieniu do każdego gatunku paliwa.Biorąc pod uwagę specyfikę polskiego rynku paliw ciekłych, w szczególności z uwagi na małą dostępność na polskich stacjach benzyny bezołowiowej RON 98, w rozporządzeniu w sprawie sposobu monitorowania, minimalna liczba próbek dla tego gatunku paliwa, dla każdego okresu monitorowania wynosi 30, a nie 100, jak określono w normie EN 14 274.  Jednocześnie z uwagi na fakt, iż w Polsce w przeciągu kilku poprzednich lat roczna konsumpcja paliwa przekroczyła wartość 15 mln ton, co klasyfikuje Polskę jako kraj duży, oraz w związku z uwagami KE dotyczącymi zbyt małej liczby pobieranych próbek, podwojono liczbę próbek pobierając po 200 próbek oleju napędowego i benzyny RON 95 oraz po 60 próbek benzyny RON 98 w poszczególnych okresach monitorowania. ",
2016,Portugal,42856to 43008,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"Of the total of 1559 analyzes conducted at service stations, 1324 correspond to summer and winter periods (580- IO.95, 77- IO.98 and 667 diesel) .The remaining 235 were carried out  in the intermediate period (April/October), so they are not considered in FQMS.",
2016,Romania,1st of Mayto 30th of September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model B,"In the process of transposing EU legislation in national legislation was adopted the Government Decision no.928/2012 regarding the establishment of marketing of gasoline and diesel, modified and completed by Government Decision no.1308/2012 and Government Decision no.1121/2013.The qualitative and quantitative monitoring system for petrol and diesel, sold by service stations, is approved by Order of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Business Environment no.2459/2012, who replaced Order.no.742/2004 and Order no.58/2006.Activity sampling (sampling and analysis) of petrol and diesel is made by testing laboratories, product certification bodies or third party inspection bodies recognized for this purpose by the Ministry. Recognition is made after a trial assessment, based on the following criteria set forth in Annex 1 of the Order no.2459/2012: * be accredited for testing, field/cerification schemes on the quality of petrol and diesel; *to have liability insurance; *to demonstrate its own sampling capability, equipped with appropriate equipment to perform tests according to the methods stipulated in Government Decision no.928/2012, amended and supplemented.According to Order no.2459/2012 in the monitoring system of petrol and diesel, work sampling is done at least two bodies. The list containing the two above mentioned organizations recognizes for the sampling activity of petrol and diesel is approved by Ministerial Order no.527/2006, and the bodies are SC ROMPETROL QUALITY CONTROL SRL and SC ROMCONTROL SA, both acredited EN ISO/CEI 17025 to perform physico-chemical testing and analisys for fuels.  By the order no.447/26.05.2014 was recognised another two bodies for the sampling activity of petrol and diesel: SC LUKOIL Romania SRL and SGS Romania SA. The sampling activity of petrol and diesel was negotiated  with the four recognized bodies. In 2016 the negotiation was replaced with a new SEAP Auction Procedure, managed by the Digital Agenda Agency of Romania (AADR) is personal data operator A.N.S.P.D.C.P. no.9794 registered in accordance with Law no. 677/2001. Based on the results as ""qualitative and quantitative monitoring system for petrol and diesel"" the National Annual Report is prepared. This report which contains information on petrol and diesel quality and the quantity of petrol and diesel sold on previous year. Framework for presenting the report is provided by the prevision of the Ministerial Order no.662/2004 establishing a common format for submission of national annual report concerning fuel quality placed on the market, which fully transposes Decision no.2002/159/EC. Romania is divided in 8 regions. Samples were taken at filling stations that deliver fuel to private and commercial users; fuel was provided to the stations by oil companies(local, national and international). Therefore samples were taken randomly over the identified regions. Since the total amount of petrol and diesel used in Romania was below 15 million tonnes in 2013, Romania is regarded as a small country(European Standard EN 14274:2003, paragraph 3.2). In november 2012, was approved the Order of the minister od economy, trade and business environment no.2458/2012 for the approval of form of presentations  of information regarding total quantities of petrol and diesel placed on the market, detailed on types and development regions of Romania, by the producers, importers and distributors of petrol and diesel.   ",
2016,Slovakia,1st Mayto 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"During the time period of 2016:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          no derogations since the last FQMS report,                                                                                                                                                                                                                - no significant changes to sampling quantities/location since the last detailed FQM report,                                                                                                                                        - no delays to provision of the annual fuel quality data report.",
2016,Slovenia,1 st Mayto 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,The fuel quality monitoring system in Slovenia was not changed in previous year.,
2016,Spain,(*)to (*),N,,L,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,Summer and winter periods are different for diesel and gasoline:Diesel:      winter from 01-10 to 30-03.  Summer from 01-04 to 30-09.  Gasoline:  winter from 01-10 to 30-04.   Summer from 01-05 to 30-09 ,
2016,Sweden,1 May South; 16 May Northto 15 Sep South; 31 Aug North,A,,S,National System,"In 2013 Sweden, for the first time, gave a detailed breakdown of the national Fuel Quality Monitoring System in the tab Detailed FQMS including the data from 2012. No major changes of the national monitoring system have been made since then except for a few clarifications in the explanatory text. Firstly, the relationship between the number of samples at stockages (terminals and depots) and the number of crosscheckings at actual fuel dispensing sites has been described in more detail in the text in the tab Detailed FQMS/SAMPLING. It is now also described where the fuel dispensing sites, where the samples were taken in 2016, are situated. This is according to an agreement between the European Commission, Directorate-General Climate action and the Swedish Ministry of the Environment and Energy, in October 2014, by reason of EU-pilot 6321/14/CLIM. Secondly, the regulation TSFS 2011:66 from the Swedish Transport Agency has been supplemented by appropriate information to customers concerning the biofuel, in particular FAME, content of diesel fuel in Article 4.1 of the FQM Directive 98/70/EC. This amendment is called TSFS 2015:14. Thirdly, an amendment of the Act (Drivmedelslag (2011:319) has also been made to incorporate the limit of 2 mg per litre of metylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl (MMT in diesel fuel according to article 8a.2. This is described in the text in the tab Detailed FQMS/National legislation that transposed the FQD.In addition to this is a new source for the volumes reported under “Sales” used since the reporting of 2015 year data. Up to 2014 year data the volumes came from SCB, Statistics Sweden. The present source is The Swedish Energy Agency through correspondence. The reason for this change is preparation to comply with Article 5.1 of COUNCIL DIRECTIVE (EU) 2015/652 saying; when submitting reports to the Commission under Article 8(3) of Directive 98/70/EC, Member States shall provide the Commission with data related to compliance with Article 7a of that Directive, as defined in Annex III to this Directive. Since The Swedish Transport Agency is responsible for reporting according to article 8(3) of Directive 98/70/EC i.e. this FQMS report and The Swedish Energy Agency is responsible for Article 7a reporting this procedure is part of a coordination of nationally reported data. ",
2016,UK,1st June to 31st August,A,,L,National System,"The UK fuel quality monitoring system makes use of industry quality analyses on batches of fuel produced in, or imported into, the UK, plus samples taken at distribution terminals and forecourts (to check for contamination in the distribution network). Due to the very large number of samples involved, this approach provides an equivalent, or greater, degree of confidence to EN 14274.",
2017,Austria,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,No changes were made - no update necessary ,
2017,Belgium,01/May to 30/September,N,,S,National System,Any change to the national monitoring system used,
2017,Bulgaria,16-th April to 15-th October,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,"There have not been significant changes in the monitoring system since the last reporting period.The only ones carried out were:I. Annual update of the system with locations to be inspected. For 2017 the Annual Plan for inspecting locations distributing liquid fuels was developed on the basis of a list of 3784 refueling stations with the following regional allocation:- Northwest region including districts Vidin, Vratsa, Lovech, Montana and Pleven – 487 refueling stations.- Central north region including districts Veliko Tarnovo, Gabrovo, Razgrad, Ruse and Silistra – 477 refueling stations.- Northeast region including districts Varna, Dobrich, Targovishte and Shumen – 519 refueling stations.- Southeast region including districts Burgas, Sliven, Stara Zagora and Yambol – 627 refueling stations.- Southwest region including districts Blagoevgrad, Kyustendil, Pernik, Sofia district and Sofia city – 861 refueling stations.- Central south region including districts Kardzhali, Pazardzhik, Plovdiv, Smolyan and Haskovo – 813 refueling stations.II. Extending the scope of the accredited laboratories of DG QCLF.In 2017, the TL LFLA extended the scope of accreditation with four parameters, as follows:1. “Mobile laboratory – Burgas” with: “Sulphur content” by BDS EN ISO 20884 and “Distillation characteristics” by BDS EN ISO 3405;2. “Mobile laboratory – Pleven” with: “Sulphur content” by BDS EN ISO 20884 and “Distillation characteristics” by BDS EN ISO 3405;With Order № A 449/27.11.2017 of EA BAO, the EA BAO issued Certificate №35ЛИ of 27.11.2017, valid until 30.09.2020.For 2018, the TL LFLA has submitted Application Reg. №08-16/P of 24.04.2018 in the EA BAO for extending the accreditation scope of Sector “Permanently sited laboratory – Sofia” for the following four parameters:1. “Benzene content” by BDS EN ISO 22854;2. “Hydrocarbon content” by BDS EN ISO 22854;3. “Oxygen and oxygenates” by BDS EN ISO 22854 and4. “Manganese content in diesel fuel” by BDS EN 16576.The full accreditation scope of DG QCLF laboratories is available at http://nab-bas.bg/BasDocSearch/DetailInfo?id=49523&page=703&part=704. ",
2017,Croatia,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"""The fuel quality monitoring system in Croatia is based on the European Standard EN 14274, utilising the statistical model C (small country) and we have national sampling. Croatian Agency for Environment and Nature receives annual reports from distributors to 31st March of current year for the previous year.The control and sampling is performed by the legal entity that is certified according the Croatian Accreditation Agency ( ISO / IEC 17020). Analysis of fuel samples is performed by the legal entity that is certified according by the Croatian Accreditation Agency (ISO / IEC 17025).The samples of Petrol Fuels, Diesel Fuel, and Gas Oil are taken each month during the year at refueling stations and terminals, according to the „Fuel quality monitoring programme” which is under the responsibility of Ministry of Environment and Energy. Ministry of Environment and Energy sets out “Fuel quality monitoring programme” of current year for the next year. According to the national legislation which transposed the Fuel Quality Directive, the distributors are penalized in case of any exceedance of prescribed fuel quality. Enforcement is under responsibility of Market Inspection (Ministry of Economy, Republic of Croatia). Penalties are included in the Air Protection Law (OG No. 130/11, 47/14).According to the national legislation which transposed the FQM Directive, the distributors are penalized in case of not submitting data to the National database established by Croatian Agency for Environment and Nature. Enforcement is under responsibility of Environmental Inspection (Ministry of Environment and Energy, Republic of Croatia).Penalties are included in the Air Protection Law (OG No. 130/11, 47/14).",
2017,Cyprus,16th April to 15th October,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,SAME AS PREVIOUS YEAR,
2017,Czech Republic,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"The fuel samples were tested monthly throughout the year 2017 for diesel and petrol quality as for Motorova Nafta and petrol like Special BA-91, Super BA-95, and Super Plus BA-98. This controlling process of all fuel samples was carried out in cooperation with the Czech Trade Inspection Authority (CTIA) and Accredited Inspection and Certification Authority SGS for laboratory testing of all samples of liquid and gas fuels. The essential fuel samples were tested in accordance with European standards EN 228 and EN 590 and further amendments to the national standards ČSN EN 228:2013 and ČSN EN 590:2014.The essential fuel samples like petrol and diesel were checked in accordance with Article 3 and 4 of Directive 2009/30/EC including a total number 2318 of fuel samples at the service stations in the whole country, including 1031 samples of petrol and 1287 samples of diesel. In another fuels grade has been found the improvement in the quality e.g. of Ethanol E85 on the 9.1% of non-compliant samples on the Czech market in comparison with the previous year 2016 (it was 14.3% of non-compliant samples). In generally, fuel quality has been improved over the year in compared to 2016. The improvement in the quality fuels has been found for diesel as compared to 2016 from 1.6% to 0.9% of non-compliant samples, but the quality of petrol deteriorated slightly from 0.5% to 1.2% of non-compliant samples. The biodiesel FAME and mixed diesel fuel as high-volume biofuels were not purchased on the Czech market in 2017, therefore their quality monitoring by controlling sampling was not carried out.  The sampling requirements were performed in accordance with amendment to the national standards in compliance with the national and European legislation, which means with minimum number 50 samples of petrol and diesel samples of the season as the basic. The sampling was carried out at the petrol stations throughout the country. ",
2017,Denmark,01/June to 31/August,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,No changes since the last detailed breakdown of the FQM system.,
2017,Estonia,1st of May to 30th of Septemer,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,N/A,
2017,Finland,01/June to 31/August,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,"Legislative basis The supervision of the quality of fuel is based on the Environmental Protection Act 527/2014 (formerly 86/2000), the Government Decree on the quality requirements for petrol and diesel fuel (1206/2010) and an agreement between the Ministry of the Environment and Finnish Customs (38/481/2001). According to the agreement, Finnish Customs prepares a yearly sampling plan, which is to be approved by the Ministry of the Environment. Finnish Customs is in charge of the practical realization of the supervision. The Customs' national organization takes care of taking liquid fuel samples according to the sampling plan, and the samples are analyzed at the Customs Laboratory or by subcontractors whose competence was confirmed. The supervision aims to comply, when applicable, with the requirements of standard SFS-EN 14274:2013 model A three macro regions (see Regional Sampling sheets). Sampling Sampling was done in the whole country  according to the sampling plan following the guidelines of the standard EN 14274:2013 model A. Country was divided to 3 macro-regions with about same sales volume and variability factor (see Regional Sampling sheets). There were 2 refineries and 19 terminals in operation. The number of retail sites in macro regions were about 650, about 750 and about 460, making a total of about 1860. The sampling places were selected randomly, however, ensuring that all distribution chain companies were included. All samples were taken in retail sites. The division of the consumption per macro region is based on total annual consumption of 95 (95 E10) and 98 (98 E5) octane grades. Diesel fuel consumption figures per macro region are for the whole year as well. The sampling was split to winter and summer periods in order to take minimum sample amount in both periods. The grades investigated were unleaded RON 95 (95 E10) and RON 98 (98 E5) octane sulphur free (max. 10 mg/kg) petrol and sulphur free (max. 10 mg/kg) diesel fuel. The fuels were furthermore divided into summer and winter grade. Since the sales for RON 99 octane petrol was small (less than 2%) it was excluded from the actual sampling. Also, there was no quality under RON 95 octane on the market. The sampling aims to comply, when applicable, with the requirements of standard EN 14274:2013. The sampling was done by trained personnel. One litre metal containers and five litre plastic containers approved for this purpose were used as sampling containers. Before the vapour pressure analysis for petrol samples, the sampling containers were cooled according to the requirements of the method.                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Analyses                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              The analyses were conducted at the Customs Laboratory, which is a testing laboratory accredited by FINAS Accreditation Service. For octane and cetane numbers and FAME contents subcontractors whose competence was confirmed were used. Except for the lead and magnase methods, all methods of analysis used (including those subcontracted) were reference methods according to the standards EN 228:2012 and EN 590:2013. The lead method used by the laboratory (determination of lead content in petrol by energydispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy) is a so called screening method. The sensitivity of the method used, however, is much better than the limit indicated in the quality requirements. The average lead content measured in the samples was clearly below the limit set in the quality requirements. If needed, the laboratory has the ability to confirm the lead content of the sample with the EN 237 method according to the directive (Petroleum products. Petrol. Determination of low lead concentrations by atomic absorption spectrometry) in cases where the result is near or exceeds the quality limit. Sulfur of petrol and diesel (EN ISO 20846 method), density of diesel (EN ISO 12185 method) and vapour pressure of petrol (EN 13016-1 method) methods have been accredited by FINAS Accreditation service. Other methods used by the laboratory have been tested and validated according to quality procedure of Customs Laboratory. These test methods are EN ISO 3405 method (distillation of petrol and diesel), EN 12916 method (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons content of diesel), EN ISO 22854 method (aromatics, olefins, benzene, oxygenates and oxygen contents of petrol). Manganese content of petrol was also examined by energydispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy. The laboratory has the ability to confirm the manganese content with the EN 16136 method if necessary. The authenticity and accuracy of the methods used by the laboratory have been verified by the national Round Robin and international PT comparative studies. The determination of RON (EN ISO 5164 method) and MON (EN ISO 5163 method) numbers of petrol, cetane number of diesel (EN ISO 5165 method) and FAME content (EN 14078 method) have been done by external contractor, which also provides the accreditation and/or validation procedure for these methods.Comparative examinationsIn 2017, the Customs Laboratory took part in the Round Robin Finland testing, which performs national inter-laboratory fuel examinations and PT tests organized by IIS (Institute of Interlaboratory Studies). The results of the parameters measured in the tests (sulphur, density, distillation, vapour pressure, lead, aromatics, olefins, benzene, oxygenates and oxygen) were acceptable. In 2001 - 2016 the laboratory has also taken part in these tests with acceptable results.",
2017,France,"May, 1st to September, 30 th",N,,L,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,"Comme signalé en 2017, la France a recours au modèle A de la norme EN 14274 depuis le 1er janvier 2015. Depuis cette même date, le prestataire qui effectue les prélèvements et les analyses pour le compte de la Direction de l'Énergie est la société SGS France, sélectionnée par appel d'offre en juillet 2014. Le marché couvert par l’appel d’offre de juillet 2014 court jusqu’à la fin 2018. un nouvel appel d’offre sera lancé en 2018 pour couvrir la période 2019 – 2022",
2017,Germany,1st May to 30th September,N,,L,EN 14274 Statistical Model B,"The Tenth Ordinance on the Implementation of the Federal Immission Control Act (Ordinance on the Quality and Labelling of Fuels) of 8 December 2010 (Federal Law Gazette BGBl. I, p. 1849) as last amended by Article 1 of the Ordinance of 1. December 2014 (Federal Law Gazette BGBl. I, p. 1890) transposes 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) as last amended by Directive (EU) 2015/1513 (OJ L 239, 15.9.2015, p. 1) and Council Directive (EU) 2016/802 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 relating to a reduction in the sulphur content of certain liquid fuels.  The Tenth Ordinance on the Implementation of the Federal Immission Control Act (BImSchV) lays down the requirements for labelling and the quality of fuels by determining European standards as minimum requirements or German standards where no European standards exist for the fuel in question. The ordinance regulates the characteristics for the following fuels: petrol fuels, diesel fuels, bio diesel, ethanol fuel (E85), liquid fuel, natural gas, biogas used as fuel, vegetable oil fuel (rape seed) and vegetable oil fuel (all seeds or oils fruits). For this report, only petrol and diesel fuels are of interest. For the review of parameters we refer to the standards specified in Annexes I and II to Directive 98/70/EC of 13 October 1998.The 10th BImSchV is supplemented by a general administrative regulation (General Administrative Regulation on the Implementation of the Ordinance on the Quality and Labelling of Fuels of 4 September 2012). The general administrative regulation ensures a nationwide uniform application, for example regarding the sampling and testing of fuel samples and measures in case of infringements. The limit values for compliance in the general administrative regulation are consistent with the tolerance limit of 95%. The administrative regulation also lists measures in case of infringements, distribution of costs and appeal procedures. In a first step it must be determined who is responsible for the insufficient quality of the fuel in question. A fine will be imposed if the distributor can be proven guilty of fraud or negligence.Regarding the minimum number of samples to be taken for the respective fuel, reference is made to DIN EN 14274 (Automotive fuels - Assessment of petrol and diesel quality - Fuel Quality Monitoring (FQMS); German version EN 14274:2004-05, May 2004). The quality of petrol and diesel fuels is tested by the competent authorities of the Länder. The overall monitoring of fuel quality also falls within the responsibilities of the competent Länder authorities, which are district administrations, lower administrative authorities, districts and non-district or independent municipalities. The method for selecting fuel stations may be rotation, random selection or another way, taking into account population distribution and regional aspects.  The Länder submit their findings to the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) where they are summarised in a report. The report is then forwarded to the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, and to the European Commission.DIN EN 14274 (Annex C) lays down that model B applies to Germany (non-macro region): Germany is divided into 16 political regions (Bundesländer) which do not comply with fuel distribution patterns. As Germany is categorised as a large country with regard to FQMS, the minimum number of samples is 200 per fuel and period (summer, winter). The share in sampling for the various regions and the resulting number of samples is stipulated in the General Administrative Regulation on the 10th BImSchV, Annex 20. For the fuels with less than 10% market share DIN EN 14274-2003 (D) defines a smaller number of samples. Please find additional information on the number of samples for fuels with minor market shares for each region at http://www.verwaltungsvorschriften-im-internet.de/pdf/BMU-IGI6-20120904-SF-A020.pdf . ",
2017,Greece,1st May  to 30th September ,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,"The sampling system was implemented in Greek law by article 9 of the State Supreme Chemical Council Decision No. 316/2010 (Government Gazette 501/B/2012), and Decision No.77/2016 (Government Gazette  4217/Β/2016).",
2017,Hungary,01/May to 01/September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,No changes facilitated to FQMS in Hungary.,
2017,Ireland,1st June to 31st August,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,Samples are taken by the Irish Petroleum Industry Association at service stations and are analysed by ITS Testing Services (UK) Ltd.  Results are reported to the Department by the Irish Petroleum Industry Association. ,
2017,Italy,1st May to 30th September,N,,L,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,No changes have been made to the system,
2017,Latvia,1st June to 31st August,N,,S,National System,"The State Revenue Service is responsible for supervision of the fuel market in accordance with paragraph 15 of Cabinet Regulation No.332 adopted on 26 September 2000 „Requirements for Conformity Assessment of Petrol and Diesel Fuel”. In 2017 national system was used. According to the latest amandments in Cabinet Regulation No.332 that came into force on 1st April, 2018 supervision of the fuel market shall comply with the standard LVS EN 14274: 2013 ""Automotive fuel. Petrol and diesel quality assessment. Fuel Quality Monitoring System (FQMS).  Latvia has been using petrol with a vapour pressure of 70kPa historically and such petrol is currently in use. The Commission raises no objection to the notification from the Republic of Latvia to permit the placing on the market during the summer period of petrol with a maximum vapour pressure of 70kPa (derogation) until the end of 2020.  ",
2017,Lithuania,1st of May to 30th of September,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"In Lithuania the Lithuanian standard LST EN 14274, wich has been fully taken from European standard EN 14274, is in use.",
2017,Luxembourg,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,National System,"In 2015, Luxembourg used the Fuel Quality  Monitoring System Model C as defined in EN 14274 and the Luxembourgish Environmental Administration let elaborate a study of the impact of sample size on FQMS reliability. The study confirms that a sample size of 31  (Petrol, per grade, Diesel) instead of 50 gives a sufficient statistical evidence of realibility. The study was sent to the European Commission in november 2015. This sample size of 31 was used as the minimum number of samples taken for 2016 for each grade and season.",
2017,Malta,normal to normal,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"Malta will be reporting unleaded petrol RON 98 (minimum RON  >= 98)  for year 2017. The market share of this petrol grade is below the 10% therefore when calculating for the total number of samples required yearly, this results to a minimum of five samples. The samples are taken from refuelling stations. ",
2017,Netherlands,01/May to 30/September,,,0,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,The Netherlands has 12 provinces. It was decided to take samples at fuel service stations from various oil companies. Samples has been taken in each province at bases of the population and the number of fuel stations of each province. This had been resulted in a total of 100 checks divide between summer and winter.,
2017,Poland,1st May to 30 th September,N,,L,EN 14274 Statistical Model B,"Polska przyjęła system monitorowania jakości paliw określony w normie EN 14 274 Paliwa do pojazdów samochodowych – Ocena jakości benzyn i olejów napędowych – System monitoringu jakości paliw (FQMS) – model B - z uwzględnieniem specyfiki warunków polskich. Zgodnie z rozporządzeniem w sprawie sposobu monitorowania, minimalna liczba próbek pobieranych w celu monitorowania w poszczególnych okresach monitorowania wynosi 100 w odniesieniu do każdego gatunku paliwa.Biorąc pod uwagę specyfikę polskiego rynku paliw ciekłych, w szczególności z uwagi na małą dostępność na polskich stacjach benzyny bezołowiowej RON 98, w rozporządzeniu w sprawie sposobu monitorowania, minimalna liczba próbek dla tego gatunku paliwa, dla każdego okresu monitorowania wynosi 30, a nie 100, jak określono w normie EN 14 274.  Jednocześnie z uwagi na fakt, iż w Polsce w przeciągu kilku poprzednich lat roczna konsumpcja paliwa przekroczyła wartość 15 mln ton, co klasyfikuje Polskę jako kraj duży, oraz w związku z uwagami KE dotyczącymi zbyt małej liczby pobieranych próbek, podwojono liczbę próbek pobierając po 200 próbek oleju napędowego i benzyny RON 95 oraz po 60 próbek benzyny RON 98 w poszczególnych okresach monitorowania. ",
2017,Portugal,01/May to 30/September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"Of the total of 1147 analyzes conducted at service stations, 1082 correspond to summer and winter periods (502- IO.95, 28- IO.98 and 552 diesel) .The remaining 65 were carried out  in the intermediate period (April/October), so they are not considered in FQMS.",
2017,Romania,1st of May to 30th of September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model B,"In the process of transposing EU legislation in national legislation was adopted the Government Decision no.928/2012 regarding the establishment of marketing of gasoline and diesel, modified and completed by Government Decision no.1308/2012 and Government Decision no.1121/2013.The qualitative and quantitative monitoring system for petrol and diesel, sold by service stations, is approved by Order of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Business Environment no.2459/2012, who replaced Order.no.742/2004 and Order no.58/2006.Sampling activity (sampling and analysis) of petrol and diesel is made by testing laboratories, product certification bodies or third party inspection bodies recognized for this purpose by the Ministry. Recognition is made after a trial assessment, based on the following criteria set forth in Annex 1 of the Order no.2459/2012: * be accredited for testing, field/cerification schemes on the quality of petrol and diesel; *to have liability insurance; *to demonstrate its own sampling capability, equipped with appropriate equipment to perform tests according to the methods stipulated in Government Decision no.928/2012, amended and supplemented.According to Order no.2459/2012 in the monitoring system of petrol and diesel, work sampling is done at least two bodies. The list containing the two above mentioned organizations recognizes for the sampling activity of petrol and diesel is approved by Ministerial Order no.527/2006, and the bodies are SC ROMPETROL QUALITY CONTROL SRL and SC ROMCONTROL SA, both acredited EN ISO/CEI 17025 to perform physico-chemical testing and analisys for fuels.  By the order no.447/26.05.2014 was recognised another two bodies for the sampling activity of petrol and diesel: SC LUKOIL Romania SRL and SGS Romania SA. The sampling activity of petrol and diesel was negotiated  with the four recognized bodies. From 2016 the negotiation was replaced with a new SEAP Auction Procedure, managed by the Digital Agenda Agency of Romania (AADR) is personal data operator A.N.S.P.D.C.P. no.9794 registered in accordance with Law no. 677/2001. Based on the results as ""qualitative and quantitative monitoring system for petrol and diesel"" the National Annual Report is prepared. This report which contains information on petrol and diesel quality and the quantity of petrol and diesel sold on previous year. Framework for presenting the report is provided by the prevision of the Ministerial Order no.662/2004 establishing a common format for submission of national annual report concerning fuel quality placed on the market, which fully transposes Decision no.2002/159/EC. Romania is divided in 8 regions. Samples were taken at filling stations that deliver fuel to private and commercial users; fuel was provided to the stations by oil companies(local, national and international). Therefore samples were taken over the identified regions. Since the total amount of petrol and diesel used in Romania was below 15 million tonnes in 2013, Romania is regarded as a small country(European Standard EN 14274:2003, paragraph 3.2). In november 2012, was approved the Order of the minister od economy, trade and business environment no.2458/2012 for the approval of form of presentations  of information regarding total quantities of petrol and diesel placed on the market, detailed on types and development regions of Romania, by the producers, importers and distributors of petrol and diesel.   ",
2017,Slovakia,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"During the time period of 2017:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          no derogations since the last FQMS report,                                                                                                                                                                                                                - no significant changes to sampling quantities/location since the last detailed FQM report,                                                                                                                                        - no delays to provision of the annual fuel quality data report.",
2017,Slovenia,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,The fuel quality monitoring system in Slovenia was not changed in previous years.,
2017,Spain,(*) to (*),N,,L,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,Summer and winter periods are different for diesel and gasoline:Diesel:      winter from 01-10 to 30-03.  Summer from 01-04 to 30-09.  Gasoline:  winter from 01-10 to 30-04.   Summer from 01-05 to 30-09 ,
2017,Sweden,1 May South; 16 May North to 15 Sep North; 31 Aug North,A,,S,National System,"In 2013 Sweden, for the first time, gave a detailed breakdown of the national Fuel Quality Monitoring System in the tab Detailed FQMS including the data from 2012. No major changes, of the national monitoring system, have been made since then except for a few clarifications in the explanatory text. Firstly, the relationship between the number of samples at terminals and the number of crosscheckings at actual  refuelling stations has been described in more detail in the text in the tabs Detailed FQMS. It is also described there where the refuelling stations, where the samples were taken in 2017, are situated. This is according to an agreement between the European Commission, Directorate-General Climate action and the Swedish Ministry of the Environment and Energy, in October 2014, by reason of EU-pilot 6321/14/CLIM. Secondly, the regulation TSFS 2011:66 from the Swedish Transport Agency has been supplemented by appropriate information to customers concerning the biofuel, in particular FAME, content of diesel fuel in Article 4.1 of the FQM Directive 98/70/EC. This amendment is called TSFS 2015:14. Thirdly, an amendment of the Act (Drivmedelslag (2011:319) has also been made to incorporate the limit of 2 mg per litre of metylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl (MMT in diesel fuel according to article 8a.2). This is described in the text in the tab Detailed FQMS/National legislation that transposed the FQD.                                                                                                                                                                                                                       In addition to this is a new source for the volumes reported under “Sales” used since the reporting of the 2015 year data. Up to the 2014 year data the volumes came from SCB, Statistics Sweden. The present source is The Swedish Energy Agency through correspondence. The reason for this change is preparation to comply with Article 5.1 of COUNCIL DIRECTIVE (EU) 2015/652 saying; when submitting reports to the Commission under Article 8(3) of Directive 98/70/EC, Member States shall provide the Commission with data related to compliance with Article 7a of that Directive, as defined in Annex III to this Directive. The Swedish Transport Agency is responsible for reporting according to article 8(3) of Directive 98/70/EC i.e. this FQMS report and The Swedish Energy Agency is responsible for Article 7a reporting. ",
2017,UK,1st June to 31st August,A,,L,National System,"There has been no changes to the UK's national monitoring system, with quantities and locations similar to those of previous years. There have been no further derogations received since the last detailed FQMS report.The UK fuel quality monitoring system makes use of industry quality analyses on batches of fuel produced in, or imported into, the UK, plus samples taken at distribution terminals and forecourts (to check for contamination in the distribution network). Due to the very large number of samples involved, this approach provides an equivalent, or greater, degree of confidence to EN 14274.",
2018,Austria,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,No changes were made - no update necessary ,
2018,Belgium,1 May  to 30 September,A,,S,National System,Any change to the national monitoring system used,
2018,Bulgaria,16-th April to 15-th October,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,"There had not been significant changes in the monitoring system since the last reporting period.The ones carried out were:I. Annual update of the system with locations to be inspected based on data given by the National Revenue Agency. For 2018 the Annual Plan for inspecting locations distributing liquid fuels was developed on the basis of a list of 3 714 refueling stations with the following regional allocation:- Northwest region including districts Vidin, Vratsa, Lovech, Montana and Pleven – 476 refueling stations.- Central north region including districts Veliko Tarnovo, Gabrovo, Razgrad, Ruse and Silistra – 448 refueling stations.- Northeast region including districts Varna, Dobrich, Targovishte and Shumen – 520 refueling stations.- Southeast region including districts Burgas, Sliven, Stara Zagora and Yambol – 613 refueling stations.- Southwest region including districts Blagoevgrad, Kyustendil, Pernik, Sofia district and Sofia city – 859 refueling stations.- Central south region including districts Kardzhali, Pazardzhik, Plovdiv, Smolyan and Haskovo – 798 refueling stations.II. Extending the scope of accreditation for the laboratories of DG QCLF.In 2018, the Testing Laboratory of liquid fuels, lubricants and additives (TL LFLA) extended the scope of its accreditation with four parameters, as follows:1. “Permanently sited laboratory – Sofia” for “Benzene content” by BDS EN ISO 22854;2. “Permanently sited laboratory – Sofia” for “Hydrocarbon groups’ content” by BDS EN ISO 22854;3. “Permanently sited laboratory – Sofia” for “Oxygen content and oxygenates” by BDS EN ISO 22854;4. “Permanently sited laboratory – Sofia” for “Manganese content” in diesel fuel by BDS EN16576.III. Amendment of the Law of Renewable Energy Sources.Since 1 September 2018 the requirement for the content of bioethanol and/or ethers, produced from biomass, in petrol had been minimum 8% by volume.",
2018,Croatia,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,No change have been made to the system.,
2018,Cyprus,16th April to 15th October,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,SAME AS PREVIOUS YEAR,
2018,Czech Republic,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"The fuel samples were tested monthly throughout the year 2018 for diesel and petrol quality as for Motorova Nafta and petrol like Special BA-91, Super BA-95, and Super Plus BA-98. This control process of all fuel samples was carried out in cooperation with the Czech Trade Inspection Authority (CTIA) and Accredited Inspection and Certification Authority SGS for laboratory testing of all samples of liquid and gas fuels. The basic fuel samples were tested in accordance with European standards EN 228 and EN 590 and further amendments to the national standards for petrol ČSN EN 228:2013 + A1 2018 and diesel ČSN EN 590:2014. The amendment of petrol standard from the last year specifies two types of unleaded petrol, it means one with a maximum oxygen content 3.7 % (m/m) with the maximum of ethanol content of 10% (V/V), and the type for older vehicles, which are guaranteed by the use of unleaded petrol with a high biofuel content with a maximum oxygen content 2.7% and a maximum ethanol content of 5% (V/V). The basic fuel samples like petrol and diesel were checked in accordance with Article 3 and 4 of Directive 2009/30/EC including a total number 2295 of fuel samples at the service stations in the whole country, including 1005 samples of petrol and 1290 samples of diesel. In another fuels grade has been found the improvement in the quality e.g. of Ethanol E85 on the 0. 0 % of non-compliant samples on the Czech market in comparison with the previous year 2017 (it was 9.1 % of non-compliant samples). In generally, fuel quality has been improved over the year in compared to 2017. The improvement in the quality fuels has been found for diesel as compared to 2017 from 0.9 % to 0.7 % of non-compliant samples, but the quality of petrol deteriorated slightly from 1.2 % to 1.9 % of non-compliant samples. The biodiesel FAME and mixed diesel fuel as high-volume biofuels were not purchased on the Czech market in 2018, therefore their quality monitoring by controlling sampling was not carried out.  The sampling requirements were performed in accordance with amendment to the national standards in compliance with the national and European legislation, which means with minimum number 50 samples of petrol and diesel samples of the season as the basic. The sampling was carried out at the petrol stations throughout the country. ",
2018,Denmark,1st June to 31 st August,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,No changes since the last detailed breakdown of the FQM system.,
2018,Estonia,1st of May to 30th of Septemer,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"For year 2018, FQMS contract has been changed compared with previous years between Estonian Environmental Research Centre and Ministry of the Environment. Biggest change is regarding the sampling plan and samples taken in different months. For the first time samples during transitional periods are taken to monitor fuel quality during throughout the year.Alltogether 530 samples were taken which were divided as follows: 170 gasoline samples during summer70 gasoline samples during winter70 gasoline samples during transition periods120 diesel samples during summer50 diesel samples during winter50 diesel samples during transition periods",
2018,Finland,1 June to 31 August,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,"The detailed breakdown of the Fuel Quality Monitoring System is described in FQMS&Sampling sheet.  Deviations, in any particular year, from the  detailed FQMS or changes to system are described here. In 2018, the Customs Laboratory took part in the Round Robin Finland testing, which performs national inter-laboratory fuel examinations and PT tests organized by IIS (Institute for Interlaboratory Studies). The results of the parameters measured in the tests (sulphur, density, distillation, FAME content, vapour pressure, lead, manganese, aromatics, olefins, benzene, oxygenates and oxygen) were acceptable. In 2001 - 2017 the laboratory has also taken part in these tests with acceptable results.  ",
2018,France,"May, 1st to September, 30 th",N,,L,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,"Comme signalé en 2018, la France a recours au modèle A de la norme EN 14274 depuis le 1er janvier 2015. Un prestataire, sélectionné par un appel doffre dune durée de quatre ans maximum, effectue les prélèvements et les analyses pour le compte de la Direction de lÉnergie. La société SGS France, sélectionnée par appel doffre en juillet 2014 était en charge des prélèvements jusquà la fin 2018. Un nouvel appel d’offre a été  lancé courant  2018 pour couvrir la période 2019 – 2022.  La société SGS France a remporté lappel doffre et restera donc notre prestataire pour la période 2019 - 2022.Compte-tenu de l’éloignement des départements d’outre-mer français, la mise en œuvre des contrôles y est plus difficile quen métropole et surtout plus coûteuse, il a été décidé de ne contrôler ces départements que tous les deux ans.  En 2018, les contrôles ont été réalisés à La Réunion et à Mayotte, ",
2018,Germany,1st May to 30th September,N,,L,EN 14274 Statistical Model B,"The Tenth Ordinance on the Implementation of the Federal Immission Control Act (Ordinance on the Quality and Labelling of Fuels) of 8 December 2010 (Federal Law Gazette BGBl. I, p. 1849) as last amended by Article 1 of the Ordinance of 1. December 2014 (Federal Law Gazette BGBl. I, p. 1890) transposes 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) as last amended by Directive (EU) 2015/1513 (OJ L 239, 15.9.2015, p. 1) and Council Directive (EU) 2016/802 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 relating to a reduction in the sulphur content of certain liquid fuels.  The Tenth Ordinance on the Implementation of the Federal Immission Control Act (BImSchV) lays down the requirements for labelling and the quality of fuels by determining European standards as minimum requirements or German standards where no European standards exist for the fuel in question. The ordinance regulates the characteristics for the following fuels: petrol fuels, diesel fuels, bio diesel, ethanol fuel (E85), liquid fuel, natural gas, biogas used as fuel, vegetable oil fuel (rape seed) and vegetable oil fuel (all seeds or oils fruits). For this report, only petrol and diesel fuels are of interest. For the review of parameters we refer to the standards specified in Annexes I and II to Directive 98/70/EC of 13 October 1998.The 10th BImSchV is supplemented by a general administrative regulation (General Administrative Regulation on the Implementation of the Ordinance on the Quality and Labelling of Fuels of 4 September 2012). The general administrative regulation ensures a nationwide uniform application, for example regarding the sampling and testing of fuel samples and measures in case of infringements. The limit values for compliance in the general administrative regulation are consistent with the tolerance limit of 95%. The administrative regulation also lists measures in case of infringements, distribution of costs and appeal procedures. In a first step it must be determined who is responsible for the insufficient quality of the fuel in question. A fine will be imposed if the distributor can be proven guilty of fraud or negligence.Regarding the minimum number of samples to be taken for the respective fuel, reference is made to DIN EN 14274 (Automotive fuels - Assessment of petrol and diesel quality - Fuel Quality Monitoring (FQMS); German version EN 14274:2004-05, May 2004). The quality of petrol and diesel fuels is tested by the competent authorities of the Länder. The overall monitoring of fuel quality also falls within the responsibilities of the competent Länder authorities, which are district administrations, lower administrative authorities, districts and non-district or independent municipalities. The method for selecting fuel stations may be rotation, random selection or another way, taking into account population distribution and regional aspects.  The Länder submit their findings to the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) where they are summarised in a report. The report is then forwarded to the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, and to the European Commission.DIN EN 14274 (Annex C) lays down that model B applies to Germany (non-macro region): Germany is divided into 16 political regions (Bundesländer) which do not comply with fuel distribution patterns. As Germany is categorised as a large country with regard to FQMS, the minimum number of samples is 200 per fuel and period (summer, winter). The share in sampling for the various regions and the resulting number of samples is stipulated in the General Administrative Regulation on the 10th BImSchV, Annex 20. For the fuels with less than 10% market share DIN EN 14274-2003 (D) defines a smaller number of samples. Please find additional information on the number of samples for fuels with minor market shares for each region at http://www.verwaltungsvorschriften-im-internet.de/pdf/BMU-IGI6-20120904-SF-A020.pdf . ",
2018,Greece,1st May  to 30th September ,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,"The sampling system was implemented in Greek law by article 9 of the State Supreme Chemical Council Decision No. 316/2010 (Government Gazette 501/B/2012), and Decision No.77/2016 (Government Gazette  4217/Β/2016).",
2018,Hungary,"May 1, 2018 to Sept 30, 2018.",N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,No changes facilitated to FQMS in Hungary.,
2018,Iceland,1 June to 31 August,A,,S,National System,Nothing to mention in this regard. No delay should happen.,
2018,Ireland,6/1/2019 12:00:00 AM to 8/31/2019 12:00:00 AM,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,Samples are taken by the Irish Petroleum Industry Association at service stations and are analysed by ITS Testing Services (UK) Ltd.  Results are reported to the Department by the Irish Petroleum Industry Association. ,
2018,Italy,1st May to 30th September,N,,L,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,No change have been made to the system,
2018,Latvia,1st June to 31st August,A,,S,National System, The State Revenue Service is responsible for supervision of the fuel market in accordance with paragraph 15 of Cabinet Regulation No.332 adopted on 26 September 2000 „Requirements for Conformity Assessment of Petrol and Diesel Fuel”.  Draft regulation has been prepared and is waiting approval (will be reviewed in autumn 2019) from the government to transfer fuel quality monitoring functions to institution that is supervised by the Ministry of Economics. ,
2018,Lithuania,1st of May to 30th of September,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"In Lithuania the Lithuanian standard LST EN 14274, wich has been fully taken from European standard EN 14274, is in use.",
2018,Luxembourg,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,National System,"In 2015, Luxembourg used the Fuel Quality  Monitoring System Model C as defined in EN 14274 and the Luxembourgish Environmental Administration let elaborate a study of the impact of sample size on FQMS reliability. The study confirms that a sample size of 31  (Petrol, per grade, Diesel) instead of 50 gives a sufficient statistical evidence of realibility. The study was sent to the European Commission in november 2015. This sample size of 31 was used as the minimum number of samples taken for 2016 for each grade and season.",
2018,Malta,normal to normal,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,No additional information to that reported in year 2017.,
2018,Netherlands,5/1/2017 12:00:00 AM to 9/30/2017 12:00:00 AM,N,,,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,The Netherlands has 12 provinces. It was decided to take samples at fuel service stations from various oil companies. Samples has been taken in each province at bases of the population and the number of fuel stations of each province. This had been resulted in a total of 100 checks divide between summer and winter.,
2018,Norway,6/1/2019 12:00:00 AM to 8/31/2019 12:00:00 AM,A,,S,National System,"Description of fuel quality monitoring system:In Norway the fuel quality monitoring system today is based on data from the Certificates of Quality. Random samples (32 in summer and 32 in the winter period) were collected at service stations. In the summer period (July-August) the samples were taken in the west of Norway (Rogaland, Hordaland and Sogn & Fjordane) and the in the winter period (November-December) the samples were taken in the north of Norway (Nordland, Troms and Finnmark). ",
2018,Poland,1st May to 30 th September,N,,L,EN 14274 Statistical Model B,"Polska przyjęła system monitorowania jakości paliw określony w normie EN 14 274 Paliwa do pojazdów samochodowych – Ocena jakości benzyn i olejów napędowych – System monitoringu jakości paliw (FQMS) – model B - z uwzględnieniem specyfiki warunków polskich. Zgodnie z rozporządzeniem w sprawie sposobu monitorowania, minimalna liczba próbek pobieranych w celu monitorowania w poszczególnych okresach monitorowania wynosi 100 w odniesieniu do każdego gatunku paliwa.Biorąc pod uwagę specyfikę polskiego rynku paliw ciekłych, w szczególności z uwagi na małą dostępność na polskich stacjach benzyny bezołowiowej RON 98, w rozporządzeniu w sprawie sposobu monitorowania, minimalna liczba próbek dla tego gatunku paliwa, dla każdego okresu monitorowania wynosi 30, a nie 100, jak określono w normie EN 14 274.  Jednocześnie z uwagi na fakt, iż w Polsce w przeciągu kilku poprzednich lat roczna konsumpcja paliwa przekroczyła wartość 15 mln ton, co klasyfikuje Polskę jako kraj duży, oraz w związku z uwagami KE dotyczącymi zbyt małej liczby pobieranych próbek, podwojono liczbę próbek pobierając po 200 próbek oleju napędowego i benzyny RON 95 oraz po 60 próbek benzyny RON 98 w poszczególnych okresach monitorowania. ",
2018,Portugal,1 May to 30 September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"Of the total of 1110 analyzes conducted at service stations, 1057 correspond to summer and winter periods (467- IO.95, 55- IO.98 and 535 diesel) .The remaining 53 were carried out  in the intermediate period (April/October), so they are not considered in FQMS.    ",
2018,Romania,5/1/2018 12:00:00 AM to 9/30/2018 12:00:00 AM,A,,S,,"Reporting for Romania for 2018 is unique due to the transitional characteristics of this year from the reporting under the Government Decisions no. 928/2012 and 935/2011 to the reporting under the new Emergency Government Decision no. 80/2018 and Law no. 311/2018, with the additional specifications of Order of the Ministry of Energy nr. 569/2019. The new legislation introduced a derogation for the winter period - a lower percent of FAME during winter -, but with the obligation of keeping the mass when the calculation for the whole year.Romania sampled for diesel a total of 108 samples, composed of 100 samples for diesel CC 51 and 8 samples for diesel CC 55.",
2018,Slovakia,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"During the time period of 2018:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          no derogations since the last FQMS report,                                                                                                                                                                                                                - no significant changes to sampling quantities/location since the last detailed FQM report,                                                                                                                                        - no delays to provision of the annual fuel quality data report",
2018,Slovenia,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,The fuel quality monitoring system in Slovenia was not changed in previous years.,
2018,Spain,(*) to (*),A,,L,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,Summer and winter periods are different for diesel and gasoline:Diesel:      winter from 01-10 to 30-03.  Summer from 01-04 to 30-09.  Gasoline:  winter from 01-10 to 30-04.   Summer from 01-05 to 30-09 ,
2018,Sweden,1 May South; 16 May North to 15 Sep South; 31 Aug North,A,,S,National System,"In 2013 Sweden, for the first time, gave a detailed breakdown of the national Fuel Quality Monitoring System in the tab Detailed FQMS including the data from 2012. No major changes, of the national monitoring system, have been made since then except for a few clarifications in the explanatory text. Firstly, the relationship between the number of samples at terminals and the number of crosscheckings at actual  refuelling stations has been described in more detail in the text in the tab Detailed FQMS/SAMPLING. It is now also described where the refuelling stations, where the samples were taken in 2018, are situated. This is according to an agreement between the European Commission, Directorate-General Climate action and the Swedish Ministry of the Environment and Energy, in October 2014, by reason of EU-pilot 6321/14/CLIM. Secondly, the regulation TSFS 2011:66 from the Swedish Transport Agency has been supplemented by appropriate information to customers concerning the biofuel, in particular FAME, content of diesel fuel in Article 4.1 of the FQM Directive 98/70/EC. This amendment is called TSFS 2015:14. Thirdly, an amendment of the Act (Drivmedelslag (2011:319) has also been made to incorporate the limit of 2 mg per litre of metylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl (MMT in diesel fuel according to article 8a.2). This is described in the text in the tab Detailed FQMS/National legislation that transposed the FQD.The present source for the volumes reported under “Sales” is The Swedish Energy Agency through correspondence. Up to the 2014 year data the volumes came from SCB, Statistics Sweden.The reason for this change in 2015 is to comply with Article 5.1 of COUNCIL DIRECTIVE (EU) 2015/652 saying; when submitting reports to the Commission under Article 8(3) of Directive 98/70/EC, Member States shall provide the Commission with data related to compliance with Article 7a of that Directive, as defined in Annex III to this Directive. The Swedish Transport Agency is responsible for reporting according to article 8(3) of Directive 98/70/EC i.e. this FQMS report and The Swedish Energy Agency is responsible for Article 7a reporting. ",
2018,UK,1st June to 31st August,A,,L,National System,"There has been no changes to the UKs national monitoring system, with quantities and locations similar to those of previous years. There have been no further derogations received since the last detailed FQMS report.The UK fuel quality monitoring system makes use of industry quality analyses on batches of fuel produced in, or imported into, the UK, plus samples taken at distribution terminals and forecourts (to check for contamination in the distribution network). Due to the very large number of samples involved, this approach provides an equivalent, or greater, degree of confidence to EN 14274.",
2019,Austria,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,No changes were made - no update necessary ,
2019,Belgium,May 1 to September 30,A,,S,National System,N/A,
2019,Bulgaria,16-th April to 15-th October,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,"There have not been significant changes in the monitoring system since the last reporting period.The only ones carried out were:I. Annual update of the system with locations to be inspected based on data given by the National Revenue Agency. For 2019 the Annual Plan for inspecting locations distributing liquid fuels was developed on the basis of a list of 3603 refueling stations with the following regional allocation:- Northwest region including districts Vidin, Vratsa, Lovech, Montana and Pleven – 473 refueling stations.- Central north region including districts Veliko Tarnovo, Gabrovo, Razgrad, Ruse and Silistra – 444 refueling stations.- Northeast region including districts Varna, Dobrich, Targovishte and Shumen – 502 refueling stations.- Southeast region including districts Burgas, Sliven, Stara Zagora and Yambol – 595 refueling stations.- Southwest region including districts Blagoevgrad, Kyustendil, Pernik, Sofia district and Sofia city – 841 refueling stations.- Central south region including districts Kardzhali, Pazardzhik, Plovdiv, Smolyan and Haskovo – 748 refueling stations.II. Energy from Renewable Sources Act.Since 1 March 2019 the requirement for the content of bioethanol and/or ethers, produced from biomass, in petrol had been minimum 9 % by volume.Since 1 April 2019 the requirement for the content of biodiesel in diesel had been minimum 6 % by volume and minimum one percent by volume of biodiesel to be a new generation biofuel.",
2019,Croatia,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,No change have been made to the system.,
2019,Cyprus,16/4/2019 0:00:00 to 15/10/2019 0:00:00,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,SAME AS PREVIOUS YEAR,
2019,Czech Republic,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"The fuel samples were tested monthly throughout the year 2019 focused on the quality of diesel and petrol labeled/named as Motorova Nafta and petrol like Super BA-95, and Super Plus BA-98 and next alternative fuels, which were sold on petrol stations in whole country. The fuel grade as Special BA-91 is not exist on the Czech market this year not anymore. This control process of all fuel samples was carried out in cooperation with the Czech Trade Inspection Authority (CTIA) and Accredited Inspection and Certification Authority SGS for laboratory testing of all samples of liquid and gas fuels. The basic fuel samples were tested in accordance with European standards EN 228 and EN 590 and further amendments to the national standards for petrol ČSN EN 228:2013 + A1 2018 and diesel ČSN EN 590:2014. The amendment of petrol standard from the last year specifies two types of unleaded petrol, it means one with a maximum oxygen content 3.7 % (m/m) with the maximum of ethanol content of 10% (V/V), and the type for older vehicles, which are guaranteed by the use of unleaded petrol with a high biofuel content with a maximum oxygen content 2.7% and a maximum ethanol content of 5% (V/V). The basic fuel samples like petrol and diesel were checked in accordance with Article 3 and 4 of Directive 2009/30/EC including a total number 2312 of fuel samples at the service stations in the whole country, including 1010 samples of petrol and 1302 samples of diesel plus 6 samples of diesel, arctic clima. In another fuels grade was found similar quality e.g. of Ethanol E85 it was the 1. 0 % of non-compliant samples on the Czech controlling system in comparison with the previous year 2018 (it was 0.0 % of non-compliant samples).In generally, fuel quality has been similar over the year in compared to 2018. The improvement in the quality fuels has been found for diesel as compared to 2018 from 0.7 % to 0.2 % of non-compliant samples and the quality of petrol improved too from 1.9 % to 1.2 % of non-compliant samples. The biodiesel FAME and mixed diesel fuel as high-volume biofuels were not purchased on the Czech market in 2019 as in the year 2018, therefore their quality monitoring by controlling sampling was not carried out.The sampling requirements were performed in accordance with amendment to the national standards in compliance with the national and European legislation, which means with minimum number 50 samples of petrol and diesel samples of the season as the basic. The sampling was carried out at the petrol stations throughout the country. ",
2019,Denmark,1st June to 31st August,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,The National System is Model C.The number of sampels is:- Min. 50 samples in the sommer periode for each fuel grade with a marked share greater than 10 %.- Min. 50 samples in the winther periode for each fuel grade with a marked share greater than 10 %.- Min. 50 samples in the summer period for diesel fuel.- Min. 50 samples in the winther period for diesel fuelFor each fuel grade with a mared share less than 10 % the number of samples is calculated according to EN 14274.,
2019,Estonia,1st of May to 30th of Septemer,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"For year 2019, FQMS contract has been changed compared with previous years between Estonian Environmental Research Centre and Ministry of the Environment. Biggest change is regarding the sampling plan and samples taken in different months. For the second year, samples during transitional periods are taken to monitor fuel quality during throughout the year.Alltogether 539 samples were taken which were divided as follows: 170 gasoline samples during summer75 gasoline samples during winter70 gasoline samples during transition periods120 diesel samples during summer53 diesel samples during winter51 diesel samples during transition periods",
2019,Finland,1 June to 31 August,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,"The detailed breakdown of the Fuel Quality Monitoring System is described in FQMS&Sampling sheet.  Deviations, in any particular year, from the  detailed FQMS or changes to system are described here. In 2019, the Customs Laboratory took part in the Round Robin Finland testing, which performs national inter-laboratory fuel examinations and PT tests organized by IIS (Institute for Interlaboratory Studies). The results of the parameters measured in the tests (sulphur, density, distillation, FAME content, vapour pressure, lead, manganese, aromatics, olefins, benzene, oxygenates and oxygen) were acceptable. In 2001 - 2018 the laboratory has also taken part in these tests with acceptable results.  ",
2019,France,1er mai to 30/9/2020 0:00:00,N,,L,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,,
2019,Germany,1st May to 30th September,N,,L,EN 14274 Statistical Model B,"The Tenth Ordinance on the Implementation of the Federal Immission Control Act (Ordinance on the Quality and Labelling of Fuels) of December 8th 2010 (Federal Law Gazette BGBl. I, p. 1849) that transposes Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of October 13th 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) as last amended by Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 1), has been amended by Article 1 of the Ordinance of December 13th 2019 (Federal Law Gazette BGBl. I, p. 2739)  The ordinance regulates the characteristics for the following fuels: petrol fuels, diesel fuels, bio diesel, ethanol fuel (E85), liquid petroleum fuel, natural gas, biogas used as fuel, vegetable oil fuel (rape seed), vegetable oil fuel (all seeds or oils fruits) and in its current amendment hydrogen used as fuel. Transition period samples are excluded in case of petrol and included in case of diesel. No other changes have been made to the national FQMS.",
2019,Greece,1st May  to 30th September ,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,"The sampling system was implemented in Greek law by article 9 of the State Supreme Chemical Council Decision No. 316/2010 (Government Gazette 501/B/2012), and Decision No.77/2016 (Government Gazette  4217/Β/2016).",
2019,Hungary,"May 1,2019 to Sept 30, 2019",N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,No changes facilitated to FQMS in Hungary.,
2019,Ireland,1/6/2001 0:00:00 to 31/8/2020 0:00:00,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,Samples are taken by the Irish Petroleum Industry Association at service stations and are analysed by ITS Testing Services (UK) Ltd.  Results are reported to the Department by the Irish Petroleum Industry Association.,
2019,Italy,1st May to 30th September,N,,L,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,Nel 2019 è stato analizzato un numero di campioni maggiore rispetto al numero minimo richiesto dallEuropean Standard EN14274 Statistical Model ,
2019,Latvia,1st June to 31st August,N,,S,National System,"The data of fuel quality included in this report has been provided by the State Revenue Service based on the fuel quality checks performed in 2019. Latvia has used nationally defined fuel quality monitoring system, however until now requirements for fuel quality monitoring system were not defined in national regulation. The fuel quality data provided for 2019 indicates that fuel sample testing has not been performed to a sufficient extent. In total 35 petrol samples and 35 diesel fuel samples have been taken from service stations and 13 diesel fuel samples have been taken from terminals during the fuel quality checks performed in 2019. In addition, testing of samples have not been performed for all quality specifications for petrol and diesel as defined by Directive 98/70/EC.  As of 1st January 2020 the State Construction Bureau (SCCB) of Latvia is responsible for supervision and control of the fuel market and performs annual fuel quality monitoring in Latvia in accordance with the amendments of Regulation No. 332. The said functions are taken over from the Ministry of Economics and the State Revenue Service in order to implement more efficient control of the national aid system and separate policymaking from monitoring. Following the amendments of the Regulation No.332 (paragraph 15.1) the SCCB has started to establish fuel quality monitoring system using the European Standard EN 14274:2003 based on the small country framework and has launched a procurement procedure for the purpose of fuel quality conformity assessment of 2020. Fuel conformity assessment will be performed by an accredited laboratory. The fuel quality monitoring is expected to be more complete when established in accordance with the European Standard EN 14274:2003. According to the FQD reporting template ‘’Instructions’’ sheet, a detailed breakdown of the Fuel Quality Monitoring System shall be submitted next year. The previous detailed FQMS section was provided in 2017.",
2019,Lithuania,1st of May to 30th of September,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"In Lithuania the Lithuanian standard LST EN 14274, wich has been fully taken from European standard EN 14274, is in use.",
2019,Luxembourg,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,National System,"In 2015, Luxembourg used the Fuel Quality  Monitoring System Model C as defined in EN 14274 and the Luxembourgish Environmental Administration let elaborate a study of the impact of sample size on FQMS reliability. The study confirms that a sample size of 31  (Petrol, per grade, Diesel) instead of 50 gives a sufficient statistical evidence of realibility. The study was sent to the European Commission in november 2015. This sample size of 31 was used as the minimum number of samples taken for 2019 for each grade and season.",
2019,Malta,Normal to Normal,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,No additional information to that reported in previous years. ,
2019,Netherlands,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,The Netherlands has 12 provinces. It was decided to take samples at fuel service stations from various oil companies. Samples has been taken in each province at bases of the population and the number of fuel stations of each province. That has resulted in a total of 100 samples Unleaded Petrol and 102 samples Diesel Fuel taken during the summer and winter periods.,
2019,Norway,1/6/2020 0:00:00 to 31/8/2020 0:00:00,N,,S,National System,"Description of fuel quality monitoring system: In Norway the fuel quality monitoring system today is based on data from the Certificates of Quality. Random samples (32 in summer and 32 in the winter period) were collected at petrol stations. In the summer period (July-August) the samples were taken in the south of Norway (Telemark, Vestfold and Agder), and for the winter period (November-December) the samples were taken in the east of Norway (Oslo, Akershus and Østfold).",
2019,Poland,1st May to 30 th September,N,,L,EN 14274 Statistical Model B,"Polska przyjęła system monitorowania jakości paliw określony w normie EN 14 274 Paliwa do pojazdów samochodowych – Ocena jakości benzyn i olejów napędowych – System monitoringu jakości paliw (FQMS) – model B - z uwzględnieniem specyfiki warunków polskich. Zgodnie z rozporządzeniem w sprawie sposobu monitorowania minimalna liczba próbek pobieranych w celu monitorowania w poszczególnych okresach monitorowania wynosi 100 w odniesieniu do każdego gatunku paliwa. Biorąc pod uwagę specyfikę polskiego rynku paliw ciekłych, w szczególności z uwagi na małą dostępność na polskich stacjach benzyny bezołowiowej RON 98, w rozporządzeniu w sprawie sposobu monitorowania minimalna liczba próbek dla tego gatunku paliwa dla każdego okresu monitorowania wynosi 60, a nie 100, jak określono w normie EN 14 274. W 2019 r. zgodnie z rozporządzeniem w sprawie sposobu monitorowania minimalna liczba pobranych próbek w poszczególnych okresach monitorowania (zima, lato) dla oleju napędowego i benzyny RON 95 wynosiła po 200, natomiast dla benzyny RON 98 – po 60 próbek.",
2019,Portugal,1 May to 30 September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"• We have no established derogation.• There was a significant reduction in the number of analyzes carried out, in relation to previous years, as a result of strikes by drivers of hazardous materials, which according to information from ENSE, the entity responsible for collecting the samples, generally conditioned its activities.  • Of the total of 268 analyzes conducted at service stations, 202 correspond to summer and winter periods (58- IO.95, 4- IO.98 and 140 diesel) .The remaining 66 were carried out  in the intermediate period (April/October), so they are not considered in FQMS. ",
2019,Slovakia,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"During the time period of 2019:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          no derogations since the last FQMS report,                                                                                                                                                                                      no significant changes to sampling quantities/location since the last detailed FQM report,                                                                                                                                        no delays to provision of the annual fuel quality data report",
2019,Slovenia,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,The fuel quality monitoring system in Slovenia was not changed in previous years.,
2019,Spain,(*) to (*),A,,L,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,"(*) Summer and winter periods are different for diesel and petrol:Diesel:      winter from 01-10 to 31-03.  Summer from 01-04 to 30-09.  Petrol:  winter from 01-10 to 30-04.   Summer from 01-05 to 30-09.                                                                                                                                             This year, some samples have been taken from refineries. Less samples have been taken of the ""Gasolina 98"" product, as this grade comprises <10% of total petrol sales. ",
2019,Sweden,1 May South; 16 May North to 15 Sept South; 31 Aug North,A,,S,National System,"In 2013 Sweden, for the first time, gave a detailed breakdown of the national Fuel Quality Monitoring System in the tab Detailed FQMS including the data from 2012. No major changes, of the national monitoring system, have been made since then except for a few clarifications in the explanatory text. Firstly, the relationship between the number of samples at terminals and the number of crosscheckings at actual  refuelling stations has been described in more detail in the text in the tab Detailed FQMS/SAMPLING. It is now also described where the refuelling stations, where the samples were taken in 2019, are situated. This is according to an agreement between the European Commission, Directorate-General Climate action and the Swedish Ministry of the Environment and Energy, in October 2014, by reason of EU-pilot 6321/14/CLIM. Secondly, the regulation TSFS 2011:66 from the Swedish Transport Agency has been supplemented by appropriate information to customers concerning the biofuel, in particular FAME, content of diesel fuel in Article 4.1 of the FQM Directive 98/70/EC. This amendment is called TSFS 2015:14. Thirdly, an amendment of the Act (Drivmedelslag (2011:319) has also been made to incorporate the limit of 2 mg per litre of metylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl (MMT in diesel fuel according to article 8a.2). This is described in the text in the tab Detailed FQMS/National legislation that transposed the FQD.In addition to this is a new source for the volumes reported under “Sales” used since the reporting of the 2015 year data. Up to the 2014 year data the volumes came from SCB, Statistics Sweden. The present source is The Swedish Energy Agency through correspondence. The reason for this change is preparation to comply with Article 5.1 of COUNCIL DIRECTIVE (EU) 2015/652 saying; when submitting reports to the Commission under Article 8(3) of Directive 98/70/EC, Member States shall provide the Commission with data related to compliance with Article 7a of that Directive, as defined in Annex III to this Directive. The Swedish Transport Agency is responsible for reporting according to article 8(3) of Directive 98/70/EC i.e. this FQMS report and The Swedish Energy Agency is responsible for Article 7a reporting. ",
2019,UK,1st June to 31st August,A,,L,National System,"There has been no changes to the UKs national monitoring system, with quantities and locations similar to those of previous years. There have been no further derogations received since the last detailed FQMS report.The UK fuel quality monitoring system makes use of industry quality analyses on batches of fuel produced in, or imported into, the UK, plus samples taken at distribution terminals and forecourts (to check for contamination in the distribution network). Due to the very large number of samples involved, this approach provides an equivalent, or greater, degree of confidence to EN 14274.",
2020,Austria,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,No changes were made - no update necessary ,
2020,Belgium,July 1 to September 30,A,,S,National System,N/A,
2020,Bulgaria,16-th April to 15-th October,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,"There have not been significant changes in the monitoring system since the last reporting period.The only ones carried out were:I. Annual update of the system with locations to be inspected based on data given by the National Revenue Agency. For 2020 the Annual Plan for inspecting locations distributing liquid fuels was developed on the basis of a list of 3701 refueling stations with the following regional allocation:- Northwest region including districts Vidin, Vratsa, Lovech, Montana and Pleven – 496 refueling stations.- Central north region including districts Veliko Tarnovo, Gabrovo, Razgrad, Ruse and Silistra – 461 refueling stations.- Northeast region including districts Varna, Dobrich, Targovishte and Shumen – 509 refueling stations.- Southeast region including districts Burgas, Sliven, Stara Zagora and Yambol – 596 refueling stations.- Southwest region including districts Blagoevgrad, Kyustendil, Pernik, Sofia district and Sofia city – 889 refueling stations.- Central south region including districts Kardzhali, Pazardzhik, Plovdiv, Smolyan and Haskovo – 750 refueling stations.II. Amendment of the Regulation on the liquid fuels quality requirements, conditions, order and way of their control.",
2020,Croatia,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"The fuel quality monitoring system in Croatia is based on the European Standard EN 14274, utilizing the statistical model C (small country) and we have a national sampling. Ministry of economy and sustainable development receives annual reports from distributors to 31st March of the current year for the previous year.The control and sampling are performed by the legal entity that is certified according to the Croatian Accreditation Agency ( ISO / IEC 17020). Analysis of fuel samples is performed by the legal entity that is certified according to the Croatian Accreditation Agency (ISO / IEC 17025).The samples of Petrol Fuels, Diesel Fuel, and Gas Oil are taken each month during the year at refueling stations and terminals, according to the „Fuel quality monitoring program” which is under the responsibility of the Ministry of economy and sustainable development. Ministry of economy and sustainable development sets out the “Fuel quality monitoring program” of the current year for the next year. According to the national legislation which transposed the Fuel Quality Directive, the distributors are penalized in case of any exceedance of prescribed fuel quality. Enforcement is under the responsibility of Market Inspection (State Inspectorate, Republic of Croatia). Penalties are included in the Air Protection Law (OG No. 127/19). According to the national legislation which transposed the Fuel Quality Directive, the distributors are penalized in case of not submitting data to the National database established by the Ministry of economy and sustainable development . Enforcement is under responsibility of Environmental Inspection (State Inspectorate, Republic of Croatia). Penalties are included in the Air Protection Law (OG No. 127/19).  ",
2020,Cyprus,4/16/2019 12:00:00 AM to 10/15/2019 12:00:00 AM,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,SAME AS PREVIOUS YEAR,
2020,Czech Republic,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"The fuel samples were tested monthly throughout the year 2020 focused on the quality of diesel and petrol labeled/named as Motorova Nafta and petrol like Super BA-95, and Super Plus BA-98 and next alternative fuels, which were sold on petrol stations in the whole country. The fuel grade as Special BA-91 is not exist on the Czech market this year not anymore. This control process of all fuel samples was carried out in cooperation with the Czech Trade Inspection Authority (CTIA) and Accredited Inspection and Certification Authority SGS for laboratory testing of all samples of liquid and gas fuels. The basic fuel samples were tested in accordance with European standards EN 228 and EN 590 and further amendments to the national standards for petrol ČSN EN 228:2013 + A1 2018 and diesel ČSN EN 590:2014. The amendment of petrol standard from the last year specifies two types of unleaded petrol, it means one with a maximum oxygen content 3.7 % (m/m) with the maximum of ethanol content of 10% (V/V), and the type for older vehicles, which are guaranteed by the use of unleaded petrol with a high biofuel content with a maximum oxygen content 2.7% and a maximum ethanol content of 5% (V/V). The basic fuel samples like petrol and diesel were checked in accordance with Article 3 and 4 of Directive 2009/30/EC including a total number 1970 of fuel samples at the service stations in the whole country, including 867 samples of petrol and 1103 samples of diesel plus11 samples of diesel, arctic clima. For fuels with a high content of biocomponent, e.g. E85, was determinate out one non-compliant sample from 8 control samples, and created 12.5% in compare with the previous year 2019, when one non-compliant sample from the total number of 10 control samples created 10 % only. In general, fuel quality deteriorated slightly during 2020 in compare with year 2019.In the deterioration of quality of fuels compared to 2019 was found by increase from 1.2% to 2.1% of non-compliant control samples for monitoring the quality of motor gasoline. The quality of diesel was also deteriorated from 0.2% to 0.8% by the number of 2 on 9 non-compliant samples out of the total number of control samples in the number of 1103.The increased number of non-compliant samples was caused by an increase in the impermissible deviation of the vapor pressure in petrol. In general, the precautions in coronavirus crisis was reduce in demand of fuels and have prevented the sale of them and thus a surplus of petrol with winter treatment in warehouses. FAME biodiesel and blended diesel as large-volume biofuels were not sold on the Czech market in 2020, similarly to 2019, so they were not even monitored by sampling samples.The sampling requirements were performed in accordance with amendment to the national standards in compliance with the national and European legislation, which means take the control number samples with minimum number 50 samples of petrol and diesel samples in the season as the basic. The sampling was carried out at the petrol stations throughout the country. ",
2020,Denmark,1st June to 31st August,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,The National System is Model C.The number of sampels is:- Min. 50 samples in the sommer periode for each fuel grade with a marked share greater than 10 %.- Min. 50 samples in the winther periode for each fuel grade with a marked share greater than 10 %.- Min. 50 samples in the summer period for diesel fuel.- Min. 50 samples in the winther period for diesel fuelFor each fuel grade with a mared share less than 10 % the number of samples is calculated according to EN 14274,
2020,Estonia,1st of May to 30th of Septemer,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,N/A,
2020,Finland,1 June to 31 August,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,"The detailed breakdown of the Fuel Quality Monitoring System is described in FQMS&Sampling sheet.  Deviations, in any particular year, from the  detailed FQMS or changes to system are described here. In 2020, the Customs Laboratory took part in the Round Robin Finland testing, which performs national inter-laboratory fuel examinations and PT tests organized by IIS (Institute for Interlaboratory Studies). The results of the parameters measured in the tests (sulphur, density, distillation, FAME content, vapour pressure, lead, manganese, aromatics, olefins, benzene, oxygenates and oxygen) were acceptable. In 2001 - 2019 the laboratory has also taken part in PT -tests with acceptable results.  ",
2020,France,1er Mai to 9/30/2021 12:00:00 AM,A,,L,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,"Comme signalé en 2019, la France a recours au modèle A de la norme EN 14274 depuis le 1er janvier 2015. Un prestataire, sélectionné par un appel doffre dune durée de quatre ans maximum, effectue les prélèvements et les analyses pour le compte de la Direction de lÉnergie. La société SGS France, sélectionnée par un nouvel appel d’offre  lancé courant  2018 pour couvrir la période 2019 – 2022, était en charge des prélèvements en 2019. Compte-tenu de l’éloignement des départements d’outre-mer français, la mise en œuvre des contrôles y est plus difficile quen métropole et surtout plus coûteuse, il a été décidé de ne contrôler ces départements que tous les deux ans.  En 2020, les contrôles ont été réalisés à la Réunion et à Mayotte.En France, les essences mises à la consommation au 1er mai doivent respecter une pression de vapeur inférieure à 60kPA, et ce conformément à la directive 2009/30/CE.  L’évolution entre la qualité hiver (pression de vapeur supérieure à 60kPA) et la qualité été se fait par palier. En France, les professionnels débutent cette transition dès le 16 février et au 25 mars, il est déjà nécessaire que les raffineries fournissent de la qualité été, c’est-à-dire que le stock de produits raffinés ait par dilution successive été intégralement transformé. La production d’essences de qualité été a bien sûr commencé antérieurement. Cette date est liée aux spécifications intersyndicales qui permettent d’assurer le bon respect des spécifications administratives : l’amont de la chaîne pétrolière passe à la qualité été, plus d’un mois avant la distribution en station. Les mesures de confinement mises en place à partir du 17 mars 2020, pour lutter contre l’épidémie COVID 19 ont conduit à de fortes baisses de consommation : en stations-services les volumes de vente ont baissé entre 70 et 85%, ce qui sest répercuté sur toute la chaîne logistique, et na pas permis de sortir les derniers volumes d’essences aux spécifications hiver des raffineries. De plus, le trafic des produits dans les pipelines étant fortement ralenti, du fait de la très faible demande, les dépôts pétroliers nont pas pu réaliser une rotation suffisante des produits pour être aux spécifications été le 1er mai,  l’effondrement de la demande ayant laissé des stocks trop hauts pour permettre d’assurer la dilution par rotation des produits.Afin de ne pas bloquer toute la logistique pétrolière, la France, en accord avec la commission a pris deux arrêtés dérogatoires  autorisant à titre exceptionnel et temporaire, les distributeurs à  détenir et à commercialiser jusqu’au 30 juin 2020,  un supercarburant sans plomb et un  supercarburant sans plomb 95-E10 (SP95-E10) dont les caractéristiques de volatilité étaient conformes à celles de l’intersaison D1 + A. Le passage aux spécifications été pour la France a donc pu séchelonner jusquau 1er juillet. Aucun contôle de la qualité été des essences na été programmé avant le 1er juillet 2020.",
2020,Germany,May 1st to September 30th,N,,L,EN 14274 Statistical Model B,"The Tenth Ordinance on the Implementation of the Federal Immission Control Act (Ordinance on the Quality and Labelling of Fuels) of December 8th 2010 (Federal Law Gazette BGBl. I, p. 1849) that transposes Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of October 13th 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) as last amended by Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 1), has been amended by Article 1 of the Ordinance of December 13th 2019 (Federal Law Gazette BGBl. I, p. 2739)  The ordinance regulates the characteristics for the following fuels: petrol fuels, diesel fuels, bio diesel, ethanol fuel (E85), liquid petroleum fuel, natural gas, biogas used as fuel, vegetable oil fuel (rape seed), vegetable oil fuel (all seeds or oils fruits) and in its current amendment hydrogen used as fuel. Transition period samples are excluded in case of petrol and included in case of diesel. No other changes have been made to the national FQMS.",
2020,Greece,1st May  to 30th September ,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,"The sampling system was implemented in Greek law by article 9 of the State Supreme Chemical Council Decision No. 316/2010 (Government Gazette 501/B/2012), and Decision No.77/2016 (Government Gazette  4217/Β/2016).",
2020,Hungary,"May 1, 2020 to Sept 30, 2020",N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,No changes facilitated in relation to EU FQMS guidelines and standards.,
2020,Iceland,june 1st to August 31st,A,,S,National System,There are no changes in the national monitoring system used.,
2020,Ireland,6/1/2021 12:00:00 AM to 8/31/2021 12:00:00 AM,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,Samples are taken by the Irish Petroleum Industry Association at service stations and are analysed by ITS Testing Services (UK) Ltd.  Results are reported to the Department by the Irish Petroleum Industry Association.,
2020,Italy,1st May to 30th September,N,,L,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,,
2020,Latvia,1 June to 31 August),N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"The data on fuel quality included in this report has been obtained by The State Construction Bureau (hereinafter - Bureau) of Latvia based on the fuel quality monitoring performed at the end of 2020. In 2020, Bureau took over the administration of energy policy, including the control over transport energy and supervision of the fuel market. During the 2020 detailed working arrangements, Internal Regulations, and processes for operations related to transport energy were developed and approved. During the previos year Bureau has established a fuel quality monitoring system using statistical model C in accordance with the European Standard EN 14274:2003. A procurement procedure for the purpose of fuel conformity assessment was carried out. As a result of which an agreement between the Bureau and accredited laboratory was concluded in late October. In result a total of 129 winter-grade fuel samples have been taken from service stations in different regions of Latvia. Fuel sample analysis and conformity assessment have been performed by an accredited laboratory ltd Latvian Certification Centre. Unfortunately, last year no samples were taken during the summer period due to the takeover of new transport energy functions and the time needed to create internal processes and to establish FQMS according to the European Standard EN 14274:2003. Full fuel quality monitoring for both summer and winter fuels will be provided next year.                         ",
2020,Lithuania,1st of May to 30th of September,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"In Lithuania the Lithuanian standard LST EN 14274, wich has been fully taken from European standard EN 14274, is in use.",
2020,Luxembourg,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,National System,"In 2015, Luxembourg used the Fuel Quality  Monitoring System Model C as defined in EN 14274 and the Luxembourgish Environmental Administration let elaborate a study of the impact of sample size on FQMS reliability. The study confirms that a sample size of 31  (Petrol, per grade, Diesel) instead of 50 gives a sufficient statistical evidence of realibility. The study was sent to the European Commission in november 2015. This sample size of 31 was used as the minimum number of samples taken for 2016 for each grade and season.",
2020,Malta,Normal to Normal,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,No additional information to that reported in previous years. ,
2020,Netherlands,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,The Netherlands has 12 provinces. It was decided to take samples at fuel service stations from various oil companies. Samples has been taken in each province at bases of the population and the number of fuel stations of each province. That has resulted in a total of 100 samples Unleaded Petrol and 100 samples Diesel Fuel taken during the summer and winter periods.,
2020,Norway,1st June to 31st August,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"From 2012 detailed information is only required every 3 years. Thus no detailed information is required for 2020. In Norway the fuel quality monitoring system today is based on data from Certificates of Quality. Intertek has been engaged to take the physical samples and perform laboratory analysis. Random samples (32 in summer and 32 in winter period) were collected at petrol stations. In the summer period (June-August) the samples were taken in south of Norway (Østfold, Akershus, Buskerud og Oslo) and in the winter period (November-December) the samples were taken in the west of Norway (Rogaland, Hordaland og Sogn & Fjordane)  The samples were collected from different companies, making sure that samples were taken from all companies. Samples were collected according to EN 14274:2013.",
2020,Poland,1st May to 30 th September,N,,L,EN 14274 Statistical Model B,"Polska przyjęła system monitorowania jakości paliw określony w normie EN 14 274 Paliwa do pojazdów samochodowych – Ocena jakości benzyn i olejów napędowych – System monitoringu jakości paliw (FQMS) – model B - z uwzględnieniem specyfiki warunków polskich. Biorąc pod uwagę specyfikę polskiego rynku paliw ciekłych, w szczególności z uwagi na małą dostępność na polskich stacjach benzyny bezołowiowej RON 98, w rozporządzeniu w sprawie sposobu monitorowania minimalna liczba próbek dla tego gatunku paliwa dla każdego okresu monitorowania wynosi 60, a nie 100, jak określono w normie EN 14 274. W 2020 r. Zgodnie z rozporządzeniem w sprawie sposobu monitorowania minimalna liczba pobranych próbek w poszczególnych okresach monitorowania (zima, lato) dla oleju napędowego i benzyny RON 95 wynosiła po 200, natomiast dla benzyny RON 98 – po 60 próbek.",
2020,Portugal,1 May to 30 September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"• We have no established derogation for 2020.• Because of the International Tender for the provision of fuel analysis services to ENSE and the situation experienced in consequence of the pandemic caused by Covid 19, the Spanish laboratory that won the tender, was unable to travel to Portugal to collect the samples for analysis. Samples taken at filling stations have been properly stored by ENSE and were later collected by the laboratory, but the analysis of the total samples was not completed in time for the initial report to be sent. • This revised report, which includes the results of the analyzes that were missing when the initial report was sent, includes a total of 289 samples collected at filling stations, in summer and winter periods (124 correspond to IO.95, 9 to IO.98 and 156 to diesel). The samples/analyzes carried out in the intermediate period (April/October), are not considered in FQMS.• Considering (1) the logistical challenge that the pandemic has triggered (2) article 11 of Decree-Law no. 89/2008, of 30 May, which transposes the FQD Directive and provides that in exceptional situations, specifications set forth therein may have no application (3) the position adopted and communicated by the Commission to the Member States and, (4) the situation of excess product existing in Portugal and the importance of ensuring the flow of products, namely Petrol., it was published Ordinance No. 102-A/2020 of April 24, which establishes an exceptional period, between May 1 and June 30, 2020, during which the sale of petrol with winter specifications, still existing in storage in national territory, may be marketed for the purpose of its sale.",
2020,Romania,5/1/2018 12:00:00 AM to 9/30/2018 12:00:00 AM,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model A," The Governement Emergency Ordinance no.80/2018 introduced a derogation for the winter period - a lower percent of FAME during winter -, but with the obligation of keeping the mass when the calculation for the whole year.Romania sampled for diesel a total of 200 samples. For petrol sampled a total of 208 samples (composed of 100 samples for petrol COR 95 and 108 samples for petrol COR 98).The sampling was carried out under the macro-regional model.",
2020,Slovakia,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"During the time period of 2020:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          no derogations since the last FQMS report,                                                                                                                                                                                      - no significant changes to sampling quantities/location since the last detailed FQM report,                                                                                                                                        no delays to provision of the annual fuel quality data report",
2020,Slovenia,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,The fuel quality monitoring system in Slovenia was not changed in previous years. ,
2020,Spain,(*) to (*),A,,L,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,"(*) Summer and winter periods are different for diesel and petrol:Diesel:  Winter from 01-10 to 30-03.  Summer from 01-04 to 30-09.  Petrol:  Winter from 01-10 to 30-04.   Summer from 01-05 to 30-09                                                                                                                                             Only for year 2020, there has been a waiver that allows winter petrol specificacion to be applied until 30th June.                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Less samples have been taken of the ""Gasolina 98"" product, as this grade comprises <10% of total petrol sales.  ",
2020,Sweden,1May South; 16 May North  to 15 Sept South; 31 Aug North,A,,S,National System,"In 2013 Sweden, for the first time, gave a detailed breakdown of the national Fuel Quality Monitoring System in the tab Detailed FQMS including the data from 2012. No major changes, of the national monitoring system, have been made since then except for a few clarifications in the explanatory text. Firstly, the relationship between the number of samples at terminals and the number of crosscheckings at actual  refuelling stations has been described in more detail in the text in the tab Detailed FQMS/SAMPLING. It is now also described where the refuelling stations, where the samples were taken in 2020, are situated. This is according to an agreement between the European Commission, Directorate-General Climate action and the Swedish Ministry of the Environment and Energy, in October 2014, by reason of EU-pilot 6321/14/CLIM. Secondly, the regulation TSFS 2011:66 from the Swedish Transport Agency has been supplemented by appropriate information to customers concerning the biofuel, in particular FAME, content of diesel fuel in Article 4.1 of the FQM Directive 98/70/EC. This amendment is called TSFS 2015:14. Thirdly, an amendment of the Act (Drivmedelslag (2011:319) has also been made to incorporate the limit of 2 mg per litre of metylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl (MMT in diesel fuel according to article 8a.2). This is described in the text in the tab Detailed FQMS/National legislation that transposed the FQD.In addition to this is a new source for the volumes reported under “Sales” used since the reporting of the 2015 year data. Up to the 2014 year data the volumes came from SCB, Statistics Sweden. The present source is The Swedish Energy Agency through correspondence. The reason for this change is preparation to comply with Article 5.1 of COUNCIL DIRECTIVE (EU) 2015/652 saying; when submitting reports to the Commission under Article 8(3) of Directive 98/70/EC, Member States shall provide the Commission with data related to compliance with Article 7a of that Directive, as defined in Annex III to this Directive. The Swedish Transport Agency is responsible for reporting according to article 8(3) of Directive 98/70/EC i.e. this FQMS report and The Swedish Energy Agency is responsible for Article 7a reporting. ",
2020,UK,1st June to 31st August,A,,S,National System,"The UK Department for Transport has responsibility for implementing the Fuel Quality Directive for Northern Ireland (NI) and oversees the fuel quality monitoring system (FQMS). The existing FQMS, used prior to EU Exit and during the implementation period to monitor data from UK as a whole, has not changed from previous years, and currently does not monitor data for NI only, or disaggregate NI data from data collected for UK as a whole. As fuel sold in NI is equal to fuel sold in the UK, we consider the quality of the fuel monitored across the whole of the UK to be an accurate representation of the fuel used in NI.Quantities and locations for the UK national monitoring system are similar to those of previous years. There have been no further derogations received since the last detailed FQMS report.The UK fuel quality monitoring system makes use of industry quality analyses on batches of fuel produced in, or imported to, the UK as a whole, plus samples taken at distribution terminals and forecourts (to check for contamination in the distribution network). Due to the very large number of samples involved, this approach provides an equivalent, or greater, degree of confidence to EN 14274.",
2021,Austria,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,No changes were made - no update necessary ,
2021,Belgium,May 1 to September 30,A,,S,National System,N/A,
2021,Bulgaria,16-th April to 15-th October,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,"There have not been significant changes in the monitoring system since the last reporting period.The only ones carried out were:I. Annual update of the system with locations to be inspected based on data given by the National Revenue Agency. For 2021 the Annual Plan for inspecting locations distributing liquid fuels was developed on the basis of a list of 3646 refueling stations with the following regional allocation:- Northwest region including districts Vidin, Vratsa, Lovech, Montana and Pleven – 485 refueling stations.- Central north region including districts Veliko Tarnovo, Gabrovo, Razgrad, Ruse and Silistra – 457 refueling stations.- Northeast region including districts Varna, Dobrich, Targovishte and Shumen – 506 refueling stations.- Southeast region including districts Burgas, Sliven, Stara Zagora and Yambol – 571 refueling stations.- Southwest region including districts Blagoevgrad, Kyustendil, Pernik, Sofia district and Sofia city – 882 refueling stations.- Central south region including districts Kardzhali, Pazardzhik, Plovdiv, Smolyan and Haskovo – 745 refueling stations.",
2021,Croatia,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"The fuel quality monitoring system in Croatia is based on the European Standard EN 14274, utilizing the statistical model C (small country) and we have a national sampling. Ministry of economy and sustainable development receives annual reports from distributors to 31st March of the current year for the previous year.The control and sampling are performed by the legal entity that is certified according to the Croatian Accreditation Agency ( ISO / IEC 17020). Analysis of fuel samples is performed by the legal entity that is certified according to the Croatian Accreditation Agency (ISO / IEC 17025).The samples of Petrol Fuels, Diesel Fuel, and Gas Oil are taken each month during the year at refueling stations and terminals, according to the „Fuel quality monitoring program” which is under the responsibility of the Ministry of economy and sustainable development. Ministry of economy and sustainable development sets out the “Fuel quality monitoring program” of the current year for the next year. According to the national legislation which transposed the Fuel Quality Directive, the distributors are penalized in case of any exceedance of prescribed fuel quality. Enforcement is under the responsibility of Market Inspection (State Inspectorate, Republic of Croatia). Penalties are included in the Air Protection Law (OG No. 127/19, 57/22). According to the national legislation which transposed the Fuel Quality Directive, the distributors are penalized in case of not submitting data to the National database established by the Ministry of economy and sustainable development . Enforcement is under responsibility of Environmental Inspection (State Inspectorate, Republic of Croatia). Penalties are included in the Air Protection Law (OG No. 127/19, 57/22).  ",
2021,Cyprus,4/16/2021 12:00:00 AM to 10/15/2021 12:00:00 AM,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,SAME AS PREVIOUS YEAR,
2021,Czech Republic,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"The fuel samples were tested monthly throughout the year 2020 focused on the quality of diesel and petrol labeled/named as Motorova Nafta and petrol like Super BA-95, and Super Plus BA-98 and next alternative fuels, which were sold on petrol stations in the whole country. The fuel grade as Special BA-91 is not exist on the Czech market this year not anymore.According to the ČSN EN 228 standard, a new BA-98 E10 fuel was introduced to the Czech market, which is why we have also introduced this change in the table section of the form and also on the sales page. The control process of all fuel samples was carried out in cooperation with the Czech Trade Inspection Authority (CTIA) and Accredited Inspection and Certification Authority SGS for laboratory testing of all samples of liquid and gas fuels. The basic fuel samples were tested in accordance with European standards EN 228 and EN 590 and further amendments to the national standards for petrol ČSN EN 228:2013 + A1 2018 and diesel ČSN EN 590:2014. The amendment of petrol standard from the last year specifies two types of unleaded petrol, it means one with a maximum oxygen content 3.7 % (m/m) with the maximum of ethanol content of 10% (V/V), and the type for older vehicles, which are guaranteed by the use of unleaded petrol with a high biofuel content with a maximum oxygen content 2.7% and a maximum ethanol content of 5% (V/V). The basic fuel samples like petrol and diesel were checked in accordance with Article 3 and 4 of Directive 2009/30/EC including a total number 2262 of fuel samples at the service stations in the whole country, including 1015 samples of petrol and 1242 samples of diesel plus 5 samples of diesel, arctic clima. For fuels with a high content of biocomponent, e.g. E85, were marked two non-compliant samples from 4 control samples and they created 50 % in compare with the previous year 2020, when one non-compliant sample from the total number of 8 control samples created 12,5 % only.In general, fuel quality has slightly improved during 2021 compared to 2020.In the improving of quality of fuels compared to 2020 was found by decrease from 2,1 % to 0,5 % of non-compliant control samples for monitoring the quality of motor gasoline with higher total numbers control samples from 867 to 1015 samples in 2021. The quality of diesel was also increased from 0.8 % to 0.6 % of non-compliant control samples with higher total numbers of control samples 1124 in year 2020 in compare 1247 in 2021. The number of non-compliant samples was caused by an increase in the impermissible deviation of the vapor pressure in petrol. FAME biodiesel and blended diesel as large-volume biofuels were not sold on the Czech market in 2021, similarly to 2020, so they were not even monitored by sampling samples, except for one FAME control sample in March.The sampling requirements were performed in accordance with amendment to the national standards in compliance with the national and European legislation, which means take the control number samples with minimum number 50 samples of petrol and diesel samples in the season as the basic. The sampling was carried out at the petrol stations throughout the country.",
2021,Denmark,1 st June to 31st August,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,The National System is Model C.The number of sampels is:- Min. 50 samples in the sommer periode for each fuel grade with a marked share greater than 10 %.- Min. 50 samples in the winther periode for each fuel grade with a marked share greater than 10 %.- Min. 50 samples in the summer period for diesel fuel.- Min. 50 samples in the winther period for diesel fuelFor each fuel grade with a marked share less than 10 % the number of samples is calculated according to EN 14274.,
2021,Estonia,1st of May to 30th of Septemer,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,Samples from fuel terminals were taken as an new procedure.,
2021,Finland,1 June to 31 August,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,"The detailed breakdown of the Fuel Quality Monitoring System is described in FQMS&Sampling sheet.  Deviations, in any particular year, from the  detailed FQMS or changes to system are described here. In 2021, the Customs Laboratory took part in the Round Robin Finland testing, which performs national inter-laboratory fuel examinations and PT tests organized by IIS (Institute for Interlaboratory Studies). The results of the parameters measured in the tests (sulphur, density, distillation, FAME content, vapour pressure, lead, manganese, aromatics, olefins, benzene, oxygenates and oxygen) were acceptable. In 2001 - 2020 the laboratory has also taken part in PT -tests with acceptable results.",
2021,France,1er mai to 9/30/2022 12:00:00 AM,A,,L,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,"La France a recours au modèle A de la norme EN 14274 depuis le 1er janvier 2015. Un prestataire, sélectionné par un appel doffre dune durée de quatre ans maximum, effectue les prélèvements et les analyses pour le compte de la Direction de lÉnergie. La société SGS France, sélectionnée par un appel d’offre  lancé courant  2018 pour couvrir la période 2019 – 2022, est en charge des prélèvements depuis 2019. Compte-tenu de l’éloignement des départements d’outre-mer français, la mise en œuvre des contrôles y est plus difficile quen métropole et surtout plus coûteuse, il a été décidé de ne contrôler ces départements que tous les deux ans.  En 2021, les contrôles ont été réalisés à la Martinique, en Guadeloupe et en Guyane.En France, les essences mises à la consommation au 1er mai doivent respecter une pression de vapeur inférieure à 60kPA, et ce conformément à la directive 2009/30/CE.  L’évolution entre la qualité hiver (pression de vapeur supérieure à 60kPA) et la qualité été se fait par palier. En France, les professionnels débutent cette transition dès le 16 février et au 25 mars, il est déjà nécessaire que les raffineries fournissent de la qualité été, c’est-à-dire que le stock de produits raffinés ait par dilution successive été intégralement transformé. La production d’essences de qualité été a bien sûr commencé antérieurement. Cette date est liée aux spécifications intersyndicales qui permettent d’assurer le bon respect des spécifications administratives : l’amont de la chaîne pétrolière passe à la qualité été, plus d’un mois avant la distribution en station. Les mesures de confinement mises en place en 2021, comme en 2020, pour lutter contre l’épidémie COVID 19 ont conduit à de fortes baisses de consommation : en stations-services les volumes de vente ont baissé15 et 35% en 2021 selon les régions, ce qui sest répercuté sur toute la chaîne logistique, et na pas permis de sortir les derniers volumes d’essences aux spécifications hiver des raffineries. De plus, le trafic des produits dans les pipelines étant fortement ralenti, du fait de la très faible demande, les dépôts pétroliers nont pas pu réaliser une rotation suffisante des produits pour être aux spécifications été le 1er mai,  l’effondrement de la demande ayant laissé des stocks trop hauts pour permettre d’assurer la dilution par rotation des produits.Afin de ne pas bloquer toute la logistique pétrolière, la France, en accord avec la commission a pris deux arrêtés dérogatoires  autorisant à titre exceptionnel et temporaire, les distributeurs à  détenir et à commercialiser jusqu’au 31 mai 2021,  un supercarburant sans plomb et un  supercarburant sans plomb 95-E10 (SP95-E10) dont les caractéristiques de volatilité étaient conformes à celles de l’intersaison D1 + A. Le passage aux spécifications été pour la France a donc pu séchelonner jusquau 1er juin. Aucun contôle de la qualité été des essences na été programmé avant le 1er juin 2021.",
2021,Germany,01.05. to 30.09.,N,,L,EN 14274 Statistical Model B,"The Tenth Ordinance on the Implementation of the Federal Immission Control Act (Ordinance on the Quality and Labelling of Fuels) of December 8th 2010 (Federal Law Gazette BGBl. I, p. 1849) that transposes Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of October 13th 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) as last amended by Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 1), has been amended by Article 1 of the Ordinance of December 13th 2019 (Federal Law Gazette BGBl. I, p. 2739)  The ordinance regulates the characteristics for the following fuels: petrol fuels, diesel fuels, bio diesel, ethanol fuel (E85), liquid petroleum fuel, natural gas, biogas used as fuel, vegetable oil fuel (rape seed), vegetable oil fuel (all seeds or oils fruits) and in its current amendment hydrogen used as fuel. Transition period samples are excluded in case of petrol and included in case of diesel. No other changes have been made to the national FQMS.",
2021,Greece,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,"The sampling system was implemented in Greek law by article 9 of the State Supreme Chemical Council Decision No. 316/2010 (Government Gazette 501/B/2012), and Decision No.77/2016 (Government Gazette  4217/Β/2016).",
2021,Hungary,1st May 2021 to 30th September 2021,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,No changes facilitated in relation to EU FQMS guidelines and standards.,
2021,Ireland,6/1/2022 12:00:00 AM to 8/31/2022 12:00:00 AM,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"As previously stated, scheduling difficulties in 2021 meant that four samples due to be taken in late August for summer period sampling were not in fact taken until early September, and they therefore fall in the winter period instead. We are therefore this year reporting on 46 summer period samples and 54 winter period samples.",
2021,Italy,1st May to 30th September,N,,L,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,,
2021,Latvia,June 1st to August 31st,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"The Bureau is responsible for the supervision and control of the fulfillment of transport energy conditions, including the organisation of fuel quality monitoring. The data on fuel quality conformity assessment included in this report has been obtained by The State Construction Control Bureau (hereinafter - Bureau) of Latvia based on the fuel quality monitoring performed in 2021. In 2021 Bureau selected and checked 293 fuel (petrol, diesel) samples at service stations during winter and summer periods. Fuel quality conformity assessment has been done in line with the applicable laws and regulations, and European Standard EN 14274:2003 based on the requirements of established statistical model C. Fuel sample analysis and conformity assessment have been performed by an accredited laboratory ltd the Latvian Certification Centre. ",
2021,Lithuania,1st of May to 30th of September,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C," The Lithuanian standard LST EN 14274, wich has been fully taken from European standard EN 14274, is  used In Lithuania.",
2021,Luxembourg,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,National System,"In 2015, Luxembourg used the Fuel Quality  Monitoring System Model C as defined in EN 14274 and the Luxembourgish Environmental Administration let elaborate a study of the impact of sample size on FQMS reliability. The study confirms that a sample size of 31 (Petrol, per grade, Diesel) instead of 50 gives a sufficient statistical evidence of realibility. The study was sent to the European Commission in november 2015. This sample size of 31 was used as the minimum number of samples taken for 2016 for each grade and season.",
2021,Malta,Normal to Normal,N,,S,,No additional information to that reported in previous years. ,
2021,Netherlands,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,The Netherlands has 12 provinces. It was decided to take samples at fuel service stations from various oil companies. Samples has been taken in each province at bases of the population and the number of fuel stations of each province. That has resulted in a total of 100 samples Unleaded Petrol and 100 samples Diesel Fuel taken during the summer and winter periods.,
2021,Poland,1st May to 30 th September,N,,L,EN 14274 Statistical Model B,"Polska przyjęła system monitorowania jakości paliw określony w normie EN 14 274 Paliwa do pojazdów samochodowych – Ocena jakości benzyn i olejów napędowych – System monitoringu jakości paliw (FQMS) – model B - z uwzględnieniem specyfiki warunków polskich. Biorąc pod uwagę specyfikę polskiego rynku paliw ciekłych, w szczególności z uwagi na małą dostępność na polskich stacjach benzyny bezołowiowej RON 98, w rozporządzeniu w sprawie sposobu monitorowania minimalna liczba próbek dla tego gatunku paliwa dla każdego okresu monitorowania wynosi 60, a nie 100, jak określono w normie EN 14 274. W 2020 r. Zgodnie z rozporządzeniem w sprawie sposobu monitorowania minimalna liczba pobranych próbek w poszczególnych okresach monitorowania (zima, lato) dla oleju napędowego i benzyny RON 95 wynosiła po 200, natomiast dla benzyny RON 98 – po 60 próbek.",
2021,Portugal,1 May to 30 September,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"• We have a petrol vapor pressure derogation established by the Dispatch nº. 9558/2021, D.R. (Series II) of 30 September: Derogation from the maximum vapor pressure, from 60kPa to 68kPa, for Eurosuper petrol (I.O.95) containing bioethanol, in the period from 1 May to 30 September",
2021,Romania,5/1/2022 12:00:00 AM to 9/30/2022 12:00:00 AM,A,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,Romania sampled for diesel a total of 108 samples. For petrol sampled a total of 208 samples (composed of 100 samples for petrol COR 95 and 108 samples for petrol COR 98).The sampling was carried out under the macro-regional model.,
2021,Slovakia,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,"During the time period of 2021:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          no derogations since the last FQMS report,                                                                                                                                                                                      - no significant changes to sampling quantities/location since the last detailed FQM report,                                                                                                                                        no delays to provision of the annual fuel quality data report",
2021,Slovenia,1st May to 30th September,N,,S,EN 14274 Statistical Model C,The fuel quality monitoring system in Slovenia was not changed in previous years. ,
2021,Spain,(*) to (*),A,,L,EN 14274 Statistical Model A,"(*) Summer and winter periods are different for diesel and petrol:Diesel:  Winter from 01-10 to 30-03.  Summer from 01-04 to 30-09.  Petrol:  Winter from 01-10 to 30-04.   Summer from 01-05 to 30-09.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Less samples have been taken of the ""Gasolina 98"" product, as this grade comprises <10% of total petrol sales.  ",
2021,Sweden,1May South; 16 May North. to 15 Sept South; 31 Aug North,A,,S,National System,"In 2013 Sweden, for the first time, gave a detailed breakdown of the national Fuel Quality Monitoring System in the tab Detailed FQMS including the data from 2012. No major changes, of the national monitoring system, have been made since then except for a few clarifications in the explanatory text. Firstly, the relationship between the number of samples at terminals and the number of crosscheckings at actual  refuelling stations has been described in more detail in the text in the tab Detailed FQMS/SAMPLING. It is now also described where the refuelling stations, where the samples were taken in 2021, are situated. This is according to an agreement between the European Commission, Directorate-General Climate action and the Swedish Ministry of the Environment and Energy, in October 2014, by reason of EU-pilot 6321/14/CLIM. Secondly, the regulation TSFS 2011:66 from the Swedish Transport Agency has been supplemented by appropriate information to customers concerning the biofuel, in particular FAME, content of diesel fuel in Article 4.1 of the FQM Directive 98/70/EC. This amendment is called TSFS 2015:14. Thirdly, an amendment of the Act (Drivmedelslag (2011:319) has also been made to incorporate the limit of 2 mg per litre of metylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl (MMT in diesel fuel according to article 8a.2). This is described in the text in the tab Detailed FQMS/National legislation that transposed the FQD.In addition to this is a new source for the volumes reported under “Sales” used since the reporting of the 2015 year data. Up to the 2014 year data the volumes came from SCB, Statistics Sweden. The present source is The Swedish Energy Agency through correspondence. The reason for this change is preparation to comply with Article 5.1 of COUNCIL DIRECTIVE (EU) 2015/652 saying; when submitting reports to the Commission under Article 8(3) of Directive 98/70/EC, Member States shall provide the Commission with data related to compliance with Article 7a of that Directive, as defined in Annex III to this Directive. The Swedish Transport Agency is responsible for reporting according to article 8(3) of Directive 98/70/EC i.e. this FQMS report and The Swedish Energy Agency is responsible for Article 7a reporting. ",
