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Regulations
This section provides an overview of the regulatory requirements on conventional and alternative gasoline.
Quality specifications
This section provides explanation about legislative (mandatory) and voluntary requirements for conventional and alternative gasoline.
Conventional gasoline
In the EU, gasoline quality is regulated in 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 (called Fuel Quality Directive or FQD). Introduced in 1998, this directive has been amended several times in relation to gasoline specifications, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and requirements for biofuels’ sustainability. The FQD regulates a set of technical and physical characteristics of gasoline based on health and env
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Regulations