European Union Member States

According to the Directive 98/70/EC as amended (Fuel Quality Directive, FQD), fuel suppliers may distribute gasoline with a maximum of 10 %v/v ethanol since 2010. Only a few countries have introduced this grade, as indicated in the figure below. It took almost 8 years for other countries to introduce the E10 grade because of the pressure to achieve the 10% renewable energy share target for transport by 2020.

SGS INSPIRE reports on the gasoline/diesel quality at the EU level indicating the biofuels mandates for diesel and gasoline in the EU member states in 2019 and 2020. The table below provides the changes expected in the EU member st