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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8361

14 December 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ep/environment
Success of EP/Council conciliation on directive for Union market in clean fuels for all vehicles by 2009

Brussels, 13/12/2002 (Agence Europe) - The Parliament-Council Conciliation committee have succeeded in agreeing on a new "car oil" directive that will compel Member States to bring the level of sulphur in their petrol and diesel to 10 mg/kg (parts per million) instead of the current 50 ppm for all vehicles. The agreement paper sets out that these so-called sulphur-free fuels will have to be introduced on the market by 1 January 2005 for road vehicles in view of make the sales of the product...

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