1. Overview of 2004 Monitoring
EU Fuel Quality Monitoring -
2004 Summary Report
Overview of 2004 Monitoring
Presentation by:
Nikolas Hill, AEA Technology Environment
Thursday 6th October 2005
Brussels 1

2. Outline EU summary report for 2004:
Fuel Availability;
Fuel Quality Monitoring.
Completeness of Member State submissions and Compliance. 6

3. Fuel availability - EU Sales 2001

4. Fuel availability - EU Sales 2004

5. Trend in average fuel sulphur content

6. Availability of Low and Sulphur-free fuels
Availability is improving – but only in some Member States
Progress is expected for S-free in 2005 – several MS have legislated to ensure availability, others are using market incentives or have reached industry agreements
S-free fuels are in most cases not labelled or marketed separately, so the consumer has no conscious choice
Note timescales for submissions – i.e. draft report by end August, Final yearly reports in October

7. Availability of Low and Sulphur-free fuels

8. Availability of Low and Sulphur-free fuels

9. Member State Submissions for 2004 Monitoring
Good:
All received in electronic format & most provided in 2004 Excel template;
Improved explanation of deviations & provision of comments & clarifications.
Improvements Needed:
Still gaps in a number of submissions, e.g. not reporting on all parameters;
Many still late and 3 submissions still outstanding BE, FR, LU
Note timescales for submissions – i.e. draft report by end August, Final yearly reports in October

10. Sampling and Reporting
11 MS still using national systems -explanation needed in most cases on confidence in relation to EN 14274
Many MS using EN apply Statistical Model C – question of suitability to CEN
Some cases where there are issues with compliance with EN specifications (e.g. sampling numbers, separate Summer and Winter reports, grades not sampled)
Sampling numbers generally improved on previous years

11. 2004 Petrol Analysis Reporting
7 EU15 and 7 EU10 MS at least one sample non-compliant on certain parameters (10 in 2001 for EU15)
Main concerns still summer vapour pressure, RON, distillation 100oC.
Particularly high number of exceedences in Czech Republic and Poland

12. 2004 Diesel Analysis Reporting
1 EU15 and 6 EU10 MS at least one sample non-compliant on certain parameters (4 in 2001 for EU15)
Main concerns sulphur content, distillation 95% point
Particularly high number of exceedences in Czech Republic and Poland

13. 2004 Summary Report
Draft report completed and sent out to Member States 7th October 2005.
Comments, corrections and amendments to be received by 4th November 2005.
Report to be finalised by mid-end November (depending on receipt of final submissions for 2004).

14. Overview of 2004 Monitoring
EU Fuel Quality Monitoring -
2004 Summary Report
Overview of 2004 Monitoring
Presentation by:
Nikolas Hill, AEA Technology Environment
Thursday 6th October 2005
Brussels 1