Summary of Regulations for Sulphur in Diesel Fuel in OECD
Countries
| Country |
Current fuel limit (average content)
[measure and when came into effect] |
Additional Planned Measures
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Instrument |
Sulphur Limit |
Effective Date |
| New Tax System
Act 1999 - part of the Measures for a Better Environment |
road transport
diesel to 500 ppm |
end of 2002
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| National Legislation
(mandatory standard: National Environment Protection Measure)
|
50 ppm |
Jan. 1, 2006
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| Consulting
|
15 ppm |
proposed 2006
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| 98/70/EC regulation
|
350 ppm (300
ppm)50 ppm |
2000 (Portugal
has exemption to January, 2001) January 2005 |
| 98/70/EC regulation
for off-road |
1000 ppm |
2008 |
| Proposal for
Sulphur-free fuels |
less than
10 ppm |
TBD |
| EU Wide Proposal
for Diesel and Gasoline |
sulphur free
(less than 10 ppm) |
2007 |
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| National Initiative
for Diesel - developing regulations |
50 ppm |
2007 |
| Air Quality
Conservation Law - Draft Standard |
430 ppm |
2002 |
| Air Quality
Conservation Law - Target Standard |
50 ppm |
2006 |
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| EPA Regulatory
Proposal |
15 ppm |
proposed June
1, 2006 |
| State Legislation
- Urban Transit Bus Fleet Rule Requirements and Emission Standards
|
15 ppm for
urban buses |
July 1, 2002
|
| Texas Natural
Resource Conservation Commission Proposal for East/Central Texas
|
500 ppm for
on- and off-road diesel |
May 1, 2002
|
| Texas Natural
Resource Conservation Commission Proposal for East/Central Texas
|
30 ppm cap
|
May 1, 2004
|
| Texas Natural
Resource Conservation Commission Proposal for the City of Houston
fleet and contractors serving the City |
30 ppm |
July 1, 2001
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Summary of Industry Voluntary Initiatives for Diesel in
OECD Countries
|
Country
|
Current fuel limit (average content)
|
Instrument
|
Sulphur limit
|
Effective Date
|
Comment
|
|
Australia
|
National Initiative
for Diesel |
500 ppm |
Unknown |
negotiating with the
oil companies for the accelerated, voluntary introduction of
lower sulphur diesel into urban areas before 2002 requirement;
a pool average of 1000 ppm applies for other refiners supplying
to urban areas from January 2000 onward |
| BP Amoco Voluntary
initiative for low sulphur diesel and a lead replacement alternative
"superGreen" gasoline |
50 ppm |
2000 |
will supply approximately
75% of the Western Australia network in the beginning of 2000
with low sulphur diesel and in late 2000, the remaining states
starting with Queensland will be supplied; capacity to supply
only one eighth of the market; unlikely that other significant
domestic capacity to produce 50 ppm diesel could be available
before 2003; superGreen gasoline will remain the same price
at the pump while low sulphur diesel will increase to 0.7 cents
per litre (0.006 CDN/litre) to cover the costs of investment,
ongoing production costs and raw material cost increases |
|
France - Paris
|
BP Amoco France's
Voluntary "Clean Fuels Program" |
50 ppm |
Sept. 1, 1999 |
BP Amoco Diesel Ecology
was introduced in all 40 BP Amoco inner-Paris service stations
and was progressively marketed at all of BP's 240 Paris region
retail network; offered at no extra cost; also marketed to BP
Amoco's commercial customers like bus and transport companies
running fleets |
|
Ireland
|
Kelly Fuels Voluntary
initiative for Ultra Low Sulphur Diesel (ULSD) |
50 ppm |
November 1998 |
making ultra low sulphur
diesel (ULSD) widely available to filling stations in Northern
Ireland |
