Petroleum for the Inland (Wholesale) Fuel Market

L.N. 68 of 2011

MALTA RESOURCES AUTHORITY ACT

(CAP. 423)

Petroleum for the Inland (Wholesale) Fuel Market

(Amendment) Regulations, 2011

IN exercise of the powers conferred by sub-article (1) of

article 28 of the Malta Resources Authority Act, the Minister for

Resources and Rural Affairs, after consultation with the Malta

Resources Authority has made the following regulations

(1) The title of these regulations is the Petroleum for the

Inland (Wholesale) Fuel Market (Amendment) Regulations, 2011

and they shall be read and construed as one with the Petroleum for

the Inland (Wholesale) Fuel Market Regulations, 2007, hereinafter

referred to as “the principal regulations”.

(2) Regulations 2, 4 and 6 of these regulations have

been notified in terms of Directive 98/34/EC, as amended by

Directive 98/48/EC, as transposed by the Notification Procedure

Regulations, 2003.

Regolament 33 (1)

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Kontenut ta’ ener$ija

Kontenut ta’ ener$ija

10.0 %

B

Regulation 2 of the principal regulations shall be

amended as follows

(a) immediately after the definition “competent

person” there shall be added the following new definition

“ “diesel fuels” means gas oils falling within CN

code 2710 19 41 as defined in Regulation (EEC) 2658/87

and used for self-propelling vehicles;”;

(b) immediately after the definition “motor spirit”

there shall be added the following new definitions

“ “MSA EN 228” means the requirements and

test methods specified by the European Committee for

Standardization in relation to the quality of unleaded

petrol fuel for automotive use;

“MSA EN 590” means the requirements and test

methods specified by the European Committee for

Standardization in relation to the quality of diesel fuel

for automotive use;”; and

(c) immediately after the definition “person” there

shall be added the following new definition

“ “petrol” means any volatile mineral oil intended

for the operation of internal combustion positive-ignition

engines for the propulsion of vehicles and falling within

CN codes 2710 11 41, 2710 11 45, 2710 11 49, 2710

11 51 and 2710 11 59 as defined in Regulation (EEC)

2658/87;”.

Regulation 33 (1)

Energy Content of Transport Fuels

Energy content by

Energy content by

weight

volume

Fuel

(lower calorific value,

(lower calorific value,

MJ/kg)

MJ/l)

Bioethanol (ethanol produced

from biomass)

Bio-ETBE (ethyl-tertio-butyl-

36 (of which 37 % from

27 (of which 37 % from

ether produced on the basis of

renewable sources)

renewable sources)

bioethanol)

Biomethanol (methanol

produced from biomass, to be

used as biofuel)

Bio-MTBE (methyl-tertio-

35 (of which 22 % from

26 (of which 22 % from

butyl-ether produced on the

renewable sources)

renewable sources)

basis of bio-methanol)

Bio-DME (dimethylether

produced from biomass, to be

used as biofuel)

Bio-TAEE (tertiary-amyl-

38 (of which 29 % from

29 (of which 29 % from

ethyl-ether produced on the

renewable sources)

renewable sources)

basis of bioethanol)

Biobutanol (butanol produced

from biomass, to be used as

biofuel)

Biodiesel (methyl-ester

produced from vegetable or

animal oil, of diesel quality,

to be used as biofuel)

Fischer-Tropsch diesel (a

synthetic hydrocarbon or

mixture of synthetic

hydrocarbons produced from

biomass)

Hydrotreated vegetable oil

(vegetable oil

thermochemically treated

with hydrogen)

Pure vegetable oil (oil

produced from oil plants

through pressing, extraction

or comparable procedures,

crude or refined but

chemically unmodified, when

compatible with the type of

engines involved and the

mixture of synthetic

hydrocarbons produced from

biomass)

Hydrotreated vegetable oil

(vegetable oil

B

thermochemically

treated

with hydrogen)

Pure vegetable oil (oil

produced from oil plants

through pressing, extraction

or comparable procedures,

crude or refined but

chemically unmodified, when

compatible with the type of

engines involved and the

corresponding emission

requirements)

Biogas (a fuel gas produced

from biomass and/or from the

biodegradable fraction of

_

waste, that can be purified to

natural gas quality, to be used

as biofuel, or wood gas)

Petrol

Diesel

”.

€0.56

In sub-regulation (1) of regulation 12 of the principal

regulations, for the words “aforesaid communication” there shall

be substituted the words “communication as aforesaid in sub-

regulation (4) of regulation 11”.

For regulation 33 of the principal regulations, there shall

be substituted the following

An authorised provider who is authorised by

the Authority to carry out the activity of an importer and,

or wholesaler of petroleum shall place on the market as

a minimum biofuel amounts as a percentage of the total

energy content of MSA EN 228 petrol and MSA EN 590

diesel imported or wholesaled, as provided for in the

Sixth Schedule to these regulations. The total amount

of biofuel placed on the market shall be calculated using

the energy content as listed in the Seventh Schedule to

these regulations

Provided that for the purposes of MSA EN 590

diesel, the fatty acid methyl-ester content of the biofuel

amount shall be in compliance with MSA EN 14214

Provided further that for the purpose of MSA EN

228 petrol, the bioethanol content of the biofuel amount

shall be in compliance with MSA EN 15376

Provided also that the energy content made by

biofuels produced from wastes, residues, non-food

cellulosic material and ligno-cellulosic material shall be

considered to be twice that made by other biofuels.”.

5. In the Second Schedule to the principal regulations Amends the Second

the words “0.02c per litre” shall be substituted by the words Schedule

“€0.001750 per litre”.

6. Immediately after the Fifth Schedule to the principal

regulations, there shall be added the following new Schedules

6. Immediately after the Fifth Schedule to the principal regulations, there shall be

added the following new Schedules

B

“SIXTH SCHEDULE

Regulation 33 (1)

Minimum biofuel content as a percentage (%) of the total

energy content petroleum placed on the market by an

Year

authorised provider who is authorised to carry out the

activity of an importer and, or wholesaler of petroleum

1.5 %

2.5 %

3.5 %

4.5 %

5.5 %

6.5 %

7.5 %

8.5 %

9.5 %

10.0 %

SEVENTH SCHEDULE 8.5 % 9.5 % 10.0 % B