European Road Fuel Labels Take Effect

The European Commission said October 12 that, as of that date, a new common and harmonised set of fuel labels is compulsory on new vehicles and filling pumps.

The labels will be compulsory for use on newly produced vehicles and at all filling stations dispensing petrol, diesel, hydrogen, compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied natural gas (LNG) or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) fuels, as well as at vehicle dealerships from October 12, 2018 in all 28 European Union member states, plus Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Serbia, Switzerland and Turkey.

These labels will be placed on the nozzles of all filling pumps, on the pumps themselves and in the immediate proximity of the fuel filler flap/cap of newly-produced passenger cars and other vehicles, and should also appear in the vehicle owner's manual and electronic handbook. The labels for gasoline-type fuels will be a circle, while those for diesel-type fuels will be a square.

The labels for CNG, hydrogen, LNG and LPG are diamond-shaped and shown below.

Copyright and Source: European Committee for Standardisation

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