SAMTS

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SAMTS

• DIRECTORATE GENERAL QUALITY CONTROL OF LIQUID
  FUELS

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2004 LIQUID FUELS QUALITY CONTROL IN BULGARIA
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• The liquid fuels quality requirements are
  established according to the provisions of
• Directive 1999/32/EC
• Directive 2003/17/EC, amending Directive 98/70/EC
• Decision 2002/159/EC
• The liquid fuels quality control in Bulgaria is
  carried out in pursuance of
• The Law on Ambient Clean Air, and
• The Ordinance on the liquid fuels quality
  requirements, and the conditions, procedure and
  methods of their control.

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• The tasks of DG QCLF are related to
• Observing compliance with the quality
  requirements for the marketed liquid fuels
• Avoiding the sale and use of non-compliant fuels
• DG QCLF carries out quality control of liquid
  fuels, in particular of
• Cars petrol
• Diesel fuel
• Heating fuels
• Ship fuels
• Heavy fuels

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• The control is carried out by
• Checks at commercial and industrial premises and
  warehouses for loading and unloading, charging,
  transport, refueling and use of liquid fuels,
  where the tanks for liquid fuels are located
• Petrol depots
• Petrol stations
• Mobile means of transport of liquid fuels

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• Other DG QCLF tasks are
• Development and maintenance of monitoring system
  for liquid fuels quality according to the
  requirements of EN 142742003
• Processing of data obtained as a result of the
  inspections and preparation of the annual report
  on the quality of liquid fuels produced and
  imported on the territory of the Republic of
  Bulgaria

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• In Bulgaria the quality control of fuels is
  carried out by means of
• Check of the Declaration of compliance with the
  requirements, elaborated by the
  producer/importer, and accompanying the fuel
  along the supply chain up to the finial user
• Taking samples of liquid fuels and testing in an
  accredited laboratory
• Establishment of compliance/non-compliance on the
  basis of the test results obtained and data
  processing according to EN ISO 4259
• Undertaking actions against persons
  importing/producing, and using non-compliant
  liquid fuels.

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• In structural aspect, DG QCLF is organised in
  the following way
• One department for testing of fuels, having an
  accredited laboratory, and
• Three regional departments for control, which are
  located all over the country.
• In the course of 2004, 412 sites were checked
  and 1012 samples were taken.

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SAMPLES OF FUELS AND NON-COMPLIANCES ESTABLISHED
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MEAN VALUES OF PETROL PARAMETERS
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NON-COMPLIANT PETROL FUEL RON 92 PARAMETERS
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NON-COMPLIANT PETROL FUEL RON 95 PARAMETERS
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MEAN VALUES OF DIESEL FUELS PARAMETER
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NON-COMPLIANT DIESEL FUELS PARAMETERS
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Thank you for the attention!