Ordinance on the sulfur content of certain liquid fuels or fuels
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Third regulation for the implementation of the Federal Immission Control Act |
| Short title: | Ordinance on the sulfur content of certain liquid fuels or fuels |
| Previous title: | Ordinance on the sulfur content of light heating oil and diesel fuel |
| Abbreviation: | 3. BImSchV |
| Type: | Federal Ordinance |
| Scope: | Federal Republic of Germany |
| Issued on the basis of: | Federal Immission Control Act |
| Legal matter: | Environmental law |
| Original version from: | January 15, 1975 ( BGBl. I p. 264 ) |
| Entry into force on: | 23rd January 1975 |
| Last revision from: | June 24, 2002 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 2243 ) |
| Entry into force of the new version on: |
June 29, 2002 |
| Expiry: | December 13, 2010 ( § 21 10th BImschV ) |
| Please note the note on the applicable legal version. | |
The ordinance on the sulfur content of certain liquid fuels (3rd BImSchV), which was valid from 2002 to 2010, pursued the goal of reducing the sulfur content of heating oil and diesel fuels . It replaced the ordinance on the sulfur content of light heating oil and diesel fuel of January 15, 1975. At the same time, the regulation was a national implementation of Directives 1999/32 / EC and 93/12 / EEC.
For diesel fuel, a limit of 350 mg / kg initially applied, which was reduced to 50 mg / kg from January 1, 2005 and to 10 mg / kg from July 11, 2009. The limit value for heating oil and gas oil was initially at a mass fraction of 0.2 percent and was reduced to 0.1 percent on January 1, 2008. Exceptions were mainly made for shipping and supply bottlenecks.
At the end of 2010, this ordinance was replaced by the ordinance on the composition and labeling of the qualities of fuels .
