REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION Quality of petrol and diesel fuel used for road transport in the European Union Second annual report (Reporting year 2003).

Abstract

This report, which covers the period 2001 - 2002, is the fifth in the series of Commission reports, which cover Council Regulation (EEC) No 3820/851. It is based on the information supplied by Member States using the standard form introduced according to the Commission Decision of the 22 February 19932. All Member States have used the standard form for submitting data to the Commission. Their returns are for the most part complete but still not all uniform and some of the data provided were fragmentary or lacking in some aspect. There was a delay in returns, particularly from Ireland, and data from Greece, Luxembourg and Portugal were not complete. However, the use of the standard form makes it easier for the Commission to analyse and to compare the statistics with those of the last period. This report also sets out any initiatives communicated by the Member States and includes the latest developments at Community level.