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The Alternative Fuel Labelling and Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Parts 1 to 3 of this instrument implement the requirements Article 7(1) and (2), and (4) to (6) of Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure (“the Directive”). The purpose of Article 7 of the Directive is to standardise the labelling of types of motor vehicle fuel.

Part 2 places obligations on fuel retailers, from 1st September 2019, to label refuelling points in order to provide clear information to users about the alternative fuel they dispense. In relation to vehicles manufactured on or after 1st April 2020, it places obligations on the manufacturers to label those vehicles, and include information in the user manuals, to provide clear information about the alternative fuel type that the vehicle can use. It also places obligations on vehicle dealers to ensure that clear information about the alternative fuel type that the vehicle can use is made available to users, and that labelling added by manufacturers is not removed. The requirements of Part 2 replicate the requirements set out in standard BS EN 16942:2016 “Fuels. Identification of vehicle compatibility. Graphical expression for consumer information(1)”.

Part 3 contains enforcement provisions.

Part 4 amends the Motor Fuel (Road Vehicle and Mobile Machinery) Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3030) which require suppliers of fuel for use in road vehicles and various forms of mobile machinery to report on the greenhouse gas (“GHG”) intensity of their fuels and on the sustainability of any biofuels supplied. The amendment allows certain energy suppliers to claim GHG credits arising out of reductions in upstream emissions generated in 2019. Upstream emissions are GHG emissions arising before a raw material enters a refinery or processing plant.

A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is available from the Department for Transport, Great Minster House, 33 Horseferry Road, London, SW1P 4DR. A copy may be obtained from the Department for Transport website (www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-transport).

An Explanatory Memorandum has been prepared and is available alongside this instrument at www.legislation.gov.uk.

(1)

“Fuels. Identification of vehicle compatibility. Graphical expression for consumer information” BS EN 16942:2016. ISBN 978 0 580 99060 1. Published by the British Standards Institution 30th June 2017. Copies, including hard copies, can be obtained at www.bsigroup.com; and hard copies can be inspected at the British Standards Institution, 389 Chiswick High Road, Chiswick, London W4 4AL.