The new European labelling regulations for fuels and vehicles, required by Directive 2014/94/EU, which aims to provide consumers with better information on the wide variety of existing fuels, will take effect on 12 October.
The EN 16942 standard is originally an order from the European Commission to the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). The CEN/TC 441 Committee was set up in Europe to this end. The Spanish Association for Standardisation, UNE, as a Spanish CEN member coordinated Spanish participation in the drafting of this standard and its inclusion as Standard UNE-EN 16942. This work was carried out by the UNE's Technical Committee for Standardization (CTN) 316 with the participation of the main interested parties, and in particular AOP, APPA, ANFAC and AEH2, all members of UNE.
As of October 12, the labels required by the standard must appear:
- Close to the fuel filler or fuel tank cap on new vehicles.
- In new vehicle user manuals or also displayed in the vehicle's multimedia centre's e-manuals.
- On all public petrol station fuel pumps and nozzles.
The labels will be displayed on the following new vehicles:
- Mopeds, motorbikes, three and four-wheel motorcycles.
- Light commercial vehicles.
- Heavy commercial vehicles.
When customers arrive at a petrol station and open their vehicle's fuel filler cap, a common fuel identifier showing which fuel is compatible with their vehicle will be displayed on the vehicle as well as the fuel pump and nozzle.
