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Commission Regulation (EC) No 2546/95 of 30 October 1995 amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 3199/93 on the mutual recognition of procedures for the complete denaturing of alcohol for the purposes of exemption from excise duty

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2546/95 of 30 October 1995 amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 3199/93 on the mutual recognition of procedures for the complete denaturing of alcohol for the purposes of exemption from excise duty

Regulation (EC) No 2546/95 Β· Regulation Β· 2 articles

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Article 1

Commission Regulation (EC) No 3199/93 is hereby amended as follows: (a) The following paragraphs shall be added to the Annex: 'Portugal: Impure ethyl alcohol containing per hectolitre a minimum of 5 litres of methanol and higher alcohols, of an alcoholic strength by volume of not less than 90 % and not more than 96 %, to which is added per hectolitre: - 2 litres of essence of turpentine or petroleum, and - 2 grams of malachite green or methylene blue. Finland: Per hectolitre of ethyl alcohol: 1. 2 litres methylethylketone, and 3 litres methylisobutylketone, 2. 2 litres acetone, and 3 litres methylisobutylketone, 3. 3 litres acetone, and 2 grams of denatonium benzoate. Austria: 1. Per hectolitre of ethyl alcohol: 0,5 kilogram of fusel oil (by-product of alcohol rectification), 0,05 kilogram of gas oil from CN code 2710 and 1 kilogram of methylethylketone; or 2. per hectolitre of ethyl alcohol in the form of feints as a by-product of the rectification of agricultural alcohol: 1 kilogram of fusel oil (by-product of alcohol rectification), 0,01 kilogram of gas oil from CN code 2710 and 0,2 kilogram of methylethyletone. Sweden: Per hectolitre of ethyl alcohol: 1. 2 litres methylethylketone, and 3 litres methylisobutylketone` (b) The paragraph containing Italy's denaturant shall be amended to read as follows: 'Italy: Per hectolitre of ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength of at least 90 % vol., add: - 125 grams of tiofene, - 0,8 grams of denatonium benzoate, - 0,4 grams of CI acid red 51 (red colorant), - 2 litres of methylethylktone.`

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 30 October 1995. For the Commission Mario MONTI Member of the Commission

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