Commission Regulation (EC) No 2559/98 of 27 November 1998 amending 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
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The paragraph concerning Italy in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 3199/93 is hereby replaced by the following: 'Italy The ethyl alcohol to be denatured must have a content in anhydrous ethyl alcohol not below 90 % in volume. Per hectolitre of anhydrous ethyl alcohol, add: - 125 grams of thiophene, - 0,8 grams of denatonium benzoate, - 3 grams of CI Reactive Red 24, aqueous solution at 25 % w/w, - 2 litres of methyl ethyl ketone.`
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, 27 November 1998. For the Commission Mario MONTI Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 316, 31. 10. 1992, p. 21. (2) OJ L 76, 23. 3. 1992, p. 1. (3) OJ L 8, 11. 1. 1997, p. 12. (4) OJ L 288, 23. 11. 1993, p. 12. (5) OJ L 260, 31. 10. 1995, p. 45.
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