Commission Regulation (EC) No 849/2008 of 28 August 2008 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

• CELEX: Regulation (EC) No 849/2008
• Articles: 2

Article 1

The entry concerning Greece in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 3199/93 is replaced by the following:

‘Greece

Low quality ethyl alcohol (heads and tails from distillation), with an alcoholic strength of at least 93 % vol and not exceeding 96 % vol, to which the following substances are added per hectolitre of hydrated alcohol of 93 % vol:

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Methanol: 2 litres,

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Spirit of turpentine: 1 litre,

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Lamp Oil: 0,50 litre,

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Methylene blue: 0,40 grams.

At a temperature of 20 °C, the end product should reach, in its unaltered state, 93 % vol.’.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .