EU warns France,Italy over sulfur-free fuel laws

摘要

The European Commission has sent eight EU member states warnings for failing to adopt national laws requiring the introduction of sulfur-free road fuels,the commission said Apr 2.France,Belgium,Netherlands,Germany,Austria,Italy,Portugal and Sweden were sent final written warnings after missing a Jun 30,2003 deadline for approving national laws to cut the amount of sulfur in fuels to 10 parts per million.All EU members must sell gasoline and diesel with less than 50ppm sulfur from Jan 1,2005.