Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1112 of 22 June 2017 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

Article 1 shall apply from 1 August 2017.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 22 June 2017.

For the Commission

The President

Jean-Claude Juncker

Annex

ANNEX

Annex

ANNEX

List of products with their Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) registry number authorised for the complete denaturing of alcohol.

AcetoneCAS: 67-64-1C.I. reactive red 24CAS: 70210-20-7Crystal violet (C.I. No 42555)CAS: 548-62-9Denatonium benzoateCAS: 3734-33-6EthanolCAS:64-17-5FluoresceinCAS: 2321-07-5Fusel oilCAS: 8013-75-0Gasoline (including unleaded gasoline)CAS: 86290-81-5Isopropyl alcoholCAS: 67-63-0KeroseneCAS: 8008-20-6Lamp oilCAS: 64742-47-8 and 64742-48-9MethanolCAS: 67-56-1Methyl ethyl ketone (2-butanone)CAS: 78-93-3Methyl isobutyl ketoneCAS: 108-10-1Methyl isopropyl ketoneCAS: 563-80-4Methyl violetCAS: 8004-87-3Methylene blue (52015)CAS: 61-73-4Solvent naphthaCAS: 8030-30-6Spirits of turpentineCAS: 8006-64-2Naphtha (petroleum)CAS: 92045-57-3Tert-butyl alcoholCAS: 75-65-0ThiopheneCAS: 110-02-1Thymol blueCAS: 76-61-9

The term absolute ethanol in this Annex has the same meaning as the term absolute alcohol used by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.

In all these Member States, any dye may be added to the denatured alcohol to give it a characteristic colour, making it immediately identifiable.

I.

The common denaturing procedure for completely denatured alcohol employed in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland:

Per hectolitre of absolute ethanol:

1,0 litre isopropyl alcohol,

1,0 litre methyl ethyl ketone,

1,0 gram denatonium benzoate.

II.

An increased concentration of the common denaturing procedure for completely denatured alcohol, employed in the following Member States:

Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Romania, and the United Kingdom

Per hectolitre of absolute ethanol:

3,0 litres isopropyl alcohol,

3,0 litres methyl ethyl ketone,

1,0 gram denatonium benzoate.

Croatia

Per hectolitre of absolute ethanol:

A minimum of:

1,0 litre isopropyl alcohol,

1,0 litre methyl ethyl ketone,

1,0 gram denatonium benzoate.

Sweden

Per hectolitre of absolute ethanol:

1,0 litre isopropyl alcohol,

2,0 litres methyl ethyl ketone,

1,0 gram denatonium benzoate.

III.

Additional denaturing procedures for completely denatured alcohol employed in certain Member States:

Per hectolitre of absolute ethanol any of the following formulations:

Czech Republic

1. 0,4 litre solvent naphtha,

0,2 litre kerosene,

0,1 litre technical petrol.

1. 3,0 litres ethyl tert-butyl ether,

1,0 litre isopropyl alcohol,

1,0 litre unleaded gasoline,

10 milligrams fluorescein.

Greece

Only low-quality alcohol (heads and tails from distillation), with an alcoholic strength of at least 93 % volume and not exceeding 96 % volume can be denatured.

Per hectolitre of hydrated alcohol of 93 % volume, the following substances are added: