EN 14274:2003
(Main)Automotive fuels - Assessment of petrol and diesel quality - Fuel quality monitoring system (FQMS)
Automotive fuels - Assessment of petrol and diesel quality - Fuel quality monitoring system (FQMS)
This European Standard describes a fuel quality monitoring system (FQMS) for assessing the quality of petrol and automotive diesel fuel marketed in any of the Member States within the European Community.
Some basic background ideas behind the FQMS are given in annex A.
Since the specifications for automotive fuels contain climatic related requirements, the FQMS is run twice a year, once during the winter period and once during the summer period. Information about the dates for the summer and winter periods in a specific country are defined in the country's national annex to EN 228 and EN 590. Fuel samples taken during transition periods shall not be included in the FQMS.
For the purposes of this FQMS, grades of petrol that constitute less than 10% of the total amount of petrol dis-pensed in any one country, and grades of automotive diesel fuels that constitute less than 10% of the total amount of automotive diesel fuel dispensed in any country may require separate handling as described in clause 5 of this European Standard.
Kraftstoffe für Kraftfahrzeuge - Ermittlung der Qualität von Ottokraftstoff und Dieselkraftstoff - System zum Kraftstoffqualitätsnachweis (FQMS)
Diese Europäische Norm legt ein System zur Überprüfung der Kraftstoff-Qualität (FQMS) fest für Ottokraftstoffe und Dieselkraftstoffe, die in einem der europäischen Mitgliedstaaten innerhalb der Europäischen Gemeinschaft in den Markt gebracht werden.
Einige dem FQMS zugrunde liegende Annahmen sind im Anhang A aufgeführt.
Da die Anforderungsnormen für Kraftstoffe klima-abhängige Anforderungen enthalten, ist das FQMS zweimal im Jahr durchzuführen, einmal im Winter-Zeitraum (siehe 3.7) und einmal im Sommer-Zeitraum (siehe 3.6). Information über Beginn und Ende dieser Zeiträume in einem bestimmten Land sind im jeweiligen Nationalen Anhang von EN 228 und EN 590 des jeweiligen Landes festgelegt. Kraftstoffproben, welche in den Übergangszeiten gezogen wurden, sind nicht in das FQMS einzubeziehen.
Für die Anwendung des FQMS auf Ottokraftstoff-Sorten mit weniger als 10 % des im Land vertriebenen Ottokraftstoffes und für Dieselkraftstoff-Sorten für Kraftfahrzeuge mit weniger als 10 % Marktanteil des im Land vertriebenen Dieselkraftstoffes kann, wie in Abschnitt 5 dieser Europäischen Norm beschrieben, eine gesonderte Behandlung erforderlich sein.
Carburants pour automobiles - Evaluation de la qualité de l'essence et du carburant pour moteur diesel (gazole) - Système de suivi de la qualité des carburants (FQMS)
La présente Norme européenne prescrit un schéma de suivi de la qualité des carburants (FQMS) destiné à évaluer la qualité de l'essence et du combustible pour moteur diesel (gazole) mis sur le marché dans tout pays membre de l'Union Européenne.
Puisque les spécifications des carburants pour automobiles comportent des exigences liées au climat, le FQMS doit être mis en ¿uvre deux fois par an, une fois durant la période hivernale et une fois durant la période estivale. Les informations relatives aux dates des périodes d'hiver et d'été dans un pays donné doivent être tirées de l'Annexe Nationale correspondante y afférente dans les normes EN 228 et EN 590.
Pour les besoins du FQMS, les grades d'essence qui constituent moins de 10 % de la quantité totale d'essence mise sur le marché d'un pays, et les grades de combustible pour moteur diesel (gazole) qui constituent moins de 10 % de la quantité totale de combustible pour moteur diesel (gazole) mise sur le marché d'un pays, peuvent nécessiter des opérations séparées, comme indiqué à l'article 5 de la présente Norme européenne.
Goriva za motorna vozila – Ocena kakovosti motornih bencinov in dizelskih goriv – Monitoring kakovosti goriv (FQMS)
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-november-2003
Goriva za motorna vozila – Ocena kakovosti motornih bencinov in dizelskih goriv –
Monitoring kakovosti goriv (FQMS)
Automotive fuels - Assessment of petrol and diesel quality - Fuel quality monitoring
system (FQMS)
Kraftstoffe für Kraftfahrzeuge - Ermittlung der Qualität von Ottokraftstoff und
Dieselkraftstoff - System zum Kraftstoffqualitätsnachweis (FQMS)
Carburants pour automobiles - Evaluation de la qualité de l'essence et du carburant pour
moteur diesel (gazole) - Systeme de suivi de la qualité des carburants (FQMS)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 14274:2003
ICS:
75.160.20 7HNRþDJRULYD Liquid fuels
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 14274
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
August 2003
ICS 75.160.20
English version
Automotive fuels - Assessment of petrol and diesel quality - Fuel
quality monitoring system (FQMS)
Carburants pour automobiles - Evaluation de la qualité de Kraftstoffe für Kraftfahrzeuge - Ermittlung der Qualität von
l'essence et du carburant pour moteur diesel (gazole) - Ottokraftstoff und Dieselkraftstoff - System zum
Système de suivi de la qualité des carburants (FQMS) Kraftstoffqualitätsnachweis (FQMS)
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 2 July 2003.
CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European
Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national
standards may be obtained on application to the Management Centre or to any CEN member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation
under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the Management Centre has the same status as the official
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Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United
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Contents
page
Foreword.3
1 Scope .4
2 Normative references .4
3 Terms and definitions.4
4 Information required to set up the FQMS.6
5 Setting up the FQMS.6
6 Procedure .9
7 Final report .9
Annex A (informative) Establishing the number of samples to be taken .11
A.1 Basic criteria.11
A.2 Precision.11
Annex B (normative) Acceptance criteria for laboratories to be used in the FQMS.12
B.1 Assessment of the Laboratory .12
B.2 Member of an inter-laboratory correlation scheme.12
B.3 Review of inter-laboratory correlation scheme test results .12
Annex C (informative) FQMS Design - Using models A, B, C .13
C.1 Model A (Example Italy).13
C.2 Model B (Example Germany) .14
C.3 Model C (Example Luxembourg).16
Annex D (normative) Process flowchart .17
Annex E (normative) Reporting formats for the final report.19
E.1 Introduction .19
E.2 General section .19
E.3 Analytical section .19
E.4 Macro Region Approach .23
Bibliography .24
Foreword
This document (EN 14274:2003) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN /TC 19, "Petroleum products,
lubricants and related products", the secretariat of which is held by NEN.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or
by endorsement, at the latest by February 2004, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest
by February 2004.
Annexes B, D and E are normative. Annexes A and C are informative.
For relationship with EU Directives, see the Bibliography section, which is an integral part of this document.
This European Standard, which makes use of statistical reasoning, describes a fuel quality monitoring system
(FQMS) which may be applied to assess quality of fuels being marketed in a European Member State in relation to
the European Directive 98/70/EC [1]. For the purpose of this European Standard, each European Member State is
regarded as the smallest unit for which the results of the monitoring system are representative.
Therefore, this European Standard cannot be used without considerable adjustment for the representative
monitoring of fuel quality in a specific region nor for a specific distribution chain nor for policing purposes, as the
statistical reasoning, which forms the basis for this European Standard, may not be valid for these purposes. The
required adjustments for an extension of the monitoring system are rather complex. They are beyond the scope of
this European Standard and are therefore not included here. The provisions in this European Standard may,
however, in principle be extended to allow for additional purposes.
For several specific parameters, the European fuel specifications in EN 228 and EN 590 request that each country
selects limiting values from a given set of values and specifies these country specific limiting values in the
corresponding normative annex to EN 228 and EN 590 in order to adjust for geographic and climatic factors. These
values may differ from country to country. Therefore, for these specific parameters, also the results obtained in this
monitoring system will differ from country to country.
The minimum number of samples that are to be drawn is based on the information and comprehensive statistical
analysis available at the time of publication of this European Standard. A statistical explanation on how the different
statistical models and minimum samples numbers were achieved will be added as an informative annex to this
document at a later stage. As more information becomes available, the number of samples required may change.
For this reason this European Standard will be reviewed from time to time.
According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following
countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal,
Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
1 Scope
This European Standard describes a fuel quality monitoring system (FQMS) for assessing the quality of petrol and
automotive diesel fuel marketed in any of the Member States within the European Community.
Some basic background ideas behind the FQMS are given in annex A.
Since the specifications for automotive fuels contain climatic related requirements, the FQMS is run twice a year,
once during the winter period and once during the summer period. Information about the dates for the summer and
winter periods in a specific country are defined in the country's national annex to EN 228 and EN 590. Fuel
samples taken during transition periods shall not be included in the FQMS.
For the purposes of this FQMS, grades of petrol that constitute less than 10% of the total amount of petrol dis-
pensed in any one country, and grades of automotive diesel fuels that constitute less than 10% of the total amount
of automotive diesel fuel dispensed in any country may require separate handling as described in clause 5 of this
European Standard.
2 Normative references
This European Standard incorporates by dated or undated reference, provisions from other publications. These
normative references are cited at the appropriate places in the text and the publications are listed hereafter. For dated
references, subsequent amendments to or revisions of any of these publications apply to this European Standard only
when incorporated in it by amendment or revision. For undated references the latest edition of the publication referred
to applies (including amendments).
EN 228, Automotive fuels – Unleaded petrol – Requirements and test methods
EN 590, Automotive fuels – Diesel – Requirements and test methods
EN 14275, Automotive fuels - Assessment of petrol and diesel fuel quality - Sampling from retail site pumps and
commercial site fuel dispensers
EN ISO 4259, Petroleum products – Determination and application of precision data in relation to methods of test
(ISO 4259:1992/Cor 1:1993)
EN ISO/IEC 17025:2000, General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories (ISO/IEC
17025:1999)
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this European Standard the following terms and definitions apply:
3.1
fuel grade
specific automotive fuel quality of petrol or of diesel fuel for which there exists a separate specification in:
a) European Directive 98/70/EC [1] and in updates thereof; or
b) national implementations of EN 228 and EN 590; or
c) other national automotive fuel standards
3.1.2
parent fuel grade
fuel grade that corresponds to the specification of Directive 98/70/EC [1] or to the specifications in the national
annex of the appropriate EN standard, and to which nationally defined fuel grades shall be referred
NOTE European Directive 98/70/EC requires that every separate nationally defined fuel grade should comply with one
specification as defined in the Directive. Therefore, for each nationally defined fuel grade, there will be a corresponding
European parent fuel grade. The most widely marketed grades in Europe are Unleaded 91, 95, 98 RON petrol, 98 lead
replacement petrol, 98 RON leaded petrol and diesel. See also the example discussed in clause 5.4.2.
3.2
country size
size of a country in relation to the total amount of dispensed fuel in that country
3.2.1
small-size country
country in which a total of 15 millions tons or less of automotive fuel is dispensed per annum
3.2.2
large-size country
country in which a total of more than 15 millions tons of automotive fuel is dispensed per annum
3.3
fuel dispensing site
site, retail or commercial, where fuel is dispensed into road vehicles for propulsion
3.3.1
retail site
site where the general public can purchase automotive fuel
3.3.2
commercial site
site that is not open to the general public but where automotive fuel is dispensed
3.4
model
design of the FQMS based on a number of different statistical, administrative or logistic criteria
3.5
sample size
minimum number of samples required to be analysed in one country to make the results of the monitoring system
representative for that country
NOTE A country may, at its own discretion, use more than the minimum number of samples, but not less.
3.6
summer period
period of the year as given in EN 228 and EN 590, or in the national annexes of these European standards
3.7
winter period
period of the year as given in EN 228 and EN 590, or in the national annexes of these European standards
3.8
macro regions
specific grouping of geographical or political regions within a country formed for efficient design of the FQMS
NOTE see also 5.5.
3.9
variability factor
factor, not exceeding a value of 10, designed to describe the variability in fuel supply in a specific ma
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