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Cabinet Regulation No. 1176 of 2010 on Procedures for the Circulation of Fuel Containing Bio-products and Administration of the Relevant Excise Duty

Country/Territory
Latvia
Document type
Regulation
Date
2010
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
"Latvijas Vēstnesis", 205 (4397), 29.12.2010.
Subject
Energy
Keyword
Biofuel Tax/levy Environmental standards Protection of environment Oil Governance Standards
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Northern Europe
Abstract

The Regulation prescribes the procedures for the circulation and administration of the relevant excise duty for: (1) unleaded petrol, the substitute products and components thereof, to which ethanol has been added, which has been acquired from agricultural raw materials and has been dehydrated (with the alcohol content of at least 99.5 per cent by volume) provided that the content of the absolute alcohol forms from 70 to 85 per cent (inclusive) by volume from the total quantity of products; (2) diesel fuel (gas oil), the substitute products and components thereof, to which biodiesel acquired from rapeseed oil is added – at least 30 per cent by volume of the total amount of products; (3) biodiesel fully acquired from rapeseed oil; (4) rapeseed oil, which is sold or used as heating fuel or fuel; and (5) kerosene, diesel fuel (gas oil) or fuel oil, the colorimetric index of which is less than 2.0 and the kinematic viscosity of which at 50oC is less than 25 mm2/s, and the substitute products and components thereof, if the abovementioned mineral oils are marked, they are used as heating fuel and if the rapeseed oil or biodiesel fuel acquired from rapeseed oil added thereto forms at least five per cent by volume from the total amount of products.

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