Here's what you need to know
Petrol pump labels are set to change in France on Friday and indeed across Europe as part of the European Union's bid to standardise the labeling system. Here's what you need to know.
From Friday October 12th, petrol pumps will look slightly different in France and across the EU, as well as in neighbouring countries including Norway, Iceland and Turkey.
Under the new EU directive, instead of “Unleaded” and “Diesel”, petrol pumps will be labelled with letters and numbers, relating to the type of fuel and the amount of biofuel it contains in a bid to help consumers select the appropriate fuel for their vehicles throughout Europe.
This will see names for different fuels being shortened and a set of symbols will also be introduced.
Under the new system, “Unleaded 95” and “Unleaded 98” will both be replaced by the letter “E” surrounded by a circular border, followed by a “5” for 5 percent biofuel or “10” for 10 percent and the fuel currently labelled "Superethanol" will become "E85"
Diesel will be identifiable by a square containing the letter "B" followed by either the number "7" or "10" depending on the amount of biofuel it contains. There will also be square label containing the letters "XTL" the XTL which indicates the fuel is synthetic diesel and not derived from crude oil.
Petrol pump labels are set to change in France on Friday and indeed across Europe as part of the European Union's bid to standardise the labeling system. Here's what you need to know.
From Friday October 12th, petrol pumps will look slightly different in France and across the EU, as well as in neighbouring countries including Norway, Iceland and Turkey.
Under the new EU directive, instead of “Unleaded” and “Diesel”, petrol pumps will be labelled with letters and numbers, relating to the type of fuel and the amount of biofuel it contains in a bid to help consumers select the appropriate fuel for their vehicles throughout Europe.
This will see names for different fuels being shortened and a set of symbols will also be introduced.
Under the new system, “Unleaded 95” and “Unleaded 98” will both be replaced by the letter “E” surrounded by a circular border, followed by a “5” for 5 percent biofuel or “10” for 10 percent and the fuel currently labelled "Superethanol" will become "E85"
Diesel will be identifiable by a square containing the letter "B" followed by either the number "7" or "10" depending on the amount of biofuel it contains. There will also be square label containing the letters "XTL" the XTL which indicates the fuel is synthetic diesel and not derived from crude oil.
