S.L. 545.17 ст. 35Administrative fines.

The Regulator may impose an administrative fine upon any person who infringes any provision of these regulations or who fails to comply with any directive or decision given by the

Regulator in ensuring compliance with these regulations. FIRST SCHEDULE

Regulation 2, 8(2)

the Regulator for approval as a competent person ................................. €35 Authorisation application fee payable in respect of an application for an:

Authorisation to carry out the activity of an importer and, or wholesaler of applicable fee for applying for an authorisation for carrying out the activity of and, or wholesaler of petroleum in the inland market is of €233

Authorisation to operate a primary storage facility applicable fee for applying for an authorisation for operating a primary is of €233 Authorisation to carry out the activity of bottling of LPG applicable fee for applying for an authorisation for carrying out the activity of LPG is of €233.

SECOND SCHEDULE

Regulation 11(2)

Authorisation fee payable in respect of a: Authorisation to carry out the activity of an importer and, or wholesaler of applicable authorisation fee for carrying out the activity of an importer and, or of petroleum in the inland market is of €2,329 per annum and of litre of imported fuel. Authorisation to operate a primary storage facility applicable authorisation fee for operating a primary storage facility is:

€1,500 per annum in the case of a primary storage facility which does not exceed six tonnes capacity, but in the case of a primary storage facility of LPG such amount of authorisation fee shall be applicable when the capacity does not exceed two tonnes; €2,500 per annum in the case of a primary storage facility which does not exceed 2,500 tonnes, but in the case of a primary storage facility of LPG such authorisation fee shall be applicable when the capacity does not exceed 50 tonnes; €5,000 per annum in the case of a primary storage facility which exceeds the capacities mentioned in paragraph (b) but which does not exceed 25,000 tonnes capacity;

(d) €10,000 per annum in the case of a primary storage exceeds 25,000 tonnes but which does not exceed 100,000 capacity;

(e) €15,000 per annum in the case of a primary storage facility 100,000 tonnes capacity.

Authorisation to carry out the activity of bottling of LPG The applicable authorisation fee for carrying out the activity of bottling of €2,329.

THIRD SCHEDULE Substituted L.N. Regulation 30(1)

Gas Oil falling within CN Code 2710.19.45.00 shall be marked with Yellow 174 dye added in not less than such a quantity that gives a colour measured in a spectrophotometer at 430 ± 10nm, corresponding to 5 mg Yellow 174 as defined in the Colour Index per litre of mineral oil.

FOURTH SCHEDULE Added L.N. Regulation 2, 11 Product CN CODE Comment as Listed in CN CODE Benzol (benzene) 2707 10 90 For purposes other than as a power or heating Toluol (toluene) 2707 20 90 For purposes other than as a power or heating Xylol (xylenes) 2707 30 90 For purposes other than as a power or heating Other aromatic 2707 50 90 For purposes other than as a power or heating hydrocarbon mixtures of which 65% or more by volume (including losses) distils at 250ºC by the ASTM D 86 method Phenols 2707 60 00 Creosote oils 2707 91 00 Sulphuretted 2707 99 30 toppings Basic products 2707 99 50 Anthracene 2707 99 70 Light oils and 2710 11 11 For undergoing a specific process preparations Light oils and 2710 11 15 For undergoing chemical transformation preparations other than those specified in respect of subheading 11 15 White Spirit 2710 11 21 Medium oils 2710 19 11 For undergoing a specific process Gas oils 2710 19 31 For undergoing a specific process CN CODE Comment as Listed in CN CODE 2710 19 35 For undergoing chemical transformation by a process other than those specified in respect of subheading 2710 19 31 oils; 2710 19 71 For undergoing a specific process oils; 2710 19 75 For undergoing chemical transformation by a process other than those specified in respect of subheading 2710 19 71 for 2710 19 81 purposes oils, lube 2710 19 83 lube liquid 2710 19 85

and 2710 19 87

Metalworking 2710 19 91

oils, oils insulating 2710 19 93 lubricating oils 2710 19 99 2711 12 11 For purposes other than as a power or heating fuel 2711 13 10 For undergoing a specific process 2711 13 30 For undergoing chemical transformation by a process other than those specified in respect of subheading 2710 13 10 2711 14 00

and jelly; 2712 10 10

jelly; 2712 10 90 wax 2712 20 10 Synthetic paraffin wax of a molecular weight of 460 or by more but not exceeding 1 560 than wax 2712 20 90 Other by than and 2714 10 00 Bituminous or oil-shale and tar sands natural; oil-sands; and

Product CN CODE Comment as Listed in CN CODE Bitumen and 2714 90 00 Other asphalt, natural; bituminous or oil-shale and tar sands; asphaltites and asphaltic rocks Bituminous 2715 00 00 mixtures based on natural asphalt, on natural bitumen, on petroleum bitumen, on mineral tar or on mineral tar pitch (for example, bituminous mastics, cut-backs)

FIFTH SCHEDULE Added by: L.N. 33 of 2010. Regulation 3(e) Amended by: XXV. 2015.41. The importation and wholesaling of 20,000 litres of motor spirit during of one calendar year is exempt from the requirement of obtaining an authorisation terms of these regulations. The importation and wholesaling of 1500 kgs of liquefied petroleum cartridges and similar small containers during the course of one calendar exempt from the requirement of obtaining an authorization in terms regulations.

Any person who is so exempt shall still be bound to observe any regulation, decision or directive of the Regulator. SIXTH SCHEDULE

Regulation 33(1)

B C D E1 Minimum Minimum MAXIMUM MAXIMUM biofuel content advanced biofuel (%) share of (%) share of expressed as a content expressed as biofuels and high indirect percentage a percentage amount bioliquids, land- use amount (%) to be (%) to be released to where change-risk released to the the inland market by produced biofuels, inland market by the importer of SM from food bioliquids or the importer of EN 228 petrol and, and feed biomass fuels SM EN 228 or SM EN 590 crops, producedfrom petrol and, or SM diesel calculated in expressed as food and feed EN 590 diesel accordance with the a percentage crops for calculated in methodology in this amount (%) which a accordance with Schedule tobereleased significant the methodology to the inland expansion of in this Schedule marketbythe the production importer of area into land SM EN 228 with high-petrol and, or carbonstockis SM EN 590 observed, diesel expressed as a calculated in percentage accordance amount (%) to with the be released to methodology the inland in this market by the Schedule importer of SM EN 228 petrol and, or SM EN 590 diesel calculated in accordance with the methodology in this Schedule % share released Equal to or in 2020 + 1% up less than share to a maximum of of such fuels 7% released in 10.5% 0.1% 2019. % share released in 2020 + 1% up to a maximum of 7% 2022 11.0% 0.2% % share released in 2020 + 1% up to a maximum of 7% 2023 11.0% 0.2% % share released in 2020 + 1% up to a maximum of 2024 11.5% 0.5% 7% % share released in 2020 + 1% up to a maximum of 2025 12.0% 1.0% 7% % share released in 2020 + 1% up to a maximum of 2026 12.5% 1.5% 7% % share released in 2020 + 1% up to a maximum of 2027 13.0% 2.0% 7% % share released in 2020 + 1% up to a maximum of 2028 13.0% 2.5% 7% % share released in 2020 + 1% up to a maximum of 2029 13.5% 3.0% 7% % share released in 2020 + 1% up to a maximum of 2030 14.0% 3.5% 7%

Calculation method

The minimum amounts of biofuel expressed as a percentage amount shall be released for consumption in the inland market pre-blended with petrol and, or SM EN 590 diesel, or pre-blended with fuel supplied to the maritime sectors, and calculated by the energy content shall be:

= (a) + (b) + 1.2(c)

bio

= (a) where:

bioroad

(a) Shall be the energy content contribution of biofuels supplied to the transport sector;

(b) Shall be the energy content contribution of biofuels from food and crops supplied to the aviation and maritime sectors; and

(c) Shall be the energy content contribution of biofuels not from food crops supplied to the aviation and maritime sectors;

where:

The energy contribution arising from feedstocks listed in Part One and Part Eighth Schedule shall be considered to be twice the energy content of said

Only energy content of SM EN 228 petrol and SM EN 590 diesel used in shall be counted.

share of energy in fuel released in the inland market by the importer of SM and, or SM EN 590 diesel which shall be met with biofuels produced from listed in Part One of the Eighth Schedule shall be the number of percentage in Column C and shall be calculated as follows:

shall be the energy content of biofuels produced from feedstocks advanced One of the Eighth Schedule supplied to the road transport, aviation and sectors;

shall be the energy content of biofuels supplied to the road transport bioroad where: (+) Only energy content of SM EN 228 petrol and SM EN 590 road transport shall be counted.

1 This cap shall not apply to fuels types which are identified as being high indirect land-use fuels, bioliquids or biomass fuels produced from food and feed crops for which a significant the production area into land with high-carbon stock is observed, in line with Commission lation (EU) 2019/807, but which are certified to be low indirect land-use change- risk biofuels, biomass fuels in line with the provisions of the same regulation.

SEVENTH SCHEDULE Added L.N. Regulation 33(2) Substituted L.N.

Energycontent Energy by weight Fuel (lower calorific (lower value, MJ/kg) value,

FUELS FROM BIOMASS AND/OR BIOMASS PROCESSING OPERATIONS

Bio-Propane 46

Pure vegetable oil (oil produced 37 from oil plants through pressing, extraction or comparable procedures, crude or refined but chemically unmodified)

Biodiesel - fatty acid methyl ester 37 (methyl-ester produced from oil of biomass origin)

Biodiesel - fatty acid ethyl ester 38 (ethyl-ester produced from oil of biomass origin)

Biogas that can be purified to 50 natural gas quality

Hydrotreated (thermochemically 44 treated with hydrogen) oil of biomass origin, to be used for replacement of diesel Hydrotreated (thermochemically 45 30 with hydrogen) oil of origin, to be used for replacement of petrol

Hydrotreated (thermochemically 44 34 with hydrogen) oil of origin, to be used for replacement of jet fuel

Hydrotreated oil 46 24 (thermochemically treated with of biomass origin, to for replacement of petroleum gas

Co-processed oil (processed in a 43 36 simultaneously with fuel) of biomass or biomass origin to be replacement of diesel

Co-processed oil (processed in a 44 32 simultaneously with fuel) of biomass or biomass origin, to be replace petrol

Co-processed oil (processed in a 43 33 simultaneously with fuel) of biomass or biomass origin, to be replace jet fuel

Co-processed oil (processed in a 46 23 simultaneously with fuel) of biomass or biomass origin, to be to replace liquefied gas

RENEWABLE FUELS THAT CAN BE PRODUCED FROM VARIOUS RENEWABLE SOURCES, INCLUDING BIOMASS

from renewable sources 20 16

from renewable sources 27 21 Propanol from renewable sources 31

Butanol from renewable sources 33

Fischer-Tropsch diesel (a 44 synthetic hydrocarbon or mixture of synthetic hydrocarbons to be used for replacement of diesel)

Fischer-Tropsch petrol (a 44 synthetic hydrocarbon or mixture of synthetic hydrocarbons produced from biomass, to be used for replacement of petrol)

Fischer-Tropsch jet fuel (a 44 synthetic hydrocarbon or mixture of synthetic hydrocarbons produced from biomass, to be used for replacement of jet fuel)

Fischer-Tropsch liquefied 46 petroleum gas (a synthetic hydrocarbon or mixture of synthetic hydrocarbons, to be used for replacement of liquefied petroleum gas

DME (dimethylether) 28

Hydrogen from renewable 120 sources

ETBE (ethyl-tertio-butyl-ether 36 (of which 37% 27 produced on the basis of ethanol) from renewable from sources) sources)

MTBE (methyl-tertio-butyl-ether 35 (of which 22% 26 produced on the basis of from renewable from methanol) sources) sources)

TAEE (tertiary-amyl-ethyl-ether 38 (of which 29% 29 produced on the basis of ethanol) from renewable from sources) sources)

TAME (tertiary-amyl-methyl- 36 (of which 18% 28 ether produced on the basis of from renewable from methanol) sources) sources) (tertiary-hexyl-ethyl- 38 (of which 25% 30 (of which 25% produced on the basis of from renewable from renewable sources) sources)

(tertiary-hexyl-methyl- 38 of which 14% 30 (of which 14% produced on the basis of from renewable from renewable sources) sources)

FUELS

43 32

43 36

EIGHTH SCHEDULE Added by: L.N. 336 of 2021. Regulation 33(3) One - Feedstocks for the production of biogas for transport and biofuels, the contribution of which towards the minimum shares referred regulation 33 may be considered to be twice their energy content:

(a) Algae if cultivated on land in ponds or photobioreactors;

(b) Biomass fraction of mixed municipal waste, but not separated household waste subject to recycling targets under paragraph (a) of item 12 of 5 of the Waste Regulations;

(c) Biowaste as defined in regulation (4) of the Waste Regulations from households subject to separate collection as defined in regulation 4 of the regulations;

(d) Biomass fraction of industrial waste not fit for use in the food or chain, including material from retail and wholesale and the agro-food and aquaculture industry, and excluding feedstocks listed in Part Two of this Schedule;

(e) Straw;

(f) Animal manure and sewage sludge;

(g) Palm oil mill effluent and empty palm fruit bunches;

(h) Tall oil pitch;

(i) Crude glycerine;

(j) Bagasse;

(k) Grape marcs and wine lees;

(l) Nut shells;

(m) Husks;

(n) Cobs cleaned of kernels of corn;

(o) Biomass fraction of wastes and residues from forestry based industries, namely, bark, branches, pre- commercial thinning, needles, tree tops, saw dust, cutter shavings, black liquor, brown sludge, lignin and tall oil;

(p) Other non-food cellulosic material;

(q) Other ligno-cellulosic material except saw logs and veneer

Part Two - Feedstocks for the production of biofuels and biogas the contribution of which towards the minimum share established in may be considered to be twice their energy content:

(a) Used cooking oil;

(b) Animal fats classified as categories 1 and 2 in accordance with Regulation No 1069/2009.