European Fuel Ethanol Standards
The standardization organization in Europe is called the European Committee for Standardization (CEN, Comite Europeen de Normalisation). The use of standards is always voluntary in the
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Figure 16.1 Typical gas chromatogram for gasoline denatured fuel ethanol GC analysis conditions for Denatured Fuel Ethanol — ASTM D5501, analysis of ethanol, methanol and denaturant volume %.
members of the European community, but European standards are sometimes related to European Directives. Thus standards may constitute a basis to the legal requirements of the Directives.
Members of this association are the national standardization institutes of 28 European countries. The CEN central secretariat is located in Brussels and is responsible for promoting the activities of the association. The Technical Board (BT) is primarily responsible for the coordination of CEN standardization work. Technical Committees (TC) are responsible for the drafting of European standards in well defined sectors. This system ensures that more than 270 TCs are working according to sectorial priorities and avoids the duplication of work. The TCs involve experts from all areas affected by the activities of CEN such as industry, public administration, science, consumers, and trade unions.