Member States shall ensure that, by 31 December 2009 at the latest, gas oils intended for use by inland waterway vessels comply with the standard specifications set out in annex VI and the maximum permissible sulphur content is 10 mg/kg."
To fully benefit, it is necessary to have vessels equipped with Exhaust Gas Treatment (EGT) technologies. In the absence of such a requirement, a lowering of sulphur content will lead to a net increase of CO2 emissions at refinery level in comparison to the relative PE396.443v01-00 34/79 AM\688588FR.doc