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Document 62009CN0343
Case C-343/09: Reference for a preliminary ruling from High Court of Justice (England & Wales), Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court) made on 26 August 2009 — Afton Chemical Limited v Secretary of State for Transport
Case C-343/09: Reference for a preliminary ruling from High Court of Justice (England & Wales), Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court) made on 26 August 2009 — Afton Chemical Limited v Secretary of State for Transport
Case C-343/09: Reference for a preliminary ruling from High Court of Justice (England & Wales), Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court) made on 26 August 2009 — Afton Chemical Limited v Secretary of State for Transport
OJ C 267, 7.11.2009, p. 44–44
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
7.11.2009 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 267/44 |
Reference for a preliminary ruling from High Court of Justice (England & Wales), Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court) made on 26 August 2009 — Afton Chemical Limited v Secretary of State for Transport
(Case C-343/09)
2009/C 267/76
Language of the case: English
Referring court
High Court of Justice (England & Wales), Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Afton Chemical Limited
Defendant: Secretary of State for Transport
Questions referred
In relation to the provisions relating to metallic additives in Directive 2009/30/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 98/70/EC as regards the specification of petrol, diesel and gas-oil and introducing a mechanism to monitor and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the use of road transport fuels and amending Council Directive 1999/32/EC as regards the specification of fuel used by inland waterway vessels and repealing Directive 93/12/EEC (‘the Directive’) (1):
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With reference to that part of Article 1(8) which inserts a new Article 8(a)(2) into Directive 98/70 (2) limiting the use of methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl in fuel to 6 mg Mn per litre from 1 January 2011 and to 2 mg from 1 January 2014, is the imposition of such limits:
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With reference to that part of Article 1(8) which inserts a new Article 8(a)(4), Article 8(a)(5) and 8(a)(6) into Directive 98/70 requiring the labelling of all fuels which contain metallic additives with the phrase ‘contains metallic additives’, is the imposition of such a labelling requirement:
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(1) OJ L 140, p. 88
(2) Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Council Directive 93/12/EC, OJ L 350, p. 58