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• Joined Cases C-364/18 and C-365/18: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 7 November 2019 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale amministrativo regionale per la Lombardia — Italy) — Eni SpA v Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico, Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze (C-364/18), Shell Italia BV SpA v Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico, Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze, Autorità di Regolazione per l’Energia, Reti e Ambiente, formerly Autorità per l’energia elettrica e il gas e il sistema idrico (Case C-365/18) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 94/22/EC — Energy — Conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons — Royalties — Methods of calculation — QE and PFOR indices — Discriminatory nature)

  • Published: 2019-11-07
  • Corporate Author(s): Court of Justice (Court of Justice of the European Union)
  • Subject: equal treatment, fuel, hydrocarbon, payment, petroleum exploration, price index, price of energy, service concession
• REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Energy prices and costs in Europe

  • Published: 2019-01-09
  • Corporate Author(s): Directorate-General for Energy (European Commission) ; European Commission
  • Subject: electrical energy, energy consumption, energy efficiency, energy supply, EU energy policy, fuel, petroleum, price of energy, retail price, wholesale price
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  Ex-post evaluation of the European Fisheries Fund (2007-2013)
  Lot 2 : Retrospective and prospective evaluation on the common fisheries policy, excluding its international dimension, Pilot operations, case study report

  This case study covers Measure 3.5 Pilot Operations. Based on the analysis of the EFF intervention logic, the objectives of this measure were: 1. Strengthened protection and enhancement of the environment 2. Strengthened competitiveness of fishing fleet The objectives of this case study are to d...

  This case study covers Measure 3.5 Pilot Operations. Based on the analysis of the EFF intervention logic, the objectives of this measure were: 1. Strengthened protection and enhancement of the environment 2. Strengthened competitiveness of fishing fleet The objectives of this case study are to determine: 1. To what extent have pilot projects contributed to innovations in the fishing sector (in relation to discard, bycatch or fuel consumption reduction, management plans or systems)? 2. What were the key difficulties in setting up pilot projects and did the EFF provide added value?

  • Published: 2017-02-14
  • Corporate Author(s): a ; ANTD International ; Coffey ; Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (European Commission) ; IREPA ; MRAG ; Oceanic Developpement ; Poseidon Aquatic Resource management Ltd
  • Subject: added value, authorised catch, common fisheries policy, data transmission, energy consumption, environmental protection, European fisheries fund, fishing controls, fuel, maritime surveillance, operational programme
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8000 — DCC/Dansk Fuels) (Text with EEA relevance)

  • Published: 2016-05-21
  • Corporate Author(s): European Commission
  • Subject: economic concentration, fuel, merger control, retail trade, wholesale trade
• Directive (EU) 2016/802 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 relating to a reduction in the sulphur content of certain liquid fuels

  • Published: 2016-05-11
  • Corporate Author(s): Council of the European Union ; European Parliament
  • Subject: atmospheric pollution, diesel fuel, fuel, fuel oil, maritime shipping, pollution control measures, pollution from ships, reduction of gas emissions, sulphur
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  Development of high performance SCR-catalysts related to different fuel types (DEVCAT)
  Final report

  Within the DEVCAT project, high performance high-dust SCR catalysts related to different fuels have been developed, leading to an improved understanding of chemical and physical mechanisms of the reactions at the catalyst. The main focus was put on the development of commercial SCR catalysts for...

  Within the DEVCAT project, high performance high-dust SCR catalysts related to different fuels have been developed, leading to an improved understanding of chemical and physical mechanisms of the reactions at the catalyst. The main focus was put on the development of commercial SCR catalysts for the application in coal-, biomass- and co-combustion derived flue gas with high DeNOx-activity and low SO2/SO3-conversion being able to convert a significantly high share of flue gas elemental mercury into its oxidised form. Oxidised mercury is subsequently absorbed in wet flue gas desulphurisation. Catalysts with different composition including the addition of new metal oxides as well as nano-material and modified geometry have been produced and were tested in micro-, technical-, bench- and full-scale SCR-reactors. The enhanced properties of the newly developed catalysts were demonstrated for all scales consistently. Interactions of relevant pollutants at the catalyst have been identified. Deactivation of newly developed catalysts in flue gas of coaland co-combustion plants was shown to be similar to conventional catalysts. In addition, the regeneration process of heavily deactivated catalysts was studied. A 3D-CFD SCR model was further developed and validated including the processes of deactivation and lifetime behaviour. The model was calibrated with experimental data generated within the project. The model allows the prediction of the distribution of flue gas components from the boiler up to downstream of the catalyst. The widespread and holistic research approach included measurements at lab- and full-scale FGDs in order to identify interactions leading to overall efficient multi-pollutant control.

  • Published: 2015-05-27
  • Corporate Author(s): Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (European Commission)
  • Personal Author(s): Porbatzki, D ; DiBlasi, M ; Hartung, A ; Tembrink, J ; Schwämmle, T ; Han, X ; Heidel, B ; Risio, B ; LaMarca, C ; Hilber, M ; Brandenstein, J
  • Subject: coal, combustion gases, fuel, reduction of gas emissions, research method, research project, research report
• Regulation (EU) 2015/757 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on the monitoring, reporting and verification of carbon dioxide emissions from maritime transport, and amending Directive 2009/16/EC (Text with EEA relevance)

  • Published: 2015-04-29
  • Corporate Author(s): Council of the European Union ; European Parliament
  • Subject: atmospheric pollutant, climate change, energy saving, environmental monitoring, fuel, International Maritime Organisation, maritime transport, oxide, pollution control measures, pollution from ships, public consultation, reduction of gas emissions
• REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council setting CO2 emission performance standards for new heavy-duty vehicles (COM(2018)0284 - C8-0197/2018 - 2018/0143(COD)) Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Rapporteur: Bas Eickhout

  • Published: 2018-10-25
  • Corporate Author(s): Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (EP Committee) ; European Parliament
  • Subject: bus, commercial vehicle, energy consumption, environmental standard, fuel, greenhouse gas, large vehicle, motor vehicle pollution, non-polluting vehicle, reduction of gas emissions, transport infrastructure
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  Assessment of the measurement methodology for CO2 emissions from heavy-duty buses and coaches
  Pre-pilot phase (PPP) – test-campaign report

  After the adoption of the CO2 Certification Regulation on the determination of the CO2 emissions and fuel consumption of heavy-duty trucks, the European Commission has decided to proceed with the preparation of a new regulatory initiative for the certification of CO2 emissions and fuel consumpti...

  After the adoption of the CO2 Certification Regulation on the determination of the CO2 emissions and fuel consumption of heavy-duty trucks, the European Commission has decided to proceed with the preparation of a new regulatory initiative for the certification of CO2 emissions and fuel consumption from buses and coaches. The new methodology is intended to be a continuation of the heavy-duty vehicles CO2 certification regulation and it will be based on a combination of component testing and computer simulation of the vehicles' fuel consumption. Following a request from the European Commission's Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA), the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) launched a test-campaign in order to investigate the possibility to extend the methodology proposed for the verification of the certified CO2 emissions from heavy-duty trucks to buses and coaches. In addition, the scope of the test campaign was to demonstrate the representativeness of the CO2 emissions calculations made by the official simulator (VECTO) by comparing against the actual performance of vehicles. Experiments were conducted on two Euro VI buses, one interurban bus and one coach, both on the chassis dyno and on the road, with the aim of understanding the advantages and disadvantages of different approaches proposed. The official simulation software (VECTO) was used for simulating the operation of vehicles under the different test conditions. The principal conclusion of the test campaign is that an ex-post verification method which is based on transient, on-road tests is possible also for buses and coaches. However, there is a clear need to work on the details of the test protocol to be finally implemented, define boundary conditions for transient tests on the road, and establish the necessary acceptance and rejection margins for any such validation. Additional care should be paid to the auxiliary components as they are a special part of buses and coaches and contribute highly to the overall fuel consumption of these vehicles. Finally, additional testing is necessary in order to calculate accurately any systematic deviation between the officially reported, simulated, CO2 values and those actually occurring in reality.

  • Published: 2018-10-23
  • Corporate Author(s): Joint Research Centre (European Commission)
  • Personal Author(s): Grigoratos, T ; Giechaskiel, B ; Savvidis, D ; Tansini, A ; Fontaras, G ; Ciuffo, B
  • Subject: consumption, environmental monitoring, fuel, greenhouse gas, large vehicle, motor vehicle industry, motor vehicle pollution, reduction of gas emissions, research report, simulation, testing
• Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union

  • Published: 2018-09-17
  • Corporate Author(s): Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union (European Commission) ; European Commission
  • Subject: Combined Nomenclature, common customs tariff, fuel