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  • When Apr 22, 2009 12:01 AM to Apr 24, 2009 12:05 AM (GMT+0 / UTC0)
  • Where Syracuse
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The ever increasing popularity of the issues related to the use of fuels for motor vehicles is evident in the recent period. From an environmental point of view, the growth of the emissions due to transport is a major cause of not achieving the Kyoto Protocol objectives. There are also the problems due to traffic air pollution in urban areas. The European Union is facing such problems with a complex strategy, which acts on the fuels characteristics, engine performance, consumption of motor vehicles and on the efficiency of the emissions reduction devices. Under this strategy, Legislative Decree n. 66 of 21 March 2005 confered to APAT the task of monitoring the quality of motor vehicles fuels and transmit annually to the Parliament a report on the results of this activity. This document presents the results of ISPRA activities and describes accurately the procedures adopted for the collection, management and processing of data, referred to the year 2006.

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