EU legislation on fuel quality and its implementation in the republic of Serbia

Abstract

The authors in this paper present the most important EU regulations in the field of legal protection of fuel quality as one specific issue within environmental protection. Through analysis of the European legislation the authors point at normative framework that is being implemented in legislation of Republic of Serbia. Special attention is focused on legislation of Republic of Serbia related to this field by studying the level of harmonisation of the Serbian regulations of fuel quality with the European legislation. In this paper the authors studied the synergy of the legislative and the actual state of protection of fuels quality on the basis of exact parameters due to the territory of the Republic of Serbia, assessing the quality of legal provisions and their applicability, pointing to possible failures in legislation and in implementing these provisions. In the Republic of Serbia, liquid fuels have been produced since 2013, according to the EU standard requirements. Besides, the consistent application in practice is needed, improvement of monitoring of fuel quality and ensuring transparency and accessibility of information.