Observing and monitoring of fuel quality on the territory of the Czech Republic in accordance with the statue of the section 7, par. 2a of the law No. 311/2006 Coll., the Fuel Regulations, and notice No. 133/2010 Coll.

Collecting samples of fuels (motor petrol, motor oil, mixed fuel, bio fuel, LPG, CNG and Ethanol E85) and controlling their quality. The CTI checked abiding of rule No. 3 item 1 of the law No. 311/2006 Coll., the Fuel Regulations.

Out of total 134 samples collected in January 2011 there were 6 samples that did not meet the requirements, i.e. 4.5%.

In January defects were found in the samples of motor oil, Ethanol E85 and fatty acids methyl esters (FAME).

Out of the tested 59 motor oil samples, 3 samples did not meet requirements (5.1%). In 2 samples, deviation was detected in the flash point. In 1 sample (1.7%), defect in the sulphur content was detected.

Out of 3 collected FAME samples, 2 samples (66.7%) did not meet the quality standards requirements due to defects in the flash point.

One sample of 3 collected Ethanol E85 samples (33.3%) did not meet the requirement concerning the vapour pressure quality parameter.

Results according to the types of fuels, including detected unsatisfactory criteria, are available in the attachment No 1; the attachment No 2 contains values of unsatisfactory quality indicators and in the attachment No 3 is the overview of unsatisfactory samples with the date of collection, the No of the particular sample and marked unsatisfactory quality parameters.

In January, any violation of the upper acceptable level of bio ingredients in fuels was not detected.

Analysis of the collected samples showed deviations from the quality standards in 3 samples of motor oil, 2 samples of FAME and 1 sample of Ethanol E85. In January, 4.5% samples were unsatisfactory.

48 samples of the collected motor petrol did not meet the particular quality standard requirements the same as 4 samples of mixed fuel SMN 30, 15 samples of LPG and 2 samples of compressed natural gas (CNG).