European foreword

This document (EN 16709:2024) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 19 “Gaseous and liquid fuels, lubricants and related products of petroleum, synthetic and biological origin”, the secretariat of which is held by NEN.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by April 2025, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by April 2025.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

This document supersedes EN 16709:2015+A1:2018.

Significant technical changes between this document and EN 16709:2015+A1:2018 are:

— update to the normative references towards undated versions where they don't concern requirements originating from European Directives (in line with decisions by CEN/TC 19 in coordination with the European Commission), and updating the effective publication dates were required;
— inclusion of the amended EN 14214 FAME specification;
— deletion of the Fuel Ignition Tester (EN 16144) as an alternative test method for cetane number determination due to its absence of use in the market. Whereas the ICN technique (EN 17155) has now been included as alternative methods for cetane number determination;
— addition of micro-distillation (EN 17306) as an alternative test method to distillation by EN ISO 3405 and EN ISO 3924;
— addition of automated method (EN ISO 22995) as an alternative test method to cloud point by EN ISO 3015;
— addition of the Stabinger viscometer (EN ISO 23581) as an alternative test method to viscosity by EN ISO 3104;
— addition of oxidation stability by rapid small scale oxidation method (EN 16091) as an alternative test method to oxidation stability by EN 15751;
— updating of the clause on pump marking to harmonize it with other CEN/TC 19 specification standards;
— update to the “workmanship clause” in 7.5.2 to address the issue of abrasive wear of fuel injection equipment by hard particles in diesel fuel;
— clarification of the dispute requirement concerning sulfur content in 7.7.3;
— deletion of the allowance for cetane number alternative methods in 7.7.4;
— addition of 7.7.9 to address situations in which the test method includes a bias-correction to the dispute method;
— deletion of the A-deviation for Belgium and inclusion of an A-deviation for Germany, following changes of respective national legislations.

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BS EN 16709:2024

Automotive fuels. High FAME diesel fuel (B20 and B30). Requirements and test methods

Current

Published:

31 Dec 2024