You know what label your car is refueled?

On October 12 enter into force Directive 2014/94 / EU, which includes the deployment of a single labeling to help consumers choose the right fuel for your vehicle when refueling.

From that date we will use a new nomenclature will serve to help us verify the correct selection of product to fill the tank of our car.

The legislation requires the incorporation of these distinctive in all service stations and vehicles (cars, motorcycles, tricycles, ATVs, motorcycles, vans, trucks, buses and coaches).

first marketed or registered after the above date.

The label design is distinguished by its form and content. The type of fuel to which the sticker means is geometrically identified, such that a circle is assigned for gasoline, a square for diesel and a lozenge for gaseous fuels. The specific class of each is determined with the inner nomenclature.

New names to labels

E5, E10 or E85 will be the new names for gasoline. E5 label refers to fuel composed of 95% gasoline and 5% ethanol. E10 corresponds to the mixture of 90% gasoline and 10% ethanol. E85 identifies the fuel consisting of 15% gasoline and 85% ethanol.

Labels to refer to diesel will be B7, B10 and XTL. The letter B is used to designate the specific components of the biodiesel in the diesel fuel, ie B7 means incorporating 7% biodiesel with diesel mixed, while the B10, 10% of the mixture is biodiesel. The XTL name refers to synthetic diesel.

Finally, the stickers gaseous fuels distinguish stands for: CNG for compressed natural gas.

LPG for LPG, LNG liquefied H2 for hydrogen and natural gas.

These identifiers fuel necessarily be incorporated in new vehicles, but ...

How can you know what is right fuel to fill the tank of a vehicle prior to the entry into force of the legislation?

is best to ask the clerk at the gas station, it will be adequately informed of the equivalences.