EU proposal scraps mandatory ‘dirty’ label for tar sands

A mandatory EU requirement to label oil from tar sands as more polluting than other forms of crude could be scrapped altogether following years of lobbying from top producer Canada, according to a draft European Commission proposal.

The draft document proposed that oil refiners would only have to report an EU-wide average of the emissions for the feedstock they use.

On 7 October 2014, the EC formally proposed scrapping the mandatory requirement.

ESO: Background information: First tar sands shipment to Europe sparks protests http://www.europeansources.info/record/first-tar-sands-shipment-to-europe-sparks-protests/

EurActiv, 07.10.14: Commission scraps plan to label tar sands as polluting http://www.euractiv.com/sections/energy/commission-scraps-plan-label-tar-sands-polluting-308985

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