oSIST prEN 15376:2026

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-september-2026
Goriva za motorna vozila - Etanol kot komponenta za dodajanje motornemu
bencinu - Zahteve in preskusne metode
Automotive fuels - Ethanol as a blending component for petrol - Requirements and test
methods
Kraftstoffe für Kraftfahrzeuge - Ethanol zur Verwendung als Blendkomponente in
Ottokraftstoff - Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren
Carburants pour automobiles - Ethanol comme base de mélange à l'essence -
Exigences et méthodes d'essais
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 15376
ICS:
71.080.60 Alkoholi. Etri Alcohols. Ethers
75.160.20 Tekoča goriva Liquid fuels
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
August 2026
ICS 71.080.60; 75.160.20 Will supersede EN 15376:2014
English Version
Automotive fuels - Ethanol as a blending component for
petrol - Requirements and test methods
Carburants pour automobiles - Ethanol comme base de Kraftstoffe für Kraftfahrzeuge - Ethanol zur Blendung
mélange à l'essence - Exigences et méthodes d'essais in Benzin - Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 19.
If this draft becomes a European Standard, CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations
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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
1 Scope . 4
2 Normative references . 4
3 Sampling . 5
4 Requirements and test met . 5
4.1 Dyes and markers . 5
4.2 Additives . 5
4.3 Denaturing . 5
4.4 Generally applicable requirements and related test methods . 5
4.5 Climate dependent requirements . 6
4.6 Precision and dispute . 7
Bibliography . 8

European foreword
This document (prEN 15376:2026) 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 document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
This document will supersede EN 15376:2014.
This document has originally been prepared under mandate M/344 given to CEN by the European
Commission and the European Free Trade Association along with other standards intended to be
complementary to the regulatory measures contained in various EU Directives, see [1], [2], [3] and [4].
If (bio)ethanol is meant for use as automotive fuel component, this document applies. It is intended to
call up this European Standard in EN 228 [5], in order to define the quality of (bio)ethanol which is
added/blended to the petrol.
Significant technical changes between this document and the previous edition EN 15376:2014 are:
— removal of dated references based on the decision of CEN/TC 19 to remove all dated references in
fuel specifications ensuring that the latest version applies;
— removal of footnote b in Table 1 for EN 15721 found not necessary considering the low level of
water content specification.
1 Scope
This document specifies requirements and test methods for marketed and delivered ethanol to be used
as an extender for automotive fuel for petrol engine vehicles in accordance with the requirements of
EN 228 [5]. It is applicable to ethanol used for blending at all levels up to and including 85 % (V/V).
NOTE For the purposes of this document, the term “% (m/m)” and “% (V/V)” are used to represent
respectively the mass fraction, µ, and the volume fraction, φ.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 15485, Ethanol as a blending component for petrol — Determination of sulfur content — Wavelength
dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometric method
EN 15486, Ethanol as a blending component for petrol — Determination of sulfur content — Ultraviolet
fluorescence method
EN 15487, Ethanol as a blending component for petrol — Determination of phosphorus content —
Ammonium molybdate spectrometric method
EN 15488, Ethanol as a blending component for petrol — Determination of copper content — Graphit
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