proposal for a directive of the european parliament and of the council amending directive 98 70 ec as regards the specification of petrol diesel and gas-oil and introducing a mechanism to monitor and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the use of road transport and amending council directive 1999 32 ec as regards the specification of fuel used by inland waterway vessels and repealing directive 93 12 eec com 2007 18 - european parliament legislative resolution ta 2008 613 31 pages in english . agreement has been reached on commission proposal com 2007 18 to amend directive 98 70 ec on the quality of petrol and diesel. the final compromise text includes a requirement for suppliers of energy used in road transport to report the greenhouse gas intensity of that energy. the deal sets a 6 green house gas ghg intensity reduction from 2010 to 2020. a further 4 reduction is subject to an assessment by the commission by the end of 2012 and if appropriate a proposal to increase the target. the methodology for the greenhouse gas elements will be adopted subsequently through comitology. the revised draft directive will also lead to a reduction in pollutant emissions from road transport and non-road machinery through setting tighter limits on sulphur of 10ppm for diesel and gas-oil and 8 on poly-aromatic hydrocarbons in diesel. in addition it will facilitate the blending of ethanol in petrol through an increase in the maximum ethanol content in petrol to 10 while allowing member states to request a vapour pressure waiver subject to approval by the commission so as to ensure there is no deterioration in air quality. an arctic vapour pressure waiver for countries with low summer temperatures will also be subject to approval by the commission. the revised draft directive will assist consumers by ensuring that existing petrol blends with maximum ethanol content of 5 and oxygen content of 2.7 will continue to be marketed until 2013. it does not set limits on biodiesel content. finally the revised draft directive provides information through creating a labelling requirement for fuel containing metallic additives while setting a limit on the permitted level of the specific additive mmt. non-road mobile machinery addressed in the draft directives scope includes inland waterway vessels agricultural and forestry tractors and recreational craft.