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Deadline for compliance with ACEA Oil Sequences 2016 October 15th 2018

ATIEL

Lubricant formulators and marketers have until 1 December 2018 to ensure any engine lubricants on the market making current ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association) performance claims comply with the ACEA European Oil Sequences 2016.

ACEA updates its oil sequences around every two years to take account of changes in engine design and technology and the requirements of emissions legislation.  When a new set of oil sequences is introduced, ACEA provides an overlap period to allow lubricant marketers to carry out the development programmes necessary for the reformulation of products that are making ACEA claims to meet the new specifications for current ACEA performance categories (see table* below).

Sequence issue First allowable use Mandatory for new claims Oils with this claim may be marketed until:
2004 1 November 2004 1 November 2005 31 December 2009
2007 1 February 2007 1 February 2008 23 December 2010
2008 22 December 2008 22 December 2009 22 December 2012
2010 22 December 2010 22 December 2011 22 December 2014
2012 14 December 2012 14 December 2013 1 December 2018
2016 1 December 2016 1 December 2017 To be announced in the next issue of ACEA Oil Sequences

* Source: ACEA European Oil Sequences 2016  www.acea.be

Lubricant marketers are responsible for performance claims made regarding their products meeting ACEA requirements. "It is important for the integrity of the European Engine Lubricants Quality Management System (EELQMS) and the ATIEL Code of Practice that all lubricant marketers update their formulations to the new sequences within the required timeframe," says Francois Bénard, Chairman of ATIEL’s Industry Liaison Committee.

"This way end users can be assured that all the products on the market are of sufficient and consistent standard for meeting ACEA requirements."

ACEA requires that "claims against the ACEA Oil Sequences can only be made by oil companies or oil distributors who have signed the EELQMS Lubricant Marketers’ Letter of Conformance".

For more info contact: info@atiel.eu.

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