The second transitional provision of Royal Decree 1088/2010 of 3 September amending Royal Decree 61/2006 of 31 January in respect of the technical specifications for gasolines, gas oils, the use of Biofuels and sulphur content of fuels for marine use, provides that until 31 December 2013, gas oils with a maximum oxygen content of 2,7% by mass and a maximum of 2,7% of the total oxygen content of the fuel shall be available on the domestic market. maximum ethanol content of 5 percent by volume. The standard establishes that these gasolines, which must be available in all facilities for the supply of vehicles, must be those of the lowest octane index marketed. In the same transitional provision, the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade (currently Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism) is enabled to modify the content of the same.

In view of the aging of the mobile park whose manifestation is the high percentage of vehicles that still need gasoline protection and logistic limitations, which make it difficult to handle more than two qualities of The second transitional provision is deemed necessary to amend the said second transitional provision, extending until 31 December 2016, the current obligation to supply petrol for protection in the product with the lowest octane rate, in all facilities for the supply of such product to vehicles.

According to the transitional provision of Law No 3/2013 of 4 June, of the creation of the National Commission of the Markets and Competition, which establishes that the advisory bodies of the National Energy Commission provided for in the 11th additional provision of Law 34/1998 of 7 October, will continue to perform their duties until the Energy Advisory Council is established, the National Commission on Markets and Competition has issued the report ENER/75/2013/GAS of 17 December 2013 for the production of which the claims have been taken into account expressed in the process of hearing carried out through the Hydrocarbons Advisory Council.

By virtue of the above and in use of the habilitation conferred on the Minister of Industry, Energy and Tourism by paragraph 2 of the second transitional provision of Royal Decree 1088/2010 of 3 September, I hereby resolve:

First.

Extension of the deadline, provided for in paragraph 1 of the second transitional provision of Royal Decree 1088/2010 of 3 September 2010 amending Royal Decree 61/2006 of 31 January, as regards the specifications Gasolines, gas oils, the use of biofuels and the sulphur content of fuels for maritime use, in relation to the obligation on the availability of petrol for protection.

The deadline, provided for in paragraph 1 of the second transitional provision of Royal Decree 1088/2010 of 3 September 2010 amending Royal Decree 61/2006 of 31 January 2016, is extended until 31 December 2016, concerning the technical specifications for gasolines, gas oils, the use of biofuels and the sulphur content of marine fuels, in which gasolines with a maximum oxygen content of 2.7% must be available in bulk and a maximum ethanol content of 5 percent by volume, in all the supply of this fuel, with these gasolines being the lowest traded octane rate.

Second. Effectiveness.

This order will take effect from January 1, 2014.

This order exhausts the administrative route, in accordance with the provisions of Article 109 of Law 30/1992, of 26 November, of the Legal Regime of Public Administrations and of the Common Administrative Procedure, in Relationship with the additional 15th of Law 6/1997, of 14 April, of the Organization and the Functioning of the General Administration of the State. Against that decision, it may be brought before the Court of Justice of the National Court, within two months, from the day following that of the publication of this resolution, from the date of the publication of this resolution, compliance with Law 29/1998 of 13 July, regulating the Administrative-Administrative Jurisdiction.

The Minister for Industry, Tourism and Trade may also be able to apply for replacement proceedings within one month from the day following that of the publication, meaning that, in case of Replacement appeal shall not be brought before the administrative-administrative appeal until the replacement appeal is expressly resolved or the presumed dismissal of the remedy occurs.

Madrid, December 26, 2013. -Minister of Industry, Energy and Tourism, José Manuel Soria López.