Fuel quality monitoring programme launches in Georgia
120 samples of fuel will be taken across the country. Photo: Envrionmental Supervision Department.
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The Environmental Supervision Department of Georgia has launched a fuel quality monitoring programme in the country.
120 samples of fuel will be taken from fuel stations around the country without prior notice to gas station employees.
Fuel samples will be tested in an internationally accredited laboratory and the Levan Samkharauli National Forensic Bureau for identification of its compliance with legislative norms.
Fuel samples will be taken without prior notice to gas station employees. Photo: Environmental Supervision Department.
Gas stations and sellers who fail to meet the quality or composition standards set out by the Georgian government will have to pay a 8,000 GEL ($2,726/€2,445) fine.
The programme is a part of a larger government push to improve air quality in the country, as a part of which air quality monitoring website air.gov.ge was recently set up.
The website provides information from nine automatic air quality stations across Georgia in Georgian and English.
Georgia is improving air quality monitoring to ensure that air quality throughout the country meets European standards.
The National Environment Agency of the Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture has installed a new air monitoring station in Rustavi today.
The government of Italy has allocated €2 million to help Georgia purchase new stations to monitor atmospheric air quality and to study the risks of natural threats in the capital city of Tbilisi, announces the Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture of Georgia.
Georgia is working on a new bill to ensure access to public information about atmospheric air quality. The bill ‘On the protection of atmospheric air”, that will be presented at today’s meeting of the parliament
More than 400 public and private services are accessible for Georgia’s citizens through the Unified Portal of Electronic Services - My.gov.ge.
Over a third of fuel samples taken at stations across Georgia have had irregularities revealed in them, with the Department of Environmental Supervision launching a wider inspection in response.