Regulation On The Control Of Solid Fuels

The Regulation on the Control of Solid Fuels for the Protection of Air Quality (the “Regulation”) was published by the Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change (the “Ministry”) in the Official Gazette dated 16 September 2026 and numbered 33372.

The Regulation establishes the procedures and principles governing the control of imported and domestically produced solid fuels for the purpose of protecting air quality and introduces a comprehensive administrative and technical framework covering fuel characteristics, certification, storage, transportation, placing on the domestic market, market surveillance and use.

In addition to coal, the Regulation applies to solid biofuels and both calcined and non-calcined petroleum coke, introducing a range of registration, certification, conformity assessment and monitoring obligations for importers, producers, distributors, sellers and facilities using solid fuels.