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This document explains the requirements and test methods for marketed and delivered paraffinic diesel from synthesis (XTL) or hydrotreatment (HVO) and of blends thereof with fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) according to European fuel specifications. It provides background information to judge the (approval of the) final text of the standard and gives guidance and explanations to the producers, blenders, marketers and users of paraffinic automotive diesel. NOTE 1 This document is directly related to the pending development of FprCEN/TS 15940 and should be updated once further publications take place. NOTE 2 For the purposes of this document, the term "% (m/m)" and "% (V/V)" are used to represent the mass fraction, µ, and the volume fraction, f, respectively.