Platts to change Gasoil 0.1% CIF Med assessment specifications effective Jan 2, 2026

Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, will amend the specifications reflected in its Gasoil 0.1% Cargoes CIF Med (AAVJJ00) Market on Close assessment process, effective Jan. 2, 2026.

This follows a proposal published Aug. 26, 2025: available here.

These amendments come amid an observed change in the typical density range and cold properties of gasoil cargoes with max 0.1% sulfur traded on a CIF basis in the Mediterranean basin, as a significantly higher proportion of volumes have traded into the North Africa region in recent years where the product is used as road fuel or to generate power.

From Jan. 2, 2026, the assessment will reflect Mediterranean gasoil specification with the following parameters:

Where other parameters are not defined, Platts reflects the most stringent parameters of Spanish B&C spec as per the latest government specification, in line with current methodology.

Platts will continue to publish bids, offers or trades in its Gasoil 0.1% Cargoes CIF Med MOC process for other merchantable grades in the Mediterranean basin, including, but not limited to, Libyan spec and Algerian spec, subject to normalization to the assessed specification.

In line with market feedback, the assessment will continue to reflect product with price escalated or de-escalated, depending on the density, and a flash point of min. 60 °C as per current Spanish B&C quality standards.

Please send any comments or feedback to europe_products@spglobal.com and pricegroup@spglobal.com.

For written comments, please provide a clear indication if comments are not intended for publication by Platts for public viewing.

Platts will consider all comments received and will make comments not marked as confidential available upon request.