MONITORING OF LEAD LEVELS IN GASOLINE, MARKETED DURING LAST DECADE, IN ALBANIA

Development of the national economy after 2000 in Albania, and especially the transport was accompanied by the growth trends in consumption of fossil fuels, diesel and gasoline. Benefits that transport impact the economy it also is accompanied from negative environmental impacts. Emission of CO2, SO2, and VOx, Heavy metals mainly Pb etc. The consumption of gasoline with/or no content of Pb compared to the diesel consumption for to consecutive years 2010-2011, has been relatively low. It has varied between 8.7 and 17.5 %, despite that the contribution to gas emission is relatively considerable in urban areas. After 2000s the domestic hydrocarbon market related to the gasoline, has been mainly derived from the import. The import origin comes mainly from Croatia, Greece and Italy and countries from Black Sea region. Aim of the study is monitoring of the Pb content of imported gasoline for period 2001 ? 2011, environmental effect in urban areas, evolution of standards for the marketed gasoline, as well as impact that legislation implementation for that commodity has achieve in Albania.