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<p id="pa01" num="0001">A method of improving the low temperature properties of a middle distillate fuel composition comprising:<br/>
(a) a nitrogen-containing dispersant; and<br/>
(b) one or more low temperature property enhancers which are not fumarate vinyl ester copolymers and which are selected from (x) wax antisettling additives; (y) middle distillate flow improvers and mixtures thereof;<br/>
the method comprising adding to the fuel an additive (c) which is a copolymer comprising units of formula (A):
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and units of formula (8):
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wherein R is an alkyl group and each of R<sup>1</sup> and R<sup>2</sup> is an alkyl group.</p>
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