2018/0036/D
EC/EFTA
DE Deutschland
  • N40E - Mineralölerzeugnisse
2018-04-27
2018-02-01

This ordinance transposes Directive (EU) 2015/1513 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 September 2015 amending Directive 98/70/EC relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources

Ordinance amending the Biomass Electricity Sustainability Ordinance, the Biofuel Sustainability Ordinance and the Emissions Trading Ordinance, as well as implementing EU legal requirements

Under this ordinance, the minimum requirements for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by using liquid biomass as well as the reporting obligations regarding indirect land-use change emissions from biofuels and bioliquids are adapted to the new EU legal requirements in Directive (EU) 2015/1513.

• Several aspects of the Biomass Electricity Sustainability Ordinance and the Biofuel Sustainability Ordinance are adjusted in line with existing administrative practices. Provisions in the Biofuel Sustainability Ordinance and the Biomass Electricity Sustainability Ordinance are harmonised and outdated transitional provisions are revised.