2018/0012/B
EC/EFTA
BE Belgique
  • N40E - Produits pétroliers
2018-04-12
2018-01-17

This draft royal decree concerns the inclusion of sustainable biofuels in E5 petrol, E10 petrol and/or diesel released for consumption in Belgium.

Draft Royal Decree establishing the minimum nominal volumes of sustainable biofuels that must be contained in the volumes of fuels released annually for consumption

This draft royal decree partially transposes Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy produced from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC, as amended by Directive (EU) 2015/1513. It sets the volume of sustainable biofuels mixed with fossil fuels which is released annually for consumption at 8.5 %, limits the proportion of sustainable biofuels produced from cereals and other plants with a high starch, sugar and oil content and from plants grown as a main crop primarily for energy production on agricultural land to 7 %, and requires the inclusion of at least 0.1 % sustainable biofuels produced from the raw materials listed in Annex IV to the Royal Decree of 16 July 2014. Annex IV transposes Annex IX to Directive 2009/28/EC. Lastly, the draft introduces a double counting system for sustainable biofuels produced from the raw materials listed in Annex IV.