2022/0595/B
EC/EFTA
BE Belgium
  • N40E - Petroleum products
2022-12-02
2022-09-08

This draft law ensures that biofuels produced from palm and soybean oil no longer contribute to achieving the blending volume referred to in Article 7(1) and the sub-targets in paragraphs 1°, 2°, 3° and 4° of Article 4 of the Royal Decree of 4 May 2018 establishing the minimum nominal volumes of sustainable biofuels that must be contained in the volumes of fuels released annually for consumption.

Draft Law amending the Law of 17 July 2013 concerning the minimum nominal volumes of sustainable biofuels that must be contained in the volumes of fossil fuels released annually for consumption

Principally, the Draft Law, submitted for notification, adds Article 7/1 to the Law of 17 July 2013 concerning the minimum nominal volumes of sustainable biofuels that must be contained in the volumes of fossil fuels released annually for consumption, as amended by the Law of 26 December 2015.

The Draft Law stipulates that, from 1/01/2023 onwards, the use of biofuels produced from palm oil (from 1/01/2023) and from soybean oil (from 1/07/2023), including other products derived directly or indirectly from the oil palm or soybean, no longer contribute to the objectives for the incorporation volumes for sustainable
biofuels laid down in Article 7(1) and the sub-targets in paragraphs 1°, 2°, 3° and 4° of Article 4 of the Royal Decree of 4 May 2018 establishing the minimum nominal volumes of sustainable biofuels that must be contained in the volumes of fuels released annually for consumption.
This abolition shall not apply to raw materials listed in Annex IV to the Royal Decree of 16 July 2014 and to biofuels, bioliquids or biomass fuels certified as having a low risk of indirect land-use change, in accordance with the provisions and criteria for that purpose set out in Articles 4 and 5 of Council Directive 2019/807 supplementing Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Secondly, the aforementioned Law of 17 July 2013 is updated following the entry into force of several decisions.