#52026DC0036R(01)EU report on global expansion of food and feed crops for biofuel risk assessment
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This report updates the data used to assess whether food and feed crops used for biofuels are linked to high indirect land-use change risk. It corrects values in Table 5 on average annual expansion of production areas, which matters because those figures help determine whether certain crop-based fuels can count toward EU renewable energy targets. The practical effect is mainly for biofuel producers, fuel suppliers, certification bodies, and regulators. Crops that meet the high-risk criteria face a phase-out from renewable energy target counting by 2030 unless the fuel is certified as low-risk.
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Key Changes
- Corrects Table 5 values for average annual expansion of relevant crop production areas
- Supports the EU assessment of which food and feed crop feedstocks are high indirect land-use change risk
- Reinforces the rules limiting high-risk crop-based biofuels from counting toward renewable energy targets by 2030
Obligations
What this law requires
Biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from food or feed crops classified as high ILUC-risk may be counted toward Renewable Energy Directive renewable energy targets only within the applicable limit, which must decrease to zero by 2030.
Biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels may be exempted from the high ILUC-risk counting limit only if they are certified as low ILUC-risk fuels under the ILUC Delegated Regulation rules.
Feedstocks must be treated as high ILUC-risk only where both cumulative criteria are met: average annual global production-area expansion since 2008 is above 1% and more than 100,000 hectares, and the share of expansion into high-carbon-stock land is above 10%.