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National Biomass Action Plans
To cope with the increasing dependence on imported energy, the European Union (EU) must bring into play a new energy policy, the three main objectives of which are competitiveness, sustainable development and security of supply.
It is in this wider context of an integrated and coherent energy policy and, in particular, of promoting renewable energy sources that the Commission is presenting this Biomass Action Plan.
The EU Biomass Action Plan (BAP) of December 2005 identified 32 key activities for boosting the bioenergy market (COM(2005)628final). One of these key actions stated that “the Commission will encourage Member States to establish national biomass action plans (nBAPs)”. Such nBAPs could deal with the removal of primarily national bottlenecks and by that means supplement and strengthen the BAP.
The Council of the European Union of 08-09 June 2006 in its conclusions clearly endorsed the BAP and particularly “invited Member States to develop or update national BAPs in response to the present conclusions”. The Council summit of 08/09 March 2007 in its conclusions endorsed novel strong targets for the RES sector for 2020; meeting them will require further strong market deployment of bioenergy in all sectors.
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Expert meetings on national biomass action plans
Participation: 25 experts and respresentatives from 22 Member States plus Croatia, the President of the Energy Council as well as Commission representatives from DG-ENV, DG-AGRI, DG-ENTR and DG-TREN actively participated.
The meeting’s objective was to offer MS and ACC representatives a discussion platform so that they could exchange views and valuable experiences about nBAPs amongst each other. 33 experts from 24 Member States plus Croatia patrticipated. The Commission was present with representatives from DG-AGRI, DG-ENV, DG-ENTR, and DG-TREN.
National support schemes, strategies, action plans, and future potentials in relation to bioenergy
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