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The Directive on renewable energy sets out sustainability criteria for biofuels in its articles 17, 18 and 19. These criteria are related to greenhouse gas savings, land with high biodiversity value, land with high carbon stock and agro-environmental practices. The criteria apply since December 2010. The Commission has adopted a number of decisions and Communications to assist the implementation of the EU's sustainability criteria.
Data layers on climate regions and soil type
Annotated example of a GHG calculation
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Annotated example of a land carbon stock calculation
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Inventory of data sources and methodologies to help identify land status
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Application of the sustainability criteria to the harvest of 2010
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BIOGRACE project - List of standard GHG values
CEN/Technical Committee 383 draft standards prEN 16214-2 and prEN16214-3
Commission sets up system for certifying sustainable biofuels [IP/10/711, 10/06/2011]All available translations.
Questions and Answers [MEMO/10/247, 10/06/2011]All available translations.

