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16/07/2008
Public consultation on the preparation of a report on requirements for a sustainability scheme for energy uses of biomass
Contributions will be sent at latest on 30/09/2008

Overview

Renewable Energy Sectors

FP6 Demonstration Projects

Policy and Legislation

European Stategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan)

Biomass Action Plan

Biofuels Standards

Publications

Public consultations

Events

The video (3'55”)
20% renewable energy by 2020

Public Consultations

| Sustainability scheme for energy uses of biomass

| EU Action to promote Offshore Wind Energy (closed)

| Biofuel issues in the new legislation on the promotion of renewable energy (closed)

| Identification of administrative and grid barriers to the promotion of electricity from Renewable Energy Sources (RES-E) (closed)
| The European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET-Plan) (closed)
| Promotion of Heating and Cooling from Renewable Energies (results)
| Biomass Action Plan (results)
| Review of Biofuels Directive (results)

Give us your opinion

Consultation on the preparation of a report on requirements for a sustainability scheme for energy uses of biomass

Policy field(s):

Renewable energy, Bio-energy, sustainability

Target group(s)
Energy companies, national authorities, energy producers, biomass producers, non-governmental organisations, EU citizens, third countries

Period of consultation
from 16.07.2008 to 30.09.2008

Objective of the consultation
This questionnaire seeks your views on key principles and criteria/indicators to be developed at EU level to ensure that the biomass for energy purposes comes from sustainable sources. The Commission has undertaken to report on such requirements by 2010 in its proposal for a Directive on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (COM-2008-19)

Press Release
Commission launches consultation on requirements for a sustainability scheme for biomass for energy purposes

Reference documents and other, related consultations

The proposed Directive on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources is available at:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:52008PC0019:EN:NOT
The public consultation document on the sustainability of biofuels for transport is available at: http://ec.europa.eu/energy/res/consultation/biofuels_en.htm
Report by the Biomass Technology Group provides an overview of already existing frameworks for sustainable biomass certification and is available at:
http://ec.europa.eu/energy/res/sectors/bioenergy_publications_en.htm

Contact details

responsible service: DG TREN, Unit D.1
e-mail: TREN-UNIT-D1@ec.europa.eu
postal address :
European Commission
Directorate-General for Energy and Transport
Emese Kottasz,
Rue de Mot 24, Brussels 1049 Belgium

View the contributions
In the interests of transparency, organisations have been invited to provide the public with relevant information about themselves by registering in the Interest Representative Register and subscribing to its Code of Conduct. If the organisation is not registered, the submission is published separately from the registered organisations.

Results of consultation and next steps
http://ec.europa.eu/energy/res/consultation/index_en.htm