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Directive Review and Progress Report - Public Consultation
Biofuels Directive Review and Progress Report - Public
Consultation
The European Union
biofuels directive was adopted in May 2003. It aims to promote the use in
transport of fuels made from biomass, as well as other renewable fuels.
The directive asks the European Commission to make a progress report before the
end of 2006.
The progress report could be used as the basis for a proposal to amend the
directive.
The Commission set out the broad lines for this review of the directive in its
biomass action plan and biofuels strategy. Now, in preparing the progress
report, the Commission’s services would like to know the views of public
authorities, businesses, non-governmental organisations and other interested
parties on the following questions:
1. Is the objective of promoting biofuels still valid?
2. The directive sets a reference value of 5.75% for the market share of
biofuels in 2010. Will this share be achieved with existing policies and
measures? If not, why not?
3. Looking towards 2010, does the EU system of targets for biofuels need to be
adapted? If so, how?
4. Should a certification system be introduced to avoid using “poor performing”
biofuels or give more support to “better performing” ones?
5. Looking towards 2015 and 2020, should further measures be adopted to promote
biofuels?
6. A number of more technical issues
The purpose of this
consultation document
 is to gather these views.
The document explains the questions in more detail.
Responses should be sent to
TREN-BIOFUELS-DIRECTIVE-REVIEW@cec.eu.int by
Monday 10th July 2006. This document exists only in English, but
responses can be in any Community language.
As part of the review, the Commission’s services may organise consultative
meetings on specific topics. No firm decision has been taken.
The questions cover a wide range of topics. Some are primarily political, others
focus on scientific, legal or economic aspects. If you have views on some
questions and not others, do not hesitate to send an answer covering only these
questions.
Results of the public consultation of the review
of the EU Biofuels Directive
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