Legislative Documents
Decisions approving voluntary schemes
Voluntary schemes help to ensure that biofuels are sustainably produced by verifying that they comply with the EU sustainability criteria.
Fuel Quality Directive (2009/30/EC) consolidated
DIRECTIVE 98/70/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 13 October 1998 relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Council Directive 93/12/EEC.
Renewable Energy Directive (2009/28/EC) consolidated
Renewable Energy Directive (2009/28/EC) amended by Council Directive 2013/18/EU of 13 May 2013 and Directive 2015/1513 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 September 2015.
Directive 2015/652/EC laying down the methodology pursuant to the Fuel Quality Directive
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE (EU) 2015/652 of 20 April 2015 laying down calculation methods and reporting requirements pursuant to Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuel.
Commission Regulation on defining the criteria and geographic ranges of highly biodiverse grassland (2014/1307/EU)
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1307/2014 of 8 December 2014 on defining the criteria and geographic ranges of highly biodiverse grassland for the purposes of Article 7b(3)(c) of Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and Article 17(3)(c) of Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources.
Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Directive (2014/94/EU)
Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Directive (2014/94/EU) on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure.
Commission Decision on information about biofuels and bioliquids to be submitted by economic operators to Member States (2011/13/EU)
COMMISSION DECISION of 12 January 2011 on certain types of information about biofuels and bioliquids to be submitted by economic operators to Member States.
Communication from the Commission on the practical implementation of the EU biofuels and bioliquids sustainability scheme and on counting rules for biofuels (2010/C160/02)
Communication from the Commission on the practical implementation of the EU biofuels and bioliquids sustainability scheme and on counting rules for biofuels.
Commission Communication on voluntary schemes and default values in the EU biofuels and bioliquids sustainability scheme (2010/C160/01)
Communication from the Commission on voluntary schemes and default values in the EU biofuels and bioliquids sustainability scheme.
Commission Decision on guidelines for the calculation of land carbon stocks (2010/335/EU)
COMMISSION DECISION of 10 June 2010 on guidelines for the calculation of land carbon stocks for the purpose of Annex V to Directive 2009/28/EC.
Energy Taxation Directive (2003/96/EC)
Council Directive 2003/96/EC of 27 October 2003 restructuring the Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity.