The European Parliament and European Council Regulation No. 2009/28/EC sets obligatory conditions that must be met in the production of biofuel concerning the protection of the environment.

Biofuels meeting the criteria of sustainability if showing a reduction of greenhouse gases emission:

  • 35 % from 31 December 2017;
  • 50 % from 1 January 2018;
  • 60 % from 1 January 2018 in case of biofuels manufactured in a stationary source that was put into operation on 1 January 2017 or later;
  • Biomass meeting the criteria of sustainability must not come from lands with a high degree of biological variety. The land with a high degree of biological variety is the land that had as of 1 January 2008 or later one of the following statuses:
    • Forest or other forested land with original species where we cannot see any signs of human activity and where the ecological processes have not been significantly disturbed,
    • Grass land with a high degree of biological varienty.

     

Biomass meeting the criteria of sustainability must not be grown on lands with a great reserve of carbon and must not come from lands that was peatbog as of 1 January 2008.