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Sustainability evidence through audits and mass balance |
Due Diligence |
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- Description:
- Economic operators must demonstrate through mandatory independent and transparent audits that sustainability and greenhouse-gas-emissions-saving criteria are fulfilled and must use a mass-balance system.
- Frequency:
- Continuous
- Check frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Products/Services:
- Renewable fuels and recycled carbon fuels
- Checking responsibility:
- Independent auditors; competent authorities may request the data
- Check method:
- Mandatory independent and transparent audits and a mass-balance system
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Article 1(21), Article 30(1)
- Source excerpt:
- Where renewable fuels and recycled carbon fuels are to be counted towards the targets referred to in Article 3(1), Article 15a(1), Article 22a(1), Article 23(1), Article 24(4) and Article 25(1), Member States shall require economic operators to show, by means of mandatory independent and transparent audits, in accordance with the implementing act adopted pursuant to paragraph 8 of this Article, that the sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria laid down in Article 29(2) to (7) and (10) and Article 29a(1) and (2) for renewable fuels and recycled-carbon fuels have been fulfilled. To that end, they shall require economic operators to use a mass balance system which:
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Submission and auditing of sustainability data |
Reporting |
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- Description:
- Economic operators must submit reliable information regarding compliance with sustainability and greenhouse-gas-emissions-saving criteria, make the data used to develop that information available on request, arrange for adequate independent auditing, and provide evidence that this has been done.
- Frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Check frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Products/Services:
- Renewable fuels and recycled carbon fuels
- Checking responsibility:
- Independent auditors and competent authorities
- Check method:
- Independent audits of systems, sampling methods and data
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Article 1(21), Article 30(3)
- Source excerpt:
- Member States shall take measures to ensure that economic operators submit reliable information regarding the compliance with the sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria laid down in Article 29(2) to (7) and (10) and Article 29a(1) and (2), and that economic operators make available to the relevant Member State, upon request, the data used to develop that information. Member States shall require economic operators to arrange for an adequate standard of independent auditing of the information submitted, and to provide evidence that this has been done.
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Company assurance on forest-biomass sourcing |
Record Keeping |
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- Description:
- Installations producing biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels from forest biomass must issue a statement of assurance, underpinned by company-level internal processes, that the forest biomass is not sourced from excluded land.
- Frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Check frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Products/Services:
- Biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels from forest biomass
- Checking responsibility:
- The company and independent auditors
- Check method:
- Company-level internal processes and audit verification
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Article 1(19), Article 29(6)(a)(vii)
- Source excerpt:
- that installations producing biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels from forest biomass, issue a statement of assurance, underpinned by company-level internal processes, for the purpose of the audits conducted pursuant to Article 30(3), that the forest biomass is not sourced from the lands referred to in point (vi) of this subparagraph.
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Entry of fuel data into the Union database |
Record Keeping |
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- Description:
- Relevant economic operators must timely enter accurate data on transactions and fuel sustainability characteristics, including life-cycle greenhouse-gas emissions, into the Union database. Fuel suppliers must additionally enter the data necessary to verify transport requirements.
- Frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Check frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Products/Services:
- Transactions involving liquid and gaseous renewable fuels and recycled carbon fuels
- Checking responsibility:
- Relevant economic operators and fuel suppliers
- Check method:
- Timely entry of accurate data into the Union database
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Article 1(22), Article 31a(2)
- Source excerpt:
- Member States shall require the relevant economic operators to enter in a timely manner accurate data into the Union database on the transactions made and the sustainability characteristics of the fuels subject to those transactions, including their life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions, starting from their point of production to the moment they are placed on the market in the Union.
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Meeting renewable-energy targets in transport |
Other |
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- Description:
- Fuel suppliers must ensure that the renewable fuels and renewable electricity supplied meet the prescribed renewable-energy or greenhouse-gas-intensity-reduction targets and the minimum shares for advanced fuels and renewable fuels of non-biological origin.
- Frequency:
- Annual
- Check frequency:
- Annual
- Products/Services:
- Fuels and renewable electricity supplied to the transport sector
- Checking responsibility:
- Fuel suppliers
- Check method:
- Evidence based on supplied volumes, energy content or greenhouse-gas emissions
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Article 1(15), Article 25(1)
- Source excerpt:
- Each Member State shall set an obligation on fuel suppliers to ensure that:
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Disclosure of renewable-gas content |
Reporting |
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- Description:
- Gas suppliers must demonstrate to final consumers the share or quantity of renewable energy in their energy mix and generally use guarantees of origin for that purpose.
- Frequency:
- Continuous
- Check frequency:
- Continuous
- Products/Services:
- Gas from a hydrogen or natural-gas network, including biomethane and gaseous renewable fuels of non-biological origin
- Checking responsibility:
- Gas suppliers
- Check method:
- Use of guarantees of origin for disclosure to final consumers
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Article 1(9), Article 19(8)
- Source excerpt:
- Where gas is supplied from a hydrogen or natural gas network, including gaseous renewable fuels of non-biological origin and biomethane, the supplier is required to demonstrate to final consumers the share or quantity of energy from renewable sources in their energy mix for the purposes of Annex I to Directive 2009/73/EC. The supplier shall do so by using guarantees of origin except:
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Support for smart-charging functionalities |
Governance |
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- Description:
- Companies installing new or replaced non-publicly accessible normal power recharging points must ensure that they support smart charging and, where appropriate, bidirectional charging functionalities.
- Frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Check frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Products/Services:
- New and replaced non-publicly accessible normal power recharging points
- Checking responsibility:
- Charging-infrastructure manufacturers and operators
- Check method:
- Technical verification of charging-point functionalities
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Article 1(11), Article 20a(4)
- Source excerpt:
- Member States or their designated competent authorities shall ensure that new and replaced non–publicly accessible normal power recharging points installed in their territory can support smart recharging functionalities and, where appropriate, the interface with smart metering systems, when deployed by Member States, and bi-directional recharging functionalities in accordance with the requirements of Article 15(3) and (4) of that Regulation.
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Project information for environmental screening |
Record Keeping |
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- Description:
- Project developers must provide, with permit applications, information on project characteristics, compliance with the rules and measures applicable to the area, additional measures adopted, and how those measures address environmental impacts.
- Frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Check frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Products/Services:
- Renewable-energy projects in renewables acceleration areas
- Checking responsibility:
- Project developers and competent authorities
- Check method:
- Submission of project information and evidence of compliance with area rules and environmental measures
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Article 1(7), Article 16a(4)
- Source excerpt:
- For the purpose of such a screening process, the project developer shall provide information on the characteristics of the renewable energy project, on its compliance with the rules and measures identified pursuant to Article 15c(1), point (b), for the specific renewables acceleration area, on any additional measures adopted by the project developer, and on how those measures address environmental impact.
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Publication of origin and feedstock information |
Reporting |
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- Description:
- Operators or suppliers must make information on the geographic origin and feedstock type of biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels per fuel supplier available to consumers in an up-to-date, easily accessible and user-friendly manner and update it annually.
- Frequency:
- Annual
- Check frequency:
- Annual
- Products/Services:
- Renewable fuels, recycled carbon fuels and related supply chains
- Checking responsibility:
- Economic operators, suppliers or competent authorities
- Check method:
- Publication of up-to-date information on a website
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Article 1(21), Article 30(3)
- Source excerpt:
- Information about the geographic origin and feedstock type of biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels per fuel supplier shall be made available to consumers in an up-to-date, easily accessible, and user-friendly manner on the websites of operators, suppliers or the relevant competent authorities and shall be updated on an annual basis.
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