Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/611 of 8 April 2022 on the recognition of the ‘Universal Feed Assurance Scheme (UFAS)’ for demonstrating compliance with the requirements set in Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council for biofuels, bioliquids, biomass fuels, renewable liquid and gaseous fuels of non-biological origin and recycled carbon fuels (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/611
• Articles: 4

Article 1

The ‘Universal Feed Assurance Scheme’ (“the scheme”), firstly submitted for recognition to the Commission on 25 June 2021, demonstrates, for the fuels audited under the scheme, the following elements:

(a)

compliance of the consignments of biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels with the sustainability criteria laid down in Article 29(3) to (5) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001;

(b)

compliance of economic operators with the obligation to enter accurate information into the Union or national database on biofuels, bioliquids, biomass fuels, renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin and recycled carbon fuels used in transport in accordance with Article 28(4) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001.

Article 2

The Decision is valid for a period of 5 years after it enters into force. In the event that the contents of the scheme, as submitted for recognition to the Commission on 25 June 2021, change in a way that might affect the basis of this Decision, such changes shall be notified to the Commission without delay. The Commission shall assess the notified changes with a view to establishing whether the scheme still adequately covers the sustainability criteria for which it is recognised.

Article 3

The Commission may repeal this Decision, inter alia, under the following circumstances:

(a)

if it has been clearly demonstrated that the scheme has not implemented elements considered to be important for this Decision or if a severe and structural breach of those elements has occurred;

(b)

if the scheme fails to submit annual reports to the Commission pursuant to Article 30(5) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001;

(c)

if the scheme fails to implement standards of independent auditing and other requirements specified in implementing acts referred to in Article 30(8) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 or improvements to other elements of the scheme considered to be important for a continued recognition.

Article 4

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .