Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2024/1405 of 14 March 2024 amending Annex IX to Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards adding feedstock for the production of biofuels and biogas

• CELEX: Delegated Directive (EU) 2024/1405
• Articles: 5

Article 1

Annex IX to Directive (EU) 2018/2001 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.

Article 2

1.   Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 14 September 2025 at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

2.   Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 3

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

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

Annex IX to Directive (EU) 2018/2001 is amended as follows:

(1)

in Part A, the following feedstocks are added:

‘(r)

Fusel oils from alcoholic distillation;

(s)

Raw methanol from kraft pulping stemming from the production of wood pulp;

(t)

Intermediate crops, such as catch crops and cover crops that are grown in areas where due to a short vegetation period the production of food and feed crops is limited to one harvest and provided their use does not trigger demand for additional land, and provided the soil organic matter content is maintained, where used for the production of biofuel for the aviation sector;

(u)

Crops grown on severely degraded land, except food and feed crops, where used for the production of biofuel for the aviation sector;

(v)

Cyanobacteria.’;

(2)

in Part B, the following feedstocks are added:

‘(c)

Damaged crops that are not fit for use in the food or feed chain, excluding substances that have been intentionally modified or contaminated in order to meet this definition;

(d)

Municipal wastewater and derivatives other than sewage sludge;

(e)

Crops grown on severely degraded land excluding food and feed crops and feedstocks listed in Part A of this Annex, where not used for the production of biofuel for the aviation sector;

(f)

Intermediate crops, such as catch crops and cover crops, and excluding feedstocks listed in Part A of this Annex, that are grown in areas where due to a short vegetation period the production of food and feed crops is limited to one harvest and provided their use does not trigger demand for additional land and provided the soil organic matter content is maintained, where not used for the production of biofuel for the aviation sector.’.