Summary:
This document defines procedures, criteria and indicators meeting the sustainability criteria of European Commission Directive 2018/EU/2001 (RED II), the recast of the Renewable Energy Directive, for agricultural biomass and forest biomass for energy applications, i.e. biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels. This document is applicable to production, cultivation and harvesting of biomass from agricultural land and forest land for biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuel production.
Keywords:
Agriculture, Area, Automotive fuels, Biodiversity, Biofuels, Biogases, Biological, Biomass, Conformity, Conformity assessment, Criterion, Data, Diversity, Energy, Energy technology, Environmental aspects, Examination (quality assurance), Forestry, Indicators, Inspectors, Liquid fuels, Locations, Nature conservation, Pollution control, Power generation, Principles, Quality assurance, Quality requirements, Raw materials, Renewable energy, Residual substances, Supply chains, Surveillance (approval), Sustainability, Technical fluids, gases, and fuels, Verification