F1SCHEDULE F141SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA

Article 2

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Interpretation1

In this Schedule—

  • “chain of installations” means, in respect of any consignment of renewable transport fuel, all of the processing installations the use of which leads to a material modification from any of the relevant feedstock to the finished fuel. It does not include installations solely used for the collection, transportation or storage of the feedstocks;

  • F2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • F3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • F16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • F4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • F17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • “new chain of installations” means a chain of installations in respect of which production of renewable transport fuel in one or more of the installations F5began after 5th October 2015;

  • “old chain of installations” means a chain of installations in respect of which production of renewable transport fuel in at least one of the installations was taking place on F6or before 5th October 2015;

  • F18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Compliance with the sustainability criteriaF192

1

To the extent that renewable transport fuel was produced from a feedstock listed in column (2) of the table below, that feedstock meets the sustainability criteria if it meets the conditions specified, in relation to the feedstock concerned, in column (3) of the table.

(1) Entry number

(2) Feedstock

(3) Conditions that the feedstock must meet in order to meet the sustainability criteria

1

Forest biomass, including residues from forestry or wastes from forestry

The GHG emission saving threshold and the forest criteria

2

Residues, including processing residues, which are not residues from agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries or forestry

The GHG emission saving threshold

3

Wastes, which are not wastes from agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries or forestry

The GHG emission saving threshold

4

Residues from agriculture or wastes from agriculture

The GHG emission saving threshold, the land criteria and the soil carbon criteria

5

Renewable energy of non-biomass origin

The GHG emission saving threshold

6

Any feedstock not falling within entries 1 to 5 above

The GHG emission saving threshold and the land criteria

2

A relevant feedstock meets the soil carbon criteria if the renewable transport fuel supplier provides evidence, by reference to the guidance published by the Administrator under article 15(1)(m), that satisfies the Administrator that adequate monitoring or management plans are in place for the land concerned which address the impacts on soil quality and soil carbon of the harvesting of the relevant feedstock from that land.

3

In the table, “GHG emission saving threshold” means the threshold established in accordance with paragraph 3.

Greenhouse gas emission saving threshold3

1

Subject to sub-paragraph (2), an amount of renewable transport fuel meets the GHG emission saving threshold if the GHG emission saving from its use is equal to or greater than the minimum GHG emission saving applicable to that fuel as specified in paragraph 4.

2

If the renewable transport fuel is produced partly from raw materials other than sustainable feedstocks, the minimum GHG emission saving for the purposes of this Schedule applies only to the volume of that fuel whichF7...—

a

F8is attributable to sustainable feedstocks; F9...

F10b

is produced from residues (including processing residues) which are not residues from agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries or forestry;

c

is produced from wastes which are not residues from agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries or forestry; or

d

consists of RFNBO.

3

The GHG emission saving from the use of an amount of renewable transport fuel F11of a type falling within sub-paragraph (2) is the greater of—

a

where applicable, the default value determined F21by reference to the guidance published by the Administrator under article 15(1)(m); and

b

the actual value determined F22by reference to the guidance published by the Administrator under article 15(1)(m).

F124

The GHG emission saving from the use of an amount of renewable transport fuel which consists of RFNBO is determined by reference to F20the guidance published by the Administrator under article 15(1)(m).

Minimum emission savingF134

For the purposes of this Schedule, the “minimum GHG emission saving”, in relation to renewable transport fuel supplied at, or for delivery to, places in the United Kingdom, is—

F23a

where the renewable transport fuel is not RFNBO—

i

if the fuel is produced in an old chain of installations, 55%;

ii

if the fuel is produced in a new chain of installations, 65%;

b

where the renewable transport fuel is RFNBO, 65%.

Default valueF155

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Actual valueF156

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Land criteria

F157

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F158

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F159

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