Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia sign a declaration to support decarbonisation of transport using locally produced clean biofuels



Type of post: NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Ministers of Agriculture of the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia have signed a joint declaration on the Renewable Energy Directive post 2020 (12/4/2019) expressing their support for the initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase renewable energy share in the transport mix, in which farmers are directly involved.

Such statement clearly supports the decarbonisation of transport using locally produced clean biofuels that boost rural areas and farmers. The promotion of the use of biofuels produced under strict rules of sustainability from domestic sources is the pillar of the declaration.

I quote literally some interesting insights of the statement:
- We believe that the targets under RED II shall be achieved primarily by the local sourced production ensuring energy security and preservation of jobs and agricultural activities in the EU.
- We highlight the necessity to reach a regional agreement on the crucial aspects of the implementation of RED II, to achieve market stabilization, sustainability and further development of agricultural production.
- We agree to take all necessary steps to establish the contribution of the biofuels of EU agricultural origin (produced from food and feed crops) to the targets set by RED II at the maximum level of 7% at national levels.
- We support all activities leading to use of EU-origin agricultural non-food products and agricultural residues as feedstocks and forest biomass for the production of biofuels, in particular advanced biofuels, as well as to use of domestically collected used cooking oil.
- We believe that introduction of E10 as the common and only bioethanol blending standard in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia shall be realized not later than 2020 ensuring effective achievement of energy and climate targets and keep the option of the utilisation of conventional biofuels at 7% as it is outlined in RED II.

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