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T ransport & Environment

13 Dec 2023

● Place a dditional restrictions around the s upport and u se of “advanced and w aste biofuels ”, s uch as the adoption o f a strict limit on the s hare of U CO and animal fats that c an be used in transport fuels, including in aviation, and strengthening t he m onitoring and v erification mechanisms for biofuels supply chains, especially for imports. [...] Figure 1: Historical biofuels supply in the world Looking at the d emand side, the United States, Brazil, Europe and Indonesia a ccounted for 85% of biofuels volumes in 2022 a ccording to the I EA [5]. [...] As a result, the potential h igh i ncrease in imports of a nimal fats biodiesel in the EU would r equire s pecific attention in order to avoid becoming reliant on uncertain and suspicious imports as is the case for UCO. [...] A study by 24 F igure 16: Consumption of palm oil biofuels in the EU In 2022, f ive countries represented a round three q uarters o f the total palm oil biofuels consumption i n the EU. [...] A study by 29 The high i ncrease i n the planned biojet and biomethanol c apacity s uggests a p rogressive s hi from the u se of biofuels in road transport t o aviation a nd shipping.
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