S.I. No. 483/2014 - European Union (Renewable Energy) Regulations 2014.

1. Greenhouse gas emissions from the production and use of transport fuels, biofuels and bioliquids shall be calculated as

E = e

ec

+ e

l

+ e

p

+ e

td

+ e

u

— e

sca

– e

ccs

— e

ccr

— e

ee

,

where

E = total emissions from the use of the fuel;

e

ec

= emissions from the extraction or cultivation of raw materials;

e

l

= annualised emissions from carbon stock changes caused by land-use change;

e

p

= emissions from processing;

e

td

= emissions from transport and distribution;

e

u

= emissions from the fuel in use;

e

sca

= emission savings from soil carbon accumulation via improved agricultural management;

e

ccs

= emission savings from carbon capture and geological storage;

e

ccr

= emission savings from carbon capture and replacement; and

e

ee

= emission savings from excess electricity from cogeneration.

Emissions from the manufacture of machinery and equipment shall not be taken into account.

2. Greenhouse gas emissions from fuels, E, shall be expressed in terms of grams of CO

2

equivalent per MJ of fuel, gCO

2eq

/MJ.

3. By derogation from paragraph 2, for transport fuels, values calculated in terms of gCO

2eq

/MJ may be adjusted to take into account differences between fuels in useful work done, expressed in terms of km/MJ. Such adjustments shall be made only where evidence of the differences in useful work done is provided.

4. Greenhouse gas emission savings from biofuels and bioliquids shall be calculated as

SAVING = (E

F

– E

B

)/E

F

,

where

EB = total emissions from the biofuel or bioliquid, and

EF = total emissions from the fossil fuel comparator.

5. The greenhouse gases taken into account for the purposes of paragraph 1 shall be CO

2

, N

2

O and CH

4

. For the purpose of calculating CO

2

equivalence, those gases shall be valued as follows

CO

2

: 1

N

2

O: 296

CH

4

: 23

6. Emissions from the extraction or cultivation of raw materials, e

ec

, shall include emissions from the extraction or cultivation process itself; from the collection of raw materials; from waste and leakages; and from the production of chemicals or products used in extraction or cultivation. Capture of CO

2

in the cultivation of raw materials shall be excluded. Certified reductions of greenhouse gas emissions from flaring at oil production sites anywhere in the world shall be deducted. Estimates of emissions from cultivation may be derived from the use of averages calculated for smaller geographical areas than those used in the calculation of the default values, as an alternative to using actual values.

7. Annualised emissions from carbon stock changes caused by land use change, el, shall be calculated by dividing total emissions equally over 20 years. For the calculation of those emissions the following rule shall be applied

e

l

= (CS

R

— CS

A

) x 3,664 x 1/20 x 1/P — e

B

,

6

where

e

l

= annualised greenhouse gas emissions from carbon stock change due to land-use change (measured as mass of CO

2

-equivalent per unit biofuel energy);

CS

R

= the carbon stock per unit area associated with the reference land use (measured as mass of carbon per unit area, including both soil and vegetation). The reference land-use shall be the land-use in January 2008 or 20 years before the raw material was obtained, whichever was the later;

CS

A

= the carbon stock per unit area associated with the actual land use (measured as mass of carbon per unit area, including both soil and vegetation). In cases where the carbon stock accumulates over more than one year, the value attributed to CS

A

shall be the estimated stock per unit area after twenty years or when the crop reaches maturity, whichever the earlier;

P = the productivity of the crop (measured as biofuel or bioliquid energy per unit area per year); and

e

B

= bonus of 29 gCO

2eq

/MJ biofuel or bioliquid if biomass is obtained from restored degraded land under the conditions provided for in paragraph 8.

8. The bonus of 29 gCO

2eq

/MJ shall be attributed if evidence is provided that the land—

(

a

) was not in use for agriculture or any other activity in January 2008, and

(

b

) falls into one of the following categories—

(i) severely degraded land, including such land that was formerly in agricultural use, or

(ii) heavily contaminated land.

The bonus of 29 gCO

2eq

/MJ shall apply for a period of up to 10 years from the date of conversion of the land to agricultural use, provided that a steady increase in carbon stocks as well as a sizable reduction in erosion phenomena for land falling under (i) are ensured and that soil contamination for land falling under (ii) is reduced.

9. In paragraph 8(

b

)

“severely degraded land” means land that, for a significant period of time, has either been significantly salinated or presented significantly low organic matter content and has been severely eroded;

“heavily contaminated land” means land that is unfit for the cultivation of food and feed due to soil contamination.

Such land shall include land that has been the subject of a European Commission decision in accordance with the fourth subparagraph of Article 18(4).

10. The Annex to the European Commission’s decision 2010/335/EU shall serve as the basis for the calculation of land carbon stocks for the purposes of these Regulations.

11. Emissions from processing, ep, shall include emissions from the processing itself; from waste and leakages; and from the production of chemicals or products used in processing.

In accounting for the consumption of electricity not produced within the fuel production plant, the greenhouse gas emission intensity of the production and distribution of that electricity shall be assumed to be equal to the average emission intensity of the production and distribution of electricity in a defined region. By derogation from this rule, producers may use an average value for an individual electricity production plant for electricity produced by that plant, if that plant is not connected to the electricity grid.

12. Emissions from transport and distribution, e

td

, shall include emissions from the transport and storage of raw and semifinished materials and from the storage and distribution of finished materials. Emissions from transport and distribution to be taken into account under paragraph 6 shall not be covered by this paragraph.

13. Emissions from the fuel in use, e

u

, shall be taken to be zero for biofuels and bioliquids.

14. Emission savings from carbon capture and geological storage e

ccs

, that have not already been accounted for in e

p

, shall be limited to emissions avoided through the capture and sequestration of emitted CO

2

directly related to the extraction, transport, processing and distribution of fuel.

15. Emission savings from carbon capture and replacement, e

ccr

, shall be limited to emissions avoided through the capture of CO

2

of which the carbon originates from biomass and which is used to replace fossilderived CO

2

used in commercial products and services.

16. Emission savings from excess electricity from cogeneration, e

ee

, shall be taken into account in relation to the excess electricity produced by fuel production systems that use cogeneration except where the fuel used for the cogeneration is a coproduct other than an agricultural crop residue. In accounting for that excess electricity, the size of the cogeneration unit shall be assumed to be the minimum necessary for the cogeneration unit to supply the heat that is needed to produce the fuel. The greenhouse gas emission savings associated with that excess electricity shall be taken to be equal to the amount of greenhouse gas that would be emitted when an equal amount of electricity was generated in a power plant using the same fuel as the cogeneration unit.

17. Where a fuel production process produces, in combination, the fuel for which emissions are being calculated and one or more other products (coproducts), greenhouse gas emissions shall be divided between the fuel or its intermediate product and the coproducts in proportion to their energy content (determined by lower heating value in the case of coproducts other than electricity).

18. For the purposes of the calculation referred to in paragraph 17, the emissions to be divided shall be e

ec

+ e

l

+ those fractions of e

p

, e

td

and e

ee

that take place up to and including the process step at which a coproduct is produced. If any allocation to coproducts has taken place at an earlier process step in the lifecycle, the fraction of those emissions assigned in the last such process step to the intermediate fuel product shall be used for this purpose instead of the total of those emissions.

In the case of biofuels and bioliquids, all coproducts, including electricity that does not fall under the scope of paragraph 16, shall be taken into account for the purposes of that calculation, except for agricultural crop residues, including straw, bagasse, husks, cobs and nut shells. Coproducts that have a negative energy content shall be considered to have an energy content of zero for the purpose of the calculation.

Wastes, agricultural crop residues, including straw, bagasse, husks, cobs and nut shells, and residues from processing, including crude glycerine (glycerine that is not refined), shall be considered to have zero lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions up to the process of collection of those materials.

In the case of fuels produced in refineries, the unit of analysis for the purposes of the calculation referred to in paragraph 17 shall be the refinery.

19. For biofuels, for the purposes of the calculation referred to in paragraph 4, the fossil fuel comparator EF shall be the latest available actual average emissions from the fossil part of petrol and diesel consumed in the European Union as reported under Directive98/70/EC. If no such data are available, the value used shall be 83,8 gCO

2eq

/MJ.

For bioliquids used for electricity production, for the purposes of the calculation referred to in paragraph 4, the fossil fuel comparator E

F

shall be 91 gCO

2eq

/MJ.

For bioliquids used for heat production, for the purposes of the calculation referred to in paragraph 4, the fossil fuel comparator E

F

shall be 77 gCO

2eq

/MJ.

For bioliquids used for cogeneration, for the purposes of the calculation referred to in paragraph 4, the fossil fuel comparator E

F

shall be 85 gCO

2eq

/MJ.

PART D

Disaggregated default values for biofuels and bioliquids

Disaggregated default values for cultivation: ‘e

ec

’ as defined in Part C

Biofuel and bioliquid production pathway

Typical greenhouse gas emissions (gCO

2eq

/MJ)

Default greenhouse gas emissions (gCO

2eq

/MJ)

sugar beet ethanol

12

12

wheat ethanol

23

23

corn (maize) ethanol, Community produced

20

20

sugar cane ethanol

14

14

the part from renewable sources of ETBE

Equal to that of the ethanol production pathway used

the part from renewable sources of TAEE

Equal to that of the ethanol production pathway used

rape seed biodiesel

29

29

sunflower biodiesel

18

18

soybean biodiesel

19

19

palm oil biodiesel

14

14

waste vegetable or animal

7

oil biodiesel

0

0

hydrotreated vegetable oil from rape seed

30

30

hydrotreated vegetable oil from sunflower

18

18

hydrotreated vegetable oil from palm oil

15

15

pure vegetable oil from rape seed

30

30

biogas from municipal organic waste as compressed natural gas

0

0

biogas from wet manure as compressed natural gas

0

0

biogas from dry manure as compressed natural gas

0

0

7Not including animal oil produced from animal by products classified as category 3 material in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002.

Disaggregated default values for processing (including excess electricity): ‘e

p

-e

ee

’ as defined in Part C

Biofuel and bioliquid production pathway

Typical greenhouse gas emissions (gCO

2eq

/MJ)

Default greenhouse gas emissions (gCO

2eq

/MJ)

sugar beet ethanol

19

26

wheat ethanol (process fuel not specified)

32

45

wheat ethanol (lignite as process fuel in CHP plant)

32

45

wheat ethanol (natural gas as process fuel in conventional boiler)

21

30

wheat ethanol (natural gas as process fuel in CHP plant)

14

19

wheat ethanol (straw as process fuel in CHP plant)

1

1

corn (maize) ethanol, Community produced (natural gas as process fuel in CHP plant)

15

21

sugar cane ethanol

1

1

the part from renewable sources of ETBE

Equal to that of the ethanol production pathway used

the part from renewable sources of TAEE

Equal to that of the ethanol production pathway used

rape seed biodiesel

16

22

sunflower biodiesel

16

22

soybean biodiesel

18

26

palm oil biodiesel (process not specified)

35

49

palm oil biodiesel (process with methane capture at oil mill)

13

18

waste vegetable or animal oil biodiesel

9

13

hydrotreated vegetable oil from rape seed

10

13

hydrotreated vegetable oil from sunflower

10

13

hydrotreated vegetable oil from palm oil (process not specified)

30

42

hydrotreated vegetable oil from palm oil (process with methane capture at oil mill)

7

9

pure vegetable oil from rape seed

4

5

biogas from municipal organic waste as compressed natural gas

14

20

biogas from wet manure as compressed natural gas

8

11

biogas from dry manure as compressed natural gas

8

11

Disaggregated default values for transport and distribution: ‘e

td

’ as defined in Part C

Biofuel and bioliquid production pathway

Typical greenhouse gas emissions(gCO

2eq

/MJ)

Default greenhouse gas emissions (gCO

2eq

/MJ)

sugar beet ethanol

2

2

wheat ethanol

2

2

corn (maize) ethanol, Community produced

2

2

sugar cane ethanol

9

9

the part from renewable sources of ETBE

Equal to that of the ethanol production pathway used

the part from renewable sources of TAEE

Equal to that of the ethanol production pathway used

rape seed biodiesel

1

1

sunflower biodiesel

1

1

soybean biodiesel

13

13

palm oil biodiesel

5

5

waste vegetable or animal oil biodiesel

1

1

hydrotreated vegetable oil from rape seed

1

1

hydrotreated vegetable oil from sunflower

1

1

hydrotreated vegetable oil from palm oil

5

5

pure vegetable oil from rape seed

1

1

biogas from municipal organic waste as compressed natural gas

3

3

biogas from wet manure as compressed natural gas

5

5

biogas from dry manure as compressed natural gas

4

4

Total for cultivation, processing, transport and distribution

Biofuel and bioliquid production pathway

Typical greenhouse gas emissions (gCO

2eq

/MJ)

Default greenhouse gas emissions(gCO

2eq

/MJ)

sugar beet ethanol

33

40

wheat ethanol (process fuel not specified)

57

70

wheat ethanol (lignite as process fuel in CHP plant)

57

70

wheat ethanol (natural gas as process fuel in conventional boiler)

46

55

wheat ethanol (natural gas as process fuel in CHP plant)

39

44

wheat ethanol (straw as process fuel in CHP plant)

26

26

corn (maize) ethanol, Community produced (natural gas as process fuel in CHP plant)

37

43

sugar cane ethanol

24

24

the part from renewable sources of ETBE

Equal to that of the ethanol production pathway used

the part from renewable sources of TAEE

Equal to that of the ethanol production pathway used

rape seed biodiesel

46

52

sunflower biodiesel

35

41

soybean biodiesel

50

58

palm oil biodiesel (process not specified)

54

68

palm oil biodiesel (process with methane capture at oil mill)

32

37

waste vegetable or animal oil biodiesel

10

14

hydrotreated vegetable oil from rape seed

41

44

hydrotreated vegetable oil from sunflower

29

32

hydrotreated vegetable oil from palm oil (process not specified)

50

62

hydrotreated vegetable oil from palm oil (process with methane capture at oil mill)

27

29

pure vegetable oil from rape seed

35

36

biogas from municipal organic waste as compressed natural gas

17

23

biogas from wet manure as compressed natural gas

13

16

biogas from dry manure as compressed natural gas

12

15

PART E

Estimated disaggregated default values for future biofuels and bioliquids that were not on the market or were only on the market in negligible quantities in January 2008

Disaggregated default values for cultivation: ‘e

ec

’ as defined in Part C

Biofuel and bioliquid production pathway

Typical greenhouse gas emissions (gCO

2eq

/MJ)

Default greenhouse gas emissions (gCO

2eq

/MJ)

wheat straw ethanol

3

3

waste wood ethanol

1

1

farmed wood ethanol

6

6

waste wood Fischer-Tropsch diesel

1

1

farmed wood Fischer-Tropsch diesel

4

4

waste wood DME

1

1

farmed wood DME

5

5

waste wood methanol

1

1

farmed wood methanol

5

5

the part from renewable sources of MTBE

Equal to that of the methanol production pathway used

Disaggregated default values for processing (including excess electricity): ‘e

p

-e

ee

’ as defined in Part C

Biofuel and bioliquid production pathway

Typical greenhouse gas emissions (gCO

2eq

/MJ)

Default greenhouse gas emissions (gCO

2eq

/MJ)

wheat straw ethanol

5

7

wood ethanol

12

17

wood Fischer-Tropsch diesel

0

0

wood DME

0

0

wood methanol

0

0

the part from renewable sources of MTBE

Equal to that of the methanol production pathway used

Disaggregated default values for transport and distribution: ‘e

td

’ as defined in Part C

Biofuel and bioliquid production pathway

Typical greenhouse gas emissions (gCO

2eq

/MJ)

Default greenhouse gas emissions (gCO

2eq

/MJ)

wheat straw ethanol

2

2

waste wood ethanol

4

4

farmed wood ethanol

2

2

waste wood Fischer-Tropsch diesel

3

3

farmed wood Fischer-Tropsch diesel

2

2

waste wood DME

4

4

farmed wood DME

2

2

waste wood methanol

4

4

farmed wood methanol

2

2

the part from renewable sources of MTBE

Equal to that of the methanol production pathway used

Total for cultivation, processing, transport and distribution

Biofuel and bioliquid production pathway

Typical greenhouse gas emissions (gCO

2eq

/MJ)

Default greenhouse gas emissions (gCO

2eq

/MJ)

wheat straw ethanol

11

13

waste wood ethanol

17

22

farmed wood ethanol

20

25

waste wood Fischer-Tropsch diesel

4

4

farmed wood Fischer-Tropsch diesel

6

6

waste wood DME

5

5

farmed wood DME

7

7

waste wood methanol

5

5

farmed wood methanol

7

7

the part from renewable sources of MTBE

Equal to that of the methanol production pathway used

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

23 October 2014.

ALEX WHITE,

Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This S.I. pertains to the implementation of Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources. Elements of the Directive are transposed including the provisions relating to access to and operation of the grid; guarantees of origin and the exemplary role of public bodies regarding public buildings.

1 OJ No. L140, 5.6.2009, p.16

2 OJ No. L350, 28.12.1998, p.58

3 OJ No. L304, 14.11.2008, p.1

4 OJ No. L30, 31.1.2009, p.16

5 Not including animal oil produced from animal by products classified as category 3 material in accordance with Regulation (EC) No1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 October 2002 laying down health rules on animal by-products not intended for human consumption.

6 The quotient obtained by dividing the molecular weight of CO

2

(44,010 g/mol) by the molecular weight of carbon (12,011 g/mol) is equal to 3,664

7Not including animal oil produced from animal by products classified as category 3 material in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002.

20. (1) In order for bioliquids to be deemed to meet the sustainability criteria, a participant in a support scheme or renewable energy obligation using bioliquids shall maintain records of sustainability criteria related data for each consignment of bioliquid used.

(2) A participant in a support scheme or renewable energy obligation using bioliquids shall arrange for an independent audit of the data referred to in paragraph (1) and the information submitted to the competent authority under these Regulations on an annual basis.

(3) The audit shall—

(

a

) evaluate the frequency and methodology of sampling and the robustness of the data,

(

b

) verify that the systems used by the person wishing to participate in a support scheme or renewable energy obligation are accurate, reliable and protected against fraud,

(

c

) meet the requirements specified for assurance engagements as may be approved by the competent authority from time to time, and

(

d

) be in such form as the competent authority may require.

(4) A participant in a support scheme or renewable energy obligation using bioliquids shall deliver the auditors’ report to the competent authority no later than 3 months after the end of the reporting period for the support scheme or renewable energy obligation or within a period determined by the competent authority.

Statement of compliance with sustainability criteria

21. (1) A participant in a support scheme or renewable energy obligation who uses bioliquids shall furnish to the competent authority a statement of compliance with Schedule 3 specifying which of the following methods has been utilised with respect to each consignment of bioliquids

(

a

) through compliance with any national scheme developed by a competent authority under Regulation 18(2);

(

b

) through a bilateral or multilateral agreement concluded by the European Commission with a third country, referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 18(4) of the Directive, and adopted under the advisory procedure in Article 25(3) of the Directive;

(

c

) through a voluntary national or international scheme recognised by the European Commission referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 18(4) of the Directive, and adopted under the advisory procedure in Article 25(3) of the Directive.

(2) A participant in a support scheme or renewable energy obligation shall report compliance with Schedule 3 in accordance with a mass balance system that—

(

a

) allows consignments of raw material or bioliquids or biofuel with differing sustainability characteristics to be mixed,

(

b

) requires information about the sustainability characteristics and sizes of the consignments referred to in subparagraph (

a

) to remain assigned to the mixture, and

(

c

) provides for the sum of all consignments withdrawn from the mixture to be described as having the same sustainability characteristics, in the same quantities, as the sum of all consignments added to the mixture.

(3) Where a participant in a support scheme or renewable energy obligation has demonstrated compliance of a consignment of biofuels or bioliquid with the sustainability criteria in Schedule 3 using an agreement referred to in paragraph (1)(

b

) or (

c

), to the extent the agreement demonstrates compliance with the sustainability criteria, they shall not be required to provide—

(

a

) further proof of compliance, or

(

b

) information as specified under Regulation 19(1)(

d

) of these Regulations or Regulation 6(1)(

d

) of the Regulations of 2012.

Provision of information by competent authority to SEAI

22. (1) A competent authority shall, on the request of SEAI, provide the SEAI with such information, that the competent authority has collected in the performance of its functions regarding a support scheme or renewable energy obligation pursuant to these Regulations, the Biofuels Obligation Act or the Regulations of 2012 to the extent that that information is necessary for SEAI to perform its functions pursuant to these Regulations.

Provision of information on biofuel blends greater than 10 per cent

23. When the percentages of biofuels, blended in mineral oil derivatives, exceed 10 per cent by volume, persons seeking to market the mineral oil derivatives shall indicate this at the sales points.

Amendment of

S.I. No. 217 of 2002

24. (1) The Electricity Regulation Act 1999 (Public Service Obligations) Order 2002 (

S.I. No. 217 of 2002

) is amended

(

a

) in Article 2 by inserting the following definition

“‘bioliquids’ means liquid fuel for energy purposes other than for transport, including electricity and heating and cooling, produced from biomass;”, and

(

b

) in Article 6D(2)(inserted by the Electricity Regulation Act 1999 (Public Service Obligations) (Amendment) Order 2012 (

S.I. No. 438 of 2012

))—

(i) in subparagraph (

a

), by substituting “15 years,” for “15 years, or”,

(ii) in subparagraph (

b

)(ii), by substituting “31 December 2030,” for “31 December 2030, or”,

(iii) in subparagraph (

c

), by substituting “Notification, or” for “Notification.”, and

(iv) by inserting after subparagraph (

c

) the following

“(

d

) where a generator has generated electricity from bioliquids and where the generator has not satisfied the Commission that the bioliquids have complied with the sustainability criteria in Schedule 3 to the European Communities (Renewable Energy) Regulations 2014 (

S.I. No. 483 of 2014

).”.

Amendment of Regulations of 2012

25. (1) The Regulations of 2012 are amended—

(

a

) in Regulation 2(1) by inserting after the definition of “disposal of biofuel” the following

“‘Regulations of 2014’ means European Union (Renewable Energy) Regulations 2014 (

S.I. No. 483 of 2014

).”,

(

b

) in Regulation 4, by substituting for paragraph (1) the following

“(1) The Agency shall establish a procedure (as referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 18(4) of the Directive) by which biofuel obligation account holders may demonstrate compliance with Schedule 3 to the Regulations of 2014 for biofuel in respect of which biofuel obligation certificates are being applied for.

(1A) The Agency may, with the consent of the Minister, arrange for a national scheme for demonstrating that biofuels in respect of which biofuel obligation certificates are being applied for comply with the requirements of Schedule 3 to the Regulations of 2014.”,

(

c

) in Regulation 5(1)—

(i) by substituting for paragraph (

a

) the following

“(

a

) through compliance with any national scheme arranged by the Agency under Regulation 4(1A);”,

(ii) by deleting subparagraph (

d

),

(

d

) in Regulation 5, by inserting after paragraph (1) the following

“(1A) When a biofuel obligation account holder provides proof or data obtained in accordance with an agreement or scheme as described in subparagraph (

b

) or (

c

) of paragraph (1), to the extent covered by that scheme, he or she shall not be required to provide further evidence of compliance with the sustainability criteria set out in Schedule 3 to the Regulations of 2014 or information on measures referred to Regulation 6(1)(

d

).”,

(

e

) in Regulation 6(1)—

(i) by substituting for subparagraph (

a

) the following

“(

a

) whether the greenhouse gas emissions savings required under paragraphs (1) to (5) of Schedule 3 to the Regulations of 2014 are being achieved through—

(i) the use of default values,

(ii) a combination of disaggregated default values and actual calculations, or

(iii) solely through the use of actual calculations;”,

(ii) by substituting for subparagraphs (

e

) and (

f

) the following

“(

e

) whether the bonus referred to in Part C, paragraphs 7 and 8 of Schedule 4 to the Regulations of 2014 and Annex IV, part C, points 7 and 8 to the Directive of 1998 has been used in the greenhouse gas calculation referred to in Part C, paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the Regulations of 2014 and Annex IV, Part C, point 1 to the Directive of 1998 for the consignment;

(

f

) whether the factor for emissions savings from soil carbon accumulation via improved agricultural management referred to in Part C, paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the Regulations of 2014 and Annex IV, part C, point 1 to the Directive of 1998 has been used in the greenhouse gas calculation referred to in the same paragraph for the consignment,”, and

(iii) in subparagraph (iii) by substituting “Directive of 1998.” for “Directive of 1998;” and by deleting subparagraph (iv).

and

(

f

) in Regulation 6(2) by substituting “Paragraphs (1)(

e

) and (

f

)” for “Paragraphs (1)(

d

)(i) and 1(

f

)”.

Amendment of Biofuels Obligation Act — Section 44G(4)

26. Section 44G(4) (inserted by

section 3

of the

Energy (Biofuel Obligation and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2010

(No. 11 of 2010)) of the Biofuel Obligation Act is amended by substituting for paragraphs (

a

) and (

b

) the following

“(

a

) the sustainability criteria for biofuels and bioliquids set out in Schedule 3 to the European Union (Renewable Energy) Regulations 2014 (

S.I. No. 483 of 2014

), and

(

b

) any requirements for verification of compliance with those sustainability criteria in accordance with those Regulations.”.

Revocation of

S.I. No. 147 of 2011

27. The European Communities (Renewable Energy) Regulations 2011 (

S.I. No. 147 of 2011

) are revoked.

SCHEDULE 1

Regulation 14

(A) Calculation of the share of energy from renewable sources