A. Typical and default values for biofuels if produced with no net carbon emissions from land-use change

Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC (Text with EEA relevance) · European Union

Not including animal oil produced from animal by-products classified as category 3 material in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 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 OJ L 273, 10.10.2002, p. 1. . Biofuel production pathway Typical greenhouse gas emission saving Default greenhouse gas emission saving sugar beet ethanol 61 % 52 % wheat ethanol (process fuel not specified) 32 % 16 % wheat ethanol (lignite as process fuel in CHP plant) 32 % 16 % wheat ethanol (natural gas as process fuel in conventional boiler) 45 % 34 % wheat ethanol (natural gas as process fuel in CHP plant) 53 % 47 % wheat ethanol (straw as process fuel in CHP plant) 69 % 69 % corn (maize) ethanol, Community produced (natural gas as process fuel in CHP plant) 56 % 49 % sugar cane ethanol 71 % 71 % the part from renewable sources of ethyl-tertio-butyl-ether (ETBE) Equal to that of the ethanol production pathway used the part from renewable sources of tertiary-amyl-ethyl-ether (TAEE) Equal to that of the ethanol production pathway used rape seed biodiesel 45 % 38 % sunflower biodiesel 58 % 51 % soybean biodiesel 40 % 31 % palm oil biodiesel (process not specified) 36 % 19 % palm oil biodiesel (process with methane capture at oil mill) 62 % 56 % waste vegetable or animal oil biodiesel 88 % 83 % hydrotreated vegetable oil from rape seed 51 % 47 % hydrotreated vegetable oil from sunflower 65 % 62 % hydrotreated vegetable oil from palm oil (process not specified) 40 % 26 % hydrotreated vegetable oil from palm oil (process with methane capture at oil mill) 68 % 65 % pure vegetable oil from rape seed 58 % 57 % biogas from municipal organic waste as compressed natural gas 80 % 73 % biogas from wet manure as compressed natural gas 84 % 81 % biogas from dry manure as compressed natural gas 86 % 82 %

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