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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

In its reports, the Commission shall, in particular, analyse: the relative environmental benefits and costs of different biofuels, the effects of the Community’s import policies thereon, the security of supply implications and the ways of achieving a balanced approach between domestic production and imports; the impact of increased demand for biofuel on sustainability in the Community and in third countries, considering economic and environmental impacts, including impacts on biodiversity; the scope for identifying, in a scientifically objective manner, geographical areas of high biodiversity value that are not covered in Article 17(3); the impact of increased demand for biomass on biomass using sectors; the availability of biofuels made from waste, residues, non-food cellulosic material and ligno-cellulosic material; and indirect land-use changes in relation to all production pathways. The Commission shall, if appropriate, propose corrective action.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-28 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.