S.L. 545.43 Art. 15Specific rules for biofuels,bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from food and feed crops.     S.L. 545.45.

(1) For the calculation of the gross final consumption of energy from renewable sources referred to in regulation 5 of the minimum share of renewable energy, the share of biofuels and bioliquids, as well as of biomass fuels consumed in transport, where produced from food and feed crops, shall be zero per cent (0%) of the final consumption of energy.

(2) The Minister may establish an alternative limit to the share established in sub-regulation (1), which share shall not in any case exceed two per cent (2%), and may distinguish, for the purposes of regulation 3 of the Biofuels, Bioliquids and Biomass Fuels (Sustainability Criteria) Regulations between different biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from food and feed crops, taking into account best available evidence on indirect land-use change impact, including for example, the option to set a lower limit for the share of biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from oil crops.

(3) Notwithstanding the target established in regulation 14(2)(a), the limitation on the share of biofuels and bioliquids, as well as biomass fuels consumed in transport where produced from food and feed crops, as established in sub-regulation (1), shall have the effect of reducing said target by seven (7) percentage points:

Provided that where the share referred to in sub-regulation (1) is adjusted in accordance with sub-regulation (2), the reduction applied under this sub-regulation shall be revised accordingly in view of the contribution those fuels make in terms of the minimum share of renewable energy.