European Union (Renewable Energy and Biofuel Sustainability Criteria) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 169 of 2018). Country/Territory Ireland Document type Regulation Date 2018 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Air & atmosphere, Energy, Environment gen., Cultivated plants, Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Farming Agricultural development Pollution control Air quality/air pollution Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes Renewable energy Data collection/reporting Environmental audit Certification Bioenergy Biofuel Climate change Emissions Waste management Organic waste Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract These Regulations amend the European Union (Biofuel Sustainability Criteria) Regulations 2012 and the European Union (Renewable Energy) Regulations 2014 to transpose elements of Directive (EU) 2015/1513 (the Indirect Land-use Change (ILUC) Directive) relating to the Renewable Energy Directive (Directive 2009/28/EC). Various new definitions relating to biofuel, renewable energy sources and waste are inserted in the 2014 Regulations, eg. ‘agricultural, aquaculture, fisheries and forestry residues’; ‘aerothermal energy’, ‘bioliquids’, ‘energy from renewable sources’, ‘starch-rich crops’. Amendments concern modifications to the 2009 Directive on strengthening of cooperation with other Member States, the Commission and with voluntary schemes established under Article 18 of the Directive, compliance with the national target in respect of the State referred to in Article 3(1) of, and Part A of Annex I to, the Directive in respect of the maximum joint contribution from biofuels and bioliquids produced from cereal and other starch-rich crops, sugars and oil crops and from crops grown as main crops primarily for energy purposes on agricultural land, and calculation of emissions and biomass fraction of industrial waste. The amendments to the 2012 Regulations concern, among other things, offences. Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk References - Legislation Implements Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC. Legislation | European Union | 2009 Keyword: Energy conservation/energy production, Bioenergy, Biofuel, Renewable energy, Basic legislation, EIA, Climate change, Sustainable development, Sustainable use, Biodiversity, Ecosystem preservation Source: FAO, FAOLEX Directive (EU) 2015/1513 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 98/70/EC relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources. Legislation | European Union | 2015 Keyword: Pollution control, Air quality/air pollution, Emissions, Environmental standards, Standards, Protection of environment, Bioenergy, Biofuel, Renewable energy Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amends European Union (Biofuel Sustainability Criteria) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 33 of 2012). Legislation | Ireland | 2012 Keyword: Pollution control, Air quality/air pollution, Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes, Renewable energy, Data collection/reporting, Environmental audit, Certification, Biofuel Source: FAO, FAOLEX European Communities (Renewable Energy) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 483 of 2014). Legislation | Ireland | 2014 Keyword: Renewable energy, Bioenergy, Biofuel, Ecosystem preservation, Forestry protection measures, Forest management/forest conservation Source: FAO, FAOLEX