Article 26 Amendments to Schedule 3A (actual value method for calculating emissions from the use of biomass)

Paragraph 2(d) of Schedule 3A^f1 is amended as follows.

For head (x)(cc) substitute—

“(cc)

before “and residues from processing” there was inserted “residues from forestry, arboriculture, aquaculture and fisheries”; and

(dd)

for “fuels” there was substituted “biomass”;”.

For head (xi) substitute—

“(xi)

for paragraph 19 there was substituted—

“19.

Where material is added to the biomass to act as a binding agent or to reduce the emissions of dust, carbon dioxide, methane or nitrous oxide from the use of biomass, the material so added shall be considered to have zero life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions, provided that the material so added does not exceed 2% by weight of the biomass.”; and”.