{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1998-70/annex-IV/division-A",
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  "legislation": "eudr/1998/70",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Council Directive 93/12/EEC",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1998-70",
  "path": "annex/IV/division/A",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "A",
  "heading": "Typical and default values for biofuels if produced with no net carbon emissions from land use change",
  "text": "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 concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption\nOJ L 273, 10.10.2002, p. 1 .\nBiofuel production pathway\nTypical greenhouse gas emission saving\nDefault greenhouse gas emission saving\nSugar beet ethanol\n61 %\n52 %\nWheat ethanol (process fuel not specified)\n32 %\n16 %\nWheat ethanol (lignite as process fuel in CHP plant)\n32 %\n16 %\nWheat ethanol (natural gas as process fuel in conventional boiler)\n45 %\n34 %\nWheat ethanol (natural gas as process fuel in CHP plant)\n53 %\n47 %\nWheat ethanol (straw as process fuel in CHP plant)\n69 %\n69 %\nCorn (maize) ethanol, Community produced (natural gas as process fuel in CHP plant)\n56 %\n49 %\nSugar cane ethanol\n71 %\n71 %\nThe part from renewable sources of ethyl-Tertio-butyl-ether (ETBE)\nEqual to that of the ethanol production Pathway used\nThe part from renewable sources of tertiary-amyl-ethyl-ether (TAEE)\nEqual to that of the ethanol production pathway used\nRape seed biodiesel\n45 %\n38 %\nSunflower biodiesel\n58 %\n51 %\nSoybean biodiesel\n40 %\n31 %\nPalm oil biodiesel (process not specified)\n36 %\n19 %\nPalm oil biodiesel (process with methane capture at oil mill)\n62 %\n56 %\nWaste vegetable or animal oil biodiesel\n88 %\n83 %\nHydrotreated vegetable oil from rape seed\n51 %\n47 %\nHydrotreated vegetable oil from sunflower\n65 %\n62 %\nHydrotreated vegetable oil from palm oil (process not specified)\n40 %\n26 %\nHydrotreated vegetable oil from palm oil (process with methane capture at oil mill)\n68 %\n65 %\nPure vegetable oil from rape seed\n58 %\n57 %\nBiogas from municipal organic waste as compressed natural gas\n80 %\n73 %\nBiogas from wet manure as compressed natural gas\n84 %\n81 %\nBiogas from dry manure as compressed natural gas\n86 %\n82 %",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Directive 2009/30/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 amending Directive 98/70/EC as regards the specification of petrol, diesel and gas-oil and introducing a mechanism to monitor and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and amending Council Directive 1999/32/EC as regards the specification of fuel used by inland waterway vessels and repealing Directive 93/12/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 273, 10.10.2002, p. 1 ."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "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 concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}