# 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, Division A: Typical and default values for biofuels if produced with no net carbon emissions from land use change

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

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
OJ L 273, 10.10.2002, p. 1 .
Biofuel production pathway
Typical greenhouse gas emission saving
Default greenhouse gas emission saving
Sugar beet ethanol
61 %
52 %
Wheat ethanol (process fuel not specified)
32 %
16 %
Wheat ethanol (lignite as process fuel in CHP plant)
32 %
16 %
Wheat ethanol (natural gas as process fuel in conventional boiler)
45 %
34 %
Wheat ethanol (natural gas as process fuel in CHP plant)
53 %
47 %
Wheat ethanol (straw as process fuel in CHP plant)
69 %
69 %
Corn (maize) ethanol, Community produced (natural gas as process fuel in CHP plant)
56 %
49 %
Sugar cane ethanol
71 %
71 %
The part from renewable sources of ethyl-Tertio-butyl-ether (ETBE)
Equal to that of the ethanol production Pathway used
The part from renewable sources of tertiary-amyl-ethyl-ether (TAEE)
Equal to that of the ethanol production pathway used
Rape seed biodiesel
45 %
38 %
Sunflower biodiesel
58 %
51 %
Soybean biodiesel
40 %
31 %
Palm oil biodiesel (process not specified)
36 %
19 %
Palm oil biodiesel (process with methane capture at oil mill)
62 %
56 %
Waste vegetable or animal oil biodiesel
88 %
83 %
Hydrotreated vegetable oil from rape seed
51 %
47 %
Hydrotreated vegetable oil from sunflower
65 %
62 %
Hydrotreated vegetable oil from palm oil (process not specified)
40 %
26 %
Hydrotreated vegetable oil from palm oil (process with methane capture at oil mill)
68 %
65 %
Pure vegetable oil from rape seed
58 %
57 %
Biogas from municipal organic waste as compressed natural gas
80 %
73 %
Biogas from wet manure as compressed natural gas
84 %
81 %
Biogas from dry manure as compressed natural gas
86 %
82 %

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1998/70/annex/IV/division/A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1998-70/annex-IV/division-A
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