{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1998-70/annex-IV/division-C/division-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1998-70/annex-IV/division-C/division-8.json",
  "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/C/division/8",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The bonus of 29 gCO 2eq /MJ shall be attributed if evidence is provided that the land:\n(a) was not in use for agriculture or any other activity in January 2008; and\n(b) falls into one of the following categories:\n(i) severely degraded land, including such land that was formerly in agricultural use;\n(ii) heavily contaminated land.\nThe bonus of 29 gCO 2eq /MJ shall apply for a period of up to 10 years from the date of conversion of the land to agricultural use, provided that a steady increase in carbon stocks as well as a sizable reduction in erosion phenomena for land falling under (i) are ensured and that soil contamination for land falling under (ii) is reduced.",
  "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)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1998/70/annex/IV/division/C/division/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:06.441106+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}