{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-119/article-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-119/article-16.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2009/119",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 2009/119/EC of 14 September 2009 imposing an obligation on Member States to maintain minimum stocks of crude oil and/or petroleum products",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-119",
  "path": "article/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Biofuels and additives",
  "text": "1. When calculating stockholding obligations under Articles 3 and 9 biofuels and additives shall be taken into account only where they have been blended with the petroleum products concerned.\n2. When calculating the stock levels actually maintained, biofuels and additives shall be taken into account when:\n(a) they have been blended with petroleum products concerned; or\n(b) they are stored on the territory of the Member State concerned, provided that the Member State has adopted rules ensuring that they are to be blended with petroleum products held pursuant to stockholding requirements set out in this Directive and that they are to be used in transportation.\n3. The rules for taking biofuels and additives into account when calculating stockholding obligations and stock levels, as laid down in paragraph 1 and 2, may be amended in accordance with the regulatory procedure referred to in Article 23(2).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/119/article/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:06.613454+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."
}