{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-28/annex-V/division-C/division-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-28/annex-V/division-C/division-7.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2009/28",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-28",
  "path": "annex/V/division/C/division/7",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Annualised emissions from carbon stock changes caused by land-use change, e l , shall be calculated by dividing total emissions equally over 20 years. For the calculation of those emissions, the following rule shall be applied:\ne l = (CS R – CS A ) × 3,664 × 1/20 × 1/P – e B ,\nwhere\ne l annualised greenhouse gas emissions from carbon stock change due to land-use change (measured as mass (grams) of CO 2 -equivalent per unit of biofuel or bioliquid energy (megajoules)). ‘Cropland’ and ‘perennial cropland’ shall be regarded as one land use;\nCS R the carbon stock per unit area associated with the reference land-use (measured as mass (tonnes) of carbon per unit area, including both soil and vegetation). The reference land-use shall be the land-use in January 2008 or 20 years before the raw material was obtained, whichever was the later;\nCS A the carbon stock per unit area associated with the actual land-use (measured as mass (tonnes) of carbon per unit area, including both soil and vegetation). In cases where the carbon stock accumulates over more than one year, the value attributed to CS A shall be the estimated stock per unit area after 20 years or when the crop reaches maturity, whichever the earlier;\nP the productivity of the crop (measured as biofuel or bioliquid energy per unit area per year) and\ne B bonus of 29 gCO 2eq /MJ biofuel or bioliquid if biomass is obtained from restored degraded land under the conditions provided for in point 8.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Directive (EU) 2015/1513 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 September 2015 amending Directive 98/70/EC relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The quotient obtained by dividing the molecular weight of CO 2 (44,010 g/mol) by the molecular weight of carbon (12,011 g/mol) is equal to 3,664."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Cropland as defined by IPCC."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Perennial crops are defined as multi-annual crops, the stem of which is usually not annually harvested such as short rotation coppice and oil palm."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/28/annex/V/division/C/division/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:14.344474+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."
}