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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-2066/article-38",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-2066/article-38.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2018/2066",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066 of 19 December 2018 on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-2066",
  "path": "article/38",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Biomass source streams",
  "text": "1. The operator may determine the activity data of a biomass source stream without using tiers and providing analytical evidence regarding the biomass content, where that source stream consists exclusively of biomass and the operator can ensure that it is not contaminated with other materials or fuels.\n2. The emission factor of biomass shall be zero.\nThe emission factor of each fuel or material shall be calculated and reported as the preliminary emission factor, determined in accordance with Article 30, multiplied by the fossil fraction of the fuel or material.\n3. Peat, xylite and fossil fractions of mixed fuels or materials shall not be considered biomass.\n4. Where the biomass fraction of mixed fuels or materials is equal or higher than 97 %, or where, due to the amount of the emissions associated with the fossil fraction of the fuel or material, it qualifies as a de minimis source stream, the competent authority may allow the operator to apply no-tier methodologies, including the energy balance method, for determining activity data and relevant calculation factors.",
  "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/eur/2018/2066/article/38",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:43:41.859825+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."
}