Article 3 Criteria for determining the high indirect land-use change-risk feedstock for which a significant expansion of the production area into land with high carbon stock is observed

For the purpose of determining the high indirect land-use change-risk feedstock for which a significant expansion of the production area into land with high-carbon stock is observed, the following cumulative criteria shall apply:

1. (a)

   the average annual expansion of the global production area of the feedstock since 2008 is higher than 1 % and affects more than 100 000 hectares;

2. (b)

   the share of such expansion into land with high-carbon stock is higher than 10 %, in accordance with the following formula:

   $$x_{\mathrm{hcs}}=\frac{x_f+\mathrm{2,6}{x}_p}{\mathrm{PF}}$$

   where

   x_hcs

3. share of expansion into land with high-carbon stock;

x_f

4. share of expansion into land referred to in Article 29(4)(b) and (c) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001;

x_p

5. share of expansion into land referred to in Article 29(4)(a) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 including peatland;

PF

6. productivity factor.

PF shall be 1,7 for maize, 2,5 for palm oil, 3,2 for sugar beet, 2,2 for sugar cane and 1 for all other crops.