AreaBelgium

Commodity GroupBiofuels

CommodityPalm-soyoil-based biodiesel

Date01/04/2021

Policy CategoryRenewable energy

Policy InstrumentBioenergy policies

DescriptionReleased a national decree transposing the EU’s new Renewable Energy Directive into Belgian law. Aimed at excluding biofuels deemed to cause deforestation and land-use changes from the domestic market, the law bans imports of biofuels produced from palm oil and soy oil from, respectively, January 2022 and January 2023.

NotesBELGIUM – biofuel policy: In March, the Government notified the European Commission of a draft national decree transposing the EU’s new Renewable Energy Directive for the period 2021-2030 (see MPPU July’19) into Belgian law. Aimed at excluding biofuels deemed to cause deforestation and land use changes from the domestic market, the draft decree would ban palm and soy oil-based biofuels and biogases from the local market starting 1 January 2022.