FEDIOL reiterates its support to the provisional agreement, which recognises the role of crop-based biofuels in meeting the EU’s transport renewable energy target and increases the EU’s overall ambition to boost renewable energy sources.

The European Parliament’s approval of the agreement reached between the co-legislators on the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED III) confirms the complementary and needed role of crop-based biofuels in contributing to the EU’s transport renewable energy mix, a satisfactory outcome which Member States should make use of to meet their targets and support farmers’ incomes.

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