Promotion in Portugal
Updated: 06.02.2019
Author: Moïra Jimeno
Summary of support schemes
- Tax regulation mechanism: Small producers of biofuels benefit from a total exemption of the Petrol Product Tax (ISP).
- Biofuel quota: Companies supplying fuels for consumption shall incorporate a certain percentage of biofuels in the fuels they supply to the market from 2011 to 2020.
Technologies
The tax regulation mechanism and the quota mechanism apply to biofuels only.
Statutory provisions
- DL 117/2010 (Decreto-Lei n.° 117/2010 de 25 de Outubro - Decree-law No. 117/2010 of 25 October) on the sustainability criteria for biofuels and the incentives for using biofuels in the transport sector and its amending acts DL 6/2012 (Decreto-Lei n.° 6/2012 de 17 de Janeiro - Decree-law No. 6/2012 of 17 January) and DL 224/2012 (Decreto-Lei n.° 224/2012 de 16 de Outubro - Decree-law No. 224/2012 of 16 October).
- DL 73/2010 (Decreto-Lei n.° 73/2010 de 21 de Junho - Decree-law No. 73/2010 of 21 June), on the Code of Special Taxes for Consumption.
- Ordinance 41/2011 (Portaria n.° 41/2011 de 19 de Janeiro - Ordinance No. 41/2011 of 19 January) on the maximum selling price of biodiesel.
- Ordinance 301/2011 (Portaria n.° 301/2011 de 2 de Dezembro - Ordinance No. 301/2011 of 2 December) on the compensation to be paid for each TdB (Título de Biocombustível) missing.
- Ordinance 8/2012 (Portaria n.° 8/2012 de 4 de Janeiro - Ordinance No. 8/2012 of 4 January) on the functions of the Sustainability Criteria Compliance Coordination Entity (ECS) within the National Laboratory for Energy and Geology (LNEG).
- Ordinance 320-E/2011 (Portaria n.° 320-E/2011 de 30 de Dezembro - Ordinance No. 320-E/2011 of 30 December) on the procedures for the recognition of the Dedicated Small Producer of biofuel (PPD) and the application of tax exemption (ISP).
- DL 69/2016 (Decreto-Lei n.º 69/2016 de 3 de Novembro – Decree-law 69/2016 of 3 November) on the new procedures for the submission of the TdB (Título de Biocombustível) and the role of the National Entity for the Fuels Market (ENMC).