Biofuel quota
Updated: 09.01.2019
Author: Stijn Anciaux
The Netherlands implemented a biofuels quota scheme. This scheme obliges companies importing or producing petrol, gas or diesel fuels to ensure that biofuels make up a defined percentage of the company’s total annual sale of fuel.
Eligible technologies
Companies importing or producing petrol, gas or diesel fuels are obliged to ensure that biofuels make up a defined percentage of the company’s total annual sale of fuel (Art.4 ETO). Companies can also fulfill the quota by presenting biotickets that can be bought from other obligated parties (Art. 15 ETO) Moreover, double counting is possible if the regulator decides so (Art. 16 ETO).
| Biofuels | Biofuels meaning liquid or gaseous fuel for transport produced from biomass fulfilling sustainability criteria stipulated by the Directive (Art. 8 and 9 ETD). |
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Addressees
Obligated parties are companies importing or producing more than 500,000 liter petrol, gas or diesel fuels per year at the point an activity falls under excise duty. (art.3 ETO)
Procedure
Process flow | - Obligated parties are required to open an account at the Dutch Emission Authority. The companies have to register all traded amounts of biofuels (Art. 8 and 59 ETD)
- The Dutch Emission Authority monitors and controls the quota fulfillment
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Competent authority | Dutch Emission Authority |
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Distribution of costs
| Consumers | The costs are borne by the consumers. |
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| Distribution mechanism | Companies pass on the costs arising from the quota obligation to the consumers by adding a surcharge to their fuels. |
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Netherlands
