Directive 2009/30/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 amending Directive 98/70/EC as regards the specification of petrol, diesel and gas-oil and introducing a mechanism to monitor and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and amending Council Directive 1999/32/EC as regards the specification of fuel used by inland waterway vessels and repealing Directive 93/12/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)

Type Directive
Publication 2009-06-05
Last updated 2016-06-10
State In force
Department Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Source EUR-Lex
articles 5
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Biofuel production pathway Typical greenhouse gas missions (gCO2eq/MJ) Default greenhouse gas emissions (gCO2eq/MJ)
Wheat straw ethanol 3 3
Waste wood ethanol 1 1
Farmed wood ethanol 6 6
Waste wood Fischer-Tropsch diesel 1 1
Farmed wood Fischer-Tropsch diesel 4 4
Waste wood DME 1 1
Farmed wood DME 5 5
Waste wood methanol 1 1
Farmed wood methanol 5 5
The part from renewable sources of MTBE Equal to that of the methanol production pathway used Equal to that of the methanol production pathway used

Disaggregated values for processing (including excess electricity): ‘ep – eee’ as defined in Part C of this Annex

Biofuel production pathway Typical greenhouse gas emissions (gCO2eq/MJ) Default greenhouse gas emissions (gCO2eq/MJ)
Wheat straw ethanol 5 7
Wood ethanol 12 17
Wood Fischer-Tropsch diesel 0 0
Wood DME 0 0
Wood methanol 0 0
The part from renewable sources of MTBE Equal to that of the methanol production pathway used Equal to that of the methanol production pathway used

Disaggregated values for transport and distribution: ‘etd’ as defined in Part C of this Annex

Biofuel production pathway Typical greenhouse gas emissions (gCO2eq/MJ) Default greenhouse gas emissions (gCO2eq/MJ)
Wheat straw ethanol 2 2
Waste wood ethanol 4 4
Farmed wood ethanol 2 2
Waste wood Fischer-Tropsch diesel 3 3
Farmed wood Fischer-Tropsch diesel 2 2
Waste wood DME 4 4
Farmed wood DME 2 2
Waste wood methanol 4 4
Farmed wood methanol 2 2
The part from renewable sources of MTBE Equal to that of the methanol production pathway used Equal to that of the methanol production pathway used

Total for cultivation, processing, transport and distribution

Biofuel production pathway Typical greenhouse gas emissions (gCO2eq/MJ) Default greenhouse gas emissions (gCO2eq/MJ)
Wheat straw ethanol 11 13
Waste wood ethanol 17 22
Farmed wood ethanol 20 25
Waste wood Fischer-Tropsch diesel 4 4
Farmed wood Fischer-Tropsch diesel 6 6
Waste wood DME 5 5
Farmed wood DME 7 7
Waste wood methanol 5 5
Farmed wood methanol 7 7
The part from renewable sources of MTBE Equal to that of the methanol production pathway used’ Equal to that of the methanol production pathway used’

[^E0001]: (1) OJ C 44, 16.2.2008, p. 53.

[^E0002]: (2) Opinion of the European Parliament of 17 December 2008 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and Council Decision of 6 April 2009.

[^E0003]: (3) OJ L 350, 28.12.1998, p. 58.

[^E0004]: (4) OJ L 242, 10.9.2002, p. 1.

[^E0005]: (5) OJ L 152, 11.6.2008, p. 43.

[^E0006]: (6) OJ L 59, 27.2.1998, p. 1.

[^E0007]: (7) See page 16 of this Official Journal.

[^E0008]: (8) OJ C 321, 31.12.2003, p. 1.

[^E0009]: (9) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

[^E0010]: (10) OJ L 121, 11.5.1999, p. 13.

[^E0011]: (11) OJ L 74, 27.3.1993, p. 81.

[^E0012]: The numbering of these CN codes as specified in the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 256, 7.6.1987, p. 1).

[^E0013]: OJ L 164, 30.6.1994, p. 15.

[^E0014]: OJ L 59, 27.2.1998, p. 1.

[^E0015]: OJ L 173, 12.7.2000, p. 1.’;

[^E0016]: OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 16.’;

[^E0017]: OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32.’;

[^E0018]: OJ L 30, 31.1.2009, p. 16.

[^E0019]: OJ L 154, 21.6.2003, p. 1.’;

[^E0020]: OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 1.’;

[^E0034]: The quotient obtained by dividing the molecular weight of CO2 (44,010 g/mol) by the molecular weight of carbon (12,011 g/mol) is equal to 3,664.

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