# The Commission specifies the criteria to ensure that biofuels used in the transport sector are sustainable in the context of the recast Renewable Energy Directive

> The European Commission set criteria for biofuels used in transport under the recast Renewable Energy Directive. The rules cap the share of high indirect land use change risk biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels that Member States can count toward renewable targets.

- Date: 2019-03-13 · published 2019-03-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59973-the-commission-specifies-the-criteria-to-ensure-that-biofuels-used-in-the
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Limits on high-ILUC-risk feedstocks such as palm oil reduce EU demand for those oils in biofuel use, which is bearish for palm oil prices and supports alternative vegetable oil demand.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2017-04-04 | [MEPs vote to ban the use of palm oil in biofuels \| Guardian sustainable business \| The Guardian](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71526-meps-vote-to-ban-the-use-of-palm-oil-in-biofuels-guardian-sustainable-business.md) | -2.0% | -2.1% |
| PALMOIL | 2017-11-03 | [Possible WTO action, if EU's Renewable Energy Directive exclude palm oil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67871-possible-wto-action-if-eu-s-renewable-energy-directive-exclude-palm-oil.md) | -0.5% | -4.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2018-05-07 | [EU trade tools unable to contain unsustainable biodiesel imports \| T&E](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65039-eu-trade-tools-unable-to-contain-unsustainable-biodiesel-imports-t-and-e.md) | +1.2% | +1.8% |
| PALMOIL | 2019-11-21 | [Policy Brief: EU’s Renewable Energy Directive (RED) II and Implications on Palm Oil Trade - CARI ASEAN Research and Advocacy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56084-policy-brief-eu-s-renewable-energy-directive-red-ii-and-implications-on-palm.md) | 0.0% | +9.3% |
| PALMOIL | 2018-06-21 | [Sustainability must be the norm in Europe to ensure palm oil and other commodities do not destroy forests - EIA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64536-sustainability-must-be-the-norm-in-europe-to-ensure-palm-oil-and-other.md) | +0.3% | -5.6% |
| SBO | 2025-06-13 | [EPA Proposes New Renewable Fuel Standards to Strengthen U.S. Energy Security, Support Rural America, and Expand Production of Domestic Fuels \| US EPA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15110-epa-proposes-new-renewable-fuel-standards-to-strengthen-u-s-energy-security.md) | +10.1% | +8.6% |
| SBO | 2017-04-04 | [MEPs vote to ban the use of palm oil in biofuels \| Guardian sustainable business \| The Guardian](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71526-meps-vote-to-ban-the-use-of-palm-oil-in-biofuels-guardian-sustainable-business.md) | -0.2% | +3.0% |
| SBO | 2026-03-27 | [EPA Finalizes Historic New Renewable Fuel Standards to Strengthen American Energy Security, Support Rural Economies \| US EPA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15038-epa-finalizes-historic-new-renewable-fuel-standards-to-strengthen-american.md) | +2.3% | +4.4% |

## Sources

- commission.europa.eu: https://commission.europa.eu/news/commission-specifies-criteria-ensure-biofuels-used-transport-sector-are-sustainable-context-recast-2019-03-13_en

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