Niels Van Velde
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Commission publishes Regulation to protect EU biodiesel industry from dumped Chinese imports
Brussels, 11 February 2025 – The final Regulation imposing definitive anti-dumping duties on HVO and FAME from China has been published in the EU Official Journal. Chinese exports into the EU market will be subject to an anti-dumping duty between 21,7% and 35,5%, except for EcoCeres which received a 10% AD duty. The European Biodiesel…
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National governments approve definitive duties on biodiesel from China
Brussels, 9 January 2025 – The European Biodiesel Board (EBB) welcomes the approval of the definitive duties on biodiesel (HVO and FAME) from China by EU member states. In July of last year, the EBB already obtained provisional anti-dumping duties that are currently in force, but were subject to approval of national governments of EU…
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Fighting hard
This article first appeared on 4 December 2024 in Biofuels International. Xavier Noyon, the secretary general of the European Biodiesel Board, the largest trade association representing producers of HVO and FAME in the EU, spoke to Biofuels International about the recent developments in the EU policy landscape and zoomed in on trade measures emerging from…
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Exclusive use of CO₂ neutral fuels in new cars, vans, trucks and buses: Industry is submitting its technical report to the European Commission
This press release was distributed by the Working Group on Monitoring Methodologies (WGMM), of which the EBB is a founding member. Brussels, 11 December 2024 – The Working Group on Monitoring Methodologies (WGMM) officially handed over its key report on “Monitoring the use of CO2 neutral fuels in road transport – a cross-sectoral industry assessment”…
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Industry calls for technology-open approach for CO2 standards revision
This article first appeared on 28 October 2024 in the opinion section of Euractiv. As more organisations, companies and even governments join the call to accelerate the revision of the EU’s CO2 emission standards regulations, our Policy Director, Domenico Mininni, sets out what such a revision should look like. The key principle: technology openness. Back…
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NSM: An early revision of CO2 emission standards regulations should be driven by technology openness
This joint statement was distributed by the Network for Sustainable Mobility, of which the EBB is a member. Brussels, 21 October 2024 – The Network for Sustainable Mobility* takes note of the emerging political debate on the decarbonisation of road transport and recognises with concern that the lack of technology openness in both regulations for…
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EBB Welcomes Anti-circumvention Investigation on Biodiesel Imports from Indonesia and Transshipped via China and the UK
Brussels, 17 August 2023: earlier today, the European Commission officially opened an anti-circumvention investigation to address suspected evasion of EU countervailing duties on Indonesian biodiesel imports via China and via the UK, which was triggered by an EBB request in July 2023. Since the imposition of countervailing duties on biodiesel imports from Indonesia in December…
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Biodiesel: driving Greenhouse Gas (GHG) savings and a sustainable future
Understanding GHG savings and their environmental impact Greenhouse gas (GHG) savings refer to the reduction in emissions of GHGs, such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4), which are major contributors to global warming and climate change. As these gases accumulate in the Earth’s atmosphere, they trap heat, leading to adverse environmental impacts, such as…
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European Biodiesel Board obtains provisional remedies in fight against Chinese unfair biodiesel imports
Brussels, 19 July 2024 – The European Biodiesel Board (EBB), representing the European producers of biodiesel (HVO & FAME), has successfully obtained provisional anti-dumping duties in its trade case against Chinese biodiesel flooding the EU market. In October 2023, EBB filed an anti-dumping complaint with the European Commission and the investigation was opened in December…
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EU action proves urgent as biofuel producers furlough workers
Brussels, 9 July 2024 – While biodiesel from China continues to flood into the European markets, policy makers in the European Commission deliberate their response. The European Biodiesel Board (EBB), which brought a trade case before the institutions, remains confident anti-dumping measures will be announced soon. However, the devastating effects of the situation are clearly…