Niels Van Velde
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EU biodiesel industry may not survive 2024 if left unprotected from Chinese unfair imports
This article first appeared on 7 June 2024 in the opinion section of Euractiv. As a frontrunner in climate ambitions, the European Union has created a regulatory environment and market for biofuels. Successfully so, as the EU was the first market for biodiesel use globally. The combined EU Member States are also the largest producing…
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EBB sends Trade Letter insisting urgent action against Chinese dumping is needed
The European Biodiesel Board sent a letter to representatives of the European Commission regarding the dumping of Chinese biodiesel on the European market. In the letter, we stress that Chinese imports keep flooding into Europe and that the Commission cannot afford to wait and needs to take firm action against the Chinese governmental strategy to…
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EBB 2024 General Assembly elects new Executive Board
The European Biodiesel Board concluded on the 6th of June its 2024 General Assembly in Brussels. The event saw participation from most of our members and featured presentations by the EBB Secretariat, socio-political research platform EU Matrix and law firm King & Spalding. During the assembly, EBB’s Secretary General Xavier Noyon and EBB President Dickon…
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EBB publishes 2024 Manifesto for a “Made in Europe” transition towards carbon-neutral transport
Brussels, 26 March 2024 – The European Biodiesel Board (EBB) has published their manifesto, setting out the legislative priorities for the EU biodiesel industry for the coming years. In order to reach the EU climate targets, decarbonisation of transport will remain a big challenge, as demand for transport continues to increase. The manifesto therefore highlights…
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Statement on the Commission adoption of the revised RED Annex IX
Brussels, 22 March 2024. The European Biodiesel Board (EBB) welcomes the addition of several new feedstocks in the revised Annex IX to the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) adopted by the European Commission. Further clarifications on the definitions of the newly added feedstocks are still needed prior to implementation. The EBB, with its comprehensive sectoral knowledge,…
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EU Biofuels Chain and EBA updated joint position on ETD revision
Following the latest Council Presidency compromise text on the Energy Taxation Directive of 6 February 2024, the EU Biofuels Value Chain and the European Biogas Association sent a letter to the Member States’ representatives, underlining that key concerns for the EU biofuel sector have still not been taken into account. First of all, the letter…
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The European Biodiesel Board (EBB) Moves Focus to Anti-dumping Case
Brussels, 24 January 2024: After its success in identifying evidence of fraudulent practices and stopping the suspected re-exporting of Indonesian biodiesel through the Port of Hainan in China, the EBB has moved to the next and most significant phase of its plan to combat the huge volumes of biodiesel imports from China that are causing…
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EBB Initiates Anti-Dumping Proceedings Against Chinese Biodiesel Imports
Brussels, 20 December 2023: Following an official complaint by the European Biodiesel Board (EBB) in November, the Office of complaint of DG TRADE has announced the opening of an Anti-Dumping investigation into the imports of Chinese biodiesel. In 2023 China was the largest exporter of biodiesel to the EU. As a result of a resulting…
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EBB publishes Statistical Report 2023
We are delighted to present the first EBB statistical report, which provides a comprehensive overview of the biodiesel industry in Europe and around the world. This report highlights the latest data and trends on biodiesel production, feedstocks, and GHG savings associated with biodiesel use. In addition, to the biodiesel production (HVO and FAME) of the…
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High-level EBB position on 2040 EU Climate Target
The European biodiesel Industry was born from a political ambition that remains ready to serve: to develop an EU-made green fuel to improve EU energy security by reducing diesel imports, contributing to climate change mitigation, building the circular bioeconomy, and strengthening the independence and revenue of European farmers. To this end, we recently contributed to…