Trade

Facing an unprecedented surge of unfairly priced imports from China, the EBB initiated anti-dumping and anti-circumvention trade defense cases to protect the European biodiesel industry. By leading these critical legal efforts, the EBB continues to shield domestic producers from market distortions and ensure a level playing field for sustainable fuels in Europe.

As part of its continuous defence against unfair trading practices, the EBB has led trade defence actions concerning imports from Indonesia. Through persistent legal engagement, including defending the EU measures and rulings from the Court of Justice regarding export taxes as subsidies, the EBB works to ensure that Indonesian biodiesel imports adhere to fair competition rules.

Following a surge of heavily subsidised imports that threatened the viability of the European market, the EBB lodged a formal complaint with the European Commission, ultimately resulting in measures against unfairly subsidised biofuels from Argentina.

The EBB secured the imposition of duties on bio-based diesel and jet fuel from the United States. To address attempts to bypass these trade barriers, the EBB’s ongoing enforcement efforts subsequently resulted in anti-circumvention measures extending these duties to imports consigned from Canada.