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Decree-Law No. 117/2010, regulating sustainability criteria for production and use of biofuel and bio liquids, amended by Decree-Law 6/2012 and Decree-Law 8/2021

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Decree-Law: Establishes the sustainability criteria for the production and use of biofuels and bioliquids and defines the boundaries of mandatory biofuels for the years 2011 to 2020
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Decree-Law: Updates the goals of incorporation of biofuels in fuel for consumption in the national territory to 2021
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Decree-Law: Updates the goals of incorporation of biofuels in fuel for consumption in the national territory to 2021
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Targets (8)

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  • Entites that provide diesel must have, out of the total volume of diesel in the land transport sector, 6.75% biodiesel by 2014.Transport · Target year: 2014
  • Sets a national minimum target of 0.5 percentage points in energy content from biofuels produced from raw materials and other fuels listed in Part A of Annex IV by 2020.Transport · Target year: 2020
  • The share of energy from the biofuels mentioned in target ID 3 cannot exceed 7% of the final energy consumption in transport.Transport · Target year: 2020
  • Entities that provide road fuels for consumption must achieve the following targets for biofuel content (with the exception of LPG and natural gas): (a) 2011 and 2012 - 5%; 2013 and 2014 - 5.5%; 2015 and 2016 - 7.5%; 2017 and 2018 - 9%; 2019 and 2020 - 10%Transport · Target year: 2020
  • Sets a target for 31% of final consumption of energy to be from renewable sources by 2020 (fulfilling the objectives under an EU Directive and Portgual's National Strategy for Energy 2020)Energy · Target year: 2020

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