SIST-TS CEN/TS 16214-2:2014
(Main)Sustainability criteria for the production of biofuels and bioliquids for energy applications - Principles, criteria, indicators and verifiers - Part 2: Conformity assessment including chain of custody and mass balance
Sustainability criteria for the production of biofuels and bioliquids for energy applications - Principles, criteria, indicators and verifiers - Part 2: Conformity assessment including chain of custody and mass balance
CEN/TS 16214-2 defines requirements for provision by economic operators of the required evidence that biofuels and bioliquids fulfil the sustainability criteria as defined in the Renewable Energy Directive [1]. This Technical Specification is applicable to the initial biomass production or to the point of collection for waste and residue and to each stage within the chain of custody. It also defines requirements on conformity assessment bodies when checking compliance with the present standard. NOTE An example of supply chain of biofuels and bioliquids to be covered by the chain of custody is given in Figure 1. This supply chain is a simple representation, actual supply chains are typically more complex.
Nachhaltigkeitskriterien für die Herstellung von Biokraftstoffen und flüssigen Biobrennstoffen für Energieanwendungen - Grundsätze, Kriterien, Indikatoren und Prüfer - Teil 2: Konformitätsbewertung einschließlich überwachter Lieferkette und Massenbilanz
Diese Europäische Norm legt Anforderungen dafür fest, wie die Wirtschaftsteilnehmer nachzuweisen haben,
dass Biokraftstoffe und flüssige Biobrennstoffe die Nachhaltigkeitskriterien erfüllen. Diese Norm ist auf die
Ersterzeugung der Biomasse sowie auf alle Abschnitte innerhalb der Überwachungskette anwendbar.
Anforderungen an die Konformitätsbewertungsstellen werden ebenfalls festgelegt, um die Einhaltung der
Anforderungen der vorliegenden Norm zu überprüfen.
Ein Beispiel für die Lieferkette von Biokraftstoffen und flüssigen Biobrennstoffen wird in Bild 1 dargestellt.
Diese Lieferkette ist vereinfacht dargestellt, die tatsächlichen Lieferketten sind im Allgemeinen komplexer.
Critères de durabilité pour la production de biocarburants et de bioliquides pour des applications énergétiques - Principes, critères, indicateurs et vérificateurs - Partie 2: Évaluation de la conformité, incluant chaîne de surveillance et bilan massique
La présente norme définit les exigences relatives à la démonstration par les opérateurs économiques que les biocarburants et les bioliquides satisfont aux critères de durabilité. La présente norme s'applique à la production initiale de la biomasse et à chaque étape de la chaîne de surveillance. Elle définit également les exigences applicables pour les organismes d'évaluation de la conformité pour vérifier la conformité à la présente norme.
Un exemple de chaîne d'approvisionnement en biocarburants et bioliquides est présenté à la Figure 1. Cette chaîne d'approvisionnement est une représentation simplifiée ; les chaînes d'approvisionnement réelles sont généralement plus complexes.
Merila trajnostnosti za proizvodnjo biogoriv in biotekočin za energijsko uporabo - Načela, merila, kazalniki in preskuševalniki biogoriv in biotekočin - 2. del: Ugotavljanje skladnosti, vključno s postopki nadzora in masne bilance
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Sustainability criteria for the production of biofuels and bioliquids for energy applications -
Principles, criteria, indicators and verifiers - Part 2: Conformity assessment including
chain of custody and mass balance
Nachhaltigkeitskriterien für die Herstellung von Biokraftstoffen und flüssigen
Biobrennstoffen für Energieanwendungen - Grundsätze, Kriterien, Indikatoren und Prüfer
- Teil 2: Konformitätsbewertung einschließlich überwachter Lieferkette und Massenbilanz
Critères de durabilité pour la production de biocarburants et de bioliquides pour des
applications énergétiques - Principes, critères, indicateurs et vérificateurs - Partie 2:
Évaluation de la conformité, incluant chaîne de surveillance et bilan massique
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: CEN/TS 16214-2:2014
ICS:
27.190 Biološki viri in drugi Biological sources and
alternativni viri energije alternative sources of energy
SIST-TS CEN/TS 16214-2:2014 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
CEN/TS 16214-2
SPÉCIFICATION TECHNIQUE
TECHNISCHE SPEZIFIKATION
January 2014
ICS 27.190; 75.160.20
English Version
Sustainability criteria for the production of biofuels and bioliquids
for energy applications - Principles, criteria, indicators and
verifiers - Part 2: Conformity assessment including chain of
custody and mass balance
Critères de durabilité pour la production de biocarburants et Nachhaltigkeitskriterien für die Herstellung von
de bioliquides pour des applications énergétiques - Biokraftstoffen und flüssigen Biobrennstoffen für
Principes, critères, indicateurs et vérificateurs - Partie 2: Energieanwendungen - Grundsätze, Kriterien, Indikatoren
Évaluation de la conformité, incluant chaîne de surveillance und Prüfer - Teil 2: Konformitätsbewertung einschließlich
et bilan massique überwachter Lieferkette und Massenbilanz
This Technical Specification (CEN/TS) was approved by CEN on 14 October 2013 for provisional application.
The period of validity of this CEN/TS is limited initially to three years. After two years the members of CEN will be requested to submit their
comments, particularly on the question whether the CEN/TS can be converted into a European Standard.
CEN members are required to announce the existence of this CEN/TS in the same way as for an EN and to make the CEN/TS available
promptly at national level in an appropriate form. It is permissible to keep conflicting national standards in force (in parallel to the CEN/TS)
until the final decision about the possible conversion of the CEN/TS into an EN is reached.
CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United
Kingdom.
EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION
COMITÉ EUROPÉEN DE NORMALISATION
EUROPÄISCHES KOMITEE FÜR NORMUNG
CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B-1000 Brussels
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Contents Page
Introduction .3
1 Scope .6
2 Normative references .6
3 Terms and definitions .7
4 Principle .7
5 Requirements for conformity assessment .7
5.1 Basic elements .7
5.2 Requirements for sustainability .7
5.3 Requirements for economic operators .8
5.4 Competence of conformity assessment bodies .9
5.5 Requirements for the conformity assessment process .9
5.5.1 General requirements .9
5.5.2 Conformity assessment process .9
6 Requirements for chain of custody control - mass balance method . 10
6.1 Basic elements for application of the mass balance method . 10
6.2 Product declaration − Identification of compliant consignment . 11
6.3 Management system requirements . 12
6.3.1 General . 12
6.3.2 Commitment . 12
6.3.3 Responsibilities and authorities . 12
6.3.4 Documentation . 12
6.3.5 Records . 12
Annex A (informative) Examples of conformity assessment procedures . 14
Annex B (informative) Checklists . 15
Annex C (informative) Example of use of self-declaration documents in a group-auditing scheme . 18
Annex D (informative) Example of use of declaration of conformity of specific consignments. 20
Annex E (informative) Example of mass balance . 22
Annex F (informative) Examples for GHG balance . 24
Annex G (informative) Example of product declaration . 27
Annex H (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential
Requirements of EU Directives 2009/28/EC and 98/70/EC . 28
Bibliography . 31
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Foreword
This document (CEN/TS 16214-2:2014) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 383
“Sustainably produced biomass for energy applications”, the secretariat of which is held by NEN.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent
rights. CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This standard comprises the following parts:
— EN 16214-1, Sustainability criteria for the production of biofuels and bioliquids for energy applications —
Principles, criteria, indicators and verifiers — Part 1: Terminology;
— CEN/TS 16214-2, Sustainability criteria for the production of biofuels and bioliquids for energy
applications — Principles, criteria, indicators and verifiers — Part 2: Conformity assessment including
chain of custody and mass balance;
— EN 16214-3, Sustainability criteria for the production of biofuels and bioliquids for energy applications —
Principles, criteria, indicators and verifiers — Part 3: Biodiversity and environmental aspects related to
nature protection purposes;
— EN 16214-4, Sustainability criteria for the production of biofuels and bioliquids for energy applications —
Principles, criteria, indicators and verifiers — Part 4: Calculation methods of the greenhouse gas emission
balance using a life cycle analysis approach.
This Part 2 has originally been drafted as a full standard, but due to a lack of consensus in the end it is now be
proposed as a CEN/TS. This would allow the European stakeholders and economic operators to use it in
harmonizing their conformity assessment without the risk of contradicting national legislation and national
sustainability schemes still under development at the moment of publication of this part.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following
countries are bound to announce this Technical Specification: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus,
Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany,
Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
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Introduction
Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Commission on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable
sources, referred to as the Renewable Energy Directive (RED, [1]), incorporates an advanced binding
sustainability scheme for biofuels and bioliquids for the European market. The RED contains binding
sustainability criteria for greenhouse gas savings, land with high biodiversity value, land with high carbon
stock and agro-environmental practices. Several articles in the RED present requirements to European
Member States and to economic operators in Europe. Non-EU countries may have different requirements and
criteria on, for instance, the GHG emission reduction set-off in the framework of their own national legislation.
The sustainability criteria for biofuels are also mandated in Directive 98/70/EC relating to the quality of petrol
and diesel fuels [2], via the amending Directive 2009/30/EC (as regards the specification of petrol, diesel and
gas-oil and introducing a mechanism to monitor and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, [3]).
Directive 98/70/EC is referred to as the Fuels Quality Directive (FQD).
Created in 2008, CEN/TC 383 initiated the elaboration of a standardization programme on sustainability
criteria for biomass for energy application. After being contacted by CEN, the European Commission in return
in May 2009 formally wrote to request CEN to work on standard(s) on:
— the implementation of the mass balance method of custody chain management;
— the provisions of evidence that the production of raw material has not interfered with nature protection
purpose;
— the auditing by member states and by voluntary schemes using them of the information submitted by
economic operators.
Both the EC and CEN agreed that these may play a role in the implementation of the EU biofuel and bioliquid
sustainability scheme. In the Communication from the Commission on the practical implementation of the EU
biofuels and bioliquids sustainability scheme and on counting rules for biofuels (2010/C 160/02, [4]),
awareness of the CEN work is indicated.
It is widely accepted that sustainability at large encompasses environmental, social and economic aspects.
The European Directives make mandatory the compliance of several sustainability criteria for biofuels and
bioliquids. This European Standard has been developed with the aim to assist EU Member States and
economic operators with the implementation of EU biofuel and bioliquids sustainability requirements
mandated by the European Directives. This European Standard is limited to certain aspects relevant for a
sustainability assessment of biomass produced for energy applications. Therefore compliance with this
standard or parts thereof alone does not substantiate claims of the biomass being produced sustainably.
This Technical Specification defines requirements for the verification of compliance with the sustainability
criteria for biofuels and bioliquids, in accordance with legal requirements, such as in Article 18 of the RED [1].
In particular, this Technical Specification defines requirements for an adequate standard of independent
auditing of the information submitted by economic operators (Clause 5), and the implementation by economic
operators, of the mass balance method of chain of custody control (Clause 6).
This Technical Specification is a tool that can be used as part of voluntary schemes, national systems or
bilateral agreements.
This Technical Specification defines requirements for a mass balance system which:
a) allows consignments of raw material or biofuel or bioliquids with differing sustainability characteristics to
be mixed;
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b) requires information about the sustainability characteristics and sizes of the consignments referred to in
a) to remain assigned to the mixture; and
c) provides for the sum of all consignments withdrawn from the mixture to be described as having the same
sustainability characteristics, in the same quantities, as the sum of all consignments added to the mixture.
Each economic operator in the chain of custody is responsible for the data supplied in the product
declarations submitted to the next economic operator as detailed in 5.1. The validity of these declarations is
assessed through a conformity assessment procedures carried out as described in Clause 5 of this Technical
Specification.
Where applicable, the parts of this standard contain at the end an annex that informs the user of the link
between the requirements in the European Directive and the requirements in the CEN Standard.
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1 Scope
This Technical Specification defines requirements for provision by economic operators of the required
evidence that biofuels and bioliquids fulfil the sustainability criteria as defined in the Renewable Energy
Directive [1]. This Technical Specification is applicable to the initial biomass production or to the point of
collection for waste and residue and to each stage within the chain of custody. It also defines requirements on
conformity assessment bodies when checking compliance with the present standard.
NOTE An example of supply chain of biofuels and bioliquids to be covered by the chain of custody is given in
Figure 1. This supply chain is a simple representation, actual supply chains are typically more complex.
Figure 1 — Example of a supply chain of biofuels and bioliquids
2 Normative references
The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are
indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references,
the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 16214-1:2012, Sustainability criteria for the production of biofuels and bioliquids for energy applications –
Principles, criteria, indicators and verifiers – Part 1: Terminology
EN 16214-3, Sustainability criteria for the production of biofuels and bioliquids for energy applications –
Principles, criteria, indicators and verifiers – Part 3: Biodiversity and environmental aspects related to nature
protection purposes
EN 16214-4, Sustainability criteria for the production of biofuels and bioliquids for energy applications –
Principles, criteria, indicators and verifiers – Part 4: Calculation methods of the greenhouse gas emission
balance using a life cycle analysis approach
EN ISO/IEC 17000:2004, Conformity assessment – Vocabulary and general principles (ISO/IEC 17000:2004)
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EN ISO/IEC 17050-1, Conformity assessment – Supplier's declaration of conformity – Part 1: General
requirements (ISO/IEC 17050-1)
EN ISO/IEC 17050-2, Conformity assessment – Supplier's declaration of conformity – Part 2: Supporting
documentation (ISO/IEC 17050-2)
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in EN ISO/IEC 17000:2004 and
EN 16214-1:2012 apply.
4 Principle
This Technical Specification defines the requirements for the economic operators, based on the following
principles:
1) Economic operators transfer the data of their consignments to the next operator through a product
declaration, and need to meet the sustainability requirements as laid down in this document, and
2) Economic operators have the possibility to follow the conformity assessment procedures set out in this
document (see 5.1.5).
5 Requirements for conformity assessment
5.1 Basic elements
5.1.1 In order to ensure that the sustainability criteria for biofuels and bioliquids are fulfilled different
conformity assessment procedures as described in this clause shall be used.
5.1.2 Each economic operator shall issue a product declaration in accordance with 6.2 and on the basis of
EN ISO/IEC 17050-1 and EN ISO/IEC 17050-2 for each consignment it delivers. The product declaration is
the basis of further conformity assessment procedures.
5.1.3 The economic operator can be assessed whether it fulfils the requirements for economic operators
described in 5.3.
5.1.4 When an economic operator takes delivery from an economic operator which has not been assessed
according to 5.4, it shall take responsibility for the sustainability data of the delivering non-assessed operator
within its own assessment scope, including verification of supplier. This may be extended to cover previous
economic operators and up to the full chain of custody.
5.1.5 The economic operator shall be assessed.
NOTE This assessment may be done by a conformity assessment body in accordance with European and national
legislation in this regard, the requirements of EC recognised voluntary schemes or with the requirements of a national
system (see 5.5). The result of this assessment is a conformity assessment statement issued by the conformity
assessment body.
5.2 Requirements for sustainability
5.2.1 The consignments taken into account for this Technical Specification shall not be made from raw
material obtained from land with high biodiversity value, namely land that had one of the following statuses in
or after January 2008, whether or not the land continues to have that status:
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a) primary forest and other wooded land, namely forest and other wooded land of native species, where
there is no clearly visible indication of human activity and the ecological processes are not significantly
disturbed;
b) areas designated:
1) by law or by the relevant competent authority for nature protection purposes; or
2) for the protection of rare, threatened or endangered ecosystems or species recognised by
international agreements or included in lists drawn up by intergovernmental organisations or the
International Union for the Conservation of Nature, unless evidence is provided that the production of
that raw material did not interfere with those nature protection purposes;
c) highly biodiverse grassland that is:
1) natural, namely grassland that would remain grassland in the absence of human intervention and
which maintains the natural species composition and ecological characteristics and processes; or
2) non-natural, namely grassland that would cease to be grassland in the absence of human
intervention and which is species-rich and not degraded, unless evidence is provided that the
harvesting of the raw material is necessary to preserve its grassland status.
5.2.2 The consignments taken into account for this Technical Specification shall not be made from raw
material obtained from land with high carbon stock, namely land that had one of the following statuses in
January 2008 and no longer has that status:
a) wetlands, namely land that is covered with or saturated by water permanently or for a significant part of
the year;
b) continuously forested areas, namely land spanning more than one hectare with trees higher than five
metres and a canopy cover of more than 30 %, or trees able to reach those thresholds in situ;
c) land spanning more than one hectare with trees higher than five metres and a canopy cover of between
10 % and 30 %, or trees able to reach those thresholds in situ, without providing that the carbon stock of
the area before and after conversion is included in the GHG balance of the consignment,
The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply if, at the time the raw material was obtained, the land had the
same status as it had in January 2008.
5.2.3 The consignments taken into account for this document shall not be made from raw material obtained
from land that was peatland in January 2008, unless evidence is provided that the cultivation and harvesting
of that raw material does not involve drainage of previously undrained soil.
5.2.4 The greenhouse gas emission saving from the use of biofuels and bioliquids taken into account for
this Technical Specification shall be at least 35 %.
With effect from 1st January 2017, the greenhouse gas emission saving from the use of biofuels and
bioliquids taken into account for this Technical Specification shall be at least 50 %. From 1st January 2018
that greenhouse gas emission saving shall be at least 60 % for biofuels and bioliquids produced in
installations in which production started on or after 1st January 2017. In the case of biofuels and bioliquids
produced by installations that were in operation on 23rd January 2008, the first subparagraph of 5.2.4 shall
apply from 1st April 2013.
5.3 Requirements for economic operators
Requirements for economic operators consist of:
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a) Compliance with the land-related criteria:
1) For raw materials for biofuel production (except for waste and residues from processing, but
including residues from agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries and forestry) compliance with
environmental criteria in 5.2.1 to 5.2.3. EN 16214-3 shall be used as guidance for verifying
compliance as regards the exceptions from the land-use related requirements.
2) For agricultural material cultivated within EU, compliance with requirements referred under the
heading ‘Environment’ in part A and in point 9 of Annex II to Council regulation (EC) 73/2009 and
with minimum requirements for good agricultural and environmental condition defined pursuant to
Article 6(1) of that regulation [5].
b) Compliance with the mass balance requirements detailed in 6.1.
c) Compliance with the requirements for GHG emission savings according to 5.2.4. EN 16214-4 shall be
used as guidance for calculating the GHG emission savings.
d) Compliance of the product declaration provided to the next economic operator in the chain of custody to
6.2.
e) Compliance of the management system to 6.3.
5.4 Competence of conformity assessment bodies
All conformity assessment bodies doing any conformity assessment work under this document shall first have
demonstrated, and shall then continue to demonstrate, that they are competent to do that work.
One of the ways for conformity assessment bodies or individuals to demonstrate competence is to obtain
accreditation from their national accreditation body or approval from the responsible authority from a EU
Member State in accordance with such arrangements as are made by that government for implementation of
the directive in that country.
5.5 Requirements for the conformity assessment process
5.5.1 General requirements
Conformity assessment shall be undertaken by an independent conformity assessment body.
The requirements that shall be included in the conformity assessment process are specified in 5.2.
Conformity assessments based on this document are open for all conformity assessment bodies fulfilling the
requirements as stated in 5.4. The level of auditing recommended is a limited assurance level according to
ISAE 3000 [6].
5.5.2 Conformity assessment process
5.5.2.1 General
The conformity assessment process shall consist of conducting special audits described in 5.5.2.2 and
5.5.2.3. For a checklist that may be used see Annex B.
Compliance with the sustainability requirements of this document may be demonstrated by conformity
assessment processes other than those defined in 5.1. In this case, economic operators may use the
following options to demonstrate compliance with:
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— Group auditing systems (see Annex A, Example 3) - in particular for farmers, producer organisations and
cooperatives. Conformity assessment is done on a sample of units. Such an example is given in
Annex C. Group auditing for compliance with the scheme's land related criteria is only acceptable when
the areas concerned are near each other and have similar sustainability characteristics. Group auditing
for the purpose of calculating greenhouse gas savings is only acceptable when the units have similar
production systems and products.
— Conformity assessments of specific consignments as described in Annex D.
NOTE For ”small-holder” farmers, producer organisations and cooperatives relevant conformity assessment
processes can be used, e.g. “group auditing” regarding 2.2.2 in communication 2010/C 160/01 [4].
5.5.2.2 Initial audit
This is the first procedure for assessment if the economic operator has not been assessed previously or has
no valid conformity assessment statement according to this Technical Specification (initial assessment, before
delivery of first consignment). The conformity assessment process will specifically check the conformity of the
management system as described in 6.3 and whether the operator fulfils all the requirements set out in this
Technical Specification, as described in 5.2.
5.5.2.3 Surveillance audit
This is the assessment procedures used during the surveillance visits and when the economic operator has
been assessed previously and has a valid conformity assessment statement running according to this
Technical Specification The conformity assessment process will verify whether the conditions for issuing the
first conformity assessment statement are still in place. Furthermore, it will check the conformity of the data
supplied product declarations according to this Technical Specification, the conformity of the operator
according to 5.2. as well as all the data requirements as set out in 6.2. and the conformity of the mass
balances with 6.1.
6 Requirements for chain of custody control - mass balance method
6.1 Basic elements for application of the mass balance method
The mass balance method shall balance the sustainability data, including GHG emission data, taken from the
product declarations as defined in 6.2, of all consignments at the end of the inventory period. An example of
such a mass balance is given in Annex E. The sustainability data from the proportion of compliant
consignments that are not destined for use as biofuels and bioliquids shall be excluded from the mass balance
calculation, to avoid allocation of sustainability data to only the bioenergy consignments portion.
When consignments with different (or no) sustainability characteristics are mixed, the separate sizes and
sustainability characteristics of each consignment remain assigned to the mixture.
If a mixture is split up, any consignment taken out of it may be assigned any of the sets of sustainability
characteristics (accompanied with sizes) as long as the
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Nachhaltig produzierte Biomasse für Energieanwendungen - Grundsätze, Kriterien,
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Konformitätsbewertung einschließlich Überwachungskette und Massenbilanz
Biomasse produite de façon durable pour des applications énergétiques - Principes,
critères, indicateurs et vérificateurs pour biocarburants et bioliquides - Partie 2:
Évaluation de la conformité, incluant chaîne de surveillance et bilan massique
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 16214-2
ICS:
27.190 Biološki viri in drugi Biological sources and
alternativni viri energije alternative sources of energy
oSIST prEN 16214-2:2011 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
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December 2010
ICS 27.190; 75.160.20
English Version
Sustainably produced biomass for energy applications -
Principles, criteria, indicators and verifiers for biofuels and
bioliquids - Part 2: Conformity assessment including chain of
custody and mass balance
Biomasse produite de façon durable pour des applications Nachhaltig produzierte Biomasse für Energieanwendungen
énergétiques - Principes, critères, indicateurs et - Grundsätze, Kriterien, Indikatoren und Prüfer für
vérificateurs pour biocarburants et bioliquides - Partie 2: Biokraftstoffe und flüssige Biobrennstoffe - Teil 2:
Évaluation de la conformité, incluant chaîne de surveillance Konformitätsbewertung einschließlich Überwachungskette
et bilan massique und Massenbilanz
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee CEN/TC 383.
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Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without notice and
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Contents Page
Foreword .3
Introduction .4
1 Scope .6
2 Normative references .6
3 Terms and definitions .7
4 Requirements for conformity assessment .7
4.1 Basic elements .7
4.2 Requirements for economic operators .7
4.3 Competence of conformity assessment bodies .8
4.4 Requirements for the conformity assessment process .8
4.4.1 General requirements .8
4.4.2 Conformity assessment process .9
4.5 Additional requirements about conformity assessment contracts .9
5 Requirements for chain of custody control - mass balance method .9
5.1 Basic elements for application of the mass balance method .9
5.2 Product declaration − Identification of compliant consignment . 10
5.3 Management system requirements . 11
5.3.1 General . 11
5.3.2 Commitment . 11
5.3.3 Responsibilities and authorities . 11
5.3.4 Periodic review . 11
5.3.5 Documentation . 12
5.3.6 Records . 12
Annex A (informative) Possible conformity assessment procedures . 13
Annex B (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential
Requirements of EC Directives 2009/28/EC and 98/70/EC . 15
Bibliography . 19
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Foreword
This document (prEN 16214-2:2010) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 383 “Sustainably
produced biomass for energy applications”, the secretariat of which is held by NEN.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
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Introduction
Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Commission on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable
sources, referred to as the Renewable Energy Directive (RED, [1]), incorporates an advanced binding
sustainability scheme for biofuels and bioliquids for the European market. The RED contains binding
sustainability criteria to greenhouse gas savings, land with high biodiversity value, land with high carbon stock
and agro-environmental practices. Several articles in the RED present requirements to European Member
States and to economic operators in Europe.
The sustainability criteria are also mandated in Directive 98/70/EC relating to the quality of petrol and diesel
fuels [2], via the amending Directive 2009/30/EC (as regards the specification of petrol, diesel and gas-oil and
introducing a mechanism to monitor and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, [3]). Directive 98/70/EC is
referred to as the Fuels Quality Directive (FQD).
In May 2009, the European Commission requested CEN to initiate work on Standards. Both the EC and CEN
agreed that these may play a role in the implementation of the EU biofuel and bioliquid sustainability scheme.
In the Communication from the Commission on the practical implementation of the EU biofuels and bioliquids
sustainability scheme and on counting rules for biofuels (2010/C 160/02, [4]), awareness of the CEN work is
indicated.
It is widely accepted that sustainability at large encompasses environmental, social and economic aspects.
The European Directives makes mandatory the compliance of several sustainability criteria for biofuels and
bioliquids. This European Standard has been developed with the aim to assist EU Member States and
economic operators with the implementation of EU biofuel and bioliquids sustainability requirements
mandated by the European Directives.
This part of the European Standard defines requirements for the verification of compliance with the
sustainability criteria for biofuels and bioliquids, in accordance with legal requirements, such as in Article 18 of
the RED [1]. In particular, this Standard defines requirements for an adequate standard of independent
auditing of the information submitted by economic operators (clause 5), and the implementation by economic
operators, of the mass balance method of chain of custody control (clause 6).
In the cases of national or voluntary schemes approved by the EC that demonstrate compliance with the
sustainability criteria according to the RED, Article 18(4) the verification of compliance (i) is either part of the
scheme itself (ii) or is carried out according to this Standard.
This part of the European Standard is intended for reference on the practical implementation of the
sustainability criteria. In addition to this Standard, it is expected that the EC will approve voluntary schemes for
demonstrating compliance with the RED sustainability criteria, such as certificates of origin where there are
appropriate bilateral agreements and other approved government or voluntary schemes. CEN may in the
future draft a document in addition to this Standard that details this assessment, but the assessment of the
voluntary schemes will itself be carried out by the European Commission.
This part of the standard defines requirements for a mass balance system which:
a) allows consignments of raw material or biofuel or bioliquids with differing sustainability characteristics to
be mixed;
b) requires information about the sustainability characteristics and sizes of the consignments referred to in
point 1) to remain assigned to the mixture; and
c) provides for the sum of all consignments withdrawn from the mixture to be described as having the same
sustainability characteristics, in the same quantities, as the sum of all consignments added to the mixture.
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Each economic operator. in the chain of custody is responsible for the data supplied in the product
declarations submitted to the next economic operator as detailed in 4.1. The validity of these declarations is
assessed through a conformity assessment carried out by an accredited conformity assessment body.
Where applicable, the parts of this Standard contain an Annex ZA that informs the user of the link between the
requirements in the European Directive and the requirements in the CEN Standard. This will give the user
when complying with a requirement in this European Standard the presumption of conformity to the mandatory
requirement in the European Directive. In the same Annex ZA guidance is given of what mandatory
requirements in the European Directive are not covered.
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1 Scope
This European Standard defines requirements for provision by economic operators of the required evidence
that biofuels and bioliquids fulfil the sustainability criteria. This standard is applicable to the initial biomass
production, and to each stage within the chain of custody. It also defines requirements on conformity
assessment bodies to check compliance with the present standard.
An example of supply chain of biofuels and bioliquids is presented in Figure 1. This supply chain is a simple
representation, actual supply chains are typically more complex.
Figure 1 ― Example of a chain of custody for biofuel production
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.
prEN 16214-1:2010, Sustainably produced biomass for energy applications — Principles, criteria, indicators
and verifiers for biofuels and bioliquids — Part 1: Terminology
prEN 16214-3:2010, Sustainably produced biomass for energy applications — Principles, criteria, indicators
and verifiers for biofuels and bioliquids — Part 3: Biodiversity and environmental aspects
EN 45011, General requirements for bodies operating product certification systems (ISO/IEC 17065:1998)
EN ISO/IEC 17000:2004, Conformity assessment ― Vocabulary and general principles (ISO/IEC 17000:2004)
EN ISO/IEC 17011, Conformity assessment ― General requirements for accreditation bodies accrediting
conformity assessment bodies (ISO/IEC 17011:2004)
EN ISO 19011, Guidelines for quality and/or environmental management systems auditing (ISO 19011:2002)
ISO 14064 (all parts), Greenhouse gases
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ISO 14065, Greenhouse gases ― Requirements for greenhouse gas validation and verification bodies for use
in accreditation or other forms of recognition
ISAE3000, International Standard on Assurance Engagements 3000, Assurance engagements other than
audits or reviews of historical financial information, International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board
(IAASB) of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), 1 January 2005,
http://www.accountability21.net/uploadedFiles/Issues/ISAE_3000.pdf
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in EN ISO/IEC 17000:2004 and in
prEN 16214-1:2010 apply.
4 Requirements for conformity assessment
4.1 Basic elements
4.1.1 Conformity assessment in accordance with the requirements of this standard shall be applicable as
follows:
4.1.2 Each economic operator in the chain of custody, and conformity for each economic operator is
communicated by a conformity assessment statement (see Figure A.1), except when contractual responsibility
for conformity assessment is covered by the next economic operator(s) in the supply chain (see Figure A.2);
or
4.1.3 When an economic operator takes delivery from an economic operator which has not been assessed
for conformity, he shall take responsibility for the sustainability data of the delivering non-assessed operator
within his own assessment scope. This may be extended to cover previous economic operators and up to the
full chain of custody.
4.2 Requirements for economic operators
Requirements for economic operators consists of:
a) for biomass production, compliance with the RED land-related criteria, including the related requirements
of this Standard;
b) compliance with the mass balance requirements detailed in section 5, below;
c) compliance with the rules for the calculation of GHG emission savings according to the requirements in
the RED [1], Article 19(1) and or the FQD [3], Article 7d(1);
d) each economic operator shall provide the next economic operator in the chain with the product declaration
In particular for independent small biomass production units, as defined at the national or EU level by
appropriate competent bodies, compliance with the RED or FQD sustainability requirements may be
demonstrated by conformity assessment processes other than those defined in this section. In this case,
1)
economic operators may use the following options to demonstrate compliance with RED criteria 17(2) to (5)
and/or FQD criteria 7b(2) to (5):
1) All biomass producers who intend to comply need to be in line with the cross compliance requirements (article 17(6)
RED or article 7b(6) FQD) irrespective of whether they receive CAP payments.
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EU approved voluntary schemes;
EU approved national schemes for smallholders;
EU Bilateral agreements;
conformity assessments as described in 4.1.3; or
group auditing - in particular for smallholders farmers, producer organisations and cooperatives.
Conformity assessment is done on a sample of units. Group auditing for compliance with the
scheme’s land related criteria is only acceptable when the areas concerned are near each other and
have similar characteristics. Group auditing for the purpose of calculating greenhouse gas savings is
only acceptable when the units have similar production systems and products.
In any case economic operators shall produce a product declaration conform to 5.2.
4.3 Competence of conformity assessment bodies
All conformity assessment bodies doing any conformity assessment work under this standard shall first have
demonstrated, and shall then continue to demonstrate, that they are competent to do that work.
One of the ways for conformity assessment bodies to demonstrate competence is to obtain accreditation from
their national accreditation body or approval from the responsible government authority in accordance with
such arrangements as are made by that government for implementation of the directive in that country.
If a conformity assessment body has already become accredited or approved as complying with any or all of
the following European standards, the accreditation or approval body should take this into account when
deciding whether the conformity assessment body is competent to work under this standard:
a) EN 45011;
b) EN ISO/IEC 17020;
c) EN ISO/IEC 17021.
For the purposes of verifying compliance with the requirements for the calculation of GHG emission savings in
the conformity assessment body shall operate in accordance with the relevant requirements of the ISO 14064
2)
series of standards and the relevant requirements of ISO 14065 .
Conformity assessment bodies maintain for public authorities a list of all valid statements issued against the
requirements of this standard.
4.4 Requirements for the conformity assessment process
4.4.1 General requirements
Conformity assessment shall be undertaken by a third party conformity assessment body. It will be designed
and paid by the economic operator that takes responsibility of the conformity assessment. The level of
conformity assessment required is a limited assurance level according to ISAE3000.
Conformity assessments based on this standard is open for all organizations, which are interested in a
conformity assessment of their products.
2) or requirements of future EN xxxxx-4 (as defined by CEN/TC 383/WG 2).
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Conformity assessments based on this standard are open for all conformity assessment bodies fulfilling the
requirements as stated in 4.3.
The competence of the conformity assessment team shall be assured by selection of team members
according to documented procedures consistent with EN ISO 19011.
Conformity assessment of on-site activities for each economic operator shall be planned and undertaken in
accordance with documented procedures consistent with EN ISO 19011 or requirements from respective
national authorities.
The duration of the validity of the statement of conformity shall be limited to five years.
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