SIST-TS CEN/TS 16214-2:2020
(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
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.
This revision is basically a small amendment to align the text with the new requirements following the iLUC Directive and include the changes listed in in document N 224 as agreed upon during the plenary meeting.
Nachhaltigkeitskriterien für die Herstellung von Biokraftstoffen und flüssigen Biobrennstoffen für Energieanwendungen - Grundsätze, Kriterien, Indikatoren und Prüfer - Teil 2: Konformitätsbewertung einschließlich überwachter Lieferkette und Massenbilanz
Dieses Dokument legt eine Reihe von Regeln und Verfahren als Rahmen für die Konformitätsbewertung fest, die Biokrafstoffe und flüssige Biobrennstoffe als Gegenstand der Konformitätsbewertung beschreiben, die die anwendbaren festgelegten Anforderungen identifizieren und die Methodik zur Durchführung der Konformitätsbewertung bereitstellen. Es (diese Reihe von Regeln und Verfahren) legt Anforderungen dafür fest, wie die Wirtschaftsteilnehmer nachzuweisen haben, dass Biokraftstoffe und flüssige Biobrennstoffe die Nachhaltigkeitskriterien entsprechend den Festlegungen der Erneuerbare-Energien-Richtlinie [1] und der Richtlinie 2015/1513 [3] erfüllen. Dieses Dokument ist auf die Urproduktion der Biomasse oder Sammelstelle von Abfällen und Reststoffen sowie auf alle Abschnitte innerhalb der überwachten Lieferkette anwendbar. Außerdem werden Anforderungen an Konformitätsbewertungsstellen bei der Überprüfung der Übereinstimmung mit dem derzeitigen Standard festgelegt.
ANMERKUNG 1 Diese Ausgabe der Norm deckt die Anforderungen der Richtlinie (EU) 2018/2001 (Neufassung der Erneuerbare-Energien-Richtlinie; bezeichnet als RED II) nicht ab.
ANMERKUNG 2 Ein Beispiel für eine Lieferkette von Biokraftstoffen und flüssigen Biobrennstoffen, die von der überwachten Lieferkette zu erfassen ist, 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
Merila trajnostnosti za proizvodnjo biogoriv in biotekočin za uporabo v energetiki - Načela, merila, kazalniki in preskuševalniki - 2. del: Ugotavljanje skladnosti, vključno s postopki nadzora in masne bilance
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Nadomešča:
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Merila trajnostnosti za proizvodnjo biogoriv in biotekočin za uporabo v energetiki -
Načela, merila, kazalniki in preskuševalniki - 2. del: Ugotavljanje skladnosti,
vključno s postopki nadzora in masne bilance
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 16214-2:2020
ICS:
27.190 Biološki viri in drugi Biological sources and
alternativni viri energije alternative sources of energy
SIST-TS CEN/TS 16214-2:2020 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
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CEN/TS 16214-2
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
SPÉCIFICATION TECHNIQUE
September 2020
TECHNISCHE SPEZIFIKATION
ICS 75.160.40; 27.190 Supersedes CEN/TS 16214-2:2014
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 Nachhaltigkeitskriterien für die Herstellung von
biocarburants et de bioliquides pour des applications Biokraftstoffen und flüssigen Biobrennstoffen für
énergétiques - Principes, critères, indicateurs et Energieanwendungen - Grundsätze, Kriterien,
vérificateurs - Partie 2: évaluation de la conformité, Indikatoren und Prüfer - Teil 2:
incluant chaîne de surveillance et bilan massique Konformitätsbewertung einschließlich überwachter
Lieferkette und Massenbilanz
This Technical Specification (CEN/TS) was approved by CEN on 17 August 2020 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, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, 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: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
© 2020 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. CEN/TS 16214-2:2020 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.
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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 4
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 . 8
5.3 Requirements for economic operators . 9
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 balande 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 . 13
Annex A (informative) Examples of conformity assessments procedures . 14
Annex B (informative) Checklists . 15
B.1 Initial audit (focus on management system). 15
B.2 Surveillance audit (focus on data verification) . 16
Annex C (informative) Example of use of self-declaration documents in a group-auditing
scheme . 18
Annex D (informative) Example of use of conformity of specific consignments . 20
Annex E (informative) Example of mass balance. 22
Annex F (informative) Examples for GHG balance . 26
Annex G (informative) Example of product declaration . 29
Annex H (informative) Relationship between this document and the Essential
Requirements of EU Directives 2009/28/EC and 98/70/EC, amended by Directive
2015/1513 . 30
Bibliography . 34
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European foreword
This document (CEN/TS 16214-2:2020) 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 shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes CEN/TS 16214-2:2014.
It has been aligned with amended regulations [3].
According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the
following countries are bound to announce this Technical Specification: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,
Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of
North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, 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, [43]).
Directive 98/70/EC is referred to as the Fuels Quality Directive (FQD).
Directive 2015/1513 [3], referred to as the ILUC Directive, amends both the RED and the 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, [54]), 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 document is limited to certain aspects relevant
for a sustainability assessment of biomass produced for energy applications. Therefore compliance with
parts of CEN/TS 16214 or parts of EN 16214 alone does not substantiate claims of the biomass being
produced sustainably.
This document 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 document 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 document is a tool that can be used as part of voluntary schemes, national systems or bilateral
agreements.
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This document 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 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 conformity assessment procedures carried out as described in Clause 5 of this
document.
Where applicable, the different parts of CEN/TS 16214 and EN 16214 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 document specifies a set of rules and procedures as a framework for conformity assessment
describing biofuels and bioliquids as the objects of conformity assessment, identifying the applicable
specified requirements and providing the methodology for performing conformity assessment. It (this
set of rules and procedures) 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] and in Directive 2015/1513 [3]. This document 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 1 This edition of the standard does not cover the requirements in Directive 2018/EU/2001, the recast of
the Renewable Energy Directive (referred to as RED II).
NOTE 2 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 are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements 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.
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
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EN ISO/IEC 17000:2004, Conformity assessment – Vocabulary and general principles
(ISO/IEC 17000:2004)
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.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— IEC Electropedia: available at http://www.electropedia.org/
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp
4 Principle
This document 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 can be done by a conformity assessment body in accordance with European and
national legislation in this regard, the requirements of EC recognized 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.
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5.2 Requirements for sustainability
5.2.1 The consignments taken into account for this document 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:
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 recognized 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 document 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 document shall be at least 50 %.
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The greenhouse gas emission saving shall be at least 60 % for biofuels and bioliquids produced in
installations starting operation after 5th October 2017. An installation shall be considered to be in
operation if the physical production of biofuels or bioliquids has taken place.
5.3 Requirements for economic operators
Requirements for economic operators consist of:
a) Compliance with the land-related criteria:
1) For raw materials for biofuel production (except for waste and processing residues, but
including agricultural, aquaculture, fisheries and forestry residues) 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 [6].
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 [7].
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.
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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:
— 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 [5].
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 document (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 document, as described in 5.2.
5.5.2.3 Surveillance audit
This is the assessment procedure 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
document. 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
document, 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 balande 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 c
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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: FprCEN/TS 16214-2
ICS:
27.190 Biološki viri in drugi Biological sources and
alternativni viri energije alternative sources of energy
kSIST-TS FprCEN/TS 16214-2:2019 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
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SPÉCIFICATION TECHNIQUE
TECHNISCHE SPEZIFIKATION
November 2018
ICS 75.160.40; 27.190 Will supersede CEN/TS 16214-2:2014
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 Nachhaltigkeitskriterien für die Herstellung von
biocarburants et de bioliquides pour des applications Biokraftstoffen und flüssigen Biobrennstoffen für
énergétiques - Principes, critères, indicateurs et Energieanwendungen - Grundsätze, Kriterien,
vérificateurs - Partie 2: évaluation de la conformité, Indikatoren und Prüfer - Teil 2:
incluant chaîne de surveillance et bilan massique Konformitätsbewertung einschließlich überwachter
Lieferkette und Massenbilanz
This draft Technical Specification is submitted to CEN members for Vote. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 383.
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, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey and United Kingdom.
Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are
aware and to provide supporting documentation.
Warning : This document is not a Technical Specification. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change
without notice and shall not be referred to as a Technical Specification.
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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 4
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 . 8
5.3 Requirements for economic operators . 9
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 . 10
6 Requirements for chain of custody control – mass balance method . 10
6.1 Basic elements for application of the mass balande 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 . 13
6.3.5 Records . 13
Annex A (informative) Examples of conformity assessments procedures . 14
Annex B (informative) Checklists . 15
B.1 Initial audit (focus on management system). 15
B.2 Surveillance audit (focus on data verification) . 17
Annex C (informative) Example of use of self-declaration documents in a group-auditing
scheme . 18
Annex D (informative) Example of use of conformity of specific consignments . 20
Annex E (informative) Example of mass balance. 22
Annex F (informative) Examples for GHG balance . 26
Annex G (informative) Example of product declaration . 29
Annex H (informative) Relationship between this Technicla Specification and the Essential
Requirements of EU Directives 2009/28/EC and 98/70/EC, amended by Directive
2015/1513 . 30
Bibliography . 34
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European foreword
This document (FprCEN/TS 16214-2:2018) 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 Formal Vote.
This document will supersede CEN/TS 16214-2:2014.
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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, [43]). Directive 98/70/EC is referred to as the Fuels Quality Directive (FQD).
Directive 2015/1513 [3], referred to as the ILUC Directive, amends both the RED and the 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, [54]), 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 document is limited to certain aspects
relevant for a sustainability assessment of biomass produced for energy applications. Therefore
compliance with this document or parts thereof alone does not substantiate claims of the biomass being
produced sustainably.
This document 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 document is a tool that can be used as part of voluntary schemes, national systems or bilateral
agreements.
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This document 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 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 document.
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 document 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]
and in Directive 2015/1513 [3]. 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 are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements 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.
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.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
• IEC Electropedia: available at http://www.electropedia.org/
• ISO Online browsing platform: available at http://www.iso.org/obp
4 Principle
This document 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 can be done by a conformity assessment body in accordance with European and
national legislation in this regard, the requirements of EC recognized 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.
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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:
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 recognized 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 50 %.
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The greenhouse gas emission saving shall be at least 60 % for biofuels and bioliquids produced in
installations starting operation after 5th October 2017. An installation shall be considered to be in
operation if the physical production of biofuels or bioliquids has taken place.
5.3 Requirements for economic operators
Requirements for economic operators consist of:
a) Compliance with the land-related criteria:
1) For raw materials for biofuel production (except for waste and processing residues, but
including agricultural, aquaculture, fisheries and forestry residues) 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 [6].
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 [7].
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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:
— 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 [5].
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 balande 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 combination of all consignments taken out of the
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mixture has the same sizes for each of the sets of sustainability characteristics that were in the mixture.
It is necessary for appropriate arrangements to be in place to ensure that the balance is respected. The
amount of compliant material going out of a mixture shall be equal to the amount of compliant material
going into the mixture (provided that corresponding conversion values have been applied).
Non-compliant consignments shall not be used in calculating aggregated GHG emission saving data.
When a facility operates simultaneously for production of the same material both for energy and non-
energy application, the production for non-energy application is excluded from the GHG balance. When
a production facility cannot distinguish the process between bio-based material for energy purpose and
for other applications, the GHG impact of the production process will be deemed equal for all
applications.
When consignments with the same sustainability characteristics are mixed only the size of the
cons
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