Brussels, 25/03/2010 (Agence Europe) - European producers within the European Biodiesel Bureau (EBB) took a firm stance on 18 March to denounce the method used by the European Commission for calculating greenhouse gas emissions from fuels, as part of the work on arrangements for application of the renewables and fuel quality directives - and especially the method for reference values of CO2 emissions from oil and biofuels. According to the EBB, this assessment is to the detriment of biodiesel producers and to the benefit of the petroleum industry, endangers the EU's climate objectives in that the Commission at this stage does not take into account the likely rise to future record levels of emissions due to conventional fuels (oil fields underground or in deep water) and above all non-conventional fuels (schists and bituminous sandstones, extra heavy oil, synthetic fuels from coal and gas). EBB therefore calls for an objective methodology for fossil fuels, based on the same, very strict criteria but applied to biofuels. (E.H./transl.jl)