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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10921
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SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) agriculture

Biofuels - Copa-Cogeca up in arms at EP vote

Brussels, 13/09/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 11 September, Copa-Cogeca opposed the MEPs' vote on plans to impose ILUC factors and an upper limit of 6% on the use of biofuels from arable crops.

“Farmers in industry have invested huge amounts of money in the sector after the EU institutions agreed in 2006 to ensure that 10% of transport fuels come from renewable energy sources by 2020. A U-turn in their approach to reduce this limit to 6% is totally acceptable”, said Pekka Pesonen....

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