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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9659

14 May 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/biofuels
Still no agreement on sustainability criteria

Brussels, 13/05/2008 (Agence Europe) - EU member states failed to reach agreement at the COREPER meeting on 7 May on firming up sustainability criteria for biofuels to meet the 10% target by 2020. Led by an ad hoc Council group since March, talks are having difficulties over several issues: - the effectiveness of biofuels in terms of CO2 emissions savings compared with fossil fuels: this point sets the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the Scandinavian countries, which want to certify only...

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