Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/3176 of 19 December 2024 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/602 as regards the recognition of the International Sustainability&Carbon Certification – ISCC EU voluntary scheme for forest biomass, renewable fuels of non-biological origin and recycled carbon fuels

Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/602 is amended as follows: (1) Article 1 is amended as follows: (a) in the first paragraph, point (a) is replaced by the following: ‘(a) compliance of the consignments of biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels with the sustainability criteria for agricultural biomass laid down in Article 29(2) to (5) and (10) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001;’ (b) the following three paragraphs are added: ‘Following the submission of 30 November 2023, the scheme also demonstrates compliance of the consignments of biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels with the sustainability criteria for forest biomass laid down in Article 29(6) and (7) and with the greenhouse gas emissions savings requirements for forest biomass in Article 29(10) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001. Following the submission of 22 July 2024, the scheme also demonstrates compliance of consignments of renewable fuels of non-biological origin with the provisions set out in Article 27(6); Following the submission of 22 July 2024, the scheme provides accurate data on greenhouse gas emissions savings of renewable fuels of non-biological origin and recycled carbon fuels for the purpose of Article 29a(1) and (2) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001.’ (2) Article 2 is replaced by the following: ‘The Decision is valid: (a) until 13 April 2027 with regard to the elements referred to in Article 1, first paragraph, points (a), (b) and (c), and second paragraph; (b) until 21 December 2029 with regard to the elements referred to in Article 1, third, fourth and fifth paragraphs. Where the contents of the scheme, as submitted for recognition to the Commission, change in a way that might affect the grounds for this Decision, the ‘ISCC’ voluntary scheme shall notify the Commission of such changes without delay. The Commission services shall assess the notified changes with a view to establishing whether the scheme still adequately covers the sustainability criteria for which it is recognised.’

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.