AreaFrance

Commodity GroupBiofuels

CommodityBiodiesel

Date01/01/2015

Policy CategoryConsumption and marketing

Policy InstrumentRenewable energy policy

DescriptionRaised maximum level of biodiesel permitted in transportation fuel.

NotesIn France, the maximum level of biodiesel permitted in transportation fuel has been raised from 7 to 8 percent. The measure puts France’s admixture rate above the EU-agreed limit of 7 percent – a development that has raised fears of fragmentation of the EU’s single fuel market. French government officials presented the initiative as a technical adjustment to permit petrol companies meet existing national targets. In France, the primary feedstock for biodiesel production is rapeseed oil of domestic origin.