Renewables should make up 5% of road transport fuels by 2015, says Industry Committee

By 2015, at least 5% of all road transport fuels should come from renewable sources, says a co-decision report approved by Parliament's Industry Committee on the 11 September 2008. In amending a draft directive on renewable energies, the committee also tightened up sustainability criteria for biofuels and introduced flexibility mechanisms to allow Member States to achieve the 2020 renewables targets jointly.

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European Parliament: Legislative Observatory: Promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources. "Renewable Energy Directive" http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/ficheprocedure.do?id=558963

European Environmental Bureau (et al): Press Release, 10.9.08: Euro MPs urged to drop EU biofuels targets http://www.eeb.org/press/2008/100908-pr_MEP_urged_to_drop_eu_biofuel_targets.html

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