France, Germany urge EU to impose stricter checks on biofuel imports 

In Belgium, Reuters reported that France and Germany have called on the European Union to adopt stricter checks on overseas suppliers of biofuel as the EU investigates allegations of fraud in imports from Asia.

The report noted that the European biodiesel industry has complained of a surge in imports from China which it believes involve supplies declared as made with recycled oil and fat but actually produced with less sustainable virgin oil.

In a note submitted to a recent meeting of EU energy ministers, France, Germany and the Netherlands said it was necessary to tighten checks on biofuel production sites “wherever they are located in the world”. The note also stated that certification of foreign biofuel as sustainable should be “rejected in case of refusal of access to the premises.”

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