Decree No. 11.003 creating the Federal Incentive Strategy for the Sustainable Use of Biogas and Biomethane.

This Decree, consisting of 10 articles, creates the Federal Incentive Strategy for the Sustainable Use of Biogas and Biomethane, with the following objectives: I - encourage programmes and actions to reduce methane emissions; II - promote the use of biogas and biomethane as renewable sources of energy and fuel; and III - contribute to the fulfillment of the commitments assumed by the Country, such as: the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, promulgated by Decree No. 2.652 of 1 July 1998, etc. The guidelines of the Federal Incentive Strategy for the Sustainable Use of Biogas and Biomethane are: I - encourage the carbon market, notably in terms of methane credit; II - encourage the preparation of plans and the celebration of sectoral agreements; III - promote the implementation of biodigesters, biogas purification systems and biomethane production and compression systems; IV - promote initiatives for the supply of light and heavy vehicles, such as buses, trucks and agricultural tractors, and vessels powered by biomethane or hybrids with biomethane, such as green points and corridors; V - promote the implementation of technologies that allow the use of biogas and biomethane as sources of energy and renewable fuel; VI - promote the development of scientific-technological research and innovations, the dissemination of technologies, processes and practices aimed at mitigating emissions from methane sources; VII - promote measures and mechanisms to encourage the reduction of methane emissions; and VIII - promote national and international cooperation for financing, training, development, transfer and dissemination of technologies and processes for the implementation of actions to reduce methane emissions.