Decree No. 31/2026 establishing sustainability criteria.

This Decree of the Ministry of Environment establishes sustainability criteria for biofuels, bioliquids, fuels from biomass, fuels with recycled carbon content and fuels from renewable non-biological source. It defines sustainability conditions tied to cultivation, production and lifecycle aspects of these fuels, sets mandatory greenhouse gas savings thresholds, and incorporates prohibitions on feedstocks from land of high biodiversity value or high carbon stock as defined in the text. The present Decree details restrictions on raw materials from high-biodiversity areas, wetlands, highly carbon-rich soils and peatlands. It sets sustainability conditions for forest biomass, including legality, regeneration, protection of designated areas, soil and biodiversity safeguards, and requirements for declarations of credibility and management systems where national evidence is unavailable.