This handbook aims to
- provide clarity on which certification schemes can be used by farmers and traders in Ukraine and the differences between them;
- provide farmers and traders with guidelines on the requirements under the RED and the approved certification schemes;
- provide an overview of the procedures that Ukrainian companies (farmers and traders) need to follow in order to prove, by using one of the applicable certification schemes, that their feedstock meets the EU RED standards;
This handbook is based on a comparative analysis of the four certification schemes that are relevant in the Ukrainian context and that have been or are in the process of being recognised by the EU Commission (ISCC, RSB, NTA 8080, BioGrace).
TABLE OF CONTENS
| 1. Introduction | 1 |
| 2. The sustainability criteria of the EU Renewable Energy Directive and the use of certification schemes | 2 |
| 3. Sustainability criteria for producers | 5 |
| 3.1. Criteria for establishing the cultivation area | 5 |
| 3.1.1. Complying with land-use criteria | 5 |
| 3.1.2. Documenting that the cultivation area complies with land-use criteria | 7 |
| 3.2. Impact assessment | 8 |
| 3.3. Environmental criteria | 9 |
| 3.3.1. Complying with environmental criteria | 9 |
| 3.3.2. Documenting compliance with environmental criteria | 14 |
| 3.4. Social criteria | 15 |
| 3.4.1. Complying with social criteria | 15 |
| 3.4.2. Documenting compliance with social criteria | 19 |
| 3.5. Criteria for GHG calculations | 20 |
| 3.5.1. Calculating GHG emissions from cultivation | 22 |
| 3.5.2. Calculating emissions from land-use change | 26 |
| 3.5.3. Documenting compliance with GHG calculation requirements | 29 |
| 3.5.4. What information must be passed on to the trader? | 29 |
| 4. Sustainability criteria for traders | 30 |
| 4.1. Criteria for operating a chain-of-custody system | 30 |
| 4.1.1. Complying with chain-of-custody criteria | 31 |
| 4.1.2. What information must be passed on to the next operator? | 33 |
| 4.1.3. Documenting compliance with mass balance criteria | 33 |
| 4.2. Criteria for GHG emissions | 34 |
| 4.2.1. Calculating emissions from transport | 34 |
| 4.2.2. Calculating emissions from feedstock storage | 36 |
| 4.2.3. Documenting compliance with GHG calculation requirements | 37 |
| 4.2.4. What information must be passed on to the next step (e.g. conversion plant)? | 37 |
| Annex 1: The process of gaining certification | 38 |
| Annex 2: Certification schemes and their accredited certification bodies | 41 |
| Annex 3: Background materials | 46 |
