Biofuels

Pursuant to the Liquid Fuel Act, as of 1 April 2020, sellers of fuel in respect of whom the Register of Economic Activities contains a note of release of fuel for consumption or a note of termination of the tax warehousing of fuel, or by any person holding an authorisation for the import of fuel (hereinafter referred to as the ‘supplier’), must supply for consumption diesel and petrol with the energy content of biofuels of at least 10%.

The obligation does not apply to motor gasoline with an octane number 98. 

Pursuant to the Atmospheric Air Protection Act, suppliers shall submit by the 15th date of each month a monthly report on the volume of greenhouse gases from the fuel and energy supplied and indicate therein the quantities released for consumption during the previous calendar month. 

The monthly report shall be submitted to the Environmental Board at info@keskkonnaamet.ee and it shall include at least the following:

• Data on the total volume of each fuel and energy supplied and greenhouse gas emissions intensity, origin and place of purchase
• Data on the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from biofuel per unit of energy.

The supplier must declare the greenhouse gas volume of the fuel and energy supplied and the quantity of fuel released for consumption and the reports of the corresponding total energy in the electronic environment, more detailed information can be found on the website of the Tax and Customs Board.