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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION ((C(2026)02306) – 2026/2680(DEA))

On Commission delegated regulation of 10 April 2026 amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/807 to introduce a trajectory to gradually decrease the contribution of high indirect land-use change-risk biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels to renewable energy targets

B-10-2026-0337

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy · Rapporteur: Borys Budka (Chair) on behalf of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

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Parliament objects to the Commission delegated regulation that adds soybean to the high indirect land-use change-risk list and phases it out from renewable energy targets by 2030. It calls on the Commission to submit a revised act that reviews soybean's classification using data since 2008, accounts for double-cropping, reviews the Cerrado's carbon stock classification, and excludes Union-produced soybean or equivalent third-country production from the phase-down. Parliament does not object to the palm oil phase-down or to fixing the low ILUC-risk certification procedure, which should be kept in any revised act.

Key points

  1. Parliament objects to the delegated regulation, so it cannot enter into force.
  2. The Commission should submit a revised act without delay, following Parliament's recommendations.
  3. Soybean's ILUC-risk status should be based on data 'since 2008' as required by Article 3 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/807; if its expansion share falls below the 10% threshold, it should not be classified as high ILUC-risk.
  4. The methodology should account for double-cropping in soybean cultivation to accurately reflect land-use change.
  5. The carbon stock classification of Brazil's Cerrado savanna should be reviewed to avoid distorting the ILUC-risk calculation.
  6. Soybean produced in the Union or in third countries with equivalent land-use and deforestation standards should be recognised as low ILUC-risk and excluded from the phase-down.
  7. Parliament does not object to the palm oil phase-down or to correcting the low ILUC-risk certification procedure, which should be retained.

Who is affected

  • EU soybean farmers, crushers, and biodiesel producers, who would face economic losses if soybean is classified as high ILUC-risk.
  • Soybean producers in the Union and in third countries with equivalent standards, who could be excluded from the phase-down.

Figures and deadlines

  • 10 % threshold for classifying a feedstock as high ILUC-risk.
  • 8 % share of soybean expansion into high-carbon stock land found in 2019.
  • Approximately 6 % of soybean consumed is produced in the Union.
  • Approximately 20 % of soybean seed is oil.
  • Up to 4,8 million tonnes of soybean meal would need to be replaced with imports.
  • EUR 36 million losses for Union soy farmers, EUR 120 million for crushers, up to EUR 1,3 billion for biodiesel industry.

Legal basis: Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union