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Latest draft suggests major shift in EU biofuel policy away from food crops
17/10/12

A European Commission proposal would limit the role of food crop-derived biofuels and address their indirect land-use change impacts.  The use of food-based biofuels to meet the 10% renewable energy target of the Renewable Energy Directive will be limited to 5%.  by 2020, according to a European Commission proposal. 

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Potentially this could increase the importance of sources from nonfood land.