EN 16214-3:2024

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
oSIST prEN 16214-3:2022
01-julij-2022
Merila za trajnostnost in zmanjševanje emisij toplogrednih plinov za biomaso za
energijsko uporabo - Načela, merila, kazalniki in preskuševalniki - 3. del: Merila
trajnostnosti, povezana z okoljskimi vidiki
Sustainability and greenhouse gas emission saving criteria for biomass for energy
applications - Principles, criteria, indicators and verifiers - Part 3: Sustainability criteria
related to environmental aspects
Nachhaltigkeitskriterien für die Herstellung von Biokraftstoffen und flüssigen
Biobrennstoffen für Energieanwendungen - Grundsätze, Kriterien, Indikatoren und Prüfer
- Teil 3: Biodiversität und Umweltaspekte im Zusammenhang mit Naturschutzzwecken
Critères de durabilité pour la production de biocarburants et de bioliquides pour des
applications énergétiques - Principes, critères, indicateurs et vérificateurs - Partie 3:
Biodiversité et aspects environnementaux liés aux objectifs de protection de la
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 16214-3
ICS:
13.020.99 Drugi standardi v zvezi z Other standards related to
varstvom okolja environmental protection
27.190 Biološki viri in drugi Biological sources and
alternativni viri energije alternative sources of energy
oSIST prEN 16214-3:2022 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
prEN 16214-3
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
July 2022
ICS 27.190; 75.160.40 Will supersede EN 16214-3:2012+A1:2017
English Version
Sustainability and greenhouse gas emission saving criteria
for biomass for energy applications - Principles, criteria,
indicators and verifiers - Part 3: Sustainability criteria
related to environmental aspects
Critères de durabilité pour la production de Nachhaltigkeitskriterien für die Herstellung von
biocarburants et de bioliquides pour des applications Biokraftstoffen und flüssigen Biobrennstoffen für
énergétiques - Principes, critères, indicateurs et Energieanwendungen - Grundsätze, Kriterien,
vérificateurs - Partie 3: Biodiversité et aspects Indikatoren und Prüfer - Teil 3: Biodiversität und
environnementaux liés aux objectifs de protection de la Umweltaspekte im Zusammenhang mit
Naturschutzzwecken
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Contents Page
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative references . 7
3 Terms and definitions . 7
4 Principle . 7
5 Agricultural biomass . 8
5.1 Check the type of the agricultural biomass . 8
5.2 Agricultural waste and agricultural residues . 9
5.3 Agricultural residues and agricultural crop . 9
5.4 Guidance for the identification of relevant land types for harvesting of agricultural
biomass . 11
5.4.1 Primary forest and other wooded land, highly biodiverse forest and other wooded
land . 11
5.4.2 Areas for nature protection purposes . 15
5.4.3 Highly biodiverse grasslands . 15
5.4.4 Land with high carbon stocks . 18
5.5 Harvesting of biomass in areas with nature protection purposes or in highly
biodiverse forest and other wooded land . 19
5.5.1 General. 19
5.5.2 Functional check . 19
5.5.3 Impact check . 20
5.6 Harvesting of agricultural biomass in non-natural highly biodiverse grassland . 24
5.6.1 Functional check . 24
5.6.2 Impact check . 24
5.7 Harvesting of agricultural biomass from peatland . 26
5.7.1 Functional check . 26
5.7.2 Impact check . 26

6 Forest biomass . 28
6.1 General. 28
6.2 Sustainable harvesting. 28
6.2.1 General. 28
6.2.2 Provision of data on the existence of national or sub-national legislation meeting
level A compliance . 28
6.2.3 Provision of data for level B compliance . 29
6.3 Carbon stock maintenance . 30
6.3.1 General. 30
6.3.2 Provision of data when reporting on national level . 30
6.3.3 Provision of data at the forest sourcing area level . 31
7 Documentation . 31
Annex A (informative) Example of a template for provision of data for the area with nature
protection purposes and for the production unit . 33
Annex B (informative) Example of a template for provision of data for non-natural highly
biodiverse grasslands harvesting area . 34
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Annex C (informative) Example of a template for provision of data for peatland area . 35
Bibliography . 36

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European foreword
This document (prEN 16214-3:2022) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 383
“Sustainably produced biomass for energy applications”, the secretariat of which is held by NEN.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
This document will supersede EN 16214-3:2012+A1:2017.
In comparison with the previous edition, the following technical modifications have been made:
In order to adapt the current edition to the sustainability criteria of European Commission Directive
2018/EU/2001, the recast of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED II), some sustainability criteria have
been introduced and some reformulated. In particular, the RED II introduces sustainability for forest
biomass and the directive has also been extended to include solid biomass.
This European standard comprises the following parts:
— prEN 16214-1, Sustainability and greenhouse gas emission saving criteria for biomass for energy
applications — Principles, criteria, indicators and verifiers — Part 1: Terminology;
— CEN/TS 16214-2, Sustainability criteria for the production of biofuels and bioliquids for energy
applications — Principles, criteria, indicators and verifiers — Part 2: Conformity assessment
including chain of custody and mass balance;
— prEN 16214-3, Sustainability and greenhouse gas emission saving criteria for biomass for energy
applications — Principles, criteria, indicators and verifiers — Part 3: Sustainability criteria related
to environmental aspects;
— EN 16214-4, Sustainability criteria for the production of biofuels and bioliquids for energy
applications — Principles, criteria, indicators and verifiers — Part 4: Calculation methods of the
greenhouse gas emission balance using a life cycle analysis approach.

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Introduction
In December 2018, the recast Renewable Energy Directive 2018/2001/EU (RED II) entered into force, as
part of the Clean energy for all Europeans package, helping the EU to meet its emissions reduction
commitments under the Paris Agreement. In RED II, the overall EU target for Renewable Energy Sources
consumption by 2030 has been raised to 32 %.
The RED II defines a series of sustainability and greenhouse gas savings criteria that biomass for energy
applications must comply with to be eligible for financial support by public authorities. Some of these
criteria are the same as in the original RED, while others are new or reformulated. In particular, the RED II
introduces sustainability criteria for forestry feedstocks as well as greenhouse gas savings criteria for
solid and gaseous biomass fuels.
It is widely accepted that sustainability at large encompasses environmental, social and economic
aspects. However, this standard series only cover a selection of environmental aspects since the standard
series has been developed with the aim to assist EU Member States and economic operators with the
implementation of RED II. This standard series is therefore limited to certain aspects relevant for a
sustainability assessment of biomass produced for energy applications. This means that compliance with
this standard series (or parts thereof) alone does not substantiate claims of the biomass being produced
sustainably.
There is a limited set of environmental aspects for biomass produced from agriculture and from forestry,
which are covered by criteria in RED II, i.e. in article 29. There are, of course, many more sustainability
issues that can be relevant to assess for general biomass production, including in agriculture and forestry.
In cases where further advice is desired, ISO 13065 Sustainability criteria for bioenergy, may be a relevant
standard to consult as it provides a framework for considering environmental, social, and economic
aspects that can be used to facilitate the evaluation and comparability of bioenergy production and
products, supply chains and applications.
Biomass can originate from various sources, as seen in Figure 1. This document covers agricultural
biomass and forest biomas
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