SIST EN 16214-3:2025

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-januar-2025
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 16214-3:2012+A1:2017
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: EN 16214-3:2024
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
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN 16214-3
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
November 2024
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 27.190; 75.160.40 Supersedes 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 et de réduction des émissions de Nachhaltigkeitskriterien für die Herstellung von
gaz à effet de serre applicables à la biomasse pour Biokraftstoffen und flüssigen Biobrennstoffen für
applications énergétiques - Principes, critères, Energieanwendungen - Grundsätze, Kriterien,
indicateurs et vérificateurs - Partie 3 : Critères de Indikatoren und Prüfer - Teil 3: Biodiversität und
durabilité liés aux aspects environnementaux Umweltaspekte im Zusammenhang mit
Naturschutzzwecken
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 21 May 2023.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this
European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references
concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN
member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by
translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management
Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and
United Kingdom.
EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION
COMITÉ EUROPÉEN DE NORMALISATION

EUROPÄISCHES KOMITEE FÜR NORMUNG

CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
© 2024 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. EN 16214-3:2024 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.

Contents Page
European foreword . 4
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative references . 7
3 Terms and definitions . 7
4 Overarching requirements . 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 identified as crop and/or residue . 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
5.4.5 Peatland . 18
5.5 Harvesting of agricultural biomass identified as crop and/or residue in areas for
nature protection purposes or in highly biodiverse forest and other wooded land . 18
5.5.1 General. 18
5.5.2 Functional check . 19
5.5.3 Impact check . 20
5.6 Harvesting of agricultural biomass identified as crop and/or residue in highly
biodiverse non-natural grassland . 24
5.6.1 Functional check . 24
5.6.2 Impact check . 24
5.7 Harvesting of agricultural biomass identified as crop and/or residue from land with
high carbon stock . 26
5.7.1 Continuously forested area . 26
5.7.2 Sparsely forested area . 26
5.7.3 Wetland . 26
5.8 Harvesting of agricultural biomass identified as crop and/or residue from peatland
................................................................................................................................................................... 27
5.8.1 Functional check . 27
5.8.2 Impact check . 27
6 Forest biomass . 29
6.1 General. 29
6.2 Sustainable harvesting. 29
6.2.1 General. 29
6.2.2 Provision of data on the existence of national or sub-national legislation for level A
compliance . 29
6.2.3 Provision of data for level B compliance . 30
6.3 Carbon stock maintenance . 34
6.3.1 General . 34
6.3.2 Provision of data when reporting on national level for level A compliance . 34
6.3.3 Provision of data at the forest sourcing area level for level B compliance . 35
7 Documentation . 35
Annex A (informative) Example of a template for provision of data for the area for nature
protection purposes and for the harvesting area . 36
Annex B (informative) Example of a template for provision of data for highly biodiverse non-
natural grasslands harvesting area . 37
Annex C (informative) Example of a template for provision of data for peatland . 38
Bibliography . 39
European foreword
This document (EN 16214-3:2024) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 383 “Sustainably
produced biomass for energy applications”, the secretariat of which is held by SFS.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of
an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by May 2025, and conflicting national standards
shall be withdrawn at the latest by May 2025.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN 16214-3:2012+A1:2017.
The main changes compared to the previous edition are listed below:
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.
At the time of publication of this document, Part 1 and Part 3 of the standard series have been updated in
accordance with RED II, while Part 2 and Part 4 have not been updated and thus follow European
Commission Directive 2009/28/EC (RED).
The EN / CEN/TS 16214 series is comprised of the following parts:
— EN 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;
— EN 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.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body.
A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,
Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North
Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the United
Kingdom.
Introduction
In December 2018, the recast Renewable Energy Directive 2018/2001/EU (RED II) entered into force, as
...