SIST EN 16214-1:2025

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-januar-2025
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 16214-1:2012+A1:2020
Merila za trajnostnost in zmanjševanje emisij toplogrednih plinov za biomaso za
energijsko uporabo - Načela, merila, kazalniki in preskuševalniki - 1. del:
Terminologija
Sustainability and greenhouse gas emission saving criteria for biomass for energy
applications - Principles, criteria, indicators and verifiers - Part 1: Terminology
Nachhaltigkeitskriterien für die Herstellung von Biokraftstoffen und flüssigen
Biobrennstoffen für Energieanwendungen - Grundsätze, Kriterien, Indikatoren und Prüfer
- Teil 1: Terminologie
Critères de durabilité pour la production de biocarburants et bioliquides pour des
applications énergétiques - Principes, critères, indicateurs et vérificateurs - Partie 1 :
Terminologie
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 16214-1:2024
ICS:
01.040.27 Prenos energije in toplote Energy and heat transfer
(Slovarji) engineering (Vocabularies)
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 16214-1
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
November 2024
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 01.040.27; 01.040.75; 27.190; 75.160.40 Supersedes EN 16214-1:2012+A1:2019
English Version
Sustainability and greenhouse gas emission saving criteria
for biomass for energy applications - Principles, criteria,
indicators and verifiers - Part 1: Terminology
Critères de durabilité et de réduction d'émissions de Nachhaltigkeitskriterien für die Herstellung von
gaz à effet de serre pour la biomasse destinée à des Biokraftstoffen und flüssigen Biobrennstoffen für
applications énergétiques - Principes, critères, Energieanwendungen - Grundsätze, Kriterien,
indicateurs et vérificateurs - Partie 1 : Terminologie Indikatoren und Prüfer - Teil 1: Terminologie
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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 5
Annex A (normative) Guidance on the identification of residues to use . 27
Annex B (informative) Decision tree . 28
Annex C (informative) A-deviations . 30
Bibliography . 32
European foreword
This document (EN 16214-1:2024) 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 16214-1:2012+A1:2019.
EN 16214-1:2012+A1:2019:
— The document has been updated to be in accordance with the current edition of the sustainability
criteria of the European Commission Directive 2018/EU/2001, the recast of the Renewable Energy
Directive (RED II). In particular, the RED II introduces sustainability criteria 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).
This European Standard comprises 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 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 specifies a series of sustainability and greenhouse gas emission savings criteria that biomass
for energy applications shall 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 for forestry feedstocks as well as greenhouse gas emission 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 covers 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.
1 Scope
This document specifies the terminology to be used in the field of sustainability and greenhouse gas
emission saving criteria for biomass for energy applications. This document specifically considers some
relevant terms and definitions used in European Commission Directive 2018/EU/2001, the recast of the
Renewable Energy Directive (RED II), and the European Commission Directive 2009/30/EC referred to
as Fuel Quality Directive (FQD), or in other related European regulations.
2 Normative references
There are no normative references in this document.
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp
— IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
3.1
accreditation
third-party attestation related to a conformity assessment body (3.28), conveying formal demonstration
of its competence, impartiality and consistent operation in performing specific conformity assessment
(3.27) activities
[SOURCE: EN ISO/IEC 17000:2020, 7.7]
3.2
accreditation body
authoritative body that performs accreditation (3.1)
[SOURCE: EN ISO/IEC 17000:2020, 4.7]
3.3
actual value
greenhouse gas emissions savings (3.56) for some or all of the steps of a specific biofuel (3.15), bioliquid
(3.17) or biomass fuel (3.19) production process (3.84)
Note 1 to entry: Calculated in accordance with the methodology laid down in Part C of Annex V or Part B of
Annex VI of RED II.
[SOURCE: European Commission Directive 2018/EU/2001]
3.4
advanced biofuels
biofuels (3.15) that are produced from the feedstock listed in Part A of Annex IX of RED II
[SOURCE: European Commission Directive 2018/EU/2001]
3.5
agricultural, aquaculture, fisheries and forestry residues
residues (3.94) that are directly generated by agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries and forestry and that do
not include residues from related industries or processing
[SOURCE: European Commission Directive 2018/EU/2001]
3.6
agricultural biomass
biomass (3.18) produced from agriculture
[SOURCE: European Commission Directive 2018/EU/2001]
3.7
agrobiodiversity
component of biodiversity that contributes to food and agriculture production, encompassing within
species, species and ecosystem (3.41) diversity
3.8
agroforestry
agroforestry systems which include land-use systems where trees are managed together with crops or
animal production systems in agricultural settings
[SOURCE: Commission Regulation (EU) 1307/2014 Article 1]
3.9
allocation
partitioning the input or output flows of a process (3.84) or a product (3.86) system between the
product system under study and one or more other product systems
[SOURCE: EN ISO 14040:2006, 3.17]
3.10
ambient energy
naturally occurring thermal energy and energy accumulated in the environment with constrained
boundaries, which can be stored in the ambient air, excluding in exhaust air, or in surface or sewage
water
[SOURCE: European Commission Directive 2018/EU/2001]
3.11
area for nature protection purposes
protection area
area designated by law or other equivalent competent authority (3.26) for the long-term conservation of
nature with associated ecosystem (3.41) services and biodiversity values
Note 1 to entry: Within Forest Europe's classification, “long-term” is minimum 20 years for forests (3.47) and can
be different in other ecosystems and regions.
Note 2 to entry: Some clauses or elements of classification schemes might fall out under this definition, for
example IUCN scheme.
3.12
audit
systematic, independent and documented process (3.84) for obtaining objective evidence and
evaluating it objectively to determine the extent to which the audit criteria (3.33) are fulfilled
Note 1 to entry: Internal audits, sometimes called first party audits, are conducted by, or on behalf of, the
organization (3.78) itself.
Note 2 to entry: External audits include those generally called second and third party audits. Second party audits
are conducted by parties having an interest in the organization, such as customers, or by other individuals on their
behalf. Third party audits are conducted by independent auditing organizations, such as those providing
certification/registration of conformity or governmental agencies.
[SOURCE: EN ISO 19011:2018, 3.1]
3.13
bioenergy producer
organization (3.78) or unit responsible for the bioenergy production (3.14)
Note 1 to entry: The bioenergy producer can be responsible for any operation with the purpose of changing the
biofuel, bioliquid or biomass fuel pr
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