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L.N. 324 of 2019
REGULATOR FOR ENERGY AND WATER SERVICES ACT
(CAP. 545)
Biofuels (Sustainability Criteria) (Amendment) Regulations, 201 9
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 37(1) of the
Regulator for Energy and Water Services Act, the Minister responsible
for Energy and Water Management, after consultation with theRegulator for Energy and Water Services, has made the following
regulations:- 
Citation and 
scope. 
S.L. 545.28.1. (1) The title of these re gulations is the Biofuels
(Sustainability Criteria) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 and the se
regulations shall be read and construed as one with the Biofuel s
(Sustainability Criteria) Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the
principal regulations".
(2) The scope of these regulations  is to transpose points (p), (t)
and (v) added by Article 2(1) of Directive (EU) 2015/1513 of the
European Parliament and of the Council of 9 September 2015
amending Directive 98/70/EC relating to the quality of petrol and
diesel fuels and amending Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion ofthe use of energy from renewable sources. 
Amends 
regulation 1 of 
the principal 
regulations. 2. In sub-article (2) of article 1 of the principal regulations,
the words "as amended by Directive 2009/30/EC. ", shall be substituted
by the words " as amended by Directive 2009/30/EC " and immediately
thereafter there shall be added the words "and to points (p), ( t) and (v)
added by Article 2(1) of Direc tive (EU) 2015/1513 of the Europe an
Parliament and of the Council of 9 September 2015 amending
Directive 98/70/EC relating to the quality of petrol and diesel  fuels and
amending Directive 2009/28/EC on the promoti on of the use of en ergy
from renewable sources.".  
Amends 
regulation 2 of 
the principal 
regulations.3. Regulation 2 of the principal regulations shall be amended
as follows:
(a) immediately after the definition "aerothermal energy"
there shall be added the following new definition:
" "agricultural, aquaculture, fisheries and forestry
residues" means residues that are directly generated by
agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries and forestry; they do notinclude residues from related industries or processing;" ;
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(b) immediately after the definition "the Minister" there
shall be added the following new definition:
" "processing residue " means a substance that is not
the end product(s) that a production process directly seeks
to produce; it is not a primary aim of the production process
and the process has not been deliberately modified toproduce it; ";
(c) in the definition "typical value", for the words
"production pathway." there shall be substituted the words
"production pathway;" and immediately thereafter there shall be
added the following new definition:
" "waste " means any substance or object which the
holder discards or intends or is required to discard:
Provided that, substances that have been intentionally
modified or contaminated to meet that definition are notcovered by this definition; ".
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