L 144/320
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
23.5.2022
(a) When performing the first and second OEF-RO study, the Technical Secretariat shall make an assessment about the relevance of biodiversity for the sector/ sub-sector(s) in scope of the OEFSR.
This assessment may be based on expert judgement, be LCA-based, or be derived through other means already put in place within the sector.
The assessment shall be clearly explained in a dedicated Section of the first and second OEF-RO report.
(b) Based on the above, the OEFSR shall clearly explain whether biodiversity is considered relevant or not.
If the Technical Secretariat determines that there are significant impacts on biodiversity, then they shall describe how the user of the OEFSR shall assess and report biodiversity impacts, as additional environmental information.
While the Technical Secretariat may determine how biodiversity shall be assessed and reported in the OEFSR (if relevant), the following suggestions are available: 1.
To express the (avoided) impact on biodiversity as the percentage of material that comes from ecosystems that have been managed to maintain or enhance conditions for biodiversity.
This shall then be demonstrated by a regular monitoring and reporting of biodiversity levels, gains or losses (e.g. less than 15% loss of species richness due to disturbance, but the Technical Secretariat may set their own level provided this is well justified).
The assessment should refer to materials that end up in the final products and to materials that have been used during the production process.
For example, charcoal that is used in steel production processes, or soy that is used to feed cows that produce dairy etc. 2.
To report additionally the percentage of such materials for which no chain of custody or traceability information can be found. 3.
To use a certification system as a proxy.
The Technical Secretariat shall determine which certification schemes provide sufficient evidence for ensuring biodiversity maintenance and describe the criteria used (9).
A.3.2.7.2.
A d d i t i o n a l t e c h n i c a l i n f o r m a t i o n The OEFSR shall list the additional technical information that shall/ should/ may be reported.
If the products belonging to the PP in scope are an intermediate product, the OEFSR shall request the following additional technical information: 1.
The biogenic carbon content at factory gate (physical content) shall be reported in the OEF study.
If derived from a native forest, the OEFSR shall require that the corresponding carbon emissions shall be modelled with the elementary flow ‘(land use change)’; 2.
The recycled content (R1) shall be reported; 3.
Results with application-specific A-values of the circular footprint formula, if relevant.
A.3.2.8.
A s s u mp t i o n s a n d l i m i t a t i o n s The OEFSR shall include the list of limitations an OEF study is subject to, even if carried out in accordance with the OEFSR.
The technical secretariat shall specify under which conditions the OEFSR enables comparisons of organisations belonging to the same sector and/or sub-sector (e.g. through normalisation of the OEF profile against the yearly turnover of the organisation).
The OEFSR shall list the ILCD-EL compliant datasets used when modelling the representative organisation(s) and the data gaps.
(9) A useful overview of standards can be found on http://www.standardsmap.org/