Information Leaflet Sustainable Biomass Production. Last Interfaces 3/7

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1 Information Leaflet Sustainable Biomass Production Last Interfaces 3/7

2 2 Information leaflet - last interfaces What is a last interface? A last interface is an operation or an operational site in need of certification, which processes biomass to liquid biomass or biofuels for the final use up to the required quality level. These are: oil mills and other operations processing liquid or gaseous biomass for the final use up to the required quality level (e.g. esterification facility, hydrogenation or co-hydrogenation facility, production facility for bioethanol or biogas plant). A last interface may issue proofs of sustainability if it is certified by a certification body in the context of a certification system recognised by BLE. When a certificate on sustainable biomass production of a last interface loses its validity, the last interface is no longer allowed to issue proofs of sustainability. How to carry out documentation at the last interface? The last interface has to keep records about the following: General Persons in the operation and operational site responsible for the documentation of the sustainability of the biomass Participation in a certification system recognised by BLE Certification by a certification body recognised by BLE

3 Information leaflet - last interfaces 3 Ensuring that all up- and downstream operations and operational sites, which themselves are no interfaces, comply with the specifications of the certification system of the first gathering point, and that they have themselves controlled by a certification body recognised by BLE Registration number of the certificate of the upstream interface Reporting of frictions to the certification body and the certification system Receipt of goods Names and addresses of the upstream operation and operational sites Registration number of the certificate of the upstream interface Contracts of purchase and supply documents concerning kind, volume and date of the received biomass Letter of agreement of the suppliers concerning control and access rights of the certification body Tracing within the operation Booking in the internal mass balance system Input in and output out of the corresponding process Kind of the process, especially explanation of the conversion factor and of loss Outgoing goods Names and addresses of the downstream operations and operational sites

4 4 Information leaflet - last interfaces Supply documents concerning kind, volume and date of the delivered liquid biomass or biofuels Contracts and bills Issuing and transfer of the proofs of sustainability Copies of all proofs of sustainability to the certification body Documentation and storage of the details of the proof of sustainability Greenhouse gas emissions Volume of the sustainable (liquid) biomass Storage of the documentation concerning the greenhouse gas emissions already accrued accrued (value is disclosed by the upstream interface) GHG emission values by internal processes (actual values or standard values) especially: Energy consumption (electricity, heat, fuel) Amount of waste / effluent Emission of the production residues Emission of the internal transport Emission of the transport Conversion rates (processing coefficient), GHG emission values by internal processes Disclosure of relevant data to downstream operations, operational sites as well as interfaces Allocation of the GHG emission to main products and by-products Calculation of the entire greenhouse gas emissions savings.

5 Information leaflet - last interfaces 5 Tracing after the last interface Entering on the books of the liquid biomass or the biofuels in an external mass balance system after delivery from the last interface for tracing purposes via an external mass balance system. Suppliers that are registered at a certification system or suppliers, which are subjected to the control of the main customs offices, may use the free web application of BLE Sustainable Biomass Systems How often and by whom are last interfaces controlled? The fulfilment of the requirements is controlled in the context of a certification of the interface every six months in the first year, afterwards once a year, by a recognised certification body and according to the specifications of a certification system recognised according to the sustainability ordinances. What are the prerequisites for issuing sustainability proofs? Last interfaces are permitted to issue sustainability proofs only if the following conditions are complied with: They have to have a valid certificate.

6 6 Information leaflet - last interfaces Upstream interfaces have to provide them with a copy of their valid certificate, confirm that the area-related requirements are fulfilled and communicate the value of the greenhouse gas emissions accrued during cultivation and previous processing as well as during the transport of the biomass. Traceability back to cultivation of the biomass has to be ensured in a mass balance system. The biomass fulfils the required greenhouse gas emission saving. The sustainability proof must only be issued according to the specifications of a certification system recognised by BLE. Interfaces are permitted to issue sustainability proofs only if there is no more downstream interface. Sustainability proofs must only be issued for biomass originating from upstream interfaces that have already been certified. A certification of an interface must already exist at the time of conduction of the production or processing step or another step of procedure in the interface. It must be available at the first gathering point pursuant to Art. 2 para. 3 no. 1 Biokraft-NachV at the latest at the time of transfer of the biomass. This applies without restrictions from January 1 st According to the specifications of the responsible federal ministries it is sufficient, by exception up to December 2010, if the certification of a first gathering point is available at the downstream interface (e.g. oil mill) at the latest at the time,

7 Information leaflet - last interfaces 7 when the biomass transferred by the first gathering point is processed by the next downstream interface, and if the last interface has issued sustainability proofs. This means that first gathering points have to be certified until 31. December 2010, at the latest, however, at the time, when the last interface issues sustainability proofs for the supplied goods. This again means that up to 31. December 2010 the bare transfer of the biomass from the first gathering point to the next interface is permitted by exception already before certification of the first gathering point. For biomass from first gathering points, which have not already been certified before, sustainability proofs cannot be issued. A transfer of the biomass to the next interface before the certification is available is possible by exception up to 31. December 2010, but only, if the first gathering point provides for a latter inspection within the scope of a mass balance system a complete documentation of the suppliers (self-declaration of farmers, etc.), or if this documentation can be provided by the suppliers. In this context it has to be ensured that the flow of goods according to mass balance specifications, including the values for the calculation of the greenhouse gas reduction potential, is recorded in the books. In case that the certification systems have more stringent specifications than the ones resulting from Biokraft-NachV or BioSt-NachV, those have to be applied by the last interfaces.

8 8 Information leaflet - last interfaces Where do I get which information from? The last interface obtains concrete information from its recognised certification systems and certification bodies, the specifications of which they apply or by which they have themselves controlled. Further general information about sustainable biomass production are contained in the Guidelines Sustainable Biomass Production of BLE or on the internet site under Kontrolle und Zulassung/Nachhaltige Biomasseherstellung (control and accreditation/sustainable biomass production).

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12 Publisher Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE) Deichmanns Aue Bonn Telephone: +49 (0) (general information) Telephone: +49 (0) (information on the nabisy web-application) Facsimile: +49 (0) nachhaltigkeit@ble.de (general information) nabisy@ble.de (Information on the nabisy web-application) Internet: Editor Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE) Unit 412 Recognition and accredition issues, Sustainable Biomass Production, Energy Crops Design Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE) Press desk Printed by MKL Druck GmbH & Co. KG, Ostbevern/W, Germany Photo/Picture credits Thaut Image, Okea, gunnar3000, klick - Fotolia.com Situation October 2010