Directive 2003/30/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 May 2003 on the promotion of the use of biofuels or other renewable fuels for transport
- No longer in force
- CELEX number: 32003L0030
- Official Journal: JOL_2003_123_R_0042_01
- Form: Directive
- Procedure number: 2001/0265(COD), 2001/0265/COD
- Languages:
- bg
- cs
- da
- de
- el
- en
- et
- fi
- fr
- hu
- it
- lv
- lt
- mt
- nl
- pl
- pt
- ro
- sk
- sl
- es
- sv
Dates
Date of document: - May 8, 2003
- May 17, 2003
- May 17, 2003
- Entry into force - Date pub. See Art 8
- December 31, 2004
- At the latest See Art 7.1
- December 31, 2011
- Repealed by 32009L0028
Modified by
Modified by:
Modifies
Affected by case
- Case C-201/08: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 10 September 2009 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hessisches Finanzgericht, Kassel (Germany)) — Plantanol GmbH & Co. KG v Hauptzollamt Darmstadt (Directive 2003/30/EC — Promotion of the use of biofuels or other renewable fuels for transport — Directive 2003/96/EC — Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity — Blend of vegetable oil, additives and fuel — Biofuels — National rules — Tax exemption — Replacement of the exemption by an obligation to maintain a minimum biofuel content in fuels — Conformity with Directives 2003/30/EC and 2003/96/EC — General principles of legal certainty and the protection of legitimate expectations)
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- Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 10 September 2009. Plantanol GmbH & Co. KG v Hauptzollamt Darmstadt. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Hessisches Finanzgericht - Germany. Directive 2003/30/EC - Promotion of the use of biofuels or other renewable fuels for transport - Directive 2003/96/EC - Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity - Blend of vegetable oil, additives and fuel - Biofuels - National rules - Tax exemption - Replacement of the exemption by an obligation to maintain a minimum biofuel content in fuels - Conformity with Directives 2003/30/EC and 2003/96/EC - General principles of legal certainty and the protection of legitimate expectations. Case C-201/08.
- Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 21 December 2011. Evroetil AD v Direktor na Agentsia "Mitnitsi". Reference for a preliminary ruling: Varhoven administrativen sad - Bulgaria. Directive 2003/30/EC - Article 2(2)(a) - Concept of bioethanol - Product obtained from biomass, undenatured and with an ethyl alcohol content of over 98.5% - Relevance of actual use as a biofuel - Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 - Combined Nomenclature - Tariff classification of bioethanol for the purpose of collecting excise duties - Directive 2003/96/EC - Energy products - Directive 92/83/EEC - First indent of Article 20 and Article 27(1)(a) and (b) - Concept of ethyl alcohol - Exemption from the harmonised duty - Denaturing. Case C-503/10.
- A02P2LA
- Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber), 31 January 2013. Belgische Petroleum Unie VZW and Others v Belgische Staat. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Grondwettelijk Hof. Directive 98/70/EC — Quality of petrol and diesel fuels — Articles 3 to 5 — Environmental specifications for fuels — Directive 98/34/EC — Information procedure in the field of technical standards and regulations and of rules on Information Society services — Articles 1 and 8 — Definition of ‘technical regulation’ — Obligation to communicate draft technical regulations — National rules requiring petroleum companies placing petrol and/or diesel fuels on the market in the same calendar year also to place on the market a quantity of biofuels. Case C‑26/11.
Legal basis
- Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version) Part Three: Community policies Title XIX: Environment Article 175 Article 130s - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version)
- Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version) Part Five: Institutions of the Community Title I: Provisions governing the institutions Chapter 2: Provisions common to several institutions Article 251 Article 189b - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version)
EuroVoc Vocabulary
- Road transport
- Environment
- Transport
- Technical and safety conditions
- Statistics
- Biofuel
- Security of supply
- Renewable energy
- EU Member State
- Approximation of laws
- Climate change
- Other sectors for approximation of laws
- Pollution and nuisances