Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1408 of 14 March 2024 amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1184 as regards aligning a technical term with Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1408of 14 March 2024amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1184 as regards aligning a technical term with Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sourcesOJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 82, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2018/2001/oj., and in particular Article 27(6), fourth subparagraph thereof,Whereas:(1)Directive (EU) 2023/2413 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilDirective (EU) 2023/2413 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 October 2023 amending Directive (EU) 2018/2001, Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and Directive 98/70/EC as regards the promotion of energy from renewable sources, and repealing Council Directive (EU) 2015/652 (OJ L, 2023/2413, 31.10.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2023/2413/oj). amended Directive (EU) 2018/2001 by replacing the term "renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin" by the term "renewable fuels of non-biological origin" throughout the Directive, modifying its definition. Those changes expanded the scope of the replaced term in Directive (EU) 2018/2001, which previously referred only to liquid and gaseous fuels used in the transport sector but, following the amendment, it also refers to liquid and gaseous fuels used in the electricity sector, in non-energy purposes in the industrial sector and in the heating and cooling sector.(2)Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1184Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1184 of 10 February 2023 supplementing Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing a Union methodology setting out detailed rules for the production of renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin (OJ L 157, 20.6.2023, p. 11, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2023/1184/oj). should be amended accordingly in order to align it with Directive (EU) 2018/2001 as amended by Directive (EU) 2023/2413. Therefore, the term "renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin" should be replaced by the term "renewable fuels of non-biological origin" in that Delegated Regulation,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: