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Summary:

Among the environmental challenges, which humanity is facing today, there are the threat of global climate change, unsatisfactory air quality, – especially in large cities, – and the fact that the resources of fossil fuels are finite. Biofuels have long been at the top of the political and scientific agenda as a possible solution to all the three challenges.

Not everything is clear about biofuels. The production costs of biofuels are still higher than those of traditional fossil fuels: without subsidies biofuels are not competitive. The environmental impact of biofuels has also been questioned, for example the need for land and water, which probably would not be enough for both biofuels and agricultural crops.

Much research on biofuels, primarily of a technical character, is conducted all over the globe. It has become obvious that there is not much legislation either internationally or nationally on the sustainable production and trade in biofuels. Moreover, there is no such a legally defined term – “sustainably produced biofuels”.

The present project is a timely contribution to the research of the law of biofuels and their sustainable production.