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T&E’s position on why the revision of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/807 must survive the scrutiny period and enter into force June 2026.
Adopted by the European Commission in April 2026, the revision of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/807 now classifies soybean oil as a high indirect land use change (ILUC)-risk biofuel feedstock, making it ineligible to count toward renewable energy targets by 2030.
This proposal mirrors several existing national-level policies, with Member States such as France, Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands already implementing soy biofuel phase outs.
T&E’s position maintains that the revised Delegated Act must pass the legislative scrutiny period without objection and enter into force. Soy-based biofuels are heavily linked to deforestation and land-use change, particularly in South America’s Amazon and Cerrado biomes, and undermine the EU’s overarching climate ambitions of reducing transport emissions.
