In these Regulations—

• “the directive” means Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Council Directive 93/12/EEC5 and a reference in these Regulations to Annex IV to the directive is a reference to that Annex as amended from time to time;

• “the RTFO Order” means the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations Order 20076, and for the purposes of these Regulations references in the Schedule to the RTFO Order to Annex V of the Renewable Energy Directive are to be read as references to Annex IV of the directive;

• “the Renewable Energy Directive” means Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC7;

• “account holder” has the meaning given in regulation 8;

• “additional sustainability information” means the information specified in Article 1 of Commission Decision 2011/13/EU of 12 January 2011 on certain types of information about biofuels and bioliquids to be submitted by economic operators to Member States8;

• “the fuel baseline standard” means the standardised figure for the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions per unit of energy from fossil fuels in 2010 and is 88.3 gCO2eq/MJ;

• “the fossil fuel comparator” has the meaning given in paragraph 19 of Part C of Annex IV to the directive;

• “GHG” means greenhouse gas;

• “the GHG reporting requirement” means the requirement imposed by regulation 4;

• “greenhouse gas emissions per unit of energy” has the meaning given in Article 2(7) of the directive;

• “non-regulated supplier” means a supplier other than one upon whom the GHG reporting requirement is imposed under regulation 4;

• “regulated supplier” means a supplier upon whom the GHG reporting requirement is imposed under regulation 4;

• “relevant feedstock” means the biodegradable portion of—

  1. a

     products, wastes or residues of biological origin from—

     1. i

        agriculture (including both vegetal and animal substances);

     2. ii

        forestry;

     3. iii

        related industries including fisheries and aquaculture;

  2. b

     industrial or municipal waste of biological origin;

• “the reporting deadline” means 29th November (or the next working day after 29th November, if 29th November is not a working day) immediately following the end of a reporting period;

• “reporting period” means a period beginning with 1st January in a year and ending with 31st December in that same year;

• “road vehicle” means a vehicle constructed or adapted for use on roads, but does not include any vehicle which is an excepted vehicle within the meaning given by the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 19799;

• “supplier” means a supplier of energy products;

• “supply” means, in relation to an energy product, the supply of that energy product to any person whether with a view to its being used by that person or by persons to whom it is subsequently supplied and related expressions are to be construed accordingly;

• “sustainability criteria” means the criteria set out in the Schedule to the RTFO Order (read in accordance with the definition above);

• “sustainable feedstock” means a relevant feedstock which meets the criteria set out in the Schedule to the RTFO Order (read in accordance with the definition above);

• “working day” means any day other than—

  1. a

     Saturday or Sunday;

  2. b

     Christmas Day or Good Friday; or

  3. c

     a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 197110 in any part of the United Kingdom.