draft ordinance on requirements pertaining to sustainable production of bioliquids for electricity production 129 pages language german. a non-binding english translation will be published on the homepage www.erneuerbare-energien.de inhalt 40712 within short time in the past bioliquids production has been responsible for considerable environ-mental damage involving such activities as slash-and-burn clearing of rain forests and such impacts as loss of biodiversity . the notified ordinance is aimed at ensur-ing that bioliquids used for electricity production and eligible for the pertinent pay-ment framework under the renewable energy sources act eeg are always pro-duced in full compliance with binding standards for ecological and social sustain-ability. consequently bioliquids that are produced in non-sustainable ways will in future no longer be eligible for the pertinent payment framework under the eeg. this will ensure that intensified energy-related use of biomass does not have unde-sirable impacts on natural systems on climate and on social aspects. as of 1 january 2010 therefore eligibility with regard to bioliquids for the basic tariff pursuant to the eeg will be tied to compliance with specific requirements per-taining to sustainable management of agricultural land and to conservation of land-scapes worthy of special protection. furthermore bioliquids for electricity produc-tion must show a specified potential in light of the entire relevant value-creation chain for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. these requirements conform to the standardised european requirements approved by the european union in directive 2009 28 ec. a stricter standard is being enacted for the extra bonus for electricity from energy crops energy crops bonus in the interest of environmental protection and nature conservation. in addition the ordinance will provide establishing effec-tive private-economic certification and control systems that guarantee compliance with the prescribed standards throughout all parts of the value-creation chain and that enable all stakeholders to review the quality of their goods clearly and com-pletely at all times.