Overview of the legal framework

In recent years, the legal framework in the transport sector has continuously evolved in a field of tension between international agreements, the legal requirements of the European Union and their national implementation. The focus has shifted several times. While initially, in the national context, the focus was on issues such as regional value creation and security of supply in addition to climate protection, the introduction of the European Renewable Energy Directive increasingly shifted the focus to the substitution of fossil fuels with renewable alternatives.

Based on the European Fuel Quality Directive and national quota regulations, for example in Germany, the central objective of the amendment to the Renewable Energy Directive is increasingly focused on reducing greenhouse gases (GHG) in the entire transport sector.

The overview created as part of the InnoFuels project provides a compact overview of the current legal situation in the transport sector and summarizes the most important regulations on objectives, mode of action and scope, with regular updates planned until the end of the project. You can view and download the overview either as a complete package or individually for each of the regulations listed here.