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Ref. Ares(2012)1154780 - 02/10/2012
  
 
 
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From: GEOGHEGAN-QUINN Maire (CAB-GEOGHEGAN-QUINN)  
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 8:51 AM 
To: KILCOYNE Bernie (CAB-GEOGHEGAN-QUINN) 
Subject: Fwd: Biofuels: new Oxfam report and European Commission proposal to amend Renewable 
Energy Directive (RED) and Fuel Quality Directive (FQD) 
 
 
 
 
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Subject: Biofuels: new Oxfam report and European Commission proposal 
to amend Renewable Energy Directive (RED) and Fuel Quality Directive 
(FQD)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dear Commissioner Geoghegan-Quinn: 
 
Land used to power European cars with biofuels for one year could produce 
enough wheat and maize to feed 127 million people. This is one of the startling 
facts contained in 'The Hunger Grains', a report on EU biofuels policy published 
by Oxfam on September 17th. European support for biofuels comes at a cost to 
Europeans of several billion Euros a year. At the same time, Europe’s growing 
appetite for biofuels is pushing up global food prices and driving people off their 
land, resulting in deeper hunger and malnutrition in poor countries. 
 
I am aware that the Commission will soon decide on a proposal to amend the 

Renewable Energy Directive (RED) and Fuel Quality Directive (FQD) to address 
indirect land use change (ILUC) impacts of biofuels. Oxfam welcomes this and 
believes it is of the utmost importance that the proposal that you will adopt 
achieves a rapid phase-out of the use of biofuels made from food crops and 
feedstocks in direct competition with food for land and water. The proposed 5% 
cap on first generation biofuels contained in the draft proposal that has become 
public is too high, and would maintain an unsustainable pressure on food prices, 
land and ecosystems. Moreover, this proposal does not ensure that biofuels used 
on the European market will reduce emissions compared to fossil fuels, because 
it fails to introduce greenhouse gas accounting for ILUC in the Renewable Energy 
Directive. 
 
We call on you to adopt a legislative proposal on ILUC that will make the EU’s 
renewable energy policy sustainable by phasing out the support for biofuels that 
compete with food immediately, and by including emissions caused by indirect 
land use change in greenhouse gas accounting both under the RED and the 
FQD. 
 
Attached you will find a copy of our report in English; it is also available in 
Spanish and French (see: http://www.oxfam.org/en/grow/policy/hunger-grains). 
We would be happy to answer any questions you may have. 
 
Sincerely, 
 
Jeremy Hobbs 
Executive Director 
Oxfam International 
Tel +32 (0)2 234 11 10 
http://www.oxfam.org/en/euwww.oxfam.org/en/eu 
 
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