Leaders of the U.S. ethanol and sustainable aviation fuel industries were disappointed by an EU court’s decision to dismiss a challenge to the ReFuelEU Aviation regulations brought by EU biofuel producers. The court ruled that ePURE and Pannonia Bio lacked the standing needed to bring the challenge that asserted the EU’s sustainable aviation fuel regulation illegally discriminates against crop-based biofuels. In May 2024, groups including Growth Energy and the U.S. Grains Council petitioned the court to intervene in support of the European biofuel interests. But because the underlying challenge was dismissed, the objections to the EU regulation raised by the U.S. groups were not considered by the court. “We are disappointed and strongly disagree with the Court’s finding that biofuel producers in the EU and U.S., who both manufacture the biofuels that become SAF, are not harmed or affected by the EU’s unfair and unscientific SAF requirements,” the U.S. groups said.
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