UDB

European database for biofuels and bioliquids

The Union Database for Biofuels and Bioliquids (hereafter UDB) is a database designed to ensure the tracking of liquid and gaseous transport fuels that are eligible for counting towards the share of renewable energy in the transport sector in any Member State of the European Union. The actual application of the European database for biofuels and bioliquids is foreseen in RED II (Article 28(2) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 - RED II).

In connection with the launch of the database in the meaning of § 14h paragraph 15 of Act No. 309/2009 Coll. on the promotion of renewable energy sources and high-efficiency combined production and on amendment and supplementation of certain acts, as amended, companies registered only under the national scheme SK-BIO are obliged to register in the UDB. The registration of these economic operators is provided through SK-BIO representatives (Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute). For economic operators that are certified under any voluntary certification scheme (such as ISCC), registration in the UDB will be established by that voluntary certification scheme. During the audits themselves, auditors (CSOs) must verify that the information entered into the UDB is accurate and consistent with the audited data.

Among the most important functions of economic operators in the UDB are the management of their master data and the management of transactions with incoming and outgoing sustainable material. In the UDB, a lead user will be created for each economic operator, called lead user, who will have the possibility to add other users from the company. Users have the ability to create transactions, enter the material they currently have in stock and manage the quantities of material received and issued by creating issue transactions or receipt transactions.

Member States shall require economic operators to enter timely and accurate data into the database on the transactions carried out and the sustainability characteristics of the fuels that are the subject of the transactions, including their life cycle greenhouse gas emissions, from the point of production to the point at which they are placed on the market in the Union. The main objective is that the UDB records the entire supply chain from the production of agricultural raw materials or waste/residues, through collection points (supply farms), to delivery from these farms or points of origin. Similarly, all dependent warehouses and dependent collection points covered by the group certification will need to be recorded so that the material can be tracked at each location where it is stored. Member States will have access to the UDB for monitoring and data verification purposes.

The official launch date for the database is 15 January 2024. The UDB team has been providing training for voluntary and national schemes since this date. A prerequisite for participants is to carefully review the user guides and related videos (link to guides) provided by the UDB team by 15 January 2024. For operators registered under the national SK-BIO scheme, such training is scheduled for 7 March 2024.

As stated in Article 31 of the revised RED II Directive, the UDB must be established and fully operational to enable the tracking of liquid and gaseous renewable fuels by 21 November 2024. The Commission will publish and make publicly available annual reports on the data achieved in the UDB, including the quantity, geographical origin and feedstock type of the fuels.

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