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National sustainability verification schemes
Biofuels must comply with the sustainability criteria and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission saving criteria (as mentioned in the sustainability chapter). Economic operators must be able to demonstrate to the Director of the Energy Service of the Ministry of Energy, Trade and Industry of Cyprus or any officer authorized by the Director, that the criteria were met by using a mass balance system which:
    •Allows batches of raw materials or fuels with different sustainability and GHG emission reduction characteristics to be mixed, in a container, a processing or supply facility, a transmission and distribution infrastructure or a facility site
    •Allows batches of raw materials with different energy content to be mixed for further processing purposes, provide
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National sustainability verification schemes