Norway: NEA mislabeled biofuels investigation outcome published

On February 19, 2025, the Norwegian Environment Agency (NEA) published the outcome following the investigation into mislabeled biofuels sold in Norway from 2017 to 2023.

In 2024, the NEA reported that approximately 950 million liters of advanced biofuels sourced from the U.S. between 2017 to 2022 were sold in Norway, when they could have actually been ‘conventional’ biofuels as per the Norwegian Regulation on restrictions on the use of chemicals and other products that are hazardous to health and the environment (Product Regulations), in force since January 1, 2023. Advanced biofuels were defined as biofuels produced from parts A and B in Annex V of this Regulation. Animal fats defined in categories 1 a