Question 5471 — energy and fuels

Summary

Mr. Mohamed Laqhila questions the Minister of Energy Transition on the development of the energy sector and more specifically biofuels. These could postpone the abandonment of the diesel engine, banned in France in certain ZFEs (low emission zones) from 2024 and for new sales, from 2035. The decree of April 11, 2022 amending the decree of June 21, 2016 establishing the nomenclature of vehicles classified according to their level of atmospheric pollutant emissions allows heavy goods vehicles and coaches operating exclusively and irreversibly on B100 fuel to have the Crit'Air 1 sticker, if they also meet the Euro VI standard. Thus, only heavy goods vehicles and coaches operating exclusively on B100 will be able to travel in low-emission mobility zones (ZFE-m). However, it appears problematic that vehicles running on XTL-HVO 100 fuels cannot also benefit from the same treatment as those using B100, even though they offer performance in terms of CO2 and particle emissions that is generally similar or even better than B100. Even though the XTL-HVO 100 has been approved in many European countries for several years, sub-directorate 5 (SD5) “energy efficiency and air quality” of the management General Directorate of Energy and Climate (DGEC) refuses in its current state that the Crit'Air 1 sticker be granted to vehicles using XTL-HVO 100 and proposes a new study spread over an additional eighteen months. Sub-directorate 6 (SD6) “vehicle safety and emissions” has validated the conformity of vehicles using XTL-HVO 100. This is why it draws its attention to the slowness of the instruction with studies complementary measures which appear useless or at the very least incomprehensible since they are contradictory, further slowing down major investments in this sector and asks it to arbitrate the reluctance of the administration by lasting and unambiguous provisions on biofuels.

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