The ANP Board of Directors approved yesterday (1/12) the amendment of ANP Resolution No. 802/2019. The objective is to include biodiesel commercialization operations between producers of this biofuel in the list of operations that generate ballast for CBIO issuance.

ANP Resolution No. 802 establishes the procedures for generating the ballast necessary for the primary issuance of Decarbonization Credits (CBIO), and brings in its annex a table containing the trading operations of biofuels eligible for generating ballast for the issuance of CBIO.

At the time ANP Resolution No. 802/2019 was published, the sale of biodiesel between producers of this biofuel was not authorized. Therefore, such an operation was not included, at the time, in the list of operations eligible for the generation of CBIOs.

With the publication of ANP Resolution No. 857, in October 2021, during the reformulation of the biodiesel market, new rules for the sale of this product were established, authorizing the sale of biodiesel between producers.

Given the new scenario and the permission for this new type of biodiesel transaction, the amendment of ANP Resolution No. 802 becomes necessary to allow the generation of ballast for the issuance of CBIOs when this type of commercialization occurs.

The draft resolution underwent a 45-day public consultation and public hearing.