REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - New European Union (EU) policy to decrease the use of biofuel threatens Indonesian industries as the exporter of biofuel.

European Parliament Plenary Session held in Strasburg, France, decided that consumption of biofuel in EU countries should not be more than six percent of 10 percent total consumption of EU's renewable energy use in transportation sector by 2020. Indonesian Ambassador to Brussel, Arif Havas Oegroseno said that Indonesia was among biofuel importer countries in EU.

Indonesia recorded export of biofuel to EU countries reached 2.6 million metric tonnes in 2012. EU Parliament discussed Indirect Land Use Change (ILUC) as an element in calculation of figure of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from biofuel. 

Yet, some argue that such calculation lacks of scientific data. Therefore, EU Parliament decided to discuss issues related to new policy of EU biofuel in Plenary Session of EU Parliament 2015.