Germany delays on downward revision of ethanol mandate

In Germany, the Federal Bundestag delayed a vote on a proposal to set the ethanol blending mandate at 5.25 percent, retroactive to January, with a scheduled increase to 6.25 percent in 2010. Previously, biofuels legislation had established a series of steps towards an 8 percent mandate in 2015. Additional legislation under consideration would reduce the ethanol mandate to 2.8 percent in 2009 and increase it to a final cap of 3.6 percent in 2010.

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