Logistical Unit [LU]

Interpretation Guide
« 2BSvs STD01 » & « 2BSvs STD02 »
People concerned:

Lead Auditors,

Collecting sites and

Economic operators (processing units and or trading)

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 Document change record

Version Date Change Nature and rationale for the change

(en) v.1 07 / 2014 First version

(en) v.2 01 / 2015 a. Slide 9  Basic rule 2 a. Improvement of the drafting \ details exposed in the comment part of slide 9
b. Slide 10  Basic rule 3 b. Improvement of the drafting \ details exposed in the comment part of slide 10
c. Slide 11  Basic rule 4 c. Improvement of the drafting \ details exposed in the comment part of slide 11
d. Slide 14 from (en) v.1 removed d. Search for consistency compared to the previous slides, 12 and 13

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 Mass Balance [MB] and Logistical Units [LU]

« 2BSvs STD 01 » - Criterion 1.1

The 1st gathering entity shall have developed and documented a

control system for the biomass received based on a mass balance
system [MB] at the level of
 containers,
 processing units or
 logistical sites [UL]

to ensure that “sustainability characteristics” remain assigned to

“consignments”, in conformity with the 2009/28/CE European
Directive.

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 Logistical Unit [LU] - Definition

A [LU] corresponds to :

 a container,
 a facility,
 a site, or
 a group
 of processing, or
 logistical sites

A [LU] is defined as a geographical location with precise boundaries

within products can be mixed.

The areas concerned are connected each others by physical flows (road,
sea, river, railway).

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 [MB] and [LU] – 2BSvs STD 01

« 2BSvs STD 01 » - Major indicator 1.2.1

The 1st gathering entity shall develop documented mass balance

[MB] procedures, from the delivery of the biomass to the transfer
of ownership.

These procedures shall cover each logistical unit [LU], where

potentially sustainable biomass is received.

The mass balance [MB] records must be available at the level of

each logistical unit [LU], suppliers included.

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 [MB] et [LU] – 2BSvs STD 02

« 2BSvs STD 02 » - Major indicator 1.2.1

The economic operator [EO] (traders or conversions units), shall

develop mass balance [MB] documented procedures for biomass
and/or biofuels, from the purchase or delivery of the biomass
and/or biofuels, to the transfer of ownership.

These procedures shall cover each processing facility, each

logistical unit [LU], or other sites (processing, logistical site or
site) where potentially sustainable biomass and/or biofuels is received.

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Logistical Units (LU) - Assumptions
• « 2BSvs STD 01 » – Applicable to
biomass producers and collecting
entities.

• « 2BSvs STD 02 » – Applicable to

economic operators : traders of
sustainable raw material and
biofuel processing units.

• Common concepts to both

standards
– Mass balance [MB]
– Evaluation of GHG emissions

• Important features:

Sites or physical facilities belong to the
same legal entity as the seat of the
collecting entities;

A site or a physical installation can be
considered the smallest logistic unit;

Storage site: site that has a
shipping/receiving year-round activity.
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 [LU] – Basic rule 1

1 site or physical facilities (plant, silo...) which do not receive

theoretically sustainable biomass, should not be considered as part
of a logistical unit [LU]. The site is outside the scope of certification,
unless this site is the seat of the collecting entity.

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 [LU] – Basic rule 2

Each logistic unit is built to manage sustainable biomass of

comparable nature (wheat, colza,…) and its mass balance. Two
biomasses of distinct nature must be the object of separate mass
balances calculated on specific logistic units, however their logistic
units can be identical.

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 [LU] – Basic rule 3

2 physical sites or installations which do not have physical flows

for the biomass considered as durable, cannot be regarded as being
part of the same logistic unit [LU]

Logistics (road, sea,

river...)

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 [LU] – Basic rule 4

2 sites or physical facilities with activities of different categories

– Collecting and or trading entities from one side

– Biofuel processing units from another side
can not be considered as part of the same logistical unit [LU].

LU 1 LU 2

Logistics (road,
sea, River...)
Site B
Site A

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 Interpretation guide – Scenario 1

The storage site and all its collecting sites attached to it can be
considered a [LU].

Collecting site

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 Interpretation guide – Scenario 2 (i)

1 main shipping site of products of the same kind and all the sites
(collecting and storage) which have delivered it, can be considered as a
[LU] provided that they are able to trace the physical flow of
inbound and outbound for each site.

Collecting Site

Storage site

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 Interpretation guide – Scenario 2 (ii)

1 main shipping site of products of the same kind and all the sites
(collecting and storage) which have delivered it can be considered as a
[LU] provided that they are able to trace the physical flow of inbound
and outbound for each site.
Collecting site Storage site

A and B belong to the same UL as the

physical flows of goods between A and B
of products of the same kind.

Idem between B and C.

B or C can be considered as main

shipping sites: either B in respect to
trade with A and C, or C in respect of
trade directly with B and indirect with
A.

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 Interpretation guide – Scenario 3

2 sites or physical sustainable biomass facilities can be considered at once:

 1 [LU] for a sustainable biomass - for rapeseed because there are physical flows
between site A and site B.
and
 2 [LU] for another sustainable biomass - et for wheat due to the absence
of physical flows between site A and site B.

Logistics (road, sea,

river...)

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 The seat of the collecting entity (1)
References:
« 2BSvs STD 01 », « 2BSvs STD 02 » et « 2BSvs DES 01 », § 4.10

The seat of the legal entity is in charge of :

• setting the unit of certification (including producers of biomass
claiming sustainability and potentially sustainable biomass collection
sites) and
• implementing the system of quality management of the group
required for all members of the group included in the scope of the
certificate (the producers of biomass), and
• proving the conformity with the requirements of the European
Directive 2009/28/CE.

The collection entity acts as a Group Manager to ensure compliance

with the requirements of the voluntary scheme «2BSvs».

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 The seat of the collecting entity (2)
References:
« 2BSvs STD 01 », « 2BSvs STD02 » et « 2BSvs PRO 02 »

Acts as Group Manager.

Is responsible for the definition of the scope of the certification unit.

Must identify and specify :

– the biomass producers,
– the collection sites (1) belonging to the same legal entity covered by the
unit of certification for which the collection entity has developed a system of
management of quality and group
– the relevant production sites.

(1)Reminder: “collection sites are the sites of storage of biomass", according to

the “.2BSvs PRO 02“ procedure and assumptions defined in the slide 6

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 Collecting site
Reference: « 2BSvs STD 01 » et « 2BSvs STD 02 »

Site under the direct control of the headquarters of the collecting

entity, which collects the biomass of producers.

The headquarters of the collecting entity as a group manager, shall

select and specify the collecting sites covered by the scope of the
certificate which are entitled to receive potentially sustainable
biomass.

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 Certificate, annex and scope
References: « 2BSvs STD 01 » et « 2BSvs PRO 02

An annex to the certificate shall specify the scope of the audit and the
site(s) covered with their location and address.

For the calculation of the number of days of audit of collecting

entities, this shall be calculated from the number of sites composed of
the headquarters of the entity and collecting sites linked to it.

The annex to the certificate for the standard '2BSvs STD 01' must cover:
- the headquarter of the collecting entity,
- the collecting sites attached to the headquarter (physical address).

- End

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