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Alternative fuel

Fuels or power sources which serve, at least partly, as a substitute for fossil oil sources in the energy used for transport and which have the potential to contribute to its decarbonisation and enhance the environmental performance of the transport sector, including: (a) ‘alternative fuels for zero-emission vehicles, trains, vessels or aircraft’: — electricity, — hydrogen, — ammonia, (b) ‘renewable fuels’: — biomass fuels, including biogas, and biofuels as defined in Article 2, points (27), (28) and (33), respectively, of Directive (EU) 2018/2001, — synthetic and paraffinic fuels, including ammonia, produced from renewable energy, (c) ‘non-renewable alternative fuels and transitional fossil fuels’: — natural gas in gaseous form (compressed natural gas (CNG)) and liquefied form (liquefied natural gas (LNG)), — liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), — synthetic and paraffinic fuels produced from non-renewable energy.
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Regulation (EU) 2023/1804 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 September 2023 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure, and repealing Directive 2014/94/EU

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