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Council conclusions on the EU Bioeconomy Strategy

The Council of the European Union welcomes the 2025 EU Bioeconomy Strategy as vital for Europe’s competitiveness, resilience, prosperity and sustainability. It calls for faster approvals, simplified rules and investment‑driven lead markets to secure sustainable biomass use, promote secondary biomass and ensure long‑term bioeconomy viability.

Bioeconomy

On 17th March, Ministers of Environment in the Council of the European Union approved Conclusions on the new EU’s Bioeconomy Strategy. They welcomed the vision for a competitive and sustainable bioeconomy by 2040 and recommend the promotion of bio-based and circular solutions across all relevant sectors, also supporting innovation and investments.

The Council of the European Union welcomes the Commission’s intention to improve data and modelling for monitoring biomass availability relying on the Knowledge Centre for Bioeconomy (KCB), in close cooperation with Member States. It calls upon the Commission to assess the availability of sustainable biomass compared to the projected demand for biomass in the EU in 2040.

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