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News Archive

Here you will find all previous updates, developments, and background information on SURE and the SURE-EU scheme.

SURE in review: Archived reports

All past announcements are compiled for you in a compact and clear manner in the archive. This is ideal for finding out about previous steps and milestones.

You can find the old SURE notifications for the period from 2020 to mid-September 2025 here.

SURE Notifications

SURE Notifications (archive)

Here you will find the old SURE notifications for the period from 2020 to mid-September 2025.
From the second half of September 2025, the SURE communications will be called “SURE-EU Newsletter” and can be found under News.

SURE Notification from 2025
No. 7/2025 from Jun 06, 2025Verification of forest biomass prior to the implementation of RED III in the Member StatesEnglish version
German version
No. 6/2025 from 21.05.2025RED III: Revision of the SURE-EU Documentation (Version 3.0)English version
German version
No. 5/2025 from 16.05.2025Union Database (UDB) 04/2025English version
German version
No. 4/2025 from Apr 04, 2024Union Database (UDB) 03/2025English version
German version
No. 3/2025 from Mar 05, 2025Call for Volume Reporting of Sustainable Biomass in 2024English / German version
No. 2/2025 from 06.02.2025Union Database (UDB) 02/2025English / German version
English version
German version
No. 1/2025 from 30.01.2025Union Database (UBD) 01/2025English / German version
English version
German version
SURE Notification from 2024
No. 13/2024 from 20.12.2024NUTS2 values
FLIK search
English / German version
No. 12/2024 from Nov 29, 2024BLE information letter on the use of Nabisy in addition to the use of the UDBEnglish / German version
No. 11/2024 from Oct 25, 2024Recognition procedure RED IIIEnglish / German version
No 10/2024 from 16.10.2024EU Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2666 on the reduction of greenhouse gases in agricultural production (NUTS2 data) in GermanyEnglish / German version
No. 9/2024 from 29.08.2024Calculation of GHG emissions for biomass cultivation based on official production data from Polish NUTS-3 areas for rapeseed and grain maizeEnglish / German version
No. 8/2024 from 13.08.2024Recalculation of NUTS2 values for GermanyEnglish / German version
No. 7/2024 from 06.08.2024Preparation of this year's invoice run
Nabisy subsequent import for Q2/2024
English / German version
No. 6/2024 from 17.07.2024Clarification on the emission factor for methane slip (0,17 gCH4/MJ)
Standard values of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/996
Calculation of C02 equivalents
Information on sustainability characteristics of cultivated biomass from the 2024 harvest / NUTS2 values
English / German version
English version
German version
No. 5/2024 from 08.05.2024SURE system documentation now also available in GermanEnglish / German version
No. 4/2024 from 25.03.2024New biomass code lists for the biofuels, electricity and emissions trading sector
Reminder of the volume report for the year 2023
English / German version
No. 3/2024 from 21.03.2024System documentation available in Polish
Reminder of the quantity report for the year 2023
English / German version
No. 2/2024 from 29.02.2024Call for Volume Reporting of Sustainable Biomass in 2023English / German version
No. 1/2024 from 18.01.2024New requirements in the SURE-EU scheme
Information on the SURE quantity report for the year 2023
English / German version
SURE Notification from 2023
No. 3/2023 from Dec 20, 2023Update on NUTS2 valuesEnglish / German version
No. 2/2023 from 17.10.2023DataCheck 2023English / German version 
English version 
German version
No. 1/2023 from 08.03.2023SURE Announcement on Volume Reporting 2022German version 
German version 
SURE Notification from 2022
No. 4/2022 from 19.08.2022Application to open an account in Nabisy via SURE database now possible
BLE offers Nabisy training courses for power generators in EEG
English / German version
No. 3/2022 from 22.06.2022Transitional period for audits in accordance with the German BioSt-NachV extended until 31.12.2022
EU Commission publishes implementing regulation on certification in accordance with REDII
English / German version
No. 2/2022 from Apr 21, 2022SURE finally approved by EU CommissionEnglish / German version
No. 1/2022 from 18.03.2022SURE not applicable in Russia and BelarusEnglish / German version
SURE Notification from 2021
No. 6/2021 from 30.12.2021Notification of quantity reportingEnglish version
No. 5/2021 from 10.12.2021BLE publishes submission for self-declaration in accordance with §3 BioSt-NachV
Revision of the Biomass Electricity Sustainability Ordinance entered into force in Germany
TerraSol Wirtschaftsdünger GmbH certified for sustainable biomass
English / German version
No. 4/2021 from 29.07.2021First certificates issued according to REDII in the SURE-EU schemeEnglish / German version
No. 3/2021 from 27.07.2021Start of RED ll certification - Certification according to the requirements of REDII with the SURE-EU scheme possible since July 1, 2021
New National Partners confirmed
New certification bodies recognized in the SURE-EU scheme
English / German version
English version
German version
No. 2/2021 from 13.04.20215 and 6 May 2021: SURE Training for Certification Bodies
First National Partner Confirmed
New Certification Bodies Recognised in the SURE-EU scheme
English / German version
No. 1/2021 from 09.03.2021New certification bodies recognised in the SURE-EU scheme
17/18 March: SURE training for certification bodies
English / German version
SURE Notification from 2020
Nr. 2/2020 vom 13.04.2020ELUcert als erste Zertifizierungsstelle im SURE-EU-System anerkanntEnglische / Deutsche Version
Nr. 1/2020 vom 03.11.2020SUSTAINABLE RESOURCES Verification Scheme (SURE) startet GeschäftsbetriebEnglische / Deutsche Version