Ordinance on Generation of Electricity from Biomass (Biomass Ordinance – BiomasseV) of 21 June 2001 Pursuant to Art. 2 (1) sentence 2 of the Renewable Energy Sources Act of 29 March 2000 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 305) in conjunction with Art. 56 (1) of the Act on the Adaptation of Responsibilities of 18 March 1975 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 205) and the Chancellors Decree of 22 January 2001 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 127), the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, acting in agreement with the Federal Ministries for Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture and for Economics and Technology, and respecting the rights of the German Bundestag, hereby decrees: Art. 1 Scope of Application This Ordinance sets forth, for the scope of application of the Renewable Energy Sources Act, what substances shall be considered biomass, what technical processes for generating electricity from biomass fall within the Acts scope of application, and what environmental ...