current draft for the expansion of biogas plants (biomass plants). The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy supports the expansion until 2030. However, the plants have to play a different role due to changing conditions, especially with regard to storage technology: it should be possible to retrieve electricity according to demand [Biogas Association and State Association Renewable Energies] Sustainable ideas, such as the production of protein products from insects, are Novel-Food diminished. Since insects are considered as animals, hence they are not taken into Regulation account in the Biomass Ordinance [FZJ] The common public interest and the economic-liability are of key importance which Law on Employee often overshadows or disregards the Invention Act. Public funds are intended to Inventions /Law guarantee the common public interest, which is expected to result in a return of the patent exploitation funds. Founders have to invest a lot of money in order to be able to use the patent which can ruin them financially. [FZJ] Costs are playing a too important part. There is a lack of procurement strategies that focus procurement activities more on sustainability and innovation. In addition, Procurement modern procurement methods are hardly used in the German administration, thus strategies missing the opportunity to prepare a market for bio-based innovations or to promote innovative enterprises. [HightechForum] Areas used for growing hemp shall be eligible only if the tetrahydrocannabinol content of the varieties used does not exceed 0.2 %. Whether farmers may cultivate EU State Aid Law hemp also on other areas, which are subsidised accordingly, has to be elaborated under the state aid law at great expense, so that it can be worked with it perspectival. [IHK NB] National laws and regulation Biomass production The legal basis for the cultivation of commercial hemp is the EU's common Restriction of catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species. Listed here for 2021 are 73 varieties varieties (2 less than 2020). Only a few varieties of them have properties that can be used e.g. for fibre production (currently only 16 suitable varieties). [IHK NB] Hemp is to be cultivated in Germany for use in the construction sector. The EU limits for THC (laid out in the Narcotic Act) are uniformly set at 0. 2% for commercial Narcoic Act hemp. This requirement severely limits the use of commercial hemp in Germany. [IHK] Biomass processing/biorefinery Even a temporary storage of waste at the beach (e.g. seaweeds) is subject to permission according to the Water Resources Act and must be approved under building law even if the total storage capacity is less than 100t. Concrete buildings Water Management like in Poel or Boltenhagen have to be built for a lot of money. This is not only Act (WHG 2009) unnecessary interference with nature, but also means a considerable additional financial expenditure. Recycling often fails because of this. [Hanseatische Umwelt CAM] Innovative heat from electricity-based heat sources (including biomass) is to be Building Energy Act generated. The law is to be amended this year - there is still plenty of room for improvement. [Biogas Association and State Association Renewable Energies] Construction For the use of natural building materials, there are, in addition to REACH, other Products Regulation European directives and regulations (e.g. the Preparations Directive 1999/45/EC or No. 305/2011 (EU the Product Safety Act (ProdSG)). Bau-PVO; However, there is a lack of regulations to enable corresponding approvals for certification of biogenic building materials. The basic materials and also the product are always construction compared with conventional products (e.g. based on resin adhesive, or plastic). products; Innovations are strongly hindered by lobbying associations, the approvals therefore building regulations take considerably longer, reference values are often missing, and the authorities do of the federal states not ensure that these reference values are defined. [IHK NB] (LBO) End of life/cascading
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