French to Boost Biofuel Output to Meet EU Target

France will announce new biofuel production quotas in the next few months because its current plans are insufficient to meet the EU targets for 2010, a farm ministry official said on Friday.

The European Commission set targets in 2003 that fuels should contain 5.75 percent of biofuels by the end of the decade in a bid to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and cut the European Union’s dependence on fuel imports