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Ladies and gentlemen, a White Paper on common transport policy will very soon enable us to renew the debate on sustainable development. As part of this debate, we will look into alternative fuels. A communication is currently being drafted on biofuels to see how they can help to solve key political questions such as the dependence of transport on oil-based fuels, the security of power supply, greenhouse gas emissions and pollution.
Furthermore, the Commission will present a proposal for a directive before the summer of 2001 to introduce a rate of utilisation for biofuels in transport. For approximately 20 years, the Commission has supported a great number of projects on alternative fuels and vehicles through its technological research and development programmes. Almost all alternative fuels have been covered in these projects. In spite of this huge support, these fuels and vehicles have not really been available on the market until now, the main barrier most often being the extra costs that are involved.
With regard to patents, many have been created as part of these projects, but they are the intellectual property of the industries and universities that took part in these projects which we cofinanced."@en1
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