For the production of ethanol intended to be put onto the European Union market, the following additional requirements and rules apply:

In order to obtain a 'Bonsucro EU certificate' from Bonsucro, compliance with the Bonsucro Production Standard must be met, that is to say 80% compliance with indicators contained in principles 1 to 5, as well as in Section 7, and full compliance with the core criteria set out in these principles and in Section 7. In addition, full compliance with the additional requirements listed under section 6 of the production standard is mandatory.
Section 6 covers the requirements for biofuels under the EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED) 2009/28/EC and the revised Fuel Quality Directive (FQD) 2009/30/EC. References in the Bonsucro documentation to EU requirements refer to the Renewable Energy Directive. Where the Fuel Quality Directive contains a corresponding provision, they apply equally to that Directive.

Pending recognition by the European Commission in the form of a Decision published in the Official Journal of the European Union, the
Bonsucro EU scheme intends to cover:
- accurate data for the purposes of measuring greenhouse gas savings for the purpose of Article 17(2);
- mandatory land use sustainability criteria in the EU legislation within Article 17(3) to (5);
- other sustainability issues covered in the second subparagraph of Article 18(4), namely measures taken for the conservation of areas that provide basic ecosystem services in critical situations (such as watershed protection and erosion control), for soil, water and air protection, the restoration of degraded land, the avoidance of excessive water consumption in areas where water is scarce;
- issues listed in article 17(7)

Attached to the Bonsucro Production Standard, the Certification Protocol covers the verification and audit requirements for Bonsucro EU certificates' claims. In particular, it specifies

-	the documentation management;
-	how the yearly retrospective audit on a sample of claims is planned, conducted and reported upon;
-	the procedure for the auditors selection, accreditation and training to ensure they are independent, external, have both the generic and specific skills to undertake the tasks required;
-	the validity of a Bonsucro EU certificate, as defined in the Bonsucro Certification Protocol.

Within the Bonsucro Production Standard, the Chain of Custody chapter and its guidelines are designed to ensure that a warrant, compiling the sustainability characterics, remains assigned to a biofuel consignment. Bonsucro arranges for a Mass Balance check and balances of claims made under the scheme, that ensures that among these characteristics are:

-	a description of the raw material used (sugarcane)
-	the proportion of production/processing residues (molasses) used in the production, if possible;
-	the country of origin;
-	evidence showing compliance with the required criteria;
-	the sugarcane was obtained in a way that complies with the mandatory land use restrictions criteria;
-	a GHG emissions figure derived from criterion 6.1.;
-	a statement that the product was awarded a certificate of type 'Bonsucro EU' from Bonsucro.

Those Chain of Custody requirements that are applicable to the mill and its cane supply area are already included within the Production Standard (Section 7) and are identical to those of the Mass Balance Chain of Custody Standard.

Mills and their cane supply area wishing to become Bonsucro EU compliant must implement and demonstrate compliance to the Production Standard (including the Chain of Custody chapter) and its additional EU RED requirements.