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Enable ad hoc recharging and electronic payments |
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- Description:
- Operators must enable ad hoc recharging at their publicly accessible recharging points and accept the prescribed widely used electronic payment instruments.
- Frequency:
- Continuous
- Check frequency:
- Continuous
- Products/Services:
- Publicly accessible recharging points for electric vehicles
- Checking responsibility:
- Competent national or market surveillance authorities
- Check method:
- Inspection of ad hoc recharging and payment functionality and accepted payment instruments
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 5 Absatz 1
- Source excerpt:
- Operators of recharging points shall, at the publicly accessible recharging points operated by them, provide end users with the possibility to recharge their electric vehicle on an ad hoc basis.
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Offer an alternative to automatic authentication |
Other |
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- Description:
- Operators offering automatic authentication must always provide a clearly displayed ad hoc or contract-based alternative.
- Frequency:
- Continuous
- Check frequency:
- Continuous
- Products/Services:
- Publicly accessible recharging points with automatic authentication
- Checking responsibility:
- Competent national authorities
- Check method:
- Check that an alternative payment option is clearly displayed and available
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 5 Absatz 2
- Source excerpt:
- Operators of recharging points shall ensure that when they offer automatic authentication at a publicly accessible recharging point operated by them, end users always have the right to not make use of the automatic authentication and instead either to recharge their vehicle on an ad hoc basis, as provided for in paragraph 1, or to use another contract-based recharging solution offered at that recharging point.
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Transparent and non-discriminatory recharging prices |
Other |
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- Description:
- Operators must charge reasonable, comparable, transparent and non-discriminatory prices and may differentiate only where objectively and proportionately justified.
- Frequency:
- Continuous
- Check frequency:
- Continuous
- Products/Services:
- Publicly accessible recharging points and recharging services
- Checking responsibility:
- Competent national authorities
- Check method:
- Review of prices, price components and equal treatment
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 5 Absatz 3
- Source excerpt:
- Prices charged by operators of publicly accessible recharging points shall be reasonable, easily and clearly comparable, transparent and non-discriminatory.
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Digitally connect recharging points |
Other |
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- Description:
- Operators must ensure that all publicly accessible recharging points operated by them are digitally connected.
- Frequency:
- Continuous
- Check frequency:
- Continuous
- Products/Services:
- Publicly accessible recharging points
- Checking responsibility:
- Competent national authorities
- Check method:
- Technical verification of digital connectivity
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 5 Absatz 7
- Source excerpt:
- By 14 October 2024, operators of recharging points shall ensure that all publicly accessible recharging points operated by them are digitally-connected recharging points.
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Enable smart recharging |
Other |
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- Description:
- Operators must ensure that the covered recharging points are capable of smart recharging.
- Frequency:
- Continuous
- Check frequency:
- Continuous
- Products/Services:
- Publicly accessible recharging points built after 13 April 2024 or renovated after 14 October 2024
- Checking responsibility:
- Competent national authorities
- Check method:
- Technical verification of smart-charging capability
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 5 Absatz 8
- Source excerpt:
- Operators of recharging points shall ensure that all publicly accessible recharging points operated by them and built after 13 April 2024 or renovated after 14 October 2024 are capable of smart recharging.
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Install fixed cables at DC recharging points |
Other |
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- Description:
- Operators must install a fixed recharging cable at all publicly accessible direct-current recharging points operated by them.
- Frequency:
- Continuous
- Check frequency:
- Continuous
- Products/Services:
- Publicly accessible direct-current recharging points
- Checking responsibility:
- Competent national authorities
- Check method:
- Physical inspection for a fixed recharging cable
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 5 Absatz 10
- Source excerpt:
- By 14 April 2025, the operators of publicly accessible recharging points shall ensure that all direct current (DC) publicly accessible recharging points operated by them have a fixed recharging cable installed.
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Enable ad hoc hydrogen refuelling and electronic payments |
Other |
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- Description:
- Operators must enable ad hoc hydrogen refuelling and accept widely used electronic payment instruments.
- Frequency:
- Continuous
- Check frequency:
- Continuous
- Products/Services:
- Publicly accessible hydrogen refuelling points
- Checking responsibility:
- Competent national authorities
- Check method:
- Review of ad hoc refuelling and payment functionality
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 7 Absatz 1
- Source excerpt:
- Operators of hydrogen refuelling points shall, at the publicly accessible refuelling points operated by them, provide end users with the possibility to refuel on an ad hoc basis.
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Transparent hydrogen prices |
Other |
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- Description:
- Operators must charge reasonable, comparable, transparent and non-discriminatory hydrogen prices.
- Frequency:
- Continuous
- Check frequency:
- Continuous
- Products/Services:
- Publicly accessible hydrogen refuelling points
- Checking responsibility:
- Competent national authorities
- Check method:
- Review of prices and equal treatment
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 7 Absatz 2
- Source excerpt:
- Prices charged by the operators of publicly accessible hydrogen refuelling points shall be reasonable, easily and clearly comparable, transparent and non-discriminatory.
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Make infrastructure and service data available |
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- Description:
- Operators or, where agreed, owners must make prescribed static and dynamic infrastructure and service data available free of charge and establish a free and unrestricted API.
- Frequency:
- Continuous
- Check frequency:
- Continuous
- Products/Services:
- Static and dynamic data concerning operated publicly accessible recharging and refuelling points
- Checking responsibility:
- Competent national authorities and national access points
- Check method:
- Review of available datasets and the free API
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 20 Absatz 2
- Source excerpt:
- By 14 April 2025, operators of publicly accessible recharging points and refuelling points for alternative fuels, or, in accordance with the arrangements between them, the owners of those points, shall ensure the availability of static data and dynamic data concerning alternative fuels infrastructure operated by them, or services inherently linked to such infrastructure that they provide or they outsource, at no cost.
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Provide vehicle compatibility information |
Other |
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- Description:
- Manufacturers must provide relevant, consistent and clear vehicle, fuel and infrastructure compatibility information in manuals and on vehicles when placing them on the market.
- Frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Check frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Products/Services:
- Motor vehicles capable of being regularly recharged or refuelled
- Checking responsibility:
- Competent national authorities
- Check method:
- Review of vehicle manuals, vehicle labelling and dealer information
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 19 Absatz 1 Buchstabe a
- Source excerpt:
- That information shall be made available in motor vehicle manuals and on motor vehicles, by the manufacturers, when those vehicles are placed on the market;
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Display compatibility labelling |
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- Description:
- Refuelling point operators and manufacturers must place the prescribed graphical fuel and vehicle compatibility labelling.
- Frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Check frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Products/Services:
- Motor vehicles and publicly accessible recharging and refuelling points
- Checking responsibility:
- Competent national authorities
- Check method:
- Review of required graphical compatibility labelling
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 19 Absatz 2 Buchstaben a und b
- Source excerpt:
- That graphical expression shall be placed in a clearly visible manner: (a) by refuelling point operators, on corresponding pumps and their nozzles at all refuelling points operated by them, from the date on which fuels are placed on the market; (b) by manufacturer, in the immediate proximity of all fuel tanks’ filling caps of motor vehicles recommended for and compatible with that fuel and in motor vehicle manuals, when such motor vehicles are placed on the market.
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Provide session-specific price information |
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- Description:
- Mobility service providers must provide all session-specific price components electronically before each intended session and must not apply extra cross-border e-roaming charges.
- Frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Check frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Products/Services:
- Recharging and refuelling services offered by mobility service providers
- Checking responsibility:
- Competent national authorities
- Check method:
- Review of electronic price information provided before session start
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 7 Absatz 4
- Source excerpt:
- Mobility service providers shall make available to end users, prior to the start of an intended refuelling session, all price information specific to their intended refuelling session, through freely available, widely supported electronic means, clearly distinguishing all price components charged by the operator of the hydrogen refuelling point, including applicable e-roaming costs and other fees or charges applied by them.
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Display prices at high-power recharging points |
Other |
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- Description:
- Operators must clearly display the ad hoc price per kWh and any occupancy fee per minute before a recharging session begins.
- Frequency:
- Continuous
- Check frequency:
- Continuous
- Products/Services:
- Publicly accessible recharging points with power output of at least 50 kW
- Checking responsibility:
- Competent national authorities
- Check method:
- Review of price display at the station before session start
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 5 Absatz 4
- Source excerpt:
- Operators of publicly accessible recharging points with a power output equal to or more than 50 kW shall, at the recharging stations, show the ad hoc price per kWh and any possible occupancy fee expressed in price per minute so that that information is known to end users before they initiate a recharging session and price comparison is facilitated.
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Provide price components at recharging points below 50 kW |
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- Description:
- Operators must make the ad hoc price, including all price components, clearly and easily available in the prescribed order.
- Frequency:
- Continuous
- Check frequency:
- Continuous
- Products/Services:
- Publicly accessible recharging points with power output below 50 kW
- Checking responsibility:
- Competent national authorities
- Check method:
- Review of complete and correctly ordered price information
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 5 Absatz 4
- Source excerpt:
- Operators of publicly accessible recharging points with a power output of less than 50 kW shall, at the recharging stations operated by them, make the information on the ad hoc price clearly and easily available, with all its price components, so that that information is known to end users before they initiate a recharging session and price comparison is facilitated.
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Display hydrogen price per kilogram |
Reporting |
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- Description:
- Operators must clearly display the ad hoc price per kilogram before refuelling begins.
- Frequency:
- Continuous
- Check frequency:
- Continuous
- Products/Services:
- Publicly accessible hydrogen refuelling stations
- Checking responsibility:
- Competent national authorities
- Check method:
- Review of per-kilogram price display before refuelling starts
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 7 Absatz 3
- Source excerpt:
- Operators of hydrogen refuelling points shall clearly show information on the ad hoc price per kg at the publicly accessible hydrogen refuelling stations operated by them, so that that information is known to end users before they initiate a refuelling session and price comparison is facilitated.
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Provide compatibility information at dealerships |
Other |
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- Description:
- Distributors must make relevant, consistent and clear compatibility information available in motor vehicle dealerships.
- Frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Check frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Products/Services:
- Motor vehicles capable of being regularly recharged or refuelled
- Checking responsibility:
- Competent national authorities
- Check method:
- Review of information provided at motor vehicle dealerships
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 19 Absatz 1 Buchstabe c
- Source excerpt:
- That information shall be made available: ... in motor vehicle dealerships, by the distributors.
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