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Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation In force

Overview

Jurisdiction
European Union
Topic
Mobility & Transport
Instrument type
Regulation
Reference number
2023/1804
Valid from
2023-10-12
Valid to
2024-04-13
Modified date
2023-09-13
Listed at
2026-08-06
Withdrawn at
-
Description
The Regulation sets mandatory targets, technical requirements, and information, data and payment obligations for the deployment of publicly accessible alternative fuels infrastructure for road, rail, maritime and air transport.

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Sources

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https://publications.europa.eu/resource/celex/32023R1804 Schokolade

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Rule sets

Label Effective
Operators of publicly accessible recharging points 2024-04-13 — 9999-12-31
Applies from milestone:
Repeal (2024-04-13)
Expires at milestone:
-
Conditions:
  • Activities contains No Linked Attribute Value “operator of a recharging point” “Betreiber eines Ladepunkts”
Operators of publicly accessible hydrogen refuelling points 2024-04-13 — 9999-12-31
Applies from milestone:
Repeal (2024-04-13)
Expires at milestone:
-
Conditions:
  • Activities contains No Linked Attribute Value “operator of a hydrogen refuelling point” “Betreiber eines Wasserstofftankpunkts”
Mobility service providers 2024-04-13 — 9999-12-31
Applies from milestone:
Repeal (2024-04-13)
Expires at milestone:
-
Conditions:
  • Activities contains No Linked Attribute Value “mobility service provider” “Mobilitätsdienstleister”
Motor vehicle manufacturers 2024-04-13 — 9999-12-31
Applies from milestone:
Repeal (2024-04-13)
Expires at milestone:
-
Conditions:
  • Activities contains No Linked Attribute Value “motor vehicle manufacturer” “Kraftfahrzeughersteller”
Motor vehicle distributors 2024-04-13 — 9999-12-31
Applies from milestone:
Repeal (2024-04-13)
Expires at milestone:
-
Conditions:
  • Activities contains No Linked Attribute Value “motor vehicle distributor” “Vertriebshändler von Kraftfahrzeugen”
Operators or owners subject to data provision duties 2025-04-14 — 9999-12-31
Applies from milestone:
Other (2025-04-14)
Expires at milestone:
-
Conditions:
  • Activities contains No Linked Attribute Value “operator or owner of publicly accessible alternative fuels infrastructure” “Betreiber oder Eigentümer öffentlich zugänglicher Infrastruktur für alternative Kraftstoffe”

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Obligations

Title Kind Rule set
Enable ad hoc recharging and electronic payments Other -
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:
-
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.
Offer an alternative to automatic authentication Other -
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:
-
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.
Transparent and non-discriminatory recharging prices Other -
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:
-
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.
Digitally connect recharging points Other -
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:
-
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.
Enable smart recharging Other -
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:
-
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.
Install fixed cables at DC recharging points Other -
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:
-
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.
Enable ad hoc hydrogen refuelling and electronic payments Other -
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:
-
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.
Transparent hydrogen prices Other -
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:
-
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.
Make infrastructure and service data available Reporting -
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:
-
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.
Provide vehicle compatibility information Other -
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:
-
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;
Display compatibility labelling Other -
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:
-
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.
Provide session-specific price information Reporting -
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:
-
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.
Display prices at high-power recharging points Other -
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:
-
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.
Provide price components at recharging points below 50 kW Reporting -
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:
-
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.
Display hydrogen price per kilogram Reporting -
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:
-
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.
Provide compatibility information at dealerships Other -
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:
-
Source reference:
Artikel 19 Absatz 1 Buchstabe c
Source excerpt:
That information shall be made available: ... in motor vehicle dealerships, by the distributors.

Measures

No measures.

Penalties

No penalties.

Milestones

Date Type Description
2023-09-13 Adopted Adoption of Regulation (EU) 2023/1804
Source reference:
Titel der Verordnung
Source excerpt:
REGULATION (EU) 2023/1804 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 13 September 2023
2023-10-12 Entry into Force Entry into force of the Regulation, 20 days after its publication in the Official Journal
Source reference:
Artikel 26
Source excerpt:
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
2024-04-13 Application Start Application of the Regulation begins
Source reference:
Artikel 26
Source excerpt:
It shall apply from 13 April 2024.
2024-04-13 Repeal Repeal of Directive 2014/94/EU and certain Delegated Regulations
Source reference:
Artikel 25 Absatz 1
Source excerpt:
Directive 2014/94/EU and Delegated Regulations (EU) 2019/1745 and (EU) 2021/1444 are repealed with effect from 13 April 2024.
2024-10-14 Other Deadline for digitally connecting publicly accessible recharging points
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.
2024-10-14 Application Start Payment requirements begin applying to hydrogen refuelling points deployed before 13 April 2024
Source reference:
Artikel 7 Absatz 1
Source excerpt:
For publicly accessible refuelling points deployed before 13 April 2024, the requirements set out in this paragraph shall apply from 14 October 2024.
2025-04-14 Other Deadline for making infrastructure and service data available
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.
2025-04-14 Other Deadline for making infrastructure and service data available
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.
2027-01-01 Application Start Mandatory payment terminals for certain recharging points of at least 50 kW
Source reference:
Artikel 5 Absatz 1
Source excerpt:
From 1 January 2027, operators of recharging points shall ensure that all publicly accessible recharging points operated by them, with a power output equal to or more than 50 kW deployed along the TEN-T road network or deployed on a safe and secure parking area, including recharging points deployed before 13 April 2024, comply with the requirements set out in points (a) or (b).

Linked regulations

Type Regulation
Cites Renewable Energy Directive II
Cites European Accessibility Act
Cites Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council
Cites Directive (EU) 2019/882 of the European Parliament and of the Council