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Deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure ***I

TA-9-2022-0368 · P9_TA(2022)0368 · PE719.568

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Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation on deploying alternative fuels infrastructure sets minimum national targets for recharging and refuelling points for road vehicles, vessels, trains and stationary aircraft. It sets power-output targets per registered electric vehicle, distance-based targets along the TEN-T network for light and heavy-duty vehicles, and hydrogen refuelling targets by 31 December 2027. It requires ad hoc payment by card at publicly accessible recharging and refuelling points, price transparency per kWh and per kg, and open data through national and a common European access point. It adds shore-side electricity supply targets in maritime ports, electricity and preconditioned air at airports, and new targets for railway lines that cannot be electrified. Member States must submit draft national policy frameworks by 1 January 2024 and final ones by 1 January 2025, with progress reports and Commission review.

Key points

  1. The regulation sets minimum national targets for alternative fuels infrastructure for road vehicles, vessels, trains and stationary aircraft, plus common technical specifications and user information, data and payment rules.
  2. For each battery electric light-duty vehicle, Member States must provide a total power output of at least 3 kW through publicly accessible recharging stations if the battery electric share of the projected fleet is below 1%, with lower outputs at higher shares.
  3. For each plug-in hybrid light-duty vehicle, Member States must provide a total power output of at least 2 kW if the electric vehicle share is below 1%, with lower outputs at higher shares.
  4. Along the TEN-T core and comprehensive network, publicly accessible recharging pools for light-duty vehicles must be deployed every 60 km in each direction, offering at least 600 kW by 31 December 2025 and 900 kW by 31 December 2030.
  5. For heavy-duty vehicles, recharging pools along the TEN-T core network must offer at least 2000 kW by 31 December 2025 and 5000 kW by 31 December 2030, with individual stations of at least 800 kW.
  6. By 31 December 2027, Member States must deploy publicly accessible hydrogen refuelling stations with a minimum capacity of 2 t/day and a 700 bar dispenser every 100 km along the TEN-T core and comprehensive network, and at least one in each urban node.
  7. Operators of publicly accessible recharging points must accept electronic payments through terminals and devices, including payment card readers or contactless devices able to read payment cards, and must display the ad hoc price per kWh and all its components before a session.
  8. Operators of hydrogen refuelling stations must accept electronic payments including payment card readers or contactless devices, and must clearly display the ad hoc price per kg and all its components before refuelling.
  9. Member States must ensure minimum shore-side electricity supply for seagoing container and passenger ships in TEN-T core and comprehensive maritime ports by 1 January 2030, with sufficient grid infrastructure and capacity.
  10. Airport managing bodies and ground handling suppliers at TEN-T core and comprehensive airports must provide electricity supply to stationary aircraft and preconditioned air systems at core airports.
  11. Member States must ensure sufficient infrastructure for railway electrification and, where direct electrification is not possible, deploy charging stations for battery-powered trains and hydrogen refuelling stations for rail along the TEN-T network.
  12. By 1 January 2024, each Member State must prepare and send to the Commission a draft national policy framework, and by 1 January 2025 notify its final framework, with progress reports from 1 January 2026 and every year thereafter.

Who is affected

  • Member States, which must set up national policy frameworks, deploy infrastructure and report progress.
  • Operators of recharging and refuelling points, who must accept card payments, display prices and provide data.
  • Drivers of electric and hydrogen vehicles, who gain rights to ad hoc payment, price information and accessible infrastructure.
  • Ports and airports, which must provide shore-side electricity and electricity supply to stationary aircraft.
  • Rail operators, for whom charging and hydrogen refuelling infrastructure must be deployed on non-electrified sections.

Figures and deadlines

  • At least 3 kW per battery electric light-duty vehicle if the battery electric share is less than 1%.
  • At least 2 kW per plug-in hybrid light-duty vehicle if the electric vehicle share is less than 1%.
  • Recharging pools every 60 km along the TEN-T network, offering at least 600 kW by 31 December 2025 and 900 kW by 31 December 2030.
  • Heavy-duty recharging pools offering at least 2000 kW by 31 December 2025 and 5000 kW by 31 December 2030.
  • Hydrogen refuelling stations with minimum capacity of 2 t/day and 700 bar dispenser every 100 km by 31 December 2027.
  • Shore-side electricity supply in TEN-T maritime ports by 1 January 2030.
  • Draft national policy framework by 1 January 2024; final framework by 1 January 2025.
  • Progress reports from 1 January 2026 and every year thereafter.