Electric vehicle supply equipment, compressed gas dispensers, and electricity, gas and thermal energy meters
A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.
Where it stands: Completed: published in the Official Journal on 20 March 2026 and now EU law.
- ✓ Referred to committee 19 December 2024
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 25 September 2025
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 30 September 2025
- ✓ Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 4 December 2025
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 10 February 2026
- ✓ Published as law 20 March 2026
How a file moves through Parliament
A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. For a law, Parliament’s adopted text is its first-reading position; Parliament and the Council then negotiate a common text (trilogues) which both must approve before it is published as law.
Who is working on it
- Lead committee
- IMCO — Internal Market and Consumer Protection
- Rapporteur
- Zala ČERNILEC TOMAŠIČ PPE
- Shadow rapporteurs
- François KALFON S&DMEP #256850 PfEStefano CAVEDAGNA ECRIvars IJABS RenewKim VAN SPARRENTAK Verts/ALE
- For opinion
- ITRE — Industry, Research and Energy
The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.
The text, version by version
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: The versions differ only in formal points: the document type changes from committee report to adopted text, and the title and reference are updated. see the changes →
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: Adds new requirements for EVSE and gas dispensers to present measurement results and data via remote channels, and for CG dispensers to have a minimum flow rate ratio of 10. Modifies existing provisions on traceability, tampering evidence, and use of measurement results for price calculation, and changes class indices for EVSE from A/B/C to X/Y/Z. Updates the introductory scope of Annex Va to 'unless specified otherwise' and adjusts the requirement for ancillary devices in point 5.3. The other changes are formal: moving definitions between annexes, removing explanatory notes, and renumbering paragraphs. see the changes →
Newest version first. Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph; ✦ lines are AI-written from the texts themselves.
Timeline
- Outcome
- 20 March 2026 Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
- 11 March 2026 Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council
The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.
- Plenary stage
- 10 February 2026 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by an overwhelming majorityFor 594 Against 25 Abstained 23
Final vote on the provisional agreement at 13:00 · 93% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
- 9 February 2026 Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
- 4 February – 6 February 2026 24 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
- Negotiations with the Council
- 4 December 2025 Committee approved the deal reached with the Council
The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.
- 18 November 2025 Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
- 8 October 2025 Plenary endorsed the mandate to negotiate with the Council
Parliament’s negotiators can now seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).
- Plenary stage
- 30 September 2025 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 25 September 2025 Committee vote: report adopted
IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 5 June 2025 Amendments tabled in committee
Members of IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) proposed changes to the draft.
- 28 April 2025 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 19 December 2024 Referred to the IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) gives an opinion.