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What changed between the plenary report and the adopted text
From · plenary report· 4 Oct 2022
on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure, and repealing Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council
Changes to the text itself, in document order. Cover page, citations and punctuation-only edits are left out; they are under “Every difference”.
The changes · 14
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Changed:Recital 20: (20) Smart metering systems as defined in Directive (EU) 2019/944 of the European Parliament and of the Council52 enable real-time data to be produced, which is needed to ensure the stability of the grid and to encourage rational use of recharging services. By providing energy metering in real time and accurate and transparent information on the cost, they encourage, in combination with smart recharging points, recharging at times of low general electricity demand and low energy prices. The use of smart metering systems in combination with smart recharging points can optimise recharging, with benefits for the electricity system and for the end user. Member States should encourage the use of smart metering system for the recharging of electric vehicles at publicly accessible recharging stations, where technically feasible, and ensure that these systems comply with the requirements laid down in Article 20 of Directive (EU) 2019/444.2019/944.
Change 2
Removed:Sufficient availability of bidirectional charging (V2G) at private as well as publicly accessible infrastructure allows the vehicle owner to use his or her vehicle for both mobility as well as energy storage. It therefore incentivizes the uptake of electric vehicles and fosters sector integration.
Change 3
Changed:Recital 23: (23) The establishment and operation of recharging points for electric vehicles should be developed as a competitive market with open access to all parties interested in rolling-out or operating recharging infrastructures. Therefore, Member States should prevent the emergence of dominant operators of charging infrastructure during the infrastructure development phase. Regional and local authorities support this objective by designating areas for competing operators. In view of the limited alternative locations for charging operators on highways, existing highway concessions such as for conventional refuelling stations or rest areas are a particular cause for concern, since they can run over very long periods and sometimes even lack a specified end date altogether. Member States should seek, to the extent possible and in compliance with Directive (EU) 2014/232014/23/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, to competitively award new concessions specifically for recharging stations on or adjacent to existing highway rest areas in order to prevent encroaching onto green spaces and to limit deployment cost and enable new market entrants. The possibility of setting up recharging points of competing operators at a highway rest area can also be considered.
Change 4
Changed:Recital 31: (31) Transport infrastructure should allow seamless mobility and accessibility for all users, including persons with disabilities and older persons. The location of all recharging and refuelling stations as well as the recharging and refuelling stations themselves should be designed in such a way that they can be accessible and user-friendly for all of the public, in particular by older persons, persons with reduced mobility and persons with disabilities. This should include for example providing sufficient space around the parking lot, ensuring that the recharging station is not installed on a kerbed surface, ensuring that the buttons or screen of the recharging station are at an appropriate height and the weight of the recharging and refuelling cables is such that persons with limited strength can handle them with ease. In addition the user interface of the related recharging stations should be accessible. In that sense, the accessibility requirements in Annexes I and III to Directive (EU) 2019/88257 should be applicable to recharging and refuelling infrastructure.
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Changed:Recital 32: (32) Shore-side electricity facilities, either fixed or mobile, can serve maritime and inland waterway transport as clean power supply and contribute to reducing the environmental impact of seagoing ships and inland waterway vessels. The public health and climate benefits of using onshore-power supply over other options are prominent in terms of air quality for urban areas surrounding ports. Under the FuelEU maritime initiative, ship operators of container and passenger ships need to comply with provisions to reduce emissions at berth. Mandatory deployment targets should ensure that the sector finds sufficient shore-side electricity supply in TEN-T core and comprehensive maritime ports to comply with those requirements. As there are diverse governance frameworks regulating maritime ports in the Union, Member States may decide that the infrastructure is deployed in the relevant terminals with the highest amount of port calls for each individual ship type, in order to reach those targets. The application of these targets to all TEN-T maritime ports should ensure the level playing field between ports. Given the costs and complexity related to the roll-out of shore-side electricity in maritime ports, it is essential to prioritise investments within ports and, where relevant, between terminals, where they make the most sense in terms of utilisation, economic viability, reductions of greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution, and grid capacity. Or.
Change 6
Changed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new): (9 a) ‘citizen energy community’ means a community as defined in Article 2(11) of Directive (EU)2019/944(EU) 2019/944
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Changed:Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new): 1 a. Without prejudice to paragraph 1, second subparagraph, point (a) of ,(a), Member States shall ensure a deployment of minimum power output targets of recharging infrastructure at national level that is sufficient for: / - 3 % of the total projected light-duty vehicle fleet by 31 December 2027; / - 5 % of the total projected light-duty vehicle fleet by 31 December 2030;
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Changed:Article 3 – paragraph 2 b (new): 2 b. If the costs are disproportionate to the benefits, including environmental benefits, Member States may decide not to apply paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article to: / (a) outermost regions of the Union, as referred to in Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; or / (b) islands that are not connected to mainland energy networks, falling under the definition of small connected systems or isolated systems according to Directive (EU) 2019/944. / In such cases, that Member State shall justify its decisions to the Commission and shall make available all relevant information in its national policy frameworks.
Change 9
Changed:Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii: (ii) by 131 December 2035, each recharging pool shall offer a power output of at least 5000 kW and include at least two recharging stations with an individual power output of at least 800 kW;
Change 10
Changed:Article 4 – paragraph 2 b (new): 2 b. If the costs are disproportionate to the benefits, including the environmental benefits, a Member State may decide not to apply paragraph 1 and 2 of this Article to: / (a) outermost regions of the Union, as referred to in Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; or / (b) islands that are not connected to mainland energy networks, falling under the definition of small connected systems or isolated systems according to Directive (EU) 2019/944. / In such cases, Member States shall justify their decisions to the Commission and shall make available all relevant information in their national policy frameworks.
Change 11
Changed:Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new): 3 a. If the costs are disproportionate to the benefits, including the environmental benefits, Member States may decide not to apply paragraph 1 of this Article to: (a) outermost regions of the Union, as referred to in Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; or (b) islands that are not connected to mainland energy networks, falling under the definition of small connected systems or isolated systems according to Directive (EU) 2019/944, In such cases, Member States shall justify their decisions to the Commission and shall make available all relevant information in their national policy frameworks.
Change 12
Changed:Article 12 a (new): Article 12 a / Infrastructure targets for railway lines / 1. Member States shall ensure the provision of sufficient infrastructure to enable railway lines across the Union to meet the electrification objectives of Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 [TEN T Regulation]. / 2. Where the direct electrification of railway lines is not possible, including for reasons linked to the cost-efficiency of the service, Member States shall ensure that an appropriate number of charging stations for battery-powered trains, and hydrogen refuelling stations for rail, are put in place. To that end, Member States shall ensure that, along the TEN-T core and comprehensive networks, recharging stations for battery-powered trains and refuelling stations for hydrogen trains are deployed in each direction of travel in sections for which electrification is not provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1315 20131315/2013 [TEN T Regulation]. / 3. Member States shall ensure that, when decisions are taken on the necessary infrastructure to be deployed in order to comply with paragraph 2, the ‘energy efficiency first’ principle is fully taken into account. / 4. Prior to deployment, Member States shall carry out an analysis of the best location for such stations. In doing so, Member States shall consider, in particular, the deployment of stations in urban nodes and multimodal hubs where other transport modes could also be integrated.
Change 13
Changed:Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point j: (j) measures to ensure that all publicly accessible recharging and refuelling points are accessible to older persons, persons with reduced mobility and with disabilities, which have to be in line with the accessibility requirements of Annex I and Annex III of Directive (EU) 2019/882;
Change 14
Changed:Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – indent 11 ab (new): – The information on recharging stations in indents 1 to 4 shall be disaggregated for normal, smart and bi-directional charging capability.