Where the law stands, Dossier 2024/0311(COD)
Electric vehicle supply equipment, compressed gas dispensers, and electricity, gas and thermal energy meters
Ordinary legislative procedure (COD): Parliament and the Council decide together as equals. · First reading
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
Published as law
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 20 March 2026 and now EU law.
- Referred to committee(done) 19 December 2024
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 25 September 2025
- Tabled for plenary(done) 30 September 2025
- Negotiations with the Council(done) Deal approved in committee 4 December 2025
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 10 February 2026
- Published as law(done) 20 March 2026
Decided in plenary
10 February 2026 · decision 4
Economy & single market, New EU law
Amending the Measuring Instruments Directive
Passed 594 for · 25 against · 23 abstained by an overwhelming majority
AI summary:The update aims to harmonise definitions and standards across the Union for these new technologies, improving mutual recognition and reducing regulatory fragmentation.
What changed
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament
AI summary:The versions differ only in formal points: the document type changes from committee report to adopted text, and the title and reference are updated.
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary
AI summary: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.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Internal Market and Consumer Protection
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Zala Černilec Tomašič (EPP)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- François Kalfon (S&D), Mep #256850 (Patriots), Stefano Cavedagna (ECR), Ivars Ijabs (Renew), Kim van Sparrentak (Greens)
- Committees giving an opinion
- Industry, Research and Energy
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 10 Feb 2026
AI summary:Parliament's amended version of the proposed directive updates EU rules for measuring instruments used in electric vehicle supply equipment, compressed gas dispensers, and electricity, gas and thermal energy meters.
Tabled for plenary· 30 Sept 2025
AI summary:Parliament's amended version of the proposed directive updates Directive 2014/32/EU to cover electric vehicle supply equipment, compressed gas dispensers, and thermal energy meters for cooling, and to adapt rules for smart metering and new gases.
Committee draft· 28 Apr 2025
AI summary:This draft report sets out Parliament's amendments to the proposed directive updating the Measuring Instruments Directive for electric vehicle supply equipment, gas dispensers and energy meters.
Timeline
Newest first.
Outcome 2 steps
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 3 steps
10 February 2026
Plenary vote
Sitting of 10 Feb 2026 Adopted text TA10-0029/2026Report A10-0173/2025
9 February 2026
Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
Sitting of 9 Feb 2026 Council / Commission text C10-0205/2024Report A10-0173/2025
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 3 steps
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 1 step
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 4 steps
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.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2024/0311(COD)