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Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure (Text with EEA relevance)
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The report shall contain a description of the measures taken in a Member State in support of alternative fuels infrastructure build-up. The report shall include at least the following elements:
Information on legal measures, which may consist of legislative, regulatory or administrative measures to support the build-up of alternative fuels infrastructure, such as building permits, parking lot permits, certification of the environmental performance of businesses and fuel stations concessions.
Information on those measures shall include the following elements:
direct incentives for the purchase of means of transport using alternative fuels or for building the infrastructure,
availability of tax incentives to promote means of transport using alternative fuels and the relevant infrastructure,
use of public procurement in support of alternative fuels, including joint procurement,
demand-side non-financial incentives, for example preferential access to restricted areas, parking policy and dedicated lanes,
consideration of the need for renewable jet fuel refuelling points in airports within the TEN-T Core Network,
technical and administrative procedures and legislation with regard to the authorisation of alternative fuels supply, in order to facilitate the authorisation process.
Annual public budget allocated for alternative fuels infrastructure deployment, broken down by alternative fuel and by transport mode (road, rail, water and air).
Annual public budget allocated to support manufacturing plants for alternative fuels technologies, broken down by alternative fuel and by transport mode.
Consideration of any particular needs during the initial phase of the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructures.
Annual public budget allocated to support alternative fuels RTD&D, broken down by fuel and by transport mode.
estimation of the number of alternative fuel vehicles expected by 2020, 2025 and 2030,
level of achievement of the national objectives for the deployment of alternative fuels in the different transport modes (road, rail, water and air),
level of achievement of the national targets, year by year, for the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure in the different transport modes,
information on the methodology applied to take account of the charging efficiency of high power recharging points.
Changes in supply (additional infrastructure capacity) and demand (capacity actually used).
Alternating current (AC) normal power recharging points for electric vehicles shall be equipped, for interoperability purposes, at least with socket outlets or vehicle connectors of Type 2 as described in standard EN 62196-2. While maintaining the Type 2 compatibility, those socket outlets may be equipped with features such as mechanical shutters.
Alternating current (AC) high power recharging points for electric vehicles shall be equipped, for interoperability purposes, at least with connectors of Type 2 as described in standard EN 62196-2.
Direct current (DC) high power recharging points for electric vehicles shall be equipped, for interoperability purposes, at least with connectors of the combined charging system ‘Combo 2’ as described in standard EN 62196-3.
Shore-side electricity supply for seagoing ships, including the design, installation and testing of the systems, shall comply with the technical specifications of the IEC/ISO/IEEE 80005-1 standard.
Textual Amendments
F1 Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/674 of 17 November 2017 supplementing Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards recharging points for L-category motor vehicles, shore-side electricity supply for inland waterway vessels and refuelling points for LNG for waterborne transport, and amending that Directive as regards connectors for motor vehicles for the refuelling of gaseous hydrogen (Text with EEA relevance).
CNG connectors/receptacles shall comply with UNECE Regulation No 110 (referring to ISO 14469, parts I and II).
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