G/TBT/N/DNK/125  
9 February 2022  
(22-1063) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  DENMARK   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Ministry of Transport  
Frederiksholms Kanal 27 F  
DK-1220 Copenhagen K  
Phone: + 45 41 71 27 00  
E-mail: trm@trm.dk  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority d esignated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Danish Business Authority  
Langelinie Allé 17  
DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø  
Denmark  
Phone: +45 35 29 10 00  
E-mail: notifikationer@erst.dk  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  The 
notification covers recharging points accessible to the public.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Forslag til lov 
om infrastruktur for alternative drivmidler til transport. (73 page(s), in Danish)  
6. Description of content:  The legislative proposal means that for recharging at publicly 
accessible recharging points located on public land or which have received public 
subsidies, operators of recharging points shall accept electronic payments via terminals 
or devices used for payment services, including at least payment card readers with or 
without a contactless function, cf. § 7(1) of the Act.  
The legislative proposal allows operators of publicly accessible recharging points with a 
power of less than 50 kW t o choose to offer the provision of recharging services (roaming) 
as an exception to the general rule of payment via payment card readers, cf. § 7(2) and 
§ 7(3) of the Act. The operator of the recharging point may choose whether to offer 
bilateral roaming, see § 8 of the Act, or whether hub -based roaming is to be offered, see 
§ 9 of the Act.  
The legislative proposal authorizes the Minister for Transport to lay down rules requiring 
operators of publicly accessible recharging points to show the ad hoc charging price and 
the total purchase price in a digital display, cf. § 10 of the Act.  G/TBT/N/DNK/125  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  In order to strengthen the Danish implementation of Directive 2014/94/EU 
of the Eu ropean Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the deployment of 
alternative fuels infrastructure (the AFI Directive), it is intended to open up the recharging 
market and create transparent prices. The aim is to provide users of electric vehicl es an 
easy access to a single network of publicly accessible recharging points where charging 
can be carried out on an ad hoc basis at reasonable and non -discriminatory prices. It is 
therefore proposed that operators of publicly accessible recharging point s should provide 
widespread payment solutions, including accepting regular payment cards for charging 
by fast chargers when the recharging point is located on public land or a recharging point 
is established with public subsidies. The Ministry of Transport  considers that payment 
cards are the most common form of payment instrument available to both Danish and 
foreign users of electric vehicles. In order to ensure easy and equal access to charges for 
recharging at publicly accessible recharging points on pub lic land for Danish and foreign 
users, the Ministry of Transport considers that it would be appropriate to lay down 
requirements for payment card readers. It is also proposed that operators of publicly 
accessible recharging points with a power of less than  50 kW may choose to offer the 
provision of charging services (roaming) as an exception to the general rule of payment 
via payment card readers. The proposed provisions on roaming support the 
implementation of article 4(8)(2) of the AFI Directive. Access t o roaming services can 
benefit users of electric vehicles, as it will enable users to invoice their consumption at 
recharging points from different operators via a single customer relationship and avoid 
having to pay the recharging point operator directly.  It is also proposed that recharging 
points accessible to the public should display a list price per kWh and the total purchase 
price in an electronic display. The provision on signage of prices in electronic display is 
established with a view to promoting  an open and transparent charging market in 
Denmark and in order to support the existing implementation of Article 4(10) of the AFI 
Directive on easily and clearly comparable, transparent and non -discriminatory charging 
prices.; Consumer information, label ling 
8. Relevant documents:   
Forslag til lov om infrastruktur for alternative drivmidler til transport.  
If the Parliament passes the Act, the Act will be published in www.lovtidende.dk.  The draft 
Act can be found in www.ft.dk.   
The impact assessment can be found in sections 4 -11 of the legislative proposal.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  23 March 2022  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 April 2022  
10. Final date for comments:  22 March 2022  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Danish Standards  
Göteborg Plads 1  
Nordhavn  
DK-2150  
+ (45) 39 96 61 40  
+ (45) 39 96 61 01 (Fax)  
wto@ds.dk  
http://www.ds.dk  
 
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