L 234/14
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
22.9.2023
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In the application of this Regulation, the Commission should consult relevant expert groups, and in particular the Sustainable Transport Forum (‘STF’) and the European Sustainable Shipping Forum (‘ESSF’).
Such expert consultation is of particular importance when the Commission intends to adopt delegated or implementing acts under this Regulation.
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Alternative fuels infrastructure is a rapidly developing area.
The lack of common technical specifications constitutes a barrier for the creation of a single market of alternative fuels infrastructure.
Therefore, it is necessary to lay down technical specifications for areas where common technical specifications are necessary but do not yet exist.
In particular, those technical specifications should cover the communication between the electric vehicle and the recharging point, the communication between the recharging point and the recharging software management system (back-end), the communication related to the electric vehicle roaming service and the communication with the electricity grid, while ensuring the highest level of cybersecurity protection and protection of final customers’ personal data.
It is also necessary to establish a suitable governance framework and the roles of the different actors involved in the vehicle-to-grid communication sector.
Moreover, emerging technological developments, such as electric road systems, in particular dynamic overhead power supply via a pantograph, dynamic ground level power supply through conductive rails and inductive power supply through coils in the road, have to be accounted for.
As regards data provision, it is necessary for additional data types, such as the data related to the existence of facilities offering associated services to end users, the data related to the accepted payment methods, the data related to the available languages on the infrastructure and the data related to providing smart and bidirectional recharging services, to be added to the data on publicly accessible recharging.
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In order to supplement this Regulation by establishing further technical specifications and to amend this Regulation by adding additional data types, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) should be delegated to the Commission in respect of common technical requirements for a common application programme interface to enable an automated and uniform data exchange between the operators of publicly accessible recharging and refuelling points and data users.
It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinsti­ tutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making (22).
In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States’ experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts.
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In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission with respect to the development of labelling provisions, to the format, frequency and quality of data on publicly accessible recharging and refuelling points to be made available and accessible under this Regulation and to the procedure enabling that availability and accessibility.
Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council (23).
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The market for alternative fuels and in particular for zero-emission fuels is still in the early stages of development and technology is evolving fast.
This development is likely to affect the demand for alternative fuels and consequently for alternative fuels infrastructure across all transport modes.
The Commission should therefore, by 31 December 2024, present a technology and market readiness report dedicated to heavy-duty vehicles.
That report should take into account the first indications of the preferences of the market and consider the technological development and the development of the technical specifications.
By 31 December 2026 and every five years thereafter, the Commission should carry out a review of this Regulation.
(22) OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.
(23) Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).