Occupancy fee

A price per minute that AFIR allows at fast chargers to discourage cars from blocking a charge point after charging.

Explained in

Charging infrastructure · Stop 07What does operating a site involve?Monitoring, maintenance, support, prices and data: the daily work of running a charging hub once it is open.

At public charge points of 50 kW and more deployed since 13 April 2024, the ad hoc price must be based on the price per kWh, and the price per kWh and any occupancy fee per minute must be shown at the station before a session starts. An occupancy fee is allowed to discourage cars from blocking a charger after charging.

From “Prices in public”, stop 07

Also in

  1. Charging infrastructure · Stop 08How does a site recover its cost?Beyond the kWh
  2. OCPI and roaming · Stop 05How do tariffs travel?Two prices, one session
  3. Payments and billing · Stop 02When must the price be shown?How the screen gets the price
  4. Regulations and compliance · Stop 03What must a driver be able to do without a contract?The test in practice
  1. Ad hocCharging without a contract, paid directly at the charger, for example by card or QR code.
  2. AFIRAlternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation (EU) 2023/1804: EU rules for public charging, from payment to coverage.
  1. EUR-Lex: Regulation (EU) 2023/1804 (AFIR), Articles 3, 5 and 20 and recital 38. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1804/oj. Checked 09 Oct 2026. © European Union, reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
  2. EUR-Lex: Regulation (EU) 2023/1804 (AFIR), Articles 3, 5 and 20 and recital 38. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1804/oj. Checked 09 Oct 2026. © European Union, reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.