What does AFIR require from charge point operators?

Ad hoc payment, transparent prices shown before charging, digital connection, smart recharging at new points, fixed cables at DC points and open data via national access points.

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Regulations and compliance · Stop 02What does AFIR require?Targets for Member States and duties for operators: the two halves of the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation, and the dates that matter.
  • Ad hoc payment with a widely used payment instrument at points deployed since 13 April 2024.
  • Prices reasonable, comparable, transparent and non-discriminatory, shown before the session.
  • Digital connection of all public points since 14 October 2024, and smart recharging at points built after 13 April 2024.
  • Fixed cables at all public DC points since 14 April 2025.
  • Data made available through an interface reported to the national access point, since 14 April 2025.
From “Duties at every public charge point”, stop 02

Terms

  1. Ad hocCharging without a contract, paid directly at the charger, for example by card or QR code.
  2. National access pointA digital interface set up by a Member State as a single point of access to data, including charging infrastructure data under AFIR.
  3. Smart chargingCharging whose power is adjusted in real time, based on information received electronically, for example from the grid operator or a price signal; EU law calls it smart recharging.
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  1. EUR-Lex: Regulation (EU) 2023/1804 (AFIR), Articles 3, 4, 5 and 20. 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, 4, 5 and 20. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1804/oj. Checked 09 Oct 2026. © European Union, reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
  3. EUR-Lex: Regulation (EU) 2023/1804 (AFIR), Articles 3, 4, 5 and 20. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1804/oj. Checked 09 Oct 2026. © European Union, reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
  4. EUR-Lex: Regulation (EU) 2023/1804 (AFIR), Articles 3, 4, 5 and 20. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1804/oj. Checked 09 Oct 2026. © European Union, reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
  5. EUR-Lex: Regulation (EU) 2023/1804 (AFIR), Articles 3, 4, 5 and 20. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1804/oj. Checked 09 Oct 2026. © European Union, reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.