While the European Commission has committed to proposing a revised directive on the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Directive within the year, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA), the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) and the Transport & Environment organisation have, in a letter on Thursday 11 February, called on it to opt for a regulation in this area rather than a directive.
A regulation, they argue, would help to harmonise the common market for zero emission road transport, setting recharging standards, establishing payment methods, etc.
In addition, according to the signatories, it would also ensure swift implementation given that “transposition into national law of a directive can take multiple years”.
The Commission is also called upon to set binding targets per member state. The organisations write that “such targets would send a strong signal to consumers” and “also grant much-needed certainty” to the automobile industry, while advocating, for example, the roll-out of nearly 400,000 terminals in Germany and 207,000 in France within 4 years.
In order to meet the Green Deal objectives, they ultimately advocate the deployment of 1 million terminals by 2024 and 3 million by 2029 in the EU, accessible to both cars and vans. These targets are slightly more ambitious than those stating 1 million by 2025 and 3 million by 2030, figures which were set by the European Commission (see EUROPE 12619/12).
See the letter: https://bit.ly/379fmvt (Original version in French by Agathe Cherki)