Amending Measuring Instruments Directive: EV charging and meters
EP Position
The Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, with rapporteur Zala Tomašič, presented a report on the proposal to amend Directive 2014/32/EU to cover electric vehicle supply equipment, compressed gas dispensers and electricity, gas and thermal energy meters. The presentation and subsequent discussion were recorded in the minutes of the sitting.
Key Trade Point
The report centres on updating the measuring-instruments framework to explicitly include electric vehicle supply equipment, compressed gas dispensers and meters for electricity, gas and thermal energy, reflecting the Commission proposal COM(2024)0561 cited in the document. Speakers during the item included Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis under the catch-the-eye procedure and Maria Luís Albuquerque as the Member of the Commission who spoke.
What Comes Next
A vote on the item is recorded in the minutes of 10 February 2026, item 7.6, and the debate was closed.
Sources
Official Documents
- Monday, 9 February 2026 - Strasbourg Committee report on the proposal to amend Directive 2014/32/EU concerning EV charging equipment and meters.
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