Taken from Saturday 20 March at European level the obligation to affix labels compliant with the standard defined in the EN 17186:2019 standard on all new rechargeable electric vehicles from the network and at all charging stations. The reference standard is Directive 2014/94/EU on the construction of an infrastructure for alternative fuels, to comply with which the Commission has commissioned the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) to develop a specific harmonized labeling standard of the various types of electric charging available on the EU market today.
Specifically, the directive provides that the labels (hexagonal in shape, with a black background and a silver-white identifying letter) are applied on rechargeable electric vehicles placed on the market for the first time or registered from 20 March 2021, and the same applies to charging stations that will be placed on the market after that date. The types of vehicles affected by the standard are: mopeds, motorcycles, tricycles and quadricycles; passenger cars; light and heavy commercial vehicles; bus. On vehicles, the labels will be found near the vehicle's fixed connector and on the mobile charging connector (also in the case of removable charging cables), as well as in the user and maintenance manual.
The application of the labels applies in all 27 EU member states, in the countries of the European Economic Area (Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway), but also in Serbia, Macedonia, Switzerland and Turkey. Even on new vehicles manufactured in the EU and destined for the UK market, despite Brexit, the labels will continue to be present
