Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Directive 2014/32/EU as regards electric vehicle supply equipment, compressed gas dispensers, and electricity, gas an...

EUROPEAN COMMISSION Proposal for a Brussels, 29.11.2024 COM(2024) 561 final 2024/0311 (COD) DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Directive 2014/32/EU as regards electric vehicle supply equipment, compressed gas dispensers, and electricity, gas and thermal energy meters (Text with EEA relevance) EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 1. CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL • Reasons for and objectives of the proposal This proposal is a targeted technical amendment of the Measuring Instruments Directive 2014/32/EU1 (the ‘MID’). The scope and the associated essential requirements covered by the MID were already established by Directive 2004/22/EC2, of which the MID is a recast. Thus, they have remained unchanged for more than 20 years. This means that the MID does not cover new measuring instruments that are necessary to achieve the objectives of the European Green Deal3. This is notably the case for electric vehicle supply equipment and compressed gas (e.g. hydrogen and natural gas) dispensers and thermal energy meters for cooling applications. In addition, as far as electricity and gas meters are concerned, the MID does not address the growing role of digitalisation (smart metering) or the use of new gases (like hydrogen or other renewable gases as alternatives to more traditional gases) supplying households. As a result, the absence of harmonised requirements for certain categories of measuring instruments is expected to lead to the emergence of...