S.L. 545.38 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 545. Cap. 545. Cap. 549.

(1) Unless otherwise stated in these regulations, the definitions in the Regulator for Energy and Water Services Act shall apply.

(2) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

"access to charging" means the procedure which allows a vehicle to be connected to charging infrastructure and the transfer of the energy required for charging;

"Act" means the Regulator for Energy and Water Services Act;

"authorised provider" means the holder of an authorisation issued by the Regulator under these regulations permitting such person to act as an operator of publicly accessible charging infrastructure;

"charging point" means an interface associated with a parking space which makes it possible to recharge a single electric vehicle at a time;

"Charging Point Management System" or "CPMS" means the management system operated by the charging point operator to manage and maintain the charging points and back-end and, or network management system;

"commissioning" means the first time a publicly accessible CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE

charging point is put into operation, following the establishment of operational readiness;

"decommissioning" means the permanent removal from operation of a charging point;

"electric vehicle" or ‘EV’ means a motor vehicle equipped with a powertrain containing at least one non-peripheral electric machine as energy converter with an electric rechargeable energy storage system and which can be recharged externally;

In particular, electric vehicles includes cars, as well as motorcycles, mopeds and electric bicycles of the following categories:

(a) purely electric vehicle" means a vehicle equipped with a drive system, which includes exclusively electric motors as energy converters and exclusively electric rechargeable systems as energy storage systems;

(b) "hybrid electric vehicle for external charging" means a category of hybrid electric vehicle that can be charged from an external source;

(c) "hybrid fuel cell vehicle" means a fuel cell vehicle equipped with a power transmission system comprising at least one fuel storage system and at least one rechargeable electrical storage system as an electrical storage system;

(d) "assisted cycling (electric bicycle)" means a bicycle fitted with an auxiliary electric motor of a maximum rated power of less than or equal to 250W and whose engine power stops when the bicycle reaches 25 kilometres per hour;

"electromobility service provider" or "eMSP" or "e-Mobility Service Provider" means an entity providing access for EV drivers to the charging services;

"environment" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Environment Protection Act;

"high-power recharging point" means a recharging point that allows for a transfer of electricity to an electric vehicle with a power of more than 22kW;

"interoperability platform" means a software platform by means of which two or more publicly accessible charging infrastructure operators contribute to the deployment of roaming charging by facilitating, securing and optimising data exchanges and payment services between publicly accessible charging infrastructure operators;

"normal power recharging point’ means a recharging point that allows for a transfer of electricity to an electric vehicle with a power less than or equal to 22 kW, excluding devices with a power less than or equal to 3.7 kW, which are installed in private households or the primary purpose of which is not recharging electric vehicles, and which are not accessible to the public;

"Open Charge Point Interface" or "OCPI" means an open protocol used for connections between charging station operators and service providers and which facilitates automated roaming for EV drivers across several EV charging networks;

"Open Charge Point Protocol" or "OCPP" means an application protocol for communication between electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and a central management system, also known as a charging station network;

"operational readiness" means the capability to function in accordance with design and specifications;

"publicly accessible charging infrastructure" means all equipment, such as electrical supply circuits, charging stations or charging points, control and management equipment, and devices allowing in particular the transmission of data, supervision, control and payment, which are necessary for recharging;

"publicly accessible charging infrastructure operator" or "operator" means a natural or legal person that provides electric vehicle charging services to users and who is responsible for the technical maintenance of the publicly accessible charging infrastructure, of ensuring the availability and operation of the recharging points managed by that person, supervising and controlling it, as well as providing the necessary data to electronic platforms for the monitoring and control of rechargeable infrastructures when required to do so;

"publicly accessible charging point" means a charging point, which provides Union-wide non-discriminatory access to users. Non-discriminatory access may include different terms of authentication, use and payment. In particular, the following shall be deemed to be publicly accessible charging points:

(a) a charging point whose parking space is physically accessible to the public, including where access to the parking space is subject to an authorization and, or the payment of an access fee;

(b) a charging point attached to a shared car system and accessible to third parties, including on payment of the charging service;

The following shall not be considered to be publicly accessible CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE

charging points:

(a) a charging point installed in a private residential building or in an outbuilding of a private residential building and exclusively reserved for residents;

(b) a charging point assigned exclusively to charging vehicles in service within the same entity and installed in an enclosure dependent on this entity;

(c) a charging point installed in a maintenance or repair workshop not accessible to the public;

"roaming charging" means the user’s option when having a contract with a particular publicly accessible charging infrastructure operator to use the publicly accessible charging infrastructure of a different operator without having a contract with that operator and by having access to charging and payment services through an interoperability platform;

"user" means the end-user requiring to charge an electric vehicle through a publicly accessible charging point.