In France, since 2012, there has been an obligation to pre-equip part of the company car parks for new buildings. Therefore, new tertiary buildings that include a car park must be pre-equipped in order to facilitate the subsequent installation of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles.

This pre-equipment obligation has been clarified and reinforced by legislative texts :

  • Energy transition law for green growth (2015)
  • Mobility orientation law (2019)

Today, two obligations concerning the installation of charging stations for electric vehicles are imposed on companies : 

  • An obligation to pre-equip company car parks with charging points
  • An obligation to equip company car parks with charging points

 

I) The obligation to pre-equip company car parks with charging points

The obligation to pre-equip company car parks with charging points adapts to 3 scenarios.

First, this obligation applies to parking lots located in new non-residential buildings or adjacent to such buildings : 

  • Parking lots with more than ten parking spaces : at least 1 in 5 spaces must be pre-equipped (and 2% of these spaces, including at least one parking space, must be sized to be accessible to people with reduced mobility).
  • Parking lots with more than 200 parking spaces : at least 40 parking spaces must be pre-equipped (including 2 parking spaces accessible to people with reduced mobility).

Secondly, car parks located in non-residential buildings that have been heavily renovated (or adjacent to non-residential buildings undergoing major renovation) are subject to this pre-equipment obligation:

  • Car parks with more than ten spaces: at least 1 in 5 spaces must be pre-equipped (and 2% of these spaces, with at least one parking space, must be sized to be accessible to people with reduced mobility).

Finally, the pre-equipment obligation also applies to car parks located in mixed-use buildings (residential and non-residential), new or undergoing major renovation (or which adjoin such buildings) :

  • For parking lots with 11 to 20 parking spaces, the rules are different depending on whether the majority use of the park is non-residential or residential, respectively. The applicable rules are : 
    • those of parking lots located in new non-residential buildings or adjacent to such buildings,
    • OR
    • those of parking lots located in new residential buildings or adjacent to such buildings : parking lots, with more than 10 parking spaces, must be fully pre-equipped.
  • Parking lots including more than 20 parking spaces must comply with the applicable provisions determined in proportion to the number of spaces reserved for non-residential or residential use.

 

II) The obligation to equip company car parks with charging points

The obligation to equip company car parks with charging points concerns car parks located in new and existing non-residential buildings :

  • As of January 1, 2025, parking lots with more than 20 spaces must have at least 1 charging point located on a location whose size allows access for people with reduced mobility.
  • A charging station must be added for 20 additional parking spaces.
  • This obligation applies to parking lots open to the public or not.
  • A possibility of not applying this obligation : If the amount of adaptation work on the part located upstream of the general low voltage panel serving the charging points exceeds the total cost of the work and equipment carried out downstream of this panel for the installation of the charging points, the number of charging points is limited so that the work upstream of the general low voltage panel does not exceed the total cost of the work located downstream of this panel.

 

III) Two exemptions from the obligation to pre-equip and equip car parks owned by companies

There are two exemptions from the obligation to pre-equip and equip car parks owned by companies :

  • Parking lots are not required to comply with the pre-equipment and equipment obligation if, in the case of major renovation, the cost of charging and connection installations represents more than 7% of the total cost of this renovation,
  • AND/OR
  • Parking lots which depend on buildings owned and occupied by small and medium-sized
    enterprises (as defined by Recommendation 2003/361/EC of the Commission of the May 6, 2003).

 

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