AFIR data transparency and reporting obligations for CPOs

AFIR does not ask operators for an annual performance report. What it asks for is a stream of data, published free of charge and in a defined format, about every public charge point. The obligation has applied since 14 April 2025, and the data format tightened on 14 April 2026. Here is what is in the text, and what is not.

Who reports what

The annual reporting in Article 18(1), due on 31 March with aggregated power and number of points, is the reporting of Member States, not of operators. Operators' duties sit in Article 20 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1804 and in the implementing act that sets the data format.

The data you must publish

Since 14 April 2025, operators, or the owners of the points, must make static and dynamic data available at no cost.

Static data: location, number of connectors, accessibility for people with reduced mobility, contact details of the owner or operator, opening hours, operator ID, connector type, current type (AC or DC), maximum power of the station and of the point, and vehicle compatibility.

Dynamic data: operational status (operational or out of order), availability (in use or free), ad hoc price, and whether the electricity is 100 % renewable. Free points are excluded from the dynamic part.

The data must be exposed through an API with free and unrestricted access, declared to the national access point (NAP). Member States make it accessible through their NAPs, in an open and non-discriminatory way. The Commission is to set up a common European access point by 31 December 2026.

Format: the 14 April 2026 step

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/655 applies from 14 April 2025. It requires the data to follow the table in its annex and, from 14 April 2026, the DATEX II model, at least CEN/TS 16157-10:2022. If your data still leaves your system as a custom export, this is the deadline that matters.

Each operator also needs an identifier. Each Member State designates an Identification Registration Organisation (IDRO) that issues ID codes at least to charge point operators and mobility service providers.

Connectivity and prices feed the same data

Article 5 supplies the facts you publish. Public points must be digitally connected, meaning they exchange information in real time and can be monitored and controlled remotely (since 14 October 2024). Prices follow transparency rules: per kWh from 50 kW, shown before the session starts. If the status or the price on your API differs from what the point displays, you have a compliance gap, not just a data-quality problem.

What the text does not require

No unverified rules. Figures sometimes quoted for refresh rates or annual operator reports are not found in the legal texts cited here, so do not present them as legal requirements.

No availability rate and no uptime report for operators. Only a recital mentions the uptime of services as desirable; what the operator publishes is the operational status and availability of each point.

No named protocol. OCPP does not appear in the regulation or in the acts above. In practice, status and price data usually come from the connection between your CSMS and the charge points, which is why a clean OCPP integration helps, but the text does not say so.

What to do this week

Compare one point end to end: what the charge point reports, what your CSMS stores, and what your API publishes. Check that your feed is declared to the NAP and uses the DATEX II model. Check that every point carries the operator ID issued by your national IDRO. GFO Omni is a CSMS that supervises charge points over OCPP 1.6, 2.0.1 and 2.1.