The 2025 milestones of the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR) for TEN-T corridors have passed, and the 2027 ones are next. Most of the corridor targets are addressed to Member States, not to individual operators. For a CPO, the useful question is what those targets imply for the sites you build, the rules that apply to every public point, and the data you must publish.
Who the corridor targets bind
AFIR is a regulation: it is directly applicable in all Member States and has applied since 13 April 2024. The corridor targets in Articles 3 and 4 oblige Member States to ensure that the network is equipped. They are not a per-station duty for each operator, and a 400 kW or 150 kW figure is not a rule your own station must meet by itself.
They still shape the market. States turn them into tenders, concessions and permitting priorities, and these are the documents that may set obligations on you, possibly including availability levels, which AFIR itself does not quantify.
Light vehicles: power per pool and distance
The unit is the recharging pool, meaning one or more stations at a given location. On the TEN-T core network, pools must be at most 60 km apart, in each direction of travel.
On the comprehensive network, the 60 km spacing also applies. At least 50% of the network length must have a pool of at least 300 kW with one 150 kW point by 31 December 2027, the whole network by 31 December 2030, and pools of at least 600 kW with two 150 kW points by 31 December 2035.
Derogations exist. A single pool can serve both directions, with power reduced by up to 50%, on sections below 8,500 light vehicles per day where the pool is not economically justified. Spacing can reach 100 km below 3,000 light vehicles per day. Do not confuse these pool targets with the 1.3 kW per registered battery electric car in Article 3(1)(a): that is a national fleet-based target, not a corridor figure.
Heavy-duty vehicles
Article 4 sets separate, higher thresholds, which apply to heavy-duty vehicles and not to cars. By 31 December 2025, pools of at least 1,400 kW with at least one 350 kW point must cover 15% of the TEN-T length. By 31 December 2027, the share is 50%, and on the core network pools of at least 2,800 kW with two 350 kW points. By 31 December 2030, core-network pools every 60 km at most must offer at least 3,600 kW with two 350 kW points. Safe and secure parking areas also have their own thresholds.
What applies to every public point
Whatever the corridor, several rules bind the operator directly.
AFIR does not name OCPP. It requires remote control and connectivity, and OCPP is how most operators meet that in practice.
How a CPO prepares
1. Map your sites against the targets. For each site on or near a corridor, note the pool power, the number of 150 kW or 350 kW points and the payment equipment.
2. Check the contract documents. Availability and reporting duties may come from the tender, concession or funder, not from AFIR.
3. Plan the power. Pools of 600 kW or more need grid connection capacity early. Smart charging that shares a limited connection between points is part of the answer.
4. Make the back-end ready. Status, availability and price must flow to the national access point in the required format, and remote control must work across your hardware vendors.
What to do this week
List your public sites on the TEN-T network, check which meet today's pool thresholds and which payment and ISO 15118 requirements apply to each. GFO Omni is a CSMS supporting OCPP 1.6, 2.0.1 and 2.1 that supervises charging points.