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(1) Article 20(2) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1804 provides that by 14 April 2025, operators of publicly accessible recharging points and refuelling points for alternative fuels, or, in accordance with the arrangements between them, the owners of those points, are to ensure the availability of static data and dynamic data concerning alternative fuels infrastructure operated by them, or services inherently linked to such infrastructure that they provide or they outsource, at no cost. 

(2) In order to provide free and unrestricted access to that data and enable an automated and uniform data exchange between the operators of publicly accessible recharging and refuelling points and data users, Article 20(3) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1804 requires each operator of publicly accessible recharging and refuelling points for alternative fuels, or, in accordance with the arrangements between them, the owner of those points, to set up an application programme interface (API). 

(3) This Regulation lays down common technical requirements for a common API to enable an automated and uniform data exchange between the operators of publicly accessible recharging and refuelling points for alternative fuels and data users. 

(4) Operators of publicly accessible recharging and refuelling points or owners of those points may set up the API themselves or use a protocol solution for the API developed by relevant market actors, including third party providers. Such protocol solutions for the API should comply with the common technical requirements for the API laid down in this Regulation. 

(5) In order to specifically promote the interoperability, convergence and greater transparency of APIs based on protocol solutions developed by relevant market actors for the different publicly accessible recharging points and refuelling points for alternative fuels, it is necessary to introduce a number of common technical requirements. Those technical requirements should ensure a minimum of compatibility, scalability, robustness and security to enable an automated and uniform data exchange between the operators of publicly accessible recharging points and refuelling points for alternative fuels and data users across the Union. 

(6) In order to ensure the predictable development of APIs for operators of publicly accessible recharging and refuelling points or owners of those points, the common technical requirements should ensure that protocol solutions contain information on the APIs based on a detailed technical development plan that is publicly accessible, for example on a dedicated website, with relevant operational details to inform technical implementation and continuity over time. This requirement should also facilitate access of interested operators of alternative fuels infrastructure to up-to-date publicly accessible documentation and guidelines for seamless integration and usage by data users, including comprehensive training and technical support materials. 

(7) The common technical requirements for a common API should also facilitate the technical work of Member States when making the data concerning alternative fuels infrastructure accessible as open data through NAPs in accordance with Article 20(4) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1804 and Directive 2010/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and in compliance with the additional specifications in the Delegated Regulations adopted on the basis of that Directive. 

(8) To anticipate future developments and the implementation of Article 20(5) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1804, the common technical requirements for a common API should contribute to the technical set up of the common European access point that the Commission is to establish by 31 December 2026. These common technical requirements should aid in the future operation of the common European access point so that data users can easily access data and compare information on the characteristics of the alternative fuels infrastructure, such as price, accessibility, availability or power capacity. 

(9) Article 20(8) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1804 requires the delegated and implementing acts referred to in paragraphs 6 and 7 of that Article to lay down reasonable transitional periods before the provisions contained therein, or amendments thereof, become binding on the operators or owners of recharging points and refuelling points for alternative fuels. Therefore, this Regulation should apply from 14 April 2025 as that date coincides with the date of application of Article 20(2) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1804,