BELGIUM Trends and Developments Contributed by: Pieter Puelinckx, Yves Moreau, Melissa Verplancke and Lothar Van Driessche, Linklaters
every five spots so that charging points can be installed at a future date. The recast EPBD amends the existing law to: • extend the obligation to non-residential build - ings and to non-residential buildings under - going major renovation with more than five parking spaces; and • mandate cabling for at least 50% of car parking spaces to enable the installation of recharging points for EVs at a later stage. Non-residential structures with more than 20 parking spaces will be required to install at least one charging station for every ten spaces by the beginning of 2027. Newly built and renovated office buildings must also install at least one EV charging point for every two parking spaces. An existing exemption for SMEs is also removed.
In addition, mandatory bicycle parking spaces in new buildings and buildings undergoing major renovation are introduced. This aims to remove barriers to cycling becoming a central element of sustainable, zero-emission mobility. More granular and, in some cases, more strin - gent obligations have been and are being intro - duced by various Belgian regional governments, implementing existing and/or anticipating future EU law.
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