Free Training on Key Regulations in the Field of Electromobility

The mobility transition is in full swing and has immediate, concrete impacts on businesses, municipalities, and private individuals. Knowing the legal requirements and optimal implementation in detail can provide significant (competitive) advantages for individual players and also help the economy as a whole to manage the transformation as effectively as possible. Therefore, the Berlin consulting firm M3E, which specializes in sustainable mobility, has developed a free email course that imparts practical knowledge on selected, very important policies.

The political shaping of mobility is currently in full swing

Those who do not engage deeply with this topic find it difficult to stay up to date or to understand at which political level decisions are made. Laws, guidelines, regulations, statutes: As in many other areas of society, the framework within which mobility operates is shaped by numerous actors and rules. To provide more clarity in this area, M3E has compiled the most important legal terms and, as part of an innovative training program, has explained five of the crucial key regulations of e-mobility in detail.

The most important legal terms

The different legal terms and their relationship to each other (norm hierarchy):

• Basic Law: Although EU law generally takes precedence over national law in the event of a conflict, it is not automatically "above" the Basic Law. The Federal Constitutional Court and the European Court of Justice maintain a cooperative relationship
• European law: EU regulations that apply to all EU member states and must be transformed into national law – particularly regulations and directives. EU regulations are binding legal provisions that must be implemented by the member states without their own discretion, e.g. the CO₂ fleet limit regulation. EU directives address common goals of the member states. Framework requirements ("framework laws") are formulated, which do not contain specific measures to achieve the goals – this is left to the states when drafting national legislation, which is why implementation can differ significantly from one member state to another. Example: Renewable Energy Directive.
• Laws: Federal laws apply to the entire federal territory, while state laws are only valid in the respective federal state. Federal law example: The Building Electromobility Infrastructure Act (GEIG), with which EU directives on the energy efficiency of buildings were implemented.
• Subordinate national regulations – ordinances and statutes: Legal norms that stand below formal law in the norm hierarchy. Ordinances are issued by executive bodies (government, administration) and differ from formal laws in that the norm issuer is different. Examples: Road Traffic Regulations (StVO) and Charging Station Ordinance (LSV). Public law statutes are in Germany legal norms issued by a legal entity under public law equipped with so-called statutory autonomy for their area, e.g. parking statutes of municipalities.

Knowing the respective legal level provides, among other things, information on whether companies need to inquire anew about certain requirements at different locations (e.g. another municipality, another federal state, another EU state), as these may differ from one another.

Key Regulations of Electromobility

Even more important than the knowledge of legal levels for companies and municipalities are the respective mobility-relevant regulations that play a major role in everyday operations. To provide businesses and communities with efficient tools for creating future-proof mobility solutions and business models, the electromobility experts at M3E have created an innovative training program. As part of the free email course, the key regulations of electromobility are explained compactly and concisely, with practical relevance always at the forefront. Subscribers of the email course receive important information and recommendations on current political guidelines weekly over five weeks. The first two courses will focus on the important regulation on the development of infrastructure for alternative fuels (AFIR) and the increasingly relevant ESG criteria (Environmental, Social, Governance) for companies—especially the implementation of electromobility allows for a better ESG rating. The further courses will also cover essential aspects of sustainable mobility and its political regulation. Recipients will receive a well-grounded overview that will make a difference in strategic planning.

Dr. Christian Milan, founder and managing director of M3E, explains: "With our free email course, we address the training needs in numerous areas of sustainable mobility. Whether for companies or municipalities, having precise knowledge and intelligently implementing legal requirements is quite literally worth money in the implementation of the mobility transition."

The email course "Key Regulations of Electromobility" is now online and will be permanently available. If there are changes to the regulations, the course will be updated accordingly.

Here you will find further information and an opportunity for free and non-binding registration.