From 1 January 2025, a new obligation has been imposed on the owners of non-residential buildings, namely the obligation to install a charging station for electric vehicles. This obligation is part of a new Building Act (Act No. 283/2021 Coll., as amended) according to which the owners of non-residential buildings with more than 20 parking spaces are required to ensure the installation of at least 1 charging station (§ 167 letter e) of the Building Act). Such obligation is applicable to the newly constructed as well as the existing non-residential buildings. Parameters of the charging stations are defined by Decree No. 146/2024 Coll., on construction requirements (the “Decree”).
Please be informed that on 13 March 2025 the president of the Czech Republic signed a new act amending certain provisions of the Building Act, including provisions concerning the aforementioned obligation to install at least 1 charging station for electric vehicles (the “Amending Act”). On the basis of the Amending Act, the relevant obligation will be postponed until 1 January 2027. The amendments relating to the charging stations shall take effect on the 1st day of the 5th calendar month after publication of the Amending Act in the Collection of Laws. The Amending Act has not been published yet, however, its publication can be expected in March 2025.
Based on the Amending Act, the aforementioned obligation has undergone further significant amendments (in addition to the postponement of its effectivity to 1 January 2027), namely the obligation shall apply:
- where technically feasible, and
- to non-residential buildings, in which energy is used for indoor air conditioning environment for heating or cooling purposes, and
- to non-residential buildings with more than 20 parking spaces,
and the obligation shall include the obligation to install:
- at least 1 charging station for every 10 car parking spaces, or
- cable ducts for at least 50 % of car parking spaces,
where the conditions for the installation of the charging stations shall be set by legal regulations implementing relevant provisions of the Building Act.
Further, the obligation as specified above may be postponed until 1 January 2029 if the owner has installed at least 1 charging station between 28 May 2022 and 28 May 2024.
Slightly different conditions are set by the Amending Act for non-residential buildings owned or used by public entities. Public entities shall be obliged to ensure the installation of cabling for at least 50 % of car parking spaces in non-residential buildings, where energy is used for indoor air conditioning environment for heating or cooling purposes, and their installation shall be ensured by 1 January 2033.
A fine of up to CZK 400,000 may be imposed for a breach of the aforementioned obligation.
Based on the Amending Act and effective as of 29 May 2026, the installation of charging infrastructure must be ensured in new buildings, both non-residential, in which energy is used for indoor air conditioning environment for heating or cooling purposes, as well as residential, or in alterations to the non-residential or residential completed buildings that exceed 25 % of the total building envelope area. The obligation does not apply to alterations of a completed building if the cost of installing the charging infrastructure exceeds at least 10 % of the total costs for the alteration of the completed building.
A fine of up to CZK 400,000 may be imposed for a breach of the aforementioned obligation as well.
To be complete, an obligation to install a charging point and a cable duct in new buildings (non-residential as well as residential) or in alterations to the completed buildings (residential or non-residential), including detailed conditions for fulfilling such obligation, are already specified in the Decree, namely in § 61 of the Decree.
