Alternative Fuels (AFIR)

Operators of publicly accessible charging and refuelling points are required to make static and dynamic data on the infrastructure they maintain freely available. This refers, for example, to information on the locations and numbers of charging and refuelling points, opening hours, maximum charging power, and prices per charging session. Access to the data must be provided via the operator’s application programming interface (API) in such a way that all end users of the data can access it through the National Access Point (NAP). In Finland, the National Access Point is the Traffic Data Catalogue, maintained by Fintraffic.

Further information on AFIR obligations is available on the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom’s website at https://traficom.fi/fi/afir

Instructions for Charging Sector Operators

A supplementary regulation concerning data availability entered into force on 14 April 2025. The data must be made available in Datex II format via an API by 14 April 2026. Before the deadline, the data may be provided in its existing digital format.

Follow these steps:

1. Register your AFIR ID through Traficom’s service: https://traficom.fi/en/idro
2. Register your OCPI protocol interface in the Traffic Data Catalogue (instructions).
3. Provide the required information for integrating the OCPI interface and delivering the data to the National Access Point (instructions).
4. Fintraffic compiles data made available via the OCPI interface into a national database and publishes interfaces in both JSON and Datex II formats. Fintraffic performs the conversion of operators’ data from the OCPI data model to the Datex II data model free of charge.

Achieving compliance in Finland

According to Traficom’s view, for the time being, publication in Datex II via the national database operated by Fintraffic is sufficient to fulfil an operator’s obligation to publish data in Datex II format. The European Commission may later clarify the related interpretation or regulatory requirements.