Electromobility for the housing industry
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On February 11, 2021, the Building Electromobility Infrastructure Act (GEIG) Passed by the German Bundestag, it entered into force on March 6, 2021. The law aims to accelerate the expansion of the electrical and charging infrastructure in buildings, while simultaneously keeping the resulting construction and housing costs within reasonable limits.

For new residential buildings with more than five parking spaces, the German Energy and Housing Act (GEIG) stipulates that each parking space must be equipped with conduits for future charging infrastructure. This also applies to new non-residential buildings with more than six parking spaces. In these cases, every third parking space must be equipped with conduits and at least one charging point must be installed.

What you should consider now

If major renovations of existing residential buildings with more than ten parking spaces are planned, all parking spaces must be equipped with empty conduits in the future.

For non-residential buildings with more than ten parking spaces, every fifth parking space must be equipped with empty conduits and at least one charging point must be installed. Additionally, from January 1, 2025, non-residential buildings with more than twenty parking spaces must be equipped with at least one charging point.

(Source: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, Building Electromobility Infrastructure Act (GEIG))

Another measure to promote electromobility in Germany was the reform of the Condominium Act (WEG). Previously, individual owners in condominium associations who wanted to charge their vehicles at home faced considerable difficulties. Condominium Ownership Modernization Act (WEMoG), which came into force on December 1, 2020, therefore defines the entitlement to and the construction of charging infrastructure.

With the WEMoG (German Act on the Modernization of Condominium Law), every apartment owner and tenant who has a personal parking space is entitled to a charging point (§ 20 para. 2 & § 554 para. 1 WEMoG). Furthermore, resolutions can now be passed by a simple majority, without requiring the consent of all owners affected by a measure.

Who bears the costs?

In principle, the resulting costs are borne by the user or those owners who have agreed to the measure, unless other agreements have been made. All apartment owners must bear the resulting costs according to their share of ownership if the measure has been decided upon by more than two-thirds of the votes cast and more than half of the share of ownership (§ 21 para. 2 no. 1 WEMoG).