NEN, the Dutch standards institute, opened a self-declaration register for smart private charging points that comply with NTA 8043:2024. Manufacturers and importers register a product themselves at zelfverklaringen.nl, pay a fee, and after NEN's review the product is listed with an official self-declaration. NEN issues no certificate and runs no independent lab test; the manufacturer states compliance, and NEN records it.
Linda Kersten-van Gaalen, NEN's portfolio manager for process and quality, said the register is meant to build trust among consumers, installers and grid operators dealing with smart charging: "Dit zorgt voor meer vertrouwen bij consumenten, installateurs, netbeheerders en andere partijen die bezig zijn met slimme laadoplossingen" ("This creates more trust among consumers, installers, grid operators and other parties working with smart charging solutions").
NTA 8043 covers more than the charge point itself. Its scope is smart private charging points and charging services, so a self-declaration can concern the hardware, the backend steering it, or both. For a buyer, that is the detail worth reading before assuming a declared product means the whole setup is covered: the charge point and the software doing the actual smart charging, dynamic-tariff steering or load balancing are not always the same vendor. Plugchoice smart charging runs that layer independently of which charger is installed.
Sources: Solar & Storage Magazine, "NEN opent zelfverklaringsregister voor slimme laadpalen", August 18, 2026. Installatie.nl, "Register maakt slimme laadpalen herkenbaar", August 13, 2026. NEN, NTA 8043:2024. Zelfverklaringen.nl (NEN).