The Landgericht München I ruled on October 6, 2026 (case 33 O 2062/25) that charge point operator EWE Go may not charge the roaming provider Digital Charging Solutions (DCS) more per kWh than it charges its own contract customers. DCS runs charging services for BMW and Mercedes-Benz and is a joint venture of BMW, Mercedes-Benz and BP.
At the same charge point in January 2025, EWE Go billed DCS 0.837 euros per kWh through its B2B Offer2All rate, ad-hoc payers 0.79 euros and registered app customers 0.52 euros, according to electrive. The court read Article 5(3) of the EU's AFIR regulation, which bars discrimination between end users and mobility service providers, as covering that gap, and did not accept EWE Go's reasons of administrative cost, customer service and business risk. EWE Go must also compensate DCS for losses since AFIR took effect on April 13, 2024; the amount is not yet set. Plugchoice has not seen the judgment itself; the figures here are as electrive reports them.
The ruling is first instance and not final. EWE Go told electrive it needs time to study the reasoning and cannot comment further while proceedings continue.
For operators, the ruling puts every price a roaming partner pays next to the price their own customers pay. Plugchoice tracks EWE Go and other charge point operators in its operator directory.
Sources: electrive.net, "Wegweisendes Urteil: EWE Go soll DCS nur die Preise für Vertragskunden berechnen", October 6, 2026. electrive.com, "Landmark ruling: EWE Go must offer DCS same prices as end customers", October 7, 2026.