Restrictions & Incentives

a) use of tunnels i. – No. ii. – No. iii. – Not applicable. iv. – No. b) parking places (e.g. underground) i. – No. . ii. – No. iii. – Not applicable. iv. – No.i c) ferry i. – No. ii. – No. iii. – Not applicable. iv. – No. d) trains i. – No ii. – No iii. – No iv. – No e) others i. – No. ii. – No iii. – No iv. – No

a) access to specific lanes (e.g. bus) i. – Hydrogen cars are permitted to use public–transport lanes, in towns were such exist, the same way as electrical cars. ii. – Hydrogen buses have access to and are required to use public–transport lanes, the same way as other buses. iii. – No. And not so relevant. There is only one town with trolleybuses in Norway. iv. – If they will be classified and registered as other hydrogen vehicles, with HY licence plates, trucks will also have access to public–transport lanes. b) free/reduced fee parking i. – Up to 01.01.2017 hydrogen cars, together with electrical cars, enjoyed free parking in public parking spaces. This is still mostly the case, but from 01.01.2017, municipalities may choose whether to charge low emission vehicles for parking or not. A resolution that low emission cars maximally shall be charged 50% of the normal fee enters into force in 2018. ii. – The parking incentives apply to all EL and HY vehicles. iii. – Not applicable. iv. – The parking incentives apply to all EL and HY vehicles . c) tax incentives i. – Hydrogen and electrical cars are exempted from VAT, which is 25% for other cars. The Norwegian government has officially requested an extension of the zero VAT provision until 2020. ii. – Hydrogen buses are not exempted from VAT, but the VAT is tax deductable (as for all buses), when the owner has a licence for non–private use). iii. – Not relevant . iv. – No, but tax deductable VAT, as for other vehicles licenced for professional use. d) registration fee reduction i. – Hydrogen cars are exempted from the non–recurrent registration fee (engangsavgift) (the same way as electrical cars). This is a sizeable incentive. The non–recurrent fee is variable, based on weight and CO2 emission, where for example a car weighing 1.300 kg will give a weight fee of around 3000 EUR. If the same car emits 160 g CO–equivalents pr. km, this will give a total non–recurrent fee of around 14 000 EUR. ii. – There is no registration fee for buses and trucks for professional use. iii. – Not relevant. iv. – See ii. e) toll charges exemption (e.g. congestion charge in London) i. – As per now, hydrogen and electrical cars are exempted from road tolls in Norway. The government made a resolution in 2017, that electrical cars may be charged up to 50%, but hydrogen cars will remain exempted from road toll. 2018. ii. – Same as for cars. iii. – Not applicable. iv. – Same as for cars. f) public procurement rules i. – There are no public procurement rules that focus specifically on hydrogen vehicles. However, the Public Procurement Act requires the procuring agent to consider environmental aspects carefully and specify environmental requirements where this is relevant. Where environmental impact is used as a criterion it should be weighted minimum 30%. ii. – See answer i. iii. – Not so relevant. iv. – See answer i. g) others i. – From 01.01.2018, the system of annual fees has been replaced by a system of traffic insurance fees payable to the state (counted pr. day, not year). Hydrogen and electrical cars are exempted, while the normal fee for cars of less than 7500 kg will be 7,73 NOK (0,81 EUR) pr. day. ii. – For larger vehicles, the fee is calculated for each vehicle, depending on weight, number of shafts and spring system. However, all hydrogen vehicles will be exempted from the new traffic insurance fee. iii. – Not relevant. iv. – See answer ii.

Hydrogen vehicles do currently benefit from the same incentives as electrical vehicles. While there are plans to gradually reduce the incentives for electrical cars, this does not apply to hydrogen vehicles.