EU countries give green light for common charger by fall 2024 - POLITICO Europe

The European Union's situation ministers Monday gave the last motion connected a mandatory USB-C charging larboard for physics devices by 2024.

USB-C volition go mandatory for a scope of devices, similar mobile phones, tablets and e-readers, integer cameras and crippled consoles, headphones and loudspeakers, wireless mice and keyboards, and portable navigation systems. The rules volition use 24 months aft entering into force, apt to beryllium autumn 2024. Laptops person a longer grace play — of 40 months — which means a communal charger for laptops volition travel by aboriginal 2026.

"Having a charger that fits aggregate devices volition prevention wealth and clip and besides helps america trim physics waste," Czech Industry Minister Jozef Síkela said — adding that e-waste owed to chargers presently amounts to 11,000 metric tons a year.

Lawmakers successful the European Parliament already gave their approval successful aboriginal October. The adjacent steps for the measure are to beryllium signed by Parliament President Roberta Metsola and a typical of the Council of the EU, presently held by the Czech Republic, and to beryllium published successful the EU's Official Journal (entering into unit 20 days aft publication).

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