EU to introduce universal charger for portable electronic devices - TVP World

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The EU issued last support for a cosmopolitan charger larboard for portable physics devices. The authorities has been approved by each EU countries. Earlier this month, the European Parliament adopted the decision. By 2024, the communal charging larboard for these devices volition beryllium the USB benignant C.

The cosmopolitan charger larboard authorities volition interest devices including mobile phones, e-readers, cameras, headphones, games consoles, portable speakers and others. It volition travel into unit successful autumn 2024. The regularisation concerning larger devices specified arsenic laptops volition travel into unit successful outpouring 2026.

USB-C volition beryllium the caller modular larboard for each Europeans.

This means much savings for EU consumers and little discarded for the planet:

🔌 mobile phones, tablets, cameras… volition each usage USB benignant C
🔌 harmonised fast-charging technology
🔌 unbundling of merchantability of chargers#DigitalEU pic.twitter.com/NLF5tJLeZp

— European Commission 🇪🇺 (@EU_Commission) June 11, 2022

It took EU countries much than a decennary to negociate regulations connected this issue. At first, manufacturers voluntarily tried to harmonise standards and retired of much than 30 chargers connected the market, 3 types stay connected the marketplace today. However, the caller regulations volition necessitate unified standards.

We invited @europarl_en adoption of our connection for a communal charger to trim physics discarded and the fuzz of having respective cables for antithetic devices.

USB Type-C larboard volition beryllium the caller modular for portable devices by the extremity of 2024.#DigitalEU pic.twitter.com/R1gPbIBY4D

— European Commission 🇪🇺 (@EU_Commission) October 4, 2022

Changes for Apple

US elephantine Apple, which has truthful acold breached retired of the communal arrangements, volition person to alteration the connectors connected the devices to merchantability its products connected the EU market.

The regulations besides supply for the harmonisation of charging speeds. In addition, the charger volition nary longer beryllium compulsorily sold with the phone.

It is estimated that consumers volition prevention up to EUR 250 mln per twelvemonth from the changes. The authorities besides aims to trim the magnitude of electro-waste.

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