Good news for consumers: By autumn 2024 at the latest, all phones, tablets, e-readers, headphones, wireless headphones, handheld video game consoles in the European Union … will have to adopt a universal USB charger- C.
Published: October 4, 2022 at 1:11 pm
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On Tuesday, the European Parliament gave the final green light to the requirement of an identical charger for all smartphones, tablets and other consoles. After this plebiscite of deputies in Strasbourg, the USB-C type ports will become the only charger for portable electronic devices sold in the EU by autumn 2024, despite strong opposition from Apple.
” It’s a great day for consumers, a great day for our environment “, Exulted, in the hemicycle of the European Parliament, the Maltese Labor MEP Alex Agius Saliba, rapporteur of the text voted with 602 votes (13 against, 8 abstentions). ” This is the past! “, He had launched, during a debate a few hours earlier, waving a tangle of heterogeneous magazines, like those found in the drawers of most Europeans.
Smartphones aren’t the only ones affected
This obligation applies to mobile phones, tablets, e-readers, headphones, digital cameras, wireless headphones, handheld video game consoles, GPS devices, computer keyboards and mice, as well as portable speakers. And this, regardless of their manufacturer. Laptops will also be affected by early 2026.
With its vote, the European Parliament validated the agreement reached in early June with member states, after a decade of attempts to try to impose this single charger, to the chagrin of Apple, the main opponent of such pioneering legislation in the world. . ” I am convinced that many countries will follow the example of the EU. We will be leaders “, Said Bulgarian Andrey Kovachev, from the main EPP political group (right).
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