Following Parliament’s approval during October I plenary, EU consumers will soon be able to use a single charging solution for their electronic devices.

&nbsp;By the end of 2024, all mobile phones, tablets and cameras sold in the EU will have to be equipped with a USB Type-C charging port. From spring 2026, the obligation will extend to laptops. The new law, adopted by plenary on Tuesday with 602 votes in favour, 13 against and 8 abstentions, is part of a broader EU effort to reduce e-waste and to empower consumers to make more sustainable choices.

Under the new rules, consumers will no longer need a different charger every time they purchase a new device, as they will be able to use one single charger for a whole range of small and medium-sized portable electronic devices.

Regardless of their manufacturer, all new mobile phones, tablets, digital cameras, headphones and headsets, handheld videogame consoles and portable speakers, e-readers, keyboards, mice, portable navigation systems, earbuds and laptops that are rechargeable via a wired cable, operating with a power delivery of up to 100 Watts, will have to be equipped with a USB Type-C port.

Council will have to formally approve the Directive before it is published in the EU Official Journal. It will enter into force 20 days after publication. Member states will then have 12 months to transpose the rules and 12 months after the transposition period ends to apply them. The new rules would not apply to products placed on the market before the date of application.

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Common EU charger

Common Chargers: statement by Alex AGIUS SALIBA (S&D,MT), rapporteur

IMCO Committee - Common Chargers, Machinery Regulation, Report back form Trilogue.

Infoclip: Common chargers and users

Common charger for mobile radio equipment: extracts from the vote and from the debate (13/01)

Common mobile charger ?

Press conference on the final vote on Common charger in the European Parliament

Press conference by Alex AGIUS SALIBA (S&D, MT), rapporteur, on the final vote on common charger

Radio Equipment Directive - common charger for electronic devices: extracts from the debate, from the vote and illustration shots

Votes including Radio Equipment Directive: common charger for electronic devices

Radio Equipment Directive - common charger for electronic devices: closing statement by Alex AGIUS SALIBA (S&D, MT), Rapporteur and by Margrethe VESTAGER, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Europe fit for the Digital Age

Radio Equipment Directive - common charger for electronic devices: MEPs debate (part 2)

Radio Equipment Directive - common charger for electronic devices: MEPs debate (part 1)

EPRS policy podcast - A common charger for electronic devices: Revision of the Radio Equipment Directive

EP Plenary session - Radio Equipment Directive: common charger for electronic devices

Radio Equipment Directive - common charger for electronic devices: opening statement by Alex AGIUS SALIBA (S&D, MT), Rapporteur and by Margrethe VESTAGER, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Europe fit for the Digital Age

Common Charger: Statement by Anna Cavazzini (Greens/EFA, DE), Chair of IMCO

Infoclip: Phone chargers

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