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posted by janrinok on Sunday February 02 2020, @12:43AM   Printer-friendly
from the highly-charged-decision dept.

The European Parliament (EP) just voted 582 to 40 to require one standard for chargers for all mobile phones. The EP cited the goals of reducing both frustration and electronic waste. The next step would be for the European Commission to draft a law and vote on it in July. Currently most of the industry uses micro-USB and is slowly adopting USB-C, however there are also phones using other connectors.

From the European Parliament resolution on a common charger for mobile radio equipment (2019/2983(RSP)):

1. Strongly stresses that there is an urgent need for EU regulatory action to reduce electronic waste, empower consumers to make sustainable choices, and allow them to fully participate in an efficient and well-functioning internal market;

2. Calls on the Commission to present and publish without further delay the results of the impact assessment on the introduction of a common charger for mobile telephones and other compatible devices with a view to proposing mandatory provisions;

3. Emphasises the need for a standard for a common charger for mobile radio equipment to be adopted as a matter of urgency in order to avoid further internal market fragmentation;

4. Calls, therefore, on the Commission to take action to introduce the common charger without any further delay by adopting the delegated act supplementing Directive 2014/53/EU on radio equipment defining a standard for a common charger for mobile phones and other small and medium-sized radio equipment by July 2020, or, if necessary, by adopting a legislative measure by July 2020 at the latest;

Earlier on SN:
The Dream Of A Common Charger Is Alive, Despite Apple's Complaining (2020)
European MEPs Back Single Charger Standard (2014)


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Coward, Anonymous on Sunday February 02 2020, @04:50AM (3 children)

    by Coward, Anonymous (7017) on Sunday February 02 2020, @04:50AM (#952641) Journal

    The European Parliament (EP) just voted 582 to 40 to require one standard for chargers for all mobile phones.

    Don't all phone chargers have USB-A output these days? Only the phone end of the cable is different.

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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 02 2020, @08:45AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 02 2020, @08:45AM (#952672)

    My understanding is that that only happened due to previous action by the European Parliament.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 02 2020, @01:35PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 02 2020, @01:35PM (#952699)

    Don't all phone chargers have USB-A output these days? Only the phone end of the cable is different.

    Because EU required micro USB-C plugs on the phone side so everyone did a sane thing and had USB-A plug on the charger end. This allowed for innovation on charger designs, including QuickCharge and Power IQ. You know, shit that was impossible before EU stepped up to the plate. It also allowed users to just replace their shitty broken cables or have a charger that can charge multiple devices or chargers that are inter-operable.

    But you can say that it was magic that industry standardizes without actual laws .... that EU directive expired and look what's happening in last few years. Already have a few plugs even when started with standardized connector.