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EU Energy labelling will apply to phones and tablets from June 2025

Product Energy Efficiency - Smartphones and Tablets. The 2023 regulations cover smartphones, feature phones, cordless phones and slate tablets. They do not apply to tablet computers, to products with flexible main display (roll-up), and to smartphones for high security communication. Energy labelling is foreseen only for smartphones and slate tablets.

resistance to accidental drops or scratches and protection from dust and water sufficiently durable batteries which can withstand at least 800 charge and discharge cycles while retaining at least 80% of their initial capacity rules on disassembly and repair, including obligations for producers to make critical spare parts available within 5-10 working days, and for 7 years after the end of sales of the product model on the EU market availability of operating system upgrades for longer periods (at least 5 years from the date of the end of placement on the market of the last unit of a product model) non-discriminatory access for professional repairers to any software or firmware needed for the replacement This graphic shows the estimated sales, stock, energy consumption (primary, electric or fuel), greenhouse gas emissions, consumer expenses and business revenues for years 2010 and 2030. Due to the drop in sales following the lifetime extension measures, an additional primary energy saving of 3.9 TWh (14 PJ) is obtained in the production phase (grey in graph below).

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