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The USB-C charging mandate arrives in the EU — here’s what that means
The direct aims to reduce e-waste and solve market fragmentation.
Despite these pools of murkiness, the key point is the majority of consumer-facing tech in the EU must be equipped with a “ USB-C receptacle.” Although, this only applies to the device side, as charging brick connections aren’t covered in this directive. For consumers, the field of fast charging will probably remain confusing in the short term, but as the hardware people already own is slowly replaced, the directive should make this process simpler in the future. The third part of the common charging solution is, as the European Commission puts it, giving consumers the chance to “purchase a new electronic device without a new charger.” Its aim is to stop excessive waste resulting from buyers owning too many duplicate chargers that go unused.
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