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EU law mandating universal chargers for devices comes into force (www.france24.com)

submitted 3 days ago by minyaen@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Suck it micro USB, mini USB, and lightning! 🪫🔋

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[–] sockenklaus@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Are you sure? The EU parliament explicitly mentions USB C as the new mandatory standard.

[–] uis@lemm.ee 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX%3A32022L2380

USB C is mentioned in annex Ia and as an example in articles 11 and 12. As I understand previous articles, it is possible to use other standards that satisfy citeria from article 9.

[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 5 points 2 days ago

Open standard W