The 27 EU countries and MEPs agreed on Tuesday to impose in the Union a universal charger for smartphones, tablets, consoles and digital cameras by autumn 2024, then in a second phase for laptops, announced the European Parliament.
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This regulation, which will impose a USB-C port on all small and medium-sized electronic devices, aims to limit waste harmful to the environment and to defend the rights of consumers, forced to accumulate incompatible chargers for their different devices.
The American giant Apple, which defends its Lightning charging technology, fiercely opposed it.
