EU Votes Preferences Of One mobile Phone Charger For All Phones

The draft Radio Equipment Directive outlines a range of harmonized rules for bringing "radio equipment," which includes mobile phones and modems, on the market. The rules aim to make sure that the increasing range of devices don't interfere with each other and respect health and safety requirements. Part of the directive focused on reducing waste.

A common charger for mobile phones sold in the European Union should be developed in order to reduce waste and hassle for consumers, according to MEPs voting on an update to radio equipment laws this week.


MEPs called for a renewed effort to develop a common charger for certain categories of radio equipment—particularly mobile phones. They amended the draft law to stipulate that the ability to work with common chargers will be an essential requirement for radio equipment.

550 votes to 12 says that chargers need to be standardized.

It will be up to the European Commission to decide which specific types of radio equipment will have to meet the requirement.

Rapporteur Barbara Weiler said that the directive is "an efficient tool to prevent interference between different radio equipment devices."

If all goes well, the universal charger will be stipulated by local law in 2016.

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source : arstechnica.com