The European Union took another step on Thursday towards the mandatory introduction of a common mobile phone charger, which could power-up all makes of handsets. The European Parliament in Strasbourg voted in favour of draft legislation which lists among the “essential requirements” of electrical goods approved by the EU a compatibility with “universal” chargers. While the bill has the informal backing of the EU’s 28 member states, it is now up to the European Commission, the EU’s executive, to detail what a common phone charger should look like and the conditions under which it would be imposed on the industry. If adopted in its current form, the legislation would include all “radio” products, meaning any piece of equipment which
Reported by BGR India 4 hours ago.
The European Union took another step on Thursday towards the mandatory introduction of a common mobile phone charger, which could power-up all makes of handsets. The European Parliament in Strasbourg voted in favour of draft legislation which lists among the “essential requirements” of electrical goods approved by the EU a compatibility with “universal” chargers. While the bill has the informal backing of the EU’s 28 member states, it is now up to the European Commission, the EU’s executive, to detail what a common phone charger should look like and the conditions under which it would be imposed on the industry. If adopted in its current form, the legislation would include all “radio” products, meaning any piece of equipment which
Reported by BGR India 4 hours ago.