USB-C mandatory for all portable devices
Published by:
Netherlands Enterprise Agency, RVO
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This change in law took effect on: 28 December 2024
What has changed?
Do you manufacture, import, or sell electronic devices? Small and medium-sized electronic devices that can be charged via a wired connection must have a USB Type-C port. USB-C is the mandatory standard connection for the USB charger. This applies in the whole of the European Union.
The following devices must have a USB-C connection:
- mobile phones
- tablets
- laptops
- e-readers
- earplugs
- digital cameras
- headphones
- headsets
- portable game consoles
- portable speakers
- keyboards/keypads
- computer mice
- portable navigation devices (sat navs)
- smart watches
- electronic toys
Devices that are too small for a USB-C connection and devices that can only be charged wirelessly do not need a USB Type-C port.
For laptops a transition period of 40 months applies.
For whom?
- manufacturers and importers of portable electronic devices
- vendors of portable electronic devices
When?
This change in the Commodities Act (Warenwet) has entered effect on 28 December 2024.