Press Release: Commission welcomes new EU standards for common mobile phone charger

Following a mandate from the European Commission, the European Standardisation Bodies CEN-CENELEC and ETSI made available in January 2011 the harmonised standards needed for the manufacture of data-enabled mobile phones compatible with a new common charger.

This is the most recent development in the process towards a global common mobile phone charger initiated by the European Commission. It follows the June 2009 agreement of fourteen leading mobile phone producers to harmonise chargers for data-enabled mobile phones (i.e. that can be connected to a computer) sold in the European Union.

EurActiv, 5.1.11: Common mobile phone charger to hit EU shelves http://www.euractiv.com/food/common-smart-phone-charger-shortly-eu-shelves-news-500967

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