USB-C mandatory for all portable devices

What changes?

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) will enter into effect on 28 December 2024.