An initiative from the European Commission proposes that manufacturers of smartphones, tablets, headphones, cameras, speakers and consoles use a common charger, a measure that as a first impact would force Apple to adopt the USB-C connector. It was also reported that the chargers would be sold separately and a law would standardize fast charging technology and give the user the option to choose whether they want a new charger when purchasing a device.

The project promoted by the Commission is already more than ten years old, during which time it was left to the good will of the industry to agree to implement it. The rationale for imposing it is, on the one hand, to improve environmental conditions and, on the other, to produce savings close to 300 million dollars.
As part of the known reactions, Apple alleges that measures like this affect innovation. From the Commission, they respond that whenever these projects are promoted the reaction is that, but that in reality they only seek to benefit the users, to prevent them from accumulating obsolete chargers or from discarding them and generating 11,000 tons of technological waste each year.

If the project is approved, with the participation of European states and European Union legislators, there would be a period of two years for manufacturers to have it implemented.