The European Union wants to introduce uniform requirements for electronics manufacturing

Changes should go into effect in 2021. The device should be more durable, upgradeable and ready to be reused. Legislators want to oblige manufacturers to use more recycled materials. For these conditions, the EU is ready to promote the company.

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the report, published by the European Commission, said that “single use devices will be limited, premature aging is prevented, and the destruction without disposing of unsold durable goods is prohibited.” Also, consumers will have to obtain information about reliability and maintainability of the gadgets.

last year, the European Commission adopted such rules in respect of home appliances – washing machines, TVs, etc. Now under got all the electronics.

one-time use of gadgets will be limited, and premature aging are prevented

According to the presenter of the program “Вести.net” Philip mills, detailing the requirements of the bill can be difficult. “The EU wanted to standardize the supply. As a result, while the made decisions, a single standard is USB Type C without regulation,” – said the expert. Under standardization was only Apple with its original Lightning connector, moreover, the iPad Pro is now using the Type C. And for standardization they can put an adapter.

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In Russia, this is still far away. “Unification of devices is complex in practice, so in the short term to wait for the adoption of such draft law in Russia should not”, thsaid Dmitry Drozhbin, founder of the service center Fixed One.

According to Dmitry Ryabinin, head of hi-tech mail.ru such an initiative could lead to higher prices of electronics by 10-15%, and the overall economic situation in the world, and especially in Russia, it now does not help.