Law in the Internet Society

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Introduction

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<		Last month, the European Commission (“EC”) presented a proposal to mandate a common charging solution across the European Union (“EU”) Member States. Although the main objectives of the plan are consumer convenience and reduction of electronic waste (“e-waste”) and its scope is limited to certain types of equipment, its potential to achieve interoperability will also enable individuals to have access to a more affordable equipment due to the adoption of a common standard across the market. Together with plans for interoperability in multiple layers ranging from equipment level to infrastructure level, the approach used by the proposal can be one piece of jigsaw in a bigger picture of a freer digital society.
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>		In September 2021, the European Commission (“EC”) presented a proposal to mandate a common charging solution across the European Union (“EU”) Member States. Although the plan seems to target certain companies holding proprietary charging solution rather than to pursue consumer convenience and reduction of electronic waste (“e-waste”) as per its objectives, and its scope is limited to certain types of equipment, unbundling effect that comes with it is instrumental to achieve more interoperability. The adoption of a common and royalty-free standard across the market will enable individuals to have access to a more affordable equipment and work to create a market with less network effects. This shows how standardisation based on free technology supports freer digital society and why we should promote it.
 

The Proposal


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