Ecodesign Requirements for External Power Supplies: What Businesses Need to Know Now

This quick guide will give you insight on:

• What's newly in scope - wireless chargers, wireless charging pads, general-purpose battery chargers, and standalone USB-C cables

• The new interoperability mandate - a USB Type-C/PD port required on nearly every AC/DC power supply, plus the 'Common Charger' logo labeling rules

• The tightened efficiency and no-load power limits, with before/after figures

• Where exemptions apply, and how to document them

• Every key compliance deadline from 2025 through 2033

• A practical action plan for auditing your portfolio and closing gaps

New EU Ecodesign Rules Are Rewriting the Rulebook for Power Supplies and Chargers

Regulation (EU) 2025/2052 expands scope to wireless chargers, charging pads and USB-C cables, and makes a USB-C port mandatory on nearly every AC/DC power supply. Here's what changes, when, and what your business needs to do before 14 December 2028.

A regulation with a much wider net. Regulation (EU) 2025/2052 replaces the decade-old Regulation (EU) 2019/1782, bringing wireless chargers, wireless charging pads, battery chargers, and standalone USB-C cables into scope for the first time.

Interoperability: the defining change. From 14 December 2028, nearly every AC/DC power supply must include a detachable USB Type-C or USB PD port delivering full rated power, and carry the new 'Common Charger' logo. A narrow set of exemptions applies, but each must be documented with evidence.

Tighter efficiency, on a hard deadline. No-load limits drop sharply (up to 67% in some categories), and minimum efficiency at 10% load becomes binding for the first time. Early compliance has been legal since 14 December 2025; the rules bind fully on 14 December 2028.

Download this complimentary Quick Guide for the complete breakdown of scope changes, efficiency tables, labeling requirements, the full exemption list, and a deadline-by-deadline action plan.