The regulation is still only a draft law and must be approved by Europe's council of ministers. However, that body has already given its informal backing to the law, suggesting it will win final approval.
European member states will have until 2016 to translate the regulation into national laws and manufacturers will then have 12 months to switch to the new design
The reason for this regulation is both to help consumers and to cut down on electronic waste (51,000 tonnes annually)."
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Saturday March 15 2014, @05:15PM
I don't see what's wrong with a trapezoidal plug. Now the rectangular standard-size USB plug which looks symmetric but still fits only one way, that is annoying.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.