MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – Common charger for e-bikes – P-002152/2024

Priority question for written answer  P-002152/2024
to the Commission
Rule 144
Katarina Barley (S&D), Delara Burkhardt (S&D)

Consumers throughout the EU are bothered by the need to have several different chargers for the same category of products. This not only applies to mobile phones, for which the EU has now established the requirement to use a common charger, but also to e-bikes.

The Batteries Regulation obliges the Commission to ‘assess how best to introduce harmonised standards for a common charger for rechargeable batteries designed for light means of transport’, such as e-bikes, by 1 January 2025 (Regulation (EU) 2023/1542, Article 94(6)).

• 1.Will the Commission carry out this assessment on time?
• 2.Does the Commission already have preliminary findings?
• 3.Does the Commission plan to propose legislation on a common charger for e-bikes if the assessment deems common chargers advantageous for consumers in the EU?

Submitted: 17.10.2024