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Who is "they" in this case? Certainly not the EU mandate, since that has never existed before?

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> Following a mandate from the European Commission, the European Standardisation Bodies CEN-CENELEC and ETSI have now made available the harmonised standards needed for the manufacture of data-enabled mobile phones compatible with a new common charger

Circa 2010. Apple had an exemption

https://www.engadget.com/2010-12-29-european-standardization...

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