External power supplies

External Power Supplies (EPS) are devices used to supply electricity to, and to charge built-in batteries of electronic and electric devices such as laptops, mobile phones, tablets, MP3 players, electronic cigarettes, electric tooth brushes, electric shavers, etc. For products without built-in batteries, they serve as the main continuous source of power – for example standalone loudspeakers or computer network equipment such as modems and routers. EPSs are not the same as battery chargers, which charge stand-alone batteries or battery packs and which are exempted from this ecodesign regulation.

This Regulation establishes ecodesign requirements for the placing on the market or putting into service of external power supplies.