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Effective from December 28th, 2024, sellers in the EU and Northern Ireland listing certain rechargeable devices (such as portable electronic devices) must comply with the Common Charger Directive (CCD). This directive promotes the use of common chargers for mobile phones and other portal electronic devices and is aimed to help reduce electronic waste and decrease environmental impact.

Important! New and existing (upon revise) listings that do not provide this information may be hidden until the seller provides the required information.

To comply with this directive, the following aspects must be specified through the aspects field when creating or updating an inventory item record using the createOrReplaceInventoryItem or createOrReplaceInventoryItemGroup methods of the Inventory API, or through the ItemSpecifics field when creating or updating a listing using the Add/Revise/Relist Item family of calls of the Trading API:

  • Charger Included: Indicates if a charger is included with the purchase of the item or not. For example, a value of Yes indicates that a charger is included with the purchase.

  • Device Charging Range: The power range (in watts) required to charge the product. Only numbers will be accepted, with a maximum of 3 digits and up to 1 decimal place supported. This value must be provided in "min-max" format. For example, a value of 10-20.5 indicates the product has a power range of 10 to 20.5 watts.

  • Features: This aspect must be included with the following value if applicable:

    • USB-PD (fast charging): This value indicates that the devices has fast charging capabilities.

Note: Use the getItemAspectsForCategory and fetchItemAspects methods of the Taxonomy API to retrieve applicable aspects for affected categories.

Below are two examples of how these aspects may look in an inventory item object of the Inventory API: 

Charger Included 

"product":{
  "aspects": { 
    "Device Charging Range": ["10-20.5"],
    "Charger Included": ["Yes"],			
    "Features": ["USB-PD (fast charging)"],
    ......................
  },
  .......................
}

Charger Not Included 

"product":{
  "aspects": {
    "Device Charging Range": ["10-20.5"],
    "Charger Included": ["No"],
    ......................
  },
  .......................   
}

Below are two examples of how these aspects may look in an item object of the Trading API: 

Charger Included 

<ItemSpecifics>
  ...............
  <NameValueList>
    <Name>Device Charging Range</Name>
    <Value>10-20.5</Value>
  </NameValueList>
  <NameValueList>
	<Name>Charger Included</Name>
	<Value>Yes</Value>		
  </NameValueList>
  <NameValueList>
    <Name>Features</Name>
    <Value>USB-PD (fast charging)</Value>
  </NameValueList>
</ItemSpecifics>

Charger Not Included 

<ItemSpecifics>
  ...............
  <NameValueList>
    <Name>Device Charging Range</Name>
	<Value>10-20.5</Value>
  </NameValueList>
  <NameValueList>
	<Name>Charger Included</Name>
	<Value>No</Value>
  </NameValueList>
</ItemSpecifics>