You are editing a consumer-technology explainer for a global English-language audience. As of 24 September 2026, check the six draft claims below using only current European Commission and EUR-Lex primary sources. Give me (1) a compact six-row fact-check table that marks each claim accurate, inaccurate or overbroad, explains any correction, and links the specific official page supporting it; then (2) a corrected 180–240-word explainer titled “What the EU's USB-C rules actually change”. Preserve the accurate claims. Distinguish rules already applying from future measures. Explain technical terms briefly, avoid copying source prose, and do not give individual legal or purchasing advice. If a needed source cannot be accessed, state the limitation rather than inventing evidence.

Draft claims:
1. The common-charger requirements began applying to covered mobile phones and several other portable-device categories on 28 December 2024, and to covered laptops on 28 April 2026.
2. These rules make USB-C compulsory for every electronic product, including devices that charge only wirelessly.
3. Because this is an EU rule, manufacturers must use USB-C on all their products sold everywhere in the world.
4. EU consumers must now replace or discard phones and chargers they already own if those products do not use USB-C.
5. The USB-C connector means any USB-C charger will charge any covered device at exactly the same maximum speed.
6. If a covered device is offered together with a charger, consumers must also be offered an option to acquire it without a charger; that does not itself ban selling a bundle with a charger.