EU Right To Repair Laws One Step Closer: Provisional Agreement Reached

Provisional agreement on the text of the proposed Right to Repair Directive was reached by European Union institutions on 1 February 2024. Read on for an overview of what this means for producers, retailers, repairers and other actors in the supply chain, alongside a summary of next steps.

The Right to Repair Directive (the Directive) forms part of a larger environmental initiative aiming to extend a product's life cycle and support a circular economy. In short, it will establish a new right to repair obligation on producers to repair products covered by a number of ecodesign regulations. It also will amend the existing rules on legal guarantees under the Sale of Goods Directive to extend the legal guarantee by 12 months where a consumer chooses a repair over a replacement, alongside other measures to encourage repair.