Together with coalition members and several industry representatives – from repair, refurbishment, spare parts, retail and manufacturing – Right to Repair Europe advocates for horizontal ecodesign measures to address the price of spare parts, including a binding cap for manufacturers and the inclusion of spare parts prices as a criterion in EU repairability scores.| Right to Repair Europe
The biggest threat to repair is no longer hostile hardware. Today, many independent repair shop owners are most worried about the trend in electronics manufacturing known as “parts pairing.”| iFixit
The EU published new guidelines for removability and replaceability requirements under the Batteries Regulation. Some progress was made, but a huge opportunity was missed for smartphone and tablet batteries!| Right to Repair Europe
The new ESPR regulation has the potential to cover nearly all product groups and to tackle environmental impacts from manufacturing to end-of-life. However to which extent it will concretely address reparability, durability, and premature obsolescence is still to be determined in secondary legislation.| Right to Repair Europe
After years of intense campaigning by right to repair advocates, EU lawmakers have finally agreed upon new repair rules. Read our full analysis of these new rules!| Right to Repair Europe
This article exposes the unfair reality of spare part prices. To make repair affordable, we need reasonable prices for original parts, clear acceptance for the use of compatible parts (third party, used or 3D-printed) and a solid ban on parts pairing.| Right to Repair Europe
