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Expensive spare parts are a major barrier to repair. Despite progress in EU law, reasonable prices of spare parts are still far from reality. How can we fix that? Here’s our proposal to address this issue through a horizontal ecodesign measure.

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.

The Right to Repair Europe coalition argues for a proportional threshold to define “reasonable prices” of spare parts. The adopted Right to Repair Directive, in fact, does not define reasonable pricing, but there is evidence that a threshold exists beyond which consumers are deterred from repairing and tend to replace their broken products. We want …

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This article was written by Rosalie Heens from Repair&Share, with contributions from Thomas Opsomer and Flavie Vonderscher. New on the menu: Repair Index Belgian Style In January Belgium adopted a new law that obliges manufacturers and retailers to provide a repairability index for (certain) household appliances, from 2026. With this initiative, Belgium becomes the second …

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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.