{"id":9579,"date":"2026-08-28T15:42:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T13:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/repair.eu\/?p=9579"},"modified":"2026-08-31T11:23:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T09:23:52","slug":"one-year-after-the-introduction-of-ecodesign-regulation-80-of-smartphone-models-sold-in-the-eu-dont-comply-with-repair-information-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/repair.eu\/ca\/news\/one-year-after-the-introduction-of-ecodesign-regulation-80-of-smartphone-models-sold-in-the-eu-dont-comply-with-repair-information-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"One year after the introduction of ecodesign regulation, 80% of smartphone models sold in the EU don\u2019t comply with repair information requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":true},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":true},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"[{\"content\":\"You\u2019ll find an overview of current EU repair laws on our What\u2019s my Right to Repair<\/a> page.\",\"id\":\"f114ed3f-4c2c-48b2-9016-0d9e18f1b762\"},{\"content\":\"See https:\/\/www.eco-wise.co.uk\/blog\/a-sneak-preview-of-the-ecodesign-label-for-textiles-furniture-mattresses<\/a>.\u00a0
\",\"id\":\"cb1eca3f-ef05-48cd-886a-e59f89df00d2\"},{\"content\":\"See https:\/\/eprel.ec.europa.eu\/screen\/home<\/a>\",\"id\":\"85893e18-953c-4016-afda-11116609a853\"},{\"content\":\"Sometimes, this situation is slyly camouflaged: Ulefone information sheets list a link that looks genuine (https:\/\/www.ulefone.com\/pages\/support-centers<\/a>), but if you click the \u2018parts store button\u2019 on that page, it takes you to Aliexpress. When ordering parts from non-EU web stores, you as a consumer would be the importer and as such, responsible for paying import duties as well as ensuring compliance with all regulations.\",\"id\":\"e11121ae-a3e7-4a4e-b20f-e2e84cbbea39\"},{\"content\":\"A 5\/5 score for the subcriterion on repair information, as self-reported by the manufacturer, corresponds to \u2018Public availability of repair and maintenance information, except electronic board diagrams, at no cost for end users and availability of repair and maintenance information, including electronic board diagrams, at no cost for professional repairers\u2019.
\",\"id\":\"a62bb72e-485a-4bf1-b732-19eeedec3807\"},{\"content\":\"The link in the EPREL sheet should lead \u201cto the website where the relevant information will be available\u201d. So far, we haven\u2019t received and answer to our question to the European Commission as to what that specifically means in terms of ease of access.
\",\"id\":\"a2afcfba-05ed-4490-9b7d-83c2b7f9a6da\"},{\"content\":\"On mediamarkt.de, we found that about 30% of smartphones offered for sale (690 out of 1671 products) did not come with the mandatory ecolabel that includes the repairability score. In Mediamarkt's physical store in Brussels, we found the energy label to be missing for one out of six smartphones (19 out of 113 displayed in the store). In smaller shops, the label was totally absent. On online platforms such as Amazon, the presence of the labels was also hit-or-miss.
\",\"id\":\"e1bb7308-846a-4a14-9e62-707226cb2b8c\"},{\"content\":\"We found only 2% of information sheets for dryers (96 out of 5159) to have empty or broken links. However, the EPREL sheets for nearly 27% of appliances (1389 records) from major brands point to pages that require login, entering the serial number of the appliance, or contacting support via email, phone or an online form and another 26% of models (1317 records) point to a general brand or support website, which will be of no help at all to you in your search for spare parts prices. All in all, we found that for 55% of models, the information sheet doesn\u2019t actually lead, as per the regulation, \u201cto the website where the relevant information will be available\u201d.
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