Our message to the Commissioner designate for a Competitive Circular Economy.

Access the recording and resources from our webinar on the state of right to repair in Europe, in occasion of International Repair Day 2024.

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.

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.

The IMCO report improved the EC proposal by introducing provisions to tackle the high cost of repair, by promoting an open repair ecosystem and by banning anti-repair practices. Will the Council keep up with this level of ambition?