La coalición Right to Repair Europe, que representa a más de 130 organizaciones, celebra que las consumidoras europeas vayan a tener un mejor acceso a reparaciones asequibles para determinados productos, pero insta a que las normas sean más amplias. El jueves, los legisladores de la UE alcanzaron un acuerdo sobre nuevas normas de reparación. La …

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This post was written by Sonja Leyvraz from EEB Last Wednesday, the new Directive on Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition (ECGT) was finalised. The Right to Repair Europe coalition welcomes this step towards more clarity for consumers, as the law will restrict greenwashing practices and misleading green claims, including claims on reparability and durability …

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Unless the EU institutions introduce rules for reasonable spare part prices and ban anti-repair practices preventing the use of compatible and reused spare parts, we don’t see how European consumers will get any better access to affordable repairs.

Rewatch our webinar on the reparability of phones and tablets with civil society, a representative of the European institutions and progressive industry!

As the Trilogues between the three European institutions begin, these are the six priority points we urge negotiators to maintain in the final compromise on new repair rules