{"id":49975,"date":"2024-04-29T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.11onze.cat\/?p=49975"},"modified":"2024-04-29T17:16:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T15:16:14","slug":"eu-reinforces-right-repair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.11onze.cat\/en\/magazine\/eu-reinforces-right-repair\/","title":{"rendered":"The EU reinforces the right to repair"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The European Parliament gives the green light to a strengthened right-to-repair law to reduce waste, make repairs easier, and save consumers money. The new rules will oblige manufacturers to fix a product, even if the legal guarantee has expired.<\/b><\/h3>\n

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Finally, the European Parliament approved on 23 April, <\/span>by an absolute majority with 584 votes in favour, 3 against and 14 abstentions<\/b>, the <\/span>directive<\/span><\/a> on the right to repair that it had launched in <\/span>November<\/span><\/a> 2020. Even so, there are 24 months to apply it, which means that it will only become effective after some time in our country, and it is expected to be incorporated into the future Sustainable Consumption Law.<\/span><\/p>\n

The new regulation aims to reduce waste, <\/span>extend the useful life of products and facilitate their repairs to move towards a circular economy<\/b> and save consumers money. In this sense, it will oblige manufacturers to fix a product, even if it has exhausted its legal guarantee.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition, manufacturers will have to offer spare parts and tools at a reasonable price. <\/span>The use of contractual clauses or IT practices to hinder repairs is prohibited. <\/b>Specifically, they may not prevent the use of second-hand or 3D-printed parts by independent repairers, nor refuse to repair a product solely on cost grounds or because a third party previously repaired it.<\/span><\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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