Right to Repair
Directive (EU) 2024/1799 on common rules promoting the repair of goods
Topic : Circularity & waste · Level : Regional
Today
National transposition laws apply since 31 Jul 2026. European online repair platform due by 31 Jul 2027.
Summary
The Right to Repair Directive obliges makers of products with EU repairability rules (appliances, phones, displays) to repair them after the guarantee. Since 31 July 2026 national laws apply. Non-EU makers are reached through importers.
Who is concerned
- Turnover
- non précisé
- Employees
- non précisé
- Listed company
- cotées et non cotées
- Sectors
- Household appliances
- Phones and tablets
- Displays and servers
- Light means of transport
- Triggering activities
- Making Annex II products sold in the EU
- Importing or distributing them in the EU
- Extraterritorial reach
- Yes
Non-EU makers: duty passes to EU authorised representative, then importer, then distributor.
- Examples
- Chinese phone maker selling via EU importer
- Washing machine brand selling in Italy
What the law requires
- Repair Annex II goods outside guarantee at a reasonable price
- Supply spare parts and tools at reasonable prices
- Publish repair service information and prices
- Avoid hardware or software that blocks independent repair
Penalties
Set by Member States: effective, proportionate and dissuasive (Art. 15); rules notified to the Commission by 31 Jul 2026.
What this changes for a supplier in China
OEMs and ODMs for EU brands must supply spare parts, repair manuals and part-pairing-free designs for the full ecodesign spare-part period.
Expected evidence
- Spare-part availability list and duration
- Repair manual and tool list
- Spare-part price list
Tiers : Tier 1-2