Right to repair onus on manufacturers for longer life – Cuffe

Consumers should be able to buy longer-lasting products that can be easily fixed rather than replacing them with new ones.

That’s the call from the European Parliament which this week adopted a range of demands for an upcoming European Commission proposal on the right to repair planned for later this year.

MEPs also want consumers to be able to get software updates for goods like smartphones to avoid having to replace them regularly. They’re demanding that practices which unduly constrain the right to repair or lead to obsolescence to be considered as “unfair commercial practices” and banned under EU law.

Green MEP Ciarán Cuffe explains how Right to Repair rules could work.

Out words: twenty years  

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