According to reports, the EU Parliament was voted by a new “maintenance right” last week, and the results of the voting were in favor of 509 votes, 3 votes against and 13 abstentions. New “maintenance rights” requires producers to design a lasting product, and provide more information labels and extended consumers’ warranty rights.
Members of the European Parliament agree that effective maintenance should involve product life cycles, and consider product design, moral production, and promote more efficient use of resources, reduce waste and encourage products for long-term use. European Parliament wants that the product is more durable, it can be safe and repaired, and the parts are easy to disassemble. Appropriate “maintenance rights” should allow consumers to get free repair. For electronic products, European Parliament Members believe that software updates should be reversible and cannot cause smartphones to decline.
If the excessive restrictions of the manufacturer may be considered “unfair business behavior”, it is prohibited by the EU law. European Parliament also requires that merchants should encourage consumers to choose repairs rather than replacement; merchants should provide consumers to provide various necessary maintenance information, including expected service life, accessories information, maintenance services and software updates, etc., the merchant should be Products provide smart labels, such as QR code or digital product passports; additional products will be used for unqualified products.
According to the Wish of the EU consumers, according to a survey of Eurobarometer, 79% of EU citizens believe that manufacturers should require more easy to repair electronic products and provide a single part, 77% of people prefer to repair their equipment. Do not want to buy new equipment. In addition, the maintenance rights will also effectively reduce the production of electronic waste, electronic waste is the fastest growing garbage in the world, and the number of electronic waste has exceeded 53 million tons in 2019.