Good guy EU!

I'm afraid companies are going to charge us even more now, since they must maintain new standards...

This seems like a great change that actually incentivizes companies to properly address problems rather than provide band-aid solutions.

Good refurbishment places already do this even without any legal requirement. Might want to take a look around now and see what places already do.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Europe's right-to-repair rules will force vendors to stand by their products an extra 12 months after a repair is made, according to the terms of a new political agreement.

Consumers will have a choice between repair and replacement of defective products during a liability period that sellers will be required to offer.

"If the consumer chooses the repair of the good, the seller's liability period will be extended by 12 months from the moment when the product is brought into conformity.

The Parliament and Council still need to formally adopt the agreement, which would then come into force 20 days after it is published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

The rules require spare parts to be available at reasonable prices, and product makers will be prohibited from using "contractual, hardware or software related barriers to repair, such as impeding the use of second-hand, compatible and 3D-printed spare parts by independent repairers," the Commission said.

There will be required options for consumers to get repairs both before and after the minimum liability period expires, the Commission said:

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