by stefanie | Oct 23, 2024 | World Focus
Right to Repair Europe finds patchy enforcement and product coverage in EU policies. A new report published by Right to Repair Europe, a coalition representing over 170 organisations including environmental NGOs, repair businesses, and community groups, has revealed...
by stefanie | Aug 16, 2024 | Around the Industry
Advocates argue new EU repair regulations may fail to unlock significant economic and environmental benefits. As the European Union prepares to implement new repair regulations, the collective voice of repair businesses and Right to Repair (R2R) advocates, represented...
by stefanie | May 31, 2024 | World Focus
New EU directive empowers consumers to repair, boosting sustainability and creating quality jobs across Europe. In the last step in the legislative process, the EU Council has adopted the Right to Repair Directive (R2R). This directive promotes the repair of broken or...
by stefanie | Apr 26, 2024 | World Focus
The new rules reinforce the right to repair, aim to reduce waste and bolster the repair sector by making it easier and more cost-effective to repair goods. On Tuesday 23 April 2024, the EU Parliament adopted the directive on the so-called “right to repair” for...
by stefanie | Mar 15, 2024 | World Focus
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (DOJ) have submitted a comment to the U.S. Copyright Office to advocate for regulations that would facilitate consumers’ and businesses’ right to repair their own products. The...
