The EU Commission, member states and producers should take measures to ensure consumers can enjoy durable, high-quality products that can be repaired and upgraded. Parliament wants to promote a longer product lifespan, in particular by tackling programmed obsolescence for tangible goods and for software. Its recommendations include: robust, easily repairable and good quality products: “minimum resistance criteria” to be established for each product category from the design stage, if a repair takes longer than a month, the guarantee should be extended to match the repair time, member states should give incentives to produce durable and repairable products, boosting repairs and second-hand sales - this could help to create jobs and reduce waste, consumers should have the option of going to an independent repairer: technical, safety or software solutions which prevent repairs from being performed, other than by approved firms or bodies, should be discouraged, essential compo...
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