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Most products are not designed with their life cycle environmental impacts in mind, and it is difficult for consumers and economic operators to make sustainable choices when buying products. The EU still lacks an overarching legislative framework laying down rules for sustainable production and consumption of all products. Ecodesign refers to the integration of environmental sustainability considerations into the characteristics of a product, and into processes throughout its value chain. On 30 March ...

On 30 March 2023, the European Commission presented a proposal for a directive on common rules promoting the repair of goods. The proposed directive aims to mitigate current patterns of business and consumption, marked by frequent and premature replacement and discarding of goods. The proposal seeks to save costs for consumers and facilitate the development of a resource-efficient circular economy. The proposed directive would apply to the repair of goods within and outside the legal guarantee. In ...

This briefing provides an initial analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the European Commission's impact assessment (IA) accompanying the above-mentioned proposal, submitted on 30 March 2022 and referred to the European Parliament's Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI). The proposal aims to repeal the Ecodesign Directive 2009/125/EC, which establishes a framework for adopting product-specific requirements set out in implementing measures (usually regulations) by the ...

The European Commission has announced the establishment of a 'right to repair', with a view of saving costs for consumers and facilitating the development of a circular economy. The right to repair may refer to different issues and situations: repair during the legal guarantee, the right to repair after the legal guarantee has expired, and the right for consumers to repair products themselves. Rates of repair depend on the type of a product, with the cost of repair being the most important reason ...

Repairing broken or damaged products can save consumers money by helping them postpone making replacement purchases, while also bringing benefits to the environment through lower waste production and use of resources. The EU's circular economy strategy considers maintenance and repair to be important ways of both keeping resources from being thrown away and of prolonging the lifespan of products. A 2018 European Commission behavioural study on consumer engagement in the circular economy showed that ...

O presente estudo não só analisa as condições e a qualidade dos revestimentos das estradas da UE e as tendências verificadas nos orçamentos nacionais no que toca às atividades de manutenção rodoviária nos últimos anos, como também avalia as consequências económicas e ao nível da segurança da ausência de manutenção rodoviária regular. Os autores investigam as principais causas na origem das variações identificadas e os consequentes impactos na segurança rodoviária. Com base nessa investigação, recomendam ...

The objective of this briefing paper is (i) to provide an overview of the relevant market conditions in the motor vehicles (M category), the powered twowheelers (PTW; L-category) and the tractor (T category) sectors and (ii) to assess whether the requirements for access to Repair and Maintenance Information (RMI) within the proposals for Regulations on motorcycles 2010/0271(COD) (COM(2010)542) and tractors 2010/0212(COD) (COM(2010)395) require reconsideration in relation to their policy objective ...