Commission: a public consultation and call for evidence to improve repairability of products in the EU

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The European Commission launched an open public consultation and a call for evidence to “help prepare future EU ecodesign requirements that make products easier to repair”, it announced on 3 November 2026.

The Commission specifies that the consultation and evidence-gathering exercise is open until 9 February 2027. Feedback will inform the impact assessment work for a possible delegated act under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), “currently planned for adoption in 2027”.

The initiative concerns product families for which repairability can play “a key role in extending product lifetimes”, the executive says. It includes :
• “Consumer electronics, such as certain audio and video equipment, wearables and peripherals.
• Light means of transport, such as certain e-bicycles…

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