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The European Commission presented its legislative proposal for consumer product Right to Repair on Wednesday, 22 March. Whilst this is a step forward, it is hampered by not including the public and private sector (over 60% of the market) and a failure to curb the restrictive practices of some large manufacturers as well as the…
The European Right to Repair Directive (EU 2024/1799) comes into force on July 31, 2026, reshaping the landscape for professional repairers and secondary market operators across Europe. While much of the public discourse focuses on consumer benefits, the directive creates significant opportunities and challenges for businesses operating in repair, refurbishment, and the circular economy. This…
John Deere and General Motors want to eviscerate the notion of ownership. Sure, we pay for their vehicles. But we don’t own them. Not according to their corporate lawyers, anyway. In spectacular display of market manipulation, John Deere—the world’s largest agricultural machinery maker- told the US Copyright Office that farmers don’t own their tractors. Computer…
Europe is moving:increasing special requirements for product types through EU Ecodesign product groups. At first these were focussed on energy reduction. However following review it and putting an emphasis on circular economy aspects, it appears that improvements to stimulate materials used, repair, reuse and recycling should be added – underpinned by a standard for all…
Product Liability Directive: an example of how important it is to voice our position in Brussels It has pushed forward by Free ICT Europe that updates to clarify the status of software and data, but also address the fact that technological products always need to be updated over time. Adopted nearly 40 years ago, the…
Five years ago the Directorate General of Competition of the European Union made a Decision related to the maintenance and the support of the IBM Mainframes. It was the result of a complaint filed 2 years before. This Decision could be compared to an earthquake as it was the first time in Europe a big…
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