Right to Repair Directive (EU) 2024/1799
What changed on 31 July 2026, and which sectors are next
What the Right to Repair Directive is
Directive (EU) 2024/1799 was adopted on 13 June 2024 and entered into force on 30 July 2024. The 31 July 2026 deadline is a transpose-AND-apply date: Member States had to have it in national law and applying from that day.
One distinction worth keeping: that deadline binds Member States, not manufacturers directly. What a company meets on 1 August 2026 is the national transposing law, and that differs from market to market.
Four obligations that change the after-sales stage
What the Directive introduces
Who it affects, and when
Products in scope today
At adoption, Annex II covers household washing machines and washer-dryers, dishwashers, refrigerating appliances, electronic displays, vacuum cleaners, welding equipment, servers and data storage, mobile and cordless phones and tablets, and products containing batteries for light means of transport.
The sectors that follow
Annex II grows as new Ecodesign regulations are adopted. The Commission has signalled clothing, furniture, tyres and mattresses as candidates across the 2025–2030 rollout. The repair obligation is therefore scheduled to follow the DPP into those sectors on the same track — but it is not in force for them today.
The European Repair Platform
A new EU platform, an extension of "Your Europe", to help consumers find repairers. The Commission builds the IT; Member States manage repairer registration. It is foreseen to be operational in 2027 — it was not live on 31 July 2026.
Right to Repair and the Digital Product Passport
Frequently asked questions
No. This is the most repeated inaccuracy on the topic. The 12-month extension applies where a consumer chooses repair rather than replacement as the remedy under the legal guarantee, and it may be applied once — not on every repair.
The deadline for Member States to transpose and apply the Directive expired. It is not a date on which a manufacturer receives a direct obligation under the Directive itself — the obligation arrives through the national transposing law, which varies by market.
The repairability, durability, spare-parts-availability and repair-instruction data the DPP is built to carry is exactly what a repair-obligation regime needs. A company without it also struggles with the disclosure requirements of the Empowering Consumers Directive. Build the data once and it serves both.
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Solutions
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DPP for Retailers and Service Centres
DPP simplifies warranties, repairs and product tracking. Retailers and service centres receive accurate information for higher quality service.
