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EU Right to Repair Directive: deadline & obligations (31 July 2026)

The EU Right to Repair Directive (Directive (EU) 2024/1799) must be transposed into national law by 31 July 2026. Manufacturers of Annex II products must repair on request beyond the guarantee period, supply spare parts and repair information, and accept a 12-month guarantee extension when repair is chosen over replacement.

Next deadline: 31 July 2026 · 25 days

Deadline timeline

  1. Directive enters into force · passed

    Directive (EU) 2024/1799 enters into force; the two-year national transposition window begins.

    Applies to: EU Member States

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  2. Transposition deadline

    Member States must have transposed the directive into national law. Repair obligations attach from this date, including for the installed base.

    Applies to: Manufacturers of Annex II products

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  3. European Online Platform for Repair

    Pan-EU consumer-facing repair platform expected operational, exposing repairability data and letting consumers compare repairers.

    Applies to: Manufacturers and repairers

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Who’s in scope

  • Annex II products: washing machines, refrigerators, vacuum cleaners, electronic displays, mobile phones, slate tablets, cordless phones, servers, data-storage products, and goods with light-transport batteries
  • The installed base — products sold before 31 July 2026, not only after

Exclusions

  • Products outside Annex II carry no repair obligation until added by delegated act
  • Annex II expands within 12 months of any new EU repairability regulation, so the in-scope list is a sliding window

The deadline is 31 July 2026 — the date by which Member States must transpose Directive (EU) 2024/1799 into national law, and from which the repair obligations attach. The detail that catches manufacturers out is that the obligation covers the installed base: a washing machine sold in 2024 falls under the repair obligation from 31 July 2026 forward, not just the forward catalogue.

Five operational obligations apply to Annex II products: repair on request within a reasonable time and price beyond the statutory guarantee; spare-parts access for independent repairers without unreasonable lock-in; a free-access repair information portal; the voluntary European Repair Information Form; and a 12-month extension of the legal guarantee whenever a consumer chooses repair over replacement. That last one re-sizes warranty reserves — a device repaired in month 23 of its guarantee now carries cover to month 35.

Enforcement is national, but the European Online Platform for Repair (expected 2027) will expose repairability and pricing data EU-wide, so high-margin spare-parts catalogues should expect public benchmarking. For the full operational playbook, see: What changes when the EU Right to Repair Directive applies.

Last reviewed . Deadlines change — always confirm against the cited primary source.