Brussels, May 29th 2022
Eurefas – the European refurbishment association – welcomes this initiative which ensures consumers will have more reliable information on product’s reparability, durability and the way it is promoted. (…)
Indeed, having more reliable information on how a product can be reused is beneficial for consumers as they will be able to resell it more easily.
However, we feel the proposal does not appropriately address the specificities of the second-hand market and some provisions could be strengthened in order to be more precise and binding. We outline below key recommendations to ensure that the initiative delivers on its promises.
Brussels, May 5th 2022
As such, we fully support the EU “Sustainable consumption of goods” initiative because it promotes repair and reuse. As the European economy is still mainly linear and more efforts are needed to make a more circular consumption the preferred default option for consumers, we recommend the Commission to go further than “voluntary commitments” (option 1 in the consultation). In order to achieve a real paradigm shift, the support of the Commission needs to be decisive and should :
In practical terms, these three main lines of action have to apply during the product’s lifespan : at the time of purchase, within the legal warranty period, and above all beyond it. Eurefas strongly believes in creating a dedicated right to repair, not exclusively related to the revision of the Sales of Good Directive, which is too much focused on the legal warranty period.
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Barcelona, March 2nd 2022
Eurefas – The European Refurbishment association
Gathering the environment-focused players in high tech and electronics refurbishment throughout Europe, EUREFAS aims at strengthening collaboration between European professional stakeholders, sharing their expertise with public authorities and administration, promoting environmentally virtuous and socially benefic products by raising consumers’ awareness.
As such, we thus fully support the Circular Economy Action plan (CEAP) objectives : making sustainable products the norm in the EU market – empowering consumers by providing them more information on environmental characteristics and to encourage sustainable choices, to take action in the high tech sector for a longer products’ lifespan and improving waste treatment.
How can the CEAP actually support this sector ?
Brussels, November 30th 2021
The European Refurbishment Association – EUREFAS – welcomes Apple’s latest announcement giving access to spare parts and repair schemes for customers among their “Self Service Repair” program. This announcement sends a general message for more responsible habits toward reparation, encouraged by the first stakeholder in the consumption chain – manufacturers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).. As 77% of Europeans are more likely to repair their products instead of buying new ones1, reparation and re-employment schemes must be encouraged and facilitated by OEMs at the very beginning. Among the upcoming legislations, it also shows that even the biggest manufacturers such as Apple have heard this message and that those efforts were possible.
But progress is still to be made and this announcement raises three questions among European Union (EU) refurbishers:
1. On a spare part’s full and real availability with affordable prices
2. We should avoid any practices aimed to protect spare parts monopoly
3. Including refurbishers in the reparation scheme
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