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Smartphone Makers Don't Bother to Comply with EU Repairability Requirements

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Vast majority of new devices on market still don't give repair information to owners, but give themselves top marks for repairability

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Brussels, 7 Sep (EFE).- Four out of five models of mobile phones marketed in the European Union fail to comply with Community rules requiring manufacturers to provide information on their repair, according to an analysis of the Right to Repair Europe (Right to Repair Europe) platform published on Monday.That coalition of Oeneges reviewed the [...] The entry 80% of mobiles do not comply with EU rules on repair, according to Oeneges was first publ…

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The mandatory repair instructions in the European Union since 2025 are far from always accessible, points out a report by Right to Repair. The same problem for the price of spare parts, which is crucial for comparing the durability of mobiles.

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More than 80% of smartphones introduced into the European market over the past year do not publish the required repair information, while some manufacturers assign the highest repairability rating.

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Only one in five smartphone models that have been put on sale in the European Union in the past year meet the repairability index and offer a website with information on repairing components or replacing parts.

Brussels.- Four out of five models of mobile phones marketed in the European Union fail to comply with Community rules requiring manufacturers to provide information on their repair, according to an analysis of the Right to Repair Europe (Right to Repair Europe) platform published on Monday.That coalition of oeneges reviewed the records of 2,334 [...] The entry 80% of mobile phones do not comply with EU rules on repair was first published in EFE…

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Right to Repair Europe broke the news on Monday, September 7, 2026.
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