2024 Volume 35 Issue 3 Pages 167-175
Along with summarizing the various measures and initiatives regarding repair in the EU and some European countries, this paper also discusses the gaps found between barriers to repair and policies to further promote business and behavior surrounding repair.
The major repair measures include product requirements on reparability, disclosure of reparability information and improving access to repair, prohibition of repair sabotage, extension of warranty periods through repair, disseminating information on repairers, and subsidies for repair costs. It can be said that a systematic repair policy framework is being established through various measures. These measures are also expected to address technical and economic factors such as product design and the spare parts availability and repair which could change consumer behavior by providing information.
In Japan, although some efforts on repair have been implemented, there is room for improvement in repair business and behavior, and it is desirable to expand repair measures with consideration to policy development in other countries.
