The European Commission has announced the establishment of a 'right to repair', with a view of saving costs for consumers and facilitating the development of a circular economy. The right to repair may refer to different issues and situations: repair during the legal guarantee, the right to repair after the legal guarantee has expired, and the right for consumers to repair products themselves. Rates of repair depend on the type of a product, with the cost of repair being the most important reason consumers avoid repair. Research shows that consumers favour products that are easily repaired, but their willingness to pay for such products depends on the type of product and the way information on the reparability is presented to them...

EPRS policy podcast - Right to repair

Nuair a theipeann ar bhanc, is iad na coigilteoirí na daoine deireanacha a fhaigheann scéala faoi de ghnáth. Más coigilteoir thú, ní féidir leat a bheith ag faire ar do bhanc i gcónaí le go mbeidh tú in ann do choigiltis a tharraingt amach sula dteipfidh air. Tá an tAontas Eorpach ag aimsiú bealaí chun do chuid airgid a chosaint agus chun cobhsaíocht an chórais baincéireachta a fheabhsú. Ach cén chaoi a ndéantar é sin?

Seo an méid a dhéanann an Eoraip do dhaoine a bhfuil coigiltis bhainc acu.

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