EU32024L0825Enacted

Directive (EU) 2024/825 amending Directives 2005/29/EC and 2011/83/EU as regards empowering consumers for the green transition

Jurisdiction:: European Union
Type:: Right to Repair
Last action:: Feb 28, 2024

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Amends EU consumer-protection law to ban greenwashing and, crucially for circularity, to outlaw practices that induce premature obsolescence and to require pre-contract disclosure of product durability and repairability (a harmonised repairability score and guarantee information). By forcing repairability and lifespan information at the point of sale and prohibiting designed-in early failure, it steers demand toward durable, repairable goods. It works as the information-and-obsolescence complement to the Right to Repair Directive.

Compliance Dimensions

PenaltiesUp to 4 EUR per violation

“Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. … Where a penalty is to be imposed in accordance with Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2394, it shall amount to at least 4 % of the trader's annual turnover in the Member State or Member States concerned.”

Bans & RestrictionsGeneric environmental claims such as 'eco-friendly', 'green', 'nature's friend', 'ecological', 'environmentally friendly', 'energy efficient', 'biodegradable', 'carbon neutral', 'climate neutral', 'climate positive', 'natural', 'organic', 'responsible', 'sustainable' without substantiation (Sales Ban), 2026; Sustainability labels not based on approved third-party certification scheme or established by public authorities (Sales Ban), 2026; Carbon offset claims presenting a product as having a neutral, reduced or positive impact on the environment due to offsetting of emissions (Sales Ban), 2026

“The following commercial practices shall in all circumstances be considered unfair: … Making a generic environmental claim for which the trader is not able to demonstrate recognised excellent environmental performance relevant to the claim; Making an environmental claim about the entire product or the trader's entire business when it concerns only a specific aspect of the product or a specific activity of the trader's business; Making a claim, based on carbon offsetting schemes, that a product has a neutral, reduced or positive impact on the environment in terms of greenhouse gas emissions; … Displaying a sustainability label that is not based on a certification scheme or not established by public authorities.”

LabelingOther, Other, Other, Other

“Displaying a sustainability label that is not based on a certification scheme or not established by public authorities shall in all circumstances be considered unfair. … Making a generic environmental claim for which the trader is not able to demonstrate recognised excellent environmental performance relevant to the claim [is prohibited].”

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