Eléonore Maitre-Ekern

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors review some of the legislation in place and discuss benefits and disadvantages of different legal approaches, including longer consumer warranties, the criminalization of planned obsolescence and measures to incentivize the availability of spare parts.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review explores the current policy landscape for repair services by first outlining legal and market barriers to stakeholder participation in repair activities, and which stakeholders are affected, including Intellectual Property, Consumer, Contract, Tax and Chemical laws, along with issues of design, consumer perceptions and markets.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors put forward a hierarchy of consumption behavior to support European Union policymaking, including avoiding the purchase of single-use and unnecessary products, prolonging the lifetime of products through maintenance and engaging in repair activities.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the current tensions between EU waste law and the objectives of the circular economy, and call for incorporating a pre-market producer responsibility (PPR) within a legal framework for products in order to limit market access to durable, reparable and reusable products.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the current state of right to repair and different stakeholder perspectives and discuss the need to balance stakeholder interests in defining the desired scope of R2R, distinguished from a fully open access to repair.