The key objectives for Member States in Directive (EU) 2024/1799 include promoting the repair of goods to enhance sustainability, reducing premature disposal, and fostering a circular economy. Member States are required to ensure that manufacturers provide repair services for products with legally mandated repairability requirements (Article 5), facilitate consumer access to repair information (Article 6), and establish or integrate into a European online platform to help consumers find repair services (Article 7).

Additionally, they must implement at least one measure promoting repair, which could include financial incentives, public awareness campaigns, or support for repair initiatives (Article 13). These objectives relate to cities and regions by encouraging local economic activity through repair services, reducing environmental impacts from waste, and fostering community-led repair initiatives, such as repair cafés and refurbishment programs.

Furthermore, local and regional authorities play an important role in ensuring that repair infrastructures, such as workshops and training programs, are available, thus aligning urban and regional development with the EU’s broader sustainability goals​.

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• Date of document: 13/06/2024; Date of signature
• Date of effect: 30/07/2024; Entry into force Date pub. +20 See Art 23
• Date of signature: 13/06/2024
• Deadline: 31/07/2026; See Art 21
• Deadline: 31/08/2030; See Art 20.2
• Deadline: 31/07/2031; See Art 19.1
• Date of transposition: 31/07/2026; Adoption At the latest See Art 22.1
• Date of transposition: 31/07/2026; Application See Art 22.1
• Date of end of validity: No end date