Manufacturers will have to guarantee spare parts for this period
Europe introduces a 10-year warranty on broken appliances. According to the requirements – all companies that sell household appliances must also offer service.
Under the new European rules, manufacturers must guarantee spare parts for up to 10 years. “This will ensure that the appliances that the customer has decided he wants to continue using will be repaired,” said Yordan Vakuvchiev, manager of a hardware store in Sofia.
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Tsvetoslav Tsvetkov has been repairing household appliances for 15 years. He is adamant that the so-called “right to repair” will increase the price for the end user.
“If every single product is returned, not serviced, it means that manufacturers should build their own workshops with huge areas and qualified staff to carry out this activity, which economically does not seem very sustainable,” he said.
However, the bill shows that this could lead to a jump in price.
“If an average appliance for a household costs 700 leva, maybe its price will approach double. It will certainly be over 1000 BGN, so that the manufacturer himself can react adequately and maintain this device “, adds Tsvetoslav Tsvetkov.
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