(a)

the need to revise the scope of this Regulation to reflect market evolution;

(b)

the appropriateness of including smart wearables in the scope of this Regulation and of laying down generic and specific requirements for these;

(c)

the appropriateness of setting specific ecodesign requirements on the resistance of slate tablets to accidental drops;

(d)

the appropriateness of increasing the stringency of the requirement on battery endurance in cycles;

(e)

the appropriateness of defining a standardised battery that could be used interchangeably across a range of mobile phones and slate tablets;

(f)

the need to set out requirements to enable or improve repair and upgradeability with used or third-party spare parts;

(g)

the need to revise or extend the list of spare parts, of spare parts availability per target group including professional repairers and end-users, and of repair information for which requirements are set out;

(h)

the inclusion of further chemical elements in the information requirements in Annex II;

(i)

the need to include reliability requirements related to foldable devices;

(j)

the appropriateness to impose requirements on the recycled content of materials;

(k)

the appropriateness of imposing further information requirements on spare part prices;

(l)

the option for manufacturers to make data for 3D printing of plastic components (e.g. battery compartment cover, buttons etc.) publicly available on a free-access website, either in addition to their obligation to make these spare parts available to professional repairers or end-users or as a means to fulfil this obligation;

(m)

the appropriateness to prohibit serialisation of parts;

(n)

the appropriateness of requirements regarding functionality updates to the operating system;

(o)

the appropriateness of the exemptions for foldable devices;

(p)

the appropriateness of setting ecodesign requirements for mobile phones with a flexible main display which the user can unroll and roll up partly or fully;

(q)

the appropriateness of extension of the periods for availability of updates to the operating system;

(r)

the appropriateness of extension of the period for availability of spare parts.

(1)

‘networked standby’ means networked standby within the meaning of Article 2(10) of Regulation (EU) 2023/826;

(2)

‘Pn’ is the power consumption in networked standby mode, expressed in Watt and rounded to two decimal places;

(3)

‘spare part’ means a separate part that can replace a part with the same or similar function in a mobile phone, cordless phone or slate tablet. The functionality of the mobile phone, cordless phone or slate tablet is restored or upgraded when the part is replaced by a spare part. Spare parts may be used parts;

(4)

‘serialised part’ means a part which has a unique code that is paired to an individual unit of a device and whose replacement by a spare part requires the pairing of that spare part to the device by means of a software code to ensure full functionality of the spare part and the device;

(5)

‘professional repairer’ means an operator or undertaking which performs repair and professional maintenance of mobile phones, cordless phones or slate tablets, either as a service or with a view to the subsequent resale of the repaired device;

(6)

‘fastener’ means a hardware device or substance that mechanically, magnetically or by other means connects or fixes two or more objects, parts or pieces. A hardware device which in addition serves an electrical function shall also be considered a fastener;

(7)

‘required fastener’ means any fastener to be disassembled according to the repair instructions provided by manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives to get access to a part which is meant to be replaced by a spare part;

(8)

‘reusable fastener’ means a fastener that can be completely reused in the reassembly for the same purpose and that does no damage either to the product or to the fastener itself during the disassembly or reassembly process in a way that makes their multiple reuse impossible;

(9)

‘resupplied fastener’ means a removable fastener that is supplied at no additional cost with the spare part which it is intended to connect or fix; adhesives shall be considered resupplied fasteners if they are supplied with the spare part in a quantity that is sufficient for the reassembly, at no additional cost;

(10)

‘removable fastener’ means a fastener that is not a reusable fastener, but whose removal does not damage the product, or leave residue, which precludes reassembly;

(11)

‘battery’ means any part consisting of one or several battery cells, including, as relevant to the product model, an electronic circuitry with battery-related sensors for battery management, housing(s), battery tray, brackets, shieldings, thermal interface materials, and electric connections to other assemblies of the device;

(12)

‘back cover’ or ‘back cover assembly’ means the main backside housing, including one or more of the following elements, as relevant to the product model: the frame, a backside cover layer attached to the main back cover body, rear-facing camera lens covers, printed antennas, brackets, shieldings, gaskets, electric connections to other assemblies of the device and thermal interface materials;

(13)

‘auxiliary microphone’ means a microphone that is not essential for user’s voice signals, but provides secondary functions, such as, but not limited to, ambient noise reduction;

(14)

‘front-facing camera assembly’ means any part consisting of one or several cameras oriented towards the user of the device, including, as relevant to the product model:

(15)

‘rear-facing camera assembly’ means any part consisting of one or several cameras oriented to the rear side of the device, including, as relevant to the product model:

(16)

‘external audio connector’ means a connector for audio signals to connect to a headset or external loudspeakers or similar audio device, including, as relevant to the product model, brackets, gaskets and electric connections to other assemblies of the device;

(17)

‘external charging port’ means a port for wired battery charging, possibly also used for data exchange and reverse charging of another device, which is composed of a USB-C receptacle and a related housing and including, as relevant to the product model, brackets, gaskets and electric connections to other assemblies of the device;

(18)

‘mechanical button’ means a mechanical switch or an assembly of mechanical switches that can be depressed or a slider button which can be mechanically moved to switch on or off functions such as volume, triggering the camera, or switching on or off the device and including, as relevant to the product model, brackets, gaskets and electric connections to other assemblies of the device;

(19)

‘main microphone(s)’ means the microphone(s) intended for the user’s voice signals including, as relevant to the product model, gaskets and electric connections to other assemblies of the device;

(20)

‘speaker’ means any loudspeaker and any mechanical part to generate sound, including, as relevant to the product model, module housing(s), gaskets and electric connections to other assemblies of the device;

(21)

‘hinge assembly’ means a part that allows a device to be folded while preserving its operational integrity including, where relevant, module housings;

(22)

‘mechanical display folding mechanism’ means a part that allows a device, including its display, to be folded while preserving its operational integrity;

(23)

‘charger’ means an external power supply to charge the battery of and provide electrical power to a battery-powered mobile phone, cordless phone or slate tablet;

(24)

‘SIM tray and memory card tray’ means a movable tray for a removable SIM card or memory card;

(25)

‘display assembly’ means the assembly of display unit and where relevant front panel digitiser unit, including, as relevant to the product model:

(26)

‘protective foil for foldable display’ means a protective film designed to be attached to the display of a foldable device to enhance the reliability and to reduce mechanical wear of the screen surface;

(27)

‘free access website’ means a website that can be accessed without having to pay or to provide personal information, including an email address or phone number;

(28)

‘failure analysis’ means a process of collecting and analysing data to identify the part of a mobile phone, cordless phone or slate tablet which causes a malfunction;

(29)

‘separate protective cover’ means a protective cover which may be shipped with a mobile phone, cordless phone or slate tablet, but does not serve as a required part of the housing and is not considered an integral part of the product;

(30)

‘encryption’ means a (reversible) transformation of data by a cryptographic algorithm to produce ciphertext, namely to hide the information content of the data;

(31)

‘key’ means a sequence of symbols that controls the operation of a cryptographic transformation (e.g., encipherment, decipherment);

(32)

‘disassembly’ means a process whereby a product is separated into its parts and/or components in such a way that it could subsequently be reassembled and made operational;

(33)

‘operating system’ means the general type of pre-installed software that controls the execution of programs and that may provide services such as resource allocation, scheduling, input-output control and data management; it is normally subject to regular updates leading to the establishment of a range of major and minor versions; it includes any pre-installed software applications which the user cannot uninstall;

(34)

‘security update’ means an operating system update, including security patches, if relevant for a given device, whose main purpose is to provide enhanced security for the device;

(35)

‘corrective update’ means an operating system update, including corrective patches, whose purpose is to provide corrections to bugs, errors or malfunctions in the operating system;

(36)

‘functionality update’ means an operating system update whose main purpose is to implement new functionalities;

(37)

‘rated capacity’ means the amount of electricity declared by the manufacturer that a battery can deliver during a 5-hour period when measured under specified conditions, expressed in milliampere-hours (mAh);

(38)

‘battery endurance in cycles’ means the number of charge/discharge cycles a battery can withstand until its usable electrical capacity has reached 80 % of its rated capacity, expressed in cycles;

(39)

‘state of charge’ means the available capacity in a battery expressed as a percentage of rated capacity;

(40)

‘state of health’ means a measure of the general condition of a rechargeable battery and its ability to deliver the specified performance compared with its initial condition, expressed as the remaining full charge capacity relative to the rated capacity, in %;

(41)

‘battery management system’ means an electronic device that controls or manages the electric and thermal functions of the battery, that manages and stores the data on the parameters for recording the date of manufacturing of the battery, date of first use of the battery, number of charge/discharge cycles, and the state of health of the battery, and that communicates with the product in which the battery is incorporated;

(42)

‘remaining capacity’ of a battery means the capacity with the battery keeping normal peak performance and measured relative to when the product was new;

(43)

‘smart charging’ means an adaptive battery charging profile based on algorithms learning from user behaviour to optimise the charging profile in terms of reducing battery lifetime limiting effects;

(44)

'Rcyc' means the recyclability rate, expressed in %;

(45)

‘ingress protection rating’ means the extent of protection provided by an enclosure against ingress of solid foreign objects and/or against ingress of water, measured according to standardised test methods and expressed with a coding system to indicate the degree of such protection;

(46)

‘date of placement on the market’ means the date of placing on the market of the first unit of a product model;

(47)

‘date of end of placement on the market’ means the date of placing on the market of the last unit of a product model;

(48)

‘secure deletion of the encryption key’ means the effective erasure of the encryption key used to encrypt and decrypt data, overwriting the key completely in such a way that access to the original key, or parts of it, becomes infeasible;

(49)

‘proprietary tool’ means a tool that is not available for purchase by the general public or for which any applicable patents are not available to licence under fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms;

(50)

'basic tools' means a screwdriver for slotted heads, a screwdriver for cross recess screws, a screwdriver for hexalobular recess heads, a hexagon socket key, a combination wrench, combination pliers, combination pliers for wire stripping and terminal crimping, half round nose pliers, diagonal cutters, multigrip pliers, locking pliers, a prying lever, tweezers, magnifying glass, a spudger and a pick;

(51)

‘commercially available tool’ means a tool that is available for purchase by the general public and is neither basic tools nor a proprietary tool;

(52)

‘production-equivalent environment’ means an environment that is comparable with the environment in which a product was manufactured;

(53)

‘use environment’ means an environment where the product is in use;

(54)

‘workshop environment’ means an environment, that is neither a use environment nor a production-equivalent environment, and where machinery and/or tools are used under controlled conditions as suitable for the repair activities;

(55)

‘generalist’ means a person with general knowledge of basic repair techniques and safety precautions;

(56)

‘layman’ means a person without any specific repair experience or related qualifications;

(57)

'declared values' means the values provided by the manufacturer, importer or authorised representative for the stated, calculated or measured technical parameters in accordance with Article 4, for the verification of compliance by the Member State authorities;

(58)

‘fully extended state’ means a state of the device whereby movable parts as intended for use, such as displays and keyboards, are unfolded, flipped open or similarly extended in a way that the projected area of length times width is maximised.

(a)

From 20 June 2025 or from one month after the date of placement on the market, whichever is later, manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall make available to professional repairers at least the following spare parts, including required fasteners, if not reusable, until at least 7 years after the date of end of placement on the market, when present:

(b)

Spare parts concerned by points (a) and (c) shall not be assemblies comprising more than one of the listed spare part types, with the following exceptions:

(c)

From 20 June 2025 or from one month after the date of placement on the market, whichever is later:

(d)

From 20 June 2025 or from one month after the date of placement on the market, whichever is later, the list of spare parts concerned by point (a) and (c) and the procedure for ordering them shall be publicly available on the free access website of the manufacturer, importer or authorised representative, until the end of the period of availability of these spare parts;

(a)

From 20 June 2025 or from one month after the date of placement on the market, whichever is later, manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall, at least until 7 years after the date of end of placement on the market, provide access to repair and maintenance information to professional repairers for parts covered by points 1(a) and (c) in the following conditions, unless that information is made publicly available at the free access website of the manufacturer, importer or authorised representative:

(b)

From 20 June 2025 or from one month after the date of placement on the market, whichever is later, repair instructions and maintenance information for parts concerned by point 1(c) shall be publicly available at the free access website of the manufacturer, importer or authorised representative, until at least 7 years after the date of end of placement on the market. This information shall contain the level of detail needed to be able to replace parts covered by point 1(c).

(a)

manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall ensure that:

(b)

In the case of spare parts concerned by point 1(a), the availability of spare parts may be limited to professional repairers registered in accordance with point 2 (a) and (b).

(a)

From 20 June 2025, manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall ensure that the process for replacement of the display assembly and of parts referred to in point 1(a), with the exception of the battery or batteries, meets the following criteria:

(b)

From 20 June 2025, manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall ensure that the process for replacement of parts referred to in point 1(c), with the exception of the battery or batteries, meets the following criteria:

(c)

From 20 June 2025, manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall ensure that the process for battery replacement:

(1)

Resistance to accidental drops: Manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall ensure that the devices pass 45 falls without any protective foil or separate protective cover, except for foldable mobile phones other than smartphones designed to be used with a protective foil on the foldable display, without loss of functionality, following the test procedure set out in Annex III; foldable mobile phones other than smartphones designed to be used with a protective foil on the foldable display shall pass 35 falls in the un-extended state and 15 falls in the extended state, without loss of functionality, following the test procedure set out in Annex III and tested with the protective foil.

(2)

Scratch resistance: Manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall ensure that the screen of the device passes the hardness level 4 on the Mohs hardness scale, except for foldable mobile phones other than smartphones designed to be used with a protective foil on the foldable display.

(3)

Protection from dust and water: Manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall ensure that the devices are protected against the ingress of solid foreign objects of size bigger than 1 millimeter and splashing of water.

(4)

Battery endurance in cycles: Manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall ensure that the devices achieve at least 500 cycles at 80 % remaining capacity, to be tested under charging conditions where the charging rate is limited by the battery management system and not by the power delivery capabilities of the power supply.

(5)

Battery management:

(6)

Operating system updates:

(i)

the marking is not possible because of the shape or size;

(ii)

the marking would impact on the performance or functionality of the plastic component;

(iii)

marking is technically not possible because of the molding method.

(i)

packaging, tape, labels and stretch wraps;

(ii)

wiring, cables and connectors, rubber parts and any other component where not enough appropriate surface area is available for the marking to be of a legible size;

(iii)

PCB assemblies, PMMA boards, optical components, electrostatic discharge components, electromagnetic interference components, speakers;

(iv)

transparent parts where the marking would obstruct the function of the part in question.

(1)

Manufacturers, importers or their authorised representatives shall, without prejudice to Article 15(1) of Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), make available, on a free access website, the dismantling information needed to access any of the products components referred to in Annex VII, point 1, of Directive 2012/19/EU.

(2)

The information referred to in point (1) shall include the sequence of dismantling steps, tools or technologies needed to access the targeted components.

(3)

The information referred to in point (1) shall be available until at least 15 years after the placing on the market of the last unit of a product model.

(1)

Manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall provide in the technical documentation and make publicly available on free access websites of the manufacturer, importer or authorised representative the following information:

(2)

Manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall provide user instructions in the form of a user manual on a free access website of the manufacturer, importer or authorised representative. Those instruction shall include instructions for battery maintenance, including the following:

(3)

Where the package does not include a charger, the user instructions referred to in point 2 shall include the following information: “For environmental reasons this package does not include a charger. This device can be powered with most USB power adapters and a cable with USB Type-C plug.”.

(a)

From 20 June 2025 or from one month after the date of placement on the market, whichever is later, manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall make available to professional repairers at least the following spare parts, including required fasteners, if not reusable, until at least 7 years after the date of end of placement on the market, when present:

(b)

Spare parts concerned by points (a) and (c) shall not be assemblies comprising more than one of the listed spare part types, with the following exceptions:

(c)

From 20 June 2025 or from one month after the date of placement on the market, whichever is later:

(d)

From 20 June 2025 or from one month after the date of placement on the market, whichever is later, the list of spare parts concerned by points (a) and (c) and the procedure for ordering them shall be publicly available on the free access website of the manufacturer, importer or authorised representative, until the end of the period of availability of these spare parts.

(a)

The manufacturer’s, importer’s or authorised representative’s website shall indicate the process for professional repairers to register for access to information; to accept such a request, the manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives may only require the professional repairer to demonstrate that:

(b)

Manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall accept or refuse the registration within 5 working days from the date of request. In the case of refusal, a clear justification will be provided to the requestee outlining the reasons behind such decision, which shall be revoked, if the same professional repairer requests to be registered with updated information, which complies with the conditions for being granted access;

(c)

Manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives may charge reasonable and proportionate fees for access to the repair and maintenance information or for receiving regular updates of such information. The registration as such shall be provided for free. A fee shall be considered reasonable in particular if it does not discourage access by failing to take into account the extent to which the professional repairer uses the information;

(d)

Once registered, a professional repairer shall have access, within 1 working day after requesting it, to the requested repair and maintenance information. The information may be provided for an equivalent model or model of the same family, if relevant;

(e)

The repair and maintenance information referred to in point (a) shall contain the level of detail needed to be able to replace parts covered by point 1(a) and (c) and shall at least include:

(f)

Without prejudice to intellectual property rights, third parties shall be allowed to use and publish unaltered repair and maintenance information initially published by the manufacturer, importer or authorised representative and covered by point (e) once the manufacturer, importer or authorised representative terminates access to that information after the end of the period of access to repair and maintenance information.

(a)

manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall ensure that:

(b)

In the case of spare parts concerned by point 1(a), the availability of spare parts may be limited to professional repairers registered in accordance with points 2 (a) and (b).

(a)

From 20 June 2025, manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall ensure that the process for replacement of the display assembly and of parts referred to in point 1(a), with the exception of the battery or batteries, meets the following criteria:

(b)

From 20 June 2025, manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall ensure that the process for replacement of parts referred to in point 1(c), with the exception of the battery or batteries, meets the following criteria:

(c)

From 20 June 2025, manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall ensure that the process for battery replacement:

(a)

encrypt by default, using a random encryption key, the user data stored in the internal storage of the device;

(b)

include a software function, that resets the device to its factory settings and erases securely by default the encryption key and generates a new one;

(c)

record the following data from the battery management system in the system settings or another location accessible for end-users:

(a)

In case the parts to be replaced by spare parts referred to in point 1(a) are serialised parts, provide non-discriminatory access for professional repairers to any software tools, firmware or similar auxiliary means needed to ensure the full functionality of those spare parts and of the device in which such spare parts are installed during and after the replacement;

(b)

In case the parts to be replaced by spare parts referred to in point 1(c) are serialised parts, provide non-discriminatory access for professional repairers and end-users to any software tools, firmware or similar auxiliary means needed to ensure the full functionality of those spare parts and of the device in which such spare parts are installed during and after the replacement;

(c)

Provide, on a free access website of the manufacturer, importer or authorised representative, a description of the procedure for the notification and authorisation of the intended replacement of serialised parts by the owner of the device referred to in point (d); the procedure shall allow for remotely providing the notification and authorisation;

(d)

Before providing access to the software tools, firmware or similar auxiliary means referred to in points (a) and (b), the manufacturer, importer or authorised representative may only require to have received a notification and authorisation of the intended part replacement by the owner of the device. Such notification and authorisation may also be provided by a professional repairer with the explicit written consent of the owner;

(e)

Manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall provide access to the software tools, firmware or similar auxiliary means referred to in points (a) and (b) within 3 working days after having received the request and, where applicable, the notification and authorisation referred to in point (d);

(f)

The access to the software tools, firmware or similar auxiliary means referred to in point (a) may, as regards professional repairers, be limited to professional repairers registered in accordance with points 2(a) and (b).

(1)

Resistance to accidental drops: Manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall ensure that the devices pass 45 falls without any protective foil or separate protective cover, except for foldable smartphones designed to be used with a protective foil on the foldable display, without loss of functionality, following the test procedure set out in Annex III; foldable smartphones designed to be used with a protective foil on the foldable display shall pass 35 falls in the un-extended state and 15 falls in the extended state, without loss of functionality, following the test procedure set out in Annex III and tested with the protective foil.

(2)

Scratch resistance: Manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall ensure that the screen of the device passes the hardness level 4 on the Mohs hardness scale, except for foldable smartphones designed to be used with a protective foil on the foldable display.

(3)

Protection from dust and water: Manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall ensure that the devices are protected against the ingress of solid foreign objects of size bigger than 1 millimeter and splashing of water.

(4)

Battery endurance in cycles: Manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall ensure that the devices achieve at least 800 cycles at 80 % remaining capacity, to be tested under charging conditions where the charging rate is limited by the battery management system and not by the power delivery capabilities of the power supply.

(5)

Battery management:

(6)

Operating system updates:

(i)

the marking is not possible because of the shape or size;

(ii)

the marking would impact on the performance or functionality of the plastic component;

(iii)

marking is technically not possible because of the molding method.

(i)

packaging, tape, labels and stretch wraps;

(ii)

wiring, cables and connectors, rubber parts and any other component where not enough appropriate surface area is available for the marking to be of a legible size;

(iii)

PCB assemblies, PMMA boards, optical components, electrostatic discharge components, electromagnetic interference components, speakers;

(iv)

transparent parts where the marking would obstruct the function of the part in question.

(1)

Manufacturers, importers or their authorised representatives shall, without prejudice to Article 15(1) of Directive 2012/19/EU, make available, on a free access website, the dismantling information needed to access any of the products components referred to in Annex VII, point 1, of Directive 2012/19/EU.

(2)

The information referred to in point (1) shall include the sequence of dismantling steps, tools or technologies needed to access the targeted components.

(3)

The information referred to in point (1) shall be available until at least 15 years after the placing on the market of the last unit of a product model.

(1)

Manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall provide in the technical documentation and make publicly available on free access websites of the manufacturer, importer or authorised representative the following information:

(2)

Manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall provide user instructions in the form of a user manual on a free access website of the manufacturer, importer or authorised representative, and shall include:

(3)

Manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall ensure that:

(4)

Where the package does not include a charger, the user instructions referred to in point 2 shall include the following information: “For environmental reasons this package does not include a charger. This device can be powered with most USB power adapters and a cable with USB Type-C plug.”.

(1)

the networked standby power consumption Pn of a base station shipped with a cordless phone shall not exceed 1 W, regardless of whether a handset is on the base station;

(2)

the standby power consumption Pn of a charging cradle without base station functionality shipped with a cordless phone shall not exceed 0,6 W with the charged handset on the charging cradle and 0,3 W without the handset on the charging cradle.

(a)

From 20 June 2025 or from one month after the date of placement on the market, whichever is later, manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall make available to professional repairers at least the following spare parts, including required fasteners, if not reusable, until at least 7 years after the date of end of placement on the market, when present:

(b)

From 20 June 2025 or from one month after the date of placement on the market, whichever is later, manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall make available to professional repairers and end-users at least the following spare parts, until at least 7 years after the date of end of placement on the market:

(c)

Spare parts concerned by points (a) and (b) shall not be assemblies comprising more than one of the listed spare part types;

(a)

The manufacturer’s, importer’s or authorised representative’s website shall indicate the process for professional repairers to register for access to information; to accept such a request, the manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives may only require the professional repairer to demonstrate that:

(b)

Manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall accept or refuse the registration within 5 working days from the date of request. In the case of refusal, a clear justification will be provided to the requestee outlining the reasons behind such decision, which shall be revoked, if the same professional repairer requests to be registered with updated information, which complies with the conditions for being granted access;

(c)

Manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives may charge reasonable and proportionate fees for access to the repair and maintenance information or for receiving regular updates of such information. The registration as such shall be provided for free. A fee shall be considered reasonable in particular if it does not discourage access by failing to take into account the extent to which the professional repairer uses the information;

(d)

Once registered, a professional repairer shall have access, within 1 working day after requesting it, to the requested repair and maintenance information. The information may be provided for an equivalent model or model of the same family, if relevant;

(e)

The repair and maintenance information referred to in point (a) shall contain the level of detail needed to be able to replace parts covered by points 1(a) and (b) and shall at least include:

(f)

Without prejudice to intellectual property rights, third parties shall be allowed to use and publish unaltered repair and maintenance information initially published by the manufacturer, importer or authorised representative and covered by point (e) once the manufacturer, importer or authorised representative terminates access to that information after the end of the period of access to repair and maintenance information.

(a)

manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall ensure that:

(b)

In the case of spare parts concerned by point 1(a), the availability of spare parts may be limited to professional repairers registered in accordance with points 2 (a) and (b).

(a)

From 20 June 2025, manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall ensure that the process for replacement of parts referred to in point 1(a) meets the following criteria:

(b)

From 20 June 2025, manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall ensure that the process for battery replacement meets the following criteria:

(c)

From 20 June 2025, manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall ensure that the process for display assembly replacement meets the following criteria:

(i)

the marking is not possible because of the shape or size;

(ii)

the marking would impact on the performance or functionality of the plastic component;

(iii)

marking is technically not possible because of the molding method.

(i)

packaging, tape, labels and stretch wraps;

(ii)

wiring, cables and connectors, rubber parts and any other component where not enough appropriate surface area is available for the marking to be of a legible size;

(iii)

PCB assemblies, PMMA boards, optical components, electrostatic discharge components, electromagnetic interference components, speakers;

(iv)

transparent parts where the marking would obstruct the function of the part in question.

(1)

Manufacturers, importers or their authorised representatives shall, without prejudice to Article 15(1) of Directive 2012/19/EU, make available, on a free access website, the dismantling information needed to access any of the products components referred to in Annex VII, point 1, of Directive 2012/19/EU.

(2)

The information referred to in point (1) shall include the sequence of dismantling steps, tools or technologies needed to access the targeted components.

(3)

The information referred to in point (1) shall be available until at least 15 years after the placing on the market of the last unit of a product model.

(1)

Manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall provide in the technical documentation and make publicly available on free access websites of the manufacturer, importer or authorised representative the following information:

(2)

Manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall provide user instructions in the form of a user manual on a free access website of the manufacturer, importer or authorised representative. Where the package does not include a charger, the user instructions shall include the following information: “For environmental reasons this package does not include a charger. This device can be powered with most USB power adapters and a cable with USB Type-C plug.”.

(a)

From 20 June 2025 or from one month after the date of placement on the market, whichever is later, manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall make available to professional repairers at least the following spare parts, including required fasteners, if not reusable, until at least 7 years after the date of end of placement on the market, when present:

(b)

Spare parts concerned by points (a) and (c) shall not be assemblies comprising more than one of the listed spare part types, with the following exceptions:

(c)

From 20 June 2025 or from one month after the date of placement on the market, whichever is later:

(d)

From 20 June 2025 or from one month after the date of placement on the market, whichever is later, the list of spare parts concerned by points (a) and (c) and the procedure for ordering them shall be publicly available on the free access website of the manufacturer, importer or authorised representative, until the end of the period of availability of these spare parts.

(a)

The manufacturer’s, importer’s or authorised representative’s website shall indicate the process for professional repairers to register for access to information; to accept such a request, the manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives may only require the professional repairer to demonstrate that:

(b)

Manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall accept or refuse the registration within 5 working days from the date of request. In the case of refusal, a clear justification will be provided to the requestee outlining the reasons behind such decision, which shall be revoked, if the same professional repairer requests to be registered with updated information, which complies with the conditions for being granted access;

(c)

Manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives may charge reasonable and proportionate fees for access to the repair and maintenance information or for receiving regular updates of such information. The registration as such shall be provided for free. A fee shall be considered reasonable in particular if it does not discourage access by failing to take into account the extent to which the professional repairer uses the information;

(d)

Once registered, a professional repairer shall have access, within 1 working day after requesting it, to the requested repair and maintenance information. The information may be provided for an equivalent model or model of the same family, if relevant;

(e)

The repair and maintenance information referred to in point (a) shall contain the level of detail needed to be able to replace parts covered by point 1(a) and (c) and shall at least include:

(f)

Without prejudice to intellectual property rights, third parties shall be allowed to use and publish unaltered repair and maintenance information initially published by the manufacturer, importer or authorised representative and covered by point (e) once the manufacturer, importer or authorised representative terminates access to that information after the end of the period of access to repair and maintenance information.

(a)

manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall ensure that:

(b)

In the case of spare parts concerned by point 1(a), the availability of spare parts may be limited to professional repairers registered in accordance with points 2(a) and (b).

(a)

From 20 June 2025, manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall ensure that the process for replacement of the display assembly and of parts referred to in point 1(a), with the exception of the battery or batteries, meets the following criteria:

(b)

From 20 June 2025, manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall ensure that the process for replacement of parts referred to in point 1(c), with the exception of the battery or batteries, meets the following criteria:

(c)

From 20 June 2025, manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall ensure that the process for battery replacement:

(a)

encrypt by default, using a random encryption key, the user data stored in the internal storage of the device;

(b)

include a software function, that resets the device to its factory settings and erases securely by default the encryption key and generates a new one;

(c)

record the following data from the battery management system in the system settings or another location accessible for end-users:

(a)

In case the parts to be replaced by spare parts referred to in point 1(a) are serialised parts, provide non-discriminatory access for professional repairers to any software tools, firmware or similar auxiliary means needed to ensure the full functionality of those spare parts and of the device in which such spare parts are installed during and after the replacement;

(b)

In case the parts to be replaced by spare parts referred to in point 1(c) are serialised parts, provide non-discriminatory access for professional repairers and end-users to any software tools, firmware or similar auxiliary means needed to ensure the full functionality of those spare parts and of the device in which such spare parts are installed during and after the replacement;

(c)

Provide, on a free access website of the manufacturer, importer or authorised representative, a description of the procedure for the notification and authorisation of the intended replacement of serialised parts by the owner of the device referred to in point (d); the procedure shall allow for remotely providing the notification and authorisation;

(d)

Before providing access to the software tools, firmware or similar auxiliary means referred to in points (a) and (b), the manufacturer, importer or authorised representative may only require to have received a notification and authorisation of the intended part replacement by the owner of the device. Such notification and authorisation may also be provided by a professional repairer with the explicit written consent of the owner;

(e)

Manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall provide access to the software tools, firmware or similar auxiliary means referred to in points (a) and (b) within 3 working days after having received the request and, where applicable, the notification and authorisation referred to in point (d);

(f)

The access to the software tools, firmware or similar auxiliary means referred to in point (a) may, as regards professional repairers, be limited to professional repairers registered in accordance with points 2(a) and (b).

(1)

Scratch resistance: Manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall ensure that the screen of the device passes the hardness level 4 on the Mohs hardness scale, except for foldable slate tablets designed to be used with a protective foil on the foldable display.

(2)

Protection from accidental spills: Manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall ensure that the devices are protected against accidental spills of water.

(3)

Battery endurance in cycles: Manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall ensure that the devices achieve at least 800 cycles at 80 % remaining capacity, to be tested under charging conditions where the charging rate is limited by the battery management system and not by the power delivery capabilities of the power supply.

(4)

Battery management:

(5)

Operating system updates:

(i)

the marking is not possible because of the shape or size;

(ii)

the marking would impact on the performance or functionality of the plastic component;

(iii)

marking is technically not possible because of the molding method.

(i)

packaging, tape, labels and stretch wraps;

(ii)

wiring, cables and connectors, rubber parts and any other component where not enough appropriate surface area is available for the marking to be of a legible size;

(iii)

PCB assemblies, PMMA boards, optical components, electrostatic discharge components, electromagnetic interference components, speakers;

(iv)

transparent parts where the marking would obstruct the function of the part in question.

(1)

Manufacturers, importers or their authorised representatives shall, without prejudice to Article 15(1) of Directive 2012/19/EU, make available, on a free access website, the dismantling information needed to access any of the products components referred to in Annex VII, point 1, of Directive 2012/19/EU.

(2)

The information referred to in point (1) shall include the sequence of dismantling steps, tools or technologies needed to access the targeted components.

(3)

The information referred to in point (1) shall be available until at least 15 years after the placing on the market of the last unit of a product model.

(1)

Manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall provide in the technical documentation and make publicly available on free access websites of the manufacturer, importer or authorised representative the following information:

(2)

Manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall provide user instructions in the form of a user manual on a free access website of the manufacturer, importer or authorised representative, and shall include:

(3)

Manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall ensure that:

(4)

Where the package does not include a charger, the user instructions referred to in point 2 shall include the following information: “For environmental reasons this package does not include a charger. This device can be powered with most USB power adapters and a cable with USB Type-C plug.”.

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