Repairability Index for Electrical Products

Global environmental problems are emerging non-stop, carbon emissions caused by the energy and materials consumption in product manufacturing are becoming more and more prominent. Environmental problems caused by electronic waste generated by product scrapping are intensifying. In order to improve the maintenance rate of products and extend the service life of equipment, France promulgated Law No. 2020-105 on Waste and Circular Economy ( Law No. 2020-105 ) on February 10, 2020.

According to relevant regulations, starting from January 1, 2021, manufacturers, importers, distributors or other operators of electronic and electrical equipment sold in the French market should provide consumers the information about repairability index of their products. As of June 2022, the requirements cover 13 categories of products.

With the advancement of China's strategic goals of "Carbon peaking and Carbon neutrality " , "Energy conservation, emission reduction, and low-carbon development " has become a social consensus, and every industry stakeholders have formulated action plans to reduce carbon emissions. To address the demand, TÜV Rheinland is introducing Repairability Index service for Electrical and Electronics Products, hoping to drive the industry to " discard less and repair more " throughout the product life cycle and contribute to reducing waste and pollution of electronic products; while in parallel guiding users to consume rationally and greenly.

In order to assist manufacturers, importers, distributors, etc. of related products to fully understand the meaning of regulations and actively respond to and comply with the relevant requirements of the repair index, TÜV Rheinland can provide comprehensive repairability index solutions including early consultation and training, technical support for product repairability, assistance in writing repairability manuals, guidance and verification during the process, and later product evaluation and report output. Currently, this service covers most consumer electronics categories.

Assessment content:

• Technical documentation for previous years
• How easy can the product be dissembled and repair
• Length of market supply of maintenance parts or spare parts
• The price ratio of product spare parts to complete product
• additional requirements may came up for specific product groups, detail product specification check needed

• Laptop
• TV
• Mobile phone
• Dish washing machine
• Corded/Cordless lawn mower
• Lawn mowing robot
• Washing machine
• Corded/cordless vacuum cleaner
• Sweeping robot
• High pressure cleaner

The index is a scale of 10 points where the larger the number represents the higher the possibilities of repairing.