There is no literal 'right to repair' at all, only a right that the other party fulfills its contractual obligations (how they should do it in case of a defective product, is primarily up to the consumer in consumer law, but limited bij 'redelijkheid en billijkheid') this implies in some cases it would be very sensible to keep spare parts, tooling etc so it will be possible to repair and not have to pay damages or replace the complete machine. In the Netherlands, the period is not fixed, but because of the EU-regulations, it is at least 2 years, with no upper limit (except the 'verwachte levensduur'). The
UK England and Wales have apparently a limit of 6 years. Also, as was previously mentioned, the contract may stipulate a literal right to repair of course.
In most countries (at least in the Netherlands and AFAIK the UK and Germany as well) the right to repair in consumer law can also be fulfilled by replacing the complete item.
IMHO, manufacturers should have more incentives to not use planned obsolescence or waste resources by discarding complete items and replacing them. Maybe for that reason, in some cases, a 'duty to repair' might make sense, on the other hand, that might waste resources if spare parts are never used...
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