Watch it again! Never beyond repair: How an EU standard drives product repairability
By Watch our workshop on the standardisation of repairability, hosted by ECOS and ANEC for their members and other stakeholders involved in ecodesign and energy labelling. This event was part of the reaLIFEstandards project.
Standard EN45554:2020 on repairability. It’s in the French repair index. It’s in EU ecodesign and energy labelling requirements for smartphones. It’s in sustainability labels. How can it be improved to bring us closer to a universal right to repair?
With their members and other stakeholders, ECOS and ANEC hosted a webinar on 3 April 2025 to help answer these questions.
What did the webinar cover?
We discussed the significance of the standard EN45554:2020. What is this standard’s role in promoting repairability, and how can it be improved to support a universal right to repair? We also covered:
- This standard’s role in the French Repair Index, EU ecodesign, energy labelling requirements for smartphones, and sustainability labels
- The interaction between regulations and standardisation
- Best practices for including NGOs in national standardisation work
- Real-world examples demonstrating the benefits of adhering to this standard
Speakers
- Mathieu Rama, Senior Programme Manager at ECOS
- Amina Aissani, Senior Programme Manager at ECOS
- Bernardo Martinez, Policy Officer at the European Commission (DG ENER)
- Michela Vuerich, Lead Programme Manager at ANEC
- Chris Spiliotopoulos, Project Officer at the Joint Research Center
- François Belin, Chief Operating Officer at Ethikis
- Boštjan Okorn, ANEC expert
Watch it again
Download the slides here.
See you next time!
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