This will not help (enough). There is a problem with regards to other EU regulation regarding warranty. Suppose my appliance breaks down after three years. The

This will not help (enough). There is a problem with regards to other EU regulation regarding warranty. Suppose my appliance breaks down after three years. The seller should organise the repair and pay a major part of the cost (function of the expected lifetime). That's EU law. However: they can choose the repair company. Large firms insource this, thus being able to set repair prices. Then this law is moot. Once I turn over my broken appliance for repair, I have to pay a fee to get it back unrepaired. So market forces cannot play since the price setting of repairs is broken. Nice that some appliances get better repairability, but this only works after the expected lifetime of the appliance. Within the expected lifetime you are still stuck with inflated repair prices. Edit: see below. This is partially false. In the Netherlands this problem exists since they've implemented a broader warranty (2 years plus depreciation over expected lifetime) than the EU mandates. EU wide is just 2 years warranty and this law facilitates repairs afterwards.