In an own initiative report adopted by the very comfortable majority of 662 votes to 32, with 2 abstentions in plenary in Strasbourg on Tuesday 4 July, MEPs call on the Commission to bring forward stronger rules on the planned obsolescence of tangible goods and software to encourage product repair and re-use.
“In adopting this own initiative report by a wide majority, Parliament is positioning the EU for the first time on the issue of the lifespan in products and showing that there exists...