EU label on product durability & notice on legal guarantees for consumers
Bitkom supports the objective of improving transparency on consumer rights and product durability. However, the current draft implementing regulation raises concerns. From a linguistic, practical, and legal perspective, the design and terminology are likely to lead to misunderstanding, administrative burden, and confusion for both consumers and businesses.
We call on the Commission to:
Ensure clear and consistent legal terminology, aligned with national consumer protection frameworks.
Redesign the visual and textual elements of the notice and label for better clarity and practical feasibility.
Our position paper contains additional comments and recommendations on the proposal for a Commission Implementing Regulation on the design and content of the harmonised notice of the legal guarantee of conformity and the harmonised label for the commercial guarantee of durability.
