EU and US repair law, read for the people who actually do the repairs.
Article 11 of the EU Batteries Regulation applies from 18 February 2027 — but a delegated act adopted on 14 July 2026 took the list of derogations from two entries to eight, and phones were never covered by it at all.
Last checked: 4 September 2026. Seven US states now have a general right-to-repair law for consumer electronics, and the newest one — Texas —…
The repair directive applies in national law from 31 July 2026 — but only to ten product categories. Here is every spare part, every availability period and every delivery deadline, cross-read from the official EU texts.