Right to Repair: Repair Information in Your Shop
The Right to Repair Directive (Directive (EU) 2024/1799) strengthens the repairability of products. Retailers must inform about repair options and the availability of spare parts.
Also relevant around right to repair, state repairability, spare part availability, repair or replacement.
The transposition obligation takes effect from 31.07.2026.
What Right to Repair Online Shop means
The directive requires, among other things, information on repairability, the availability of spare parts, and a note on the choice between repair and replacement in the warranty case.
Who it applies to
B2C retailers are affected; the choice note repair or replacement applies to all goods, not just electronics.
What must be shown in the shop
- Information on repairability
- Spare part availability
- Note on the choice of repair or replacement
How ShopCompliance solves this automatically
ShopCompliance stores repair and spare part information per product and shows the statutory choice note in the listing.
Implementing Right to Repair Online Shop in your Shopify store
- 1Maintain repair information
Store details on repairability and the availability of spare parts per product.
- 2Activate the choice note
ShopCompliance adds the statutory note on the choice between repair and replacement in the warranty case.
- 3Show in the listing
The information appears in the product listing; the choice note applies to all goods, not just electronics.
Checklist: Right to Repair Online Shop
- ✓Information on repairability
- ✓Spare part availability
- ✓Note on the choice of repair or replacement
Risks of non-compliance
Missing mandatory information on repairability, spare parts, or the right to choose can be targeted with warning letters and challenged by authorities after the directive is transposed from 31.07.2026. For certain product groups, spare part obligations also exist, the violation of which can be sanctioned.
Meet it automatically with ShopCompliance
Activate the Right to Repair Online Shop module in a few clicks. ShopCompliance manages the mandatory information centrally and renders it automatically on your storefront, no theme code.
Open in the Shopify App StoreFrequently asked questions about Right to Repair Online Shop
When does the Right to Repair apply?+
The transposition of the directive takes effect from 31.07.2026.
Does the repair note only apply to electronics?+
No. The choice note between repair and replacement applies to all goods.
Do I have to keep spare parts in stock?+
For certain product groups, spare part obligations exist; the availability must be informed about.
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