An ESPR lifecycle term for actions that keep a product in a condition where it can fulfil its intended purpose.
Maintenance differs from repair because the product is being kept functional, not returned from a defective condition to a functional one. Maintenance is about preserving intended performance before failure and creating service history that can support durability and lifecycle claims.
In DPP and ESPR implementation, maintenance records can help explain how a product stayed usable over time. Keep maintenance separate from repair, refurbishment, remanufacturing, and product status changes after failure.
Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for sustainable products
one or more actions carried out to keep a product in a condition where it is able to fulfil its intended purpose;
Reference: Article 2, point 19
Implementation records should capture the maintenance event, service history, condition record, action performed, responsible service actor, date, durability evidence, and distinction from repair, refurbishment, or remanufacturing after a defect or lifecycle transition.
Maintenance is a service-continuity control: the evidence consequence is that product history can show actions that preserved intended function before failure, rather than only faults, repairs, or end-of-life transitions.