A regulatory term referring to one or more actions carried out to keep a product in a condition where it is able to 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. In other words, maintenance is about preserving intended performance before failure, whereas repair follows a failure or defect.
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
This term matters when service logs, warranty workflows, and durability claims need to show whether an action preserved normal function or corrected a failure. The difference also matters for designing maintenance instructions and proving that a product remained serviceable over time.
For Minespider, maintenance is a continuity term. It helps show that product history is not only about faults and fixes, but also about the ongoing actions that kept the product usable.