An ESPR lifecycle term for actions that return a defective product or waste to a condition where it fulfils its intended purpose.
Repair is about restoring a defective product or waste to a condition where it can fulfil its intended purpose again. The emphasis is on bringing functionality back after failure or defect, not simply preserving normal operation before failure.
In DPP and ESPR implementation, repair can become part of product history, service evidence, and lifecycle-state interpretation. Keep it separate from maintenance, refurbishment, remanufacturing, and ordinary resale.
Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for sustainable products
one or more actions carried out to return a defective product or waste to a condition where it fulfils its intended purpose;
Reference: Article 2, point 20
Implementation records should capture the repair event, defect record, restored function, service actor, product identifier, spare-part link, date, and distinction from maintenance, refurbishment, remanufacturing, replacement, or ordinary use.
Repair is a defect-restoration event control: the evidence consequence is that product history can show when an intervention restored intended function after defect or failure rather than merely preserving normal operation.