Warranty periods for electrical goods to be extended from 1st January 2022
Monday, December 27, 2021 @ 7:59 PM
From 1st January 2022 there will be changes to the manufacturers' guarantees that come with new electrical goods. The Spanish Consumers' Association (OCU) has confirmed that products sold from the beginning of next year will come with a three-year manufacturer's warranty instead of the current two years, and manufacturers will have to guarantee the availability of spare parts for ten years, rather than the current five.
The new measures come as part of a change to the General Consumers & Users Defence Law which will come into force in January 2022, and which adds these additional guarantees which, according to the OCU, represent "another step towards product sustainability and repairability".
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