Seller repairs would bring an extra year of protection under Swedish plan
Consumers would get an extra year of protection against faults when a seller repairs a defective purchase, under a Swedish government proposal sent for legal review on Thursday.
The draft legislation would extend the seller’s liability period from three to four years when it remedies a fault through repair. It would not create a blanket four-year guarantee for every purchase.
The package also proposes a separate duty for manufacturers to repair goods covered by EU repairability requirements, if a consumer requests it and repair is possible. Repairs would have to be free or reasonably priced and completed within a reasonable time.
A manufacturer could not refuse solely because somebody else had previously repaired the product. The proposal also addresses access to spare parts and unjustified contractual, hardware or software barriers to repairs.
The measures form part of Sweden’s implementation of EU consumer and repair rules. They have been referred to the Council on Legislation and are proposed to take effect on 1 May 2027; they are not yet current Swedish law.
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