1 Amendments of Marcus PRETZELL related to 2016/2272(INI)
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
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1. Calls on the Commission to establish minimum resistance criteria for each product category from the design stage, by working in the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation (CENELEC)Rejects any move to regulate the lifetime of products; takes the view that the lifetime of products is determined by supply and demand and that the extended- use tests conducted by specialist publications can offer guidance as to how long that lifetime is likely to be; points out that people who want long-lived products and are prepared therefore to forego the benefits of innovation will pay a higher price for their preference and that people who attach importance to innovation will often be happy to lpay down standards which cover product robustness, reparability, upgradeability, etc.a low price and accept the fact that the product in question has a shorter lifetime; points out, further, that prices reflect consumers' preferences as regards product lifetimes;