Repairability class
How easy the device is to repair, as a class from A (most repairable) to E, computed from six scores: disassembly depth, fasteners, tools, spare parts, software-update duration and repair information.
- What it looks like on the label
- A phone with a wrench, and a row of letters A to E with one highlighted.
- Printed on
- Phone or tablet
- Unit
- letter A–E (index R, lowest class starts at 1.00)
- Regulation
- Regulation (EU) 2023/1669, Annex III
What the regulation says
On a phone or tablet label
- What the number measures
- Repairability Index R, an aggregated and normalised score from six parameters.
- Unit
- letter A–E (index R, lowest class starts at 1.00)
- Test condition
- scored from the technical documentation: steps to reach each priority part, fastener and tool types, spare-part availability to end users and repairers, years of software updates and repair information.
- Classes
- A: R ≥ 4.00 · B: 3.35–4.00 · C: 2.55–3.35 · D: 1.75–2.55 · E: 1.00–1.75
Regulation (EU) 2023/1669, Annex II, point C, Table 4; label point Annex III, point 1 (VIII); method in Annex IV, point 5: repairability class determined in accordance with Annex II;
Checked 2026-09-25.
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Sources
- Regulation (EU) 2023/1669 — Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1669 of 16 June 2023 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 with regard to the energy labelling of smartphones and slate tablets. Label content: Annex III. Article 8: “It shall apply from 20 June 2025.” Checked 2026-09-25.
Read in the Official Journal text on the date shown. Our drawing is not the official pictogram; the regulation’s own label figure is the authority.