3D Spare parts

Decree implementing the French Anti-Waste for a Circular Economy (AGEC) Act concerning the provision of designs for the production of spare parts using 3D printing.

This text aims to facilitate the repair of products and promote their durability, with a view to fostering a circular economy. It supplements the already existing provisions on the availability of spare parts from the other decrees implementing Law No 2020-105 of 10 February 2020 on combating waste and on the circular economy, and Law No 2021-1104 of 22 August 2021 on combating climate change and strengthening resilience to its effects.

The text applies to certain categories of goods where a spare part essential for the use of a good is no longer available for sale but can be produced using 3D printing. The text stipulates that, in such cases, the manufacturer or importer of movable goods must, subject to compliance with intellectual property rights, provide professional sellers, refurbishers or repairers – whether authorised or not – who so request with the design data for the spare part produced by means of 3D printing or, failing that, the technical specifications necessary for the creation of such a design