Mr. Barry McGreal:

No. That was considered in the negotiations on the directive. It sets out that you enjoy the same rights and also, although I hope it would not come to this, if something were to go wrong, the manufacturer cannot then refuse to repair again because somebody else made a botched attempt at it.

I do not want to use up the time inappropriately, but I wish to comment on an earlier point. I cannot remember but it may have been Deputy Farrell who asked specifically about the issue of obsolescence. I addressed that but I neglected to say that we have a third directive that has come into place. It has not kicked in but it has been agreed and the transposition clock is ticking. It is called the directive on “empowering consumers for the green transition through better protection against unfair [commercial] practices”. Essentially, it strengthens the existing unfair commercial practices directives and it specifically includes issues such as early obsolescence. I should have mentioned that in my earlier response.