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As part of the European Green Deal, the European Commission introduced a new “right to repair” (EC/2024/1799) in the framework of an Action Plan for the circular economy. The term “wear part” appears more frequently in the context with the Ecodesign Directive (e.g. EU/2024/1781). This term must be distinguished unambiguously from the term “wear”. While “wear” is clearly defined within the framework of tribology and lubrication sciences, the


Objectives


Article 13 (EU/2020/852) (1) An economic activity makes a significant contribution to the transition to a circular economy, including waste prevention, reuse and recycling, if:


a) It uses the natural resources, including bio-based and other raw materials of sustainable origin more efficiently in production, e.g. through i. reduction in the use of primary raw materials or an increase in the use of by-products and secondary raw materials; or


ii. resource and energy efficiency measures;


b) It improves the durability, repairability, upgradability or reusability of products, in particular in design and manufacturing activities;


e) Prolongs the use period of products, also through reuse, design for longevity, refunctioning, disassembly, remanufacturing, modernisation and repair, and sharing of products;


k) Avoids or reduces waste.


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term “wear part” must be redefined and delimited in order to avoid possible misuse. Additionally, the terms “durability” and “longevity” are defined in the European Sustainability Reporting Standard (ESRS, EU/2023/2772) and are part of the objectives of the EU Taxonomy - Regulation EU/2020/852, which provides a number of attributes relating to “wear protection” as follows:


Attributes and contributions of tribology


Wear protection = technical longevity and service life extensions reduce the amount of waste produced.


Bio-lubricants and lubricants from biogenic resources; bio-plastics.


Wear protection = material efficiency and resource conservation.


Energy efficiency due to friction reduction and resource efficiency through wear protection lead to CO2


reduction.


Longevity through wear protection reduces waste volumes and resource consumption.


Low-wear tribological systems and their remanufacturing conserve resources with the embedded CO2


footprint.


Longevity, repairability and refurbishment reduce waste volumes.


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