BizNavi HubSign in

Guarantees

How do the legal guarantee and a commercial durability guarantee differ?

The legal guarantee is not replaced by a voluntary producer guarantee. Longer national durations are not invented here.

Decision-support screen for traders. It is not legal advice and it does not approve a statement.

Transposition deadline 2026-03-27. Application date 2026-09-27. Directive (EU) 2024/825. Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1960.

What this screen checks

The minimum two-year legal guarantee of conformity, and the voluntary commercial guarantee of durability that can use the harmonised label.

Transposition deadline 2026-03-27. Application date 2026-09-27. Directive (EU) 2024/825. Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1960.

National duties are shown only when an official national instrument has been loaded. A blank country is not treated as a permission.

How to read it

Legal

Directive (EU) 2019/771 sets a minimum of two years. National law can be longer, which this screen does not guess.

Commercial

The harmonised label is for a producer guarantee of durability, at no extra cost, covering the entire good, and lasting more than two years.

Replacement

Presenting the commercial guarantee as a replacement for statutory rights stays on review.

Limits

Can the commercial guarantee replace the legal one?

No. They are independent, and the notice and label cross-refer to that difference.

When is the label relevant?

When the producer’s guarantee meets the duration, coverage, and no-extra-cost conditions and the trader receives that information.

What is the two-year figure?

It is the minimum legal guarantee of conformity, not the length of every commercial promise.

Which design instrument applies?

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1960.