Abstract

BIANCHI, Lorena Vanina. The Influence of the Principle of Sustainable Consumption over the Combat against Planned Obsolescence, the Guarantee of 'Durable Products' and the Right to Information of Consumers in Argentina. Rev. Derecho Privado [online]. 2018, n.34, pp.277-310. ISSN 0123-4366.  https://doi.org/10.18601/01234366.n34.09.

This article is aimed to explain the problems related to the planned obsolescence, by means of describing their impacts on the consumption and on the environment. From a legal perspective, it can be analysed how the new principle of sustainable consumption, which has been recently acknowledged as a new principle of the Consumer Law in Argentina, allows us to reconsider the functioning of two classic tools to protect consumers. These two tools can be useful to combat or mitigate the negative effects of planned obsolescence: the right to information and the legal guarantee of products.

Keywords : Planned obsolescence; Principle of sustainable consumption; Right to information; Guarantee system; Products; Consumer Law; Environmental Law.

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