Concepts
Commercial guarantee vs legal guarantee
The statutory legal guarantee (conformity) applies automatically to every sale in the EU and cannot be waived. The commercial guarantee of durability is an additional, voluntary promise by the producer that lasts longer than two years. The GARAN label represents that voluntary commercial guarantee; it never replaces the legal guarantee.
The legal guarantee
The legal guarantee of conformity is statutory. It applies automatically to consumer sales, cannot be contracted away, and exists regardless of any GARAN label.
The commercial guarantee of durability
This is a voluntary promise by the producer that a product will remain durable for a stated period of more than two years, covering the whole product. It is exactly this promise that the GARAN label marks.
The accompanying notice
The regulation also harmonises an information notice about the legal guarantee. You can download the official notice, in colour and black-and-white and in many languages, on the notice page.
Key facts at a glance
- Legal guarantee
- Automatic, statutory
- Commercial guarantee
- Voluntary, more than two years
- GARAN marks
- The commercial guarantee
- Replaces the legal guarantee
- Never
Frequently asked questions
Does GARAN replace my statutory obligations?
No. The legal guarantee always applies. GARAN concerns an additional, voluntary commercial guarantee.
What is the EU legal guarantee notice?
A harmonised information text about the legal guarantee. You can download it on the notice page.
Related guides
What is the GARAN label?
The EU-wide label for a commercial guarantee of durability of more than two years, and what is fixed on it.
Read the guideWho needs a GARAN label?
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Read the guideRegulation (EU) 2025/1960
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