The service was originally launched in the US earlier this year and works with the iPhone 12 and 13 range as well as Mac laptops with Apple silicon.
Apple said self repair would also be coming to customers in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden, a few weeks after the European Commission and Member State representatives agreed on new ecodesign requirements for phones and tablets.
The requirements – which are designed to improve durability and the ease of repair – will apply to smartphones and tablets in a bid to reduce their environmental impact.
Manufacturers will be obliged to give access to repair and maintenance information and spare parts to professional repairers and end-users for at least seven years after retiring a product from the market.
The Self Service Repair Store provides access to more than 200 individual parts and tools, as well as repair manuals.
Apple said that the programme enables customers who are “experienced with...