联邦贸易委员会与五州和迪尔公司达成和解：农户维修权保障十年
美国联邦贸易委员会（FTC）2026年7月8日宣布，已与亚利桑那、伊利诺伊、密歇根、明尼苏达、威斯康星五州总检察长一道，与农机制造商迪尔公司（Deere & Company）达成和解，了结双方关于农机维修限制的诉讼。和解拟议令已提交伊利诺伊州北区联邦地区法院，案号3:25-cv-50017。
FTC 与五州2025年1月起诉迪尔，指控其把功能完整的维修软件工具只提供给授权经销商网络，限制农户与独立维修商自行维修迪尔农机，迫使农户多花钱、多等时间，并指控这些限制违反《谢尔曼法》第2条与《联邦贸易委员会法》第5条。
按和解条款，迪尔须在2026年年底前，向农户与独立维修商提供与其授权经销商同等的维修资源，包括适用的软件功能与 PRO Service 等电子维修工具，并按公平合理的条件提供，定价须顾及农户与独立维修商的承受能力。这一同等对待要求也适用于迪尔今后的新维修工具，前提是该工具已提供给其全美一半以上授权经销商。
和解期限为十年，迪尔违反条款时期限可延长。和解期间，迪尔须在维修资源推出阶段每60天提交一次合规报告，其后十年内每年报告一次，并须指示其授权经销商宣传维修资源的可得性，不得歧视或报复选择自行维修的农户与维修商。FTC 主席 Andrew N. Ferguson 与委员 Mark R. Meador 就和解发表了联合声明。
FTC and Five States Settle With Deere, Securing Farmers' Right to Repair for 10 Years
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced on July 8, 2026, that it and the attorneys general of Arizona, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin had reached a settlement with farm equipment maker Deere & Company resolving their lawsuit over repair restrictions. The proposed stipulated order was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, case No. 3:25-cv-50017.
The FTC and the states sued Deere in January 2025, alleging that Deere limited access to a fully functioning software tool to only its network of authorized dealers, restricting the ability of farmers and independent repair providers to repair Deere equipment, forcing farmers to spend more and wait longer, and that the restrictions violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act and Section 5 of the FTC Act.
Under the settlement, by the end of 2026 Deere must provide farmers and independent repair providers with the same repair resources it provides to its dealers, including applicable software capabilities and electronic repair tools such as PRO Service, on fair and reasonable terms that account for their ability to afford the tools. The parity requirement also extends to future repair tools once Deere makes them available to more than 50 percent of its authorized dealer locations in the United States.
The order runs for ten years and may be extended if Deere violates its terms. During the rollout, Deere must file compliance reports every 60 days, and then annually for the ten-year term, and it must instruct its dealers to promote the availability of the repair resources and not to discriminate or retaliate against farmers or repair providers who use them. FTC Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson, joined by Commissioner Mark R. Meador, issued a statement on the settlement.
来源：美国联邦贸易委员会
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图片来源：图：一台迪尔公司（John Deere）拖拉机在华盛顿国家广场现代农业展上展出（资料照片，2024年）。美国农业部摄，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: A John Deere tractor on display at the Celebration of Modern Agriculture on the National Mall in Washington (file photo, 2024). U.S. Department of Agriculture, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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