Industry Guide
Compliance for Textile & Fashion
Textile and fashion companies face overlapping product regulation, extended producer responsibility, chemical restrictions, and supply chain traceability obligations – covering everything from fibre labelling to deforestation due diligence.
Key Regulations
Textile Labelling Regulation
Requires all textile products placed on the EU market to carry labels or markings stating their full fibre composition, with specific rules on naming conventions, order of listing by weight, tolerance thresholds, and language requirements in each member state of sale.
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Mandated under the revised Waste Framework Directive, EPR schemes require textile producers and importers to finance the separate collection, sorting, and recycling of post-consumer textile waste. Member states must have operational EPR schemes for textiles from January 2025.
→ Learn moreESPR – Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation
Textiles are among the first priority product categories. The regulation sets minimum durability, repairability, and recycled fibre content requirements for clothing and footwear, and mandates Digital Product Passports giving buyers and regulators access to sustainability and composition data.
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Requires mandatory separate collection of used textiles in all EU member states from 1 January 2025, creating obligations for retailers and brands to establish or fund take-back and collection systems for post-consumer garments and household textiles.
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Sector-specific obligations that are often overlooked
EUDR – EU Deforestation Regulation
Requires due diligence for leather and rubber used in textile and footwear products, mandating that these materials are traced to deforestation-free origins with geolocation data. Note: cotton is not on the EUDR commodity list and is not in scope.
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Bans or severely restricts the production, use, and release of persistent organic pollutants – including certain PFAS and flame retardants used in textile treatments and coatings – requiring brands and manufacturers to phase out non-compliant substances and verify substitution across the supply chain.
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Sets mandatory recycled content thresholds, recyclability requirements, and reuse targets for all packaging placed on the EU market – directly affecting the polybags, garment packaging, shoeboxes, and e-commerce shipping materials used across textile and fashion supply chains.
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Restricts intentionally added microplastics – including synthetic polymer particles in textile finishes, coatings, and glitter – requiring product reformulation and supply chain verification. The restriction was adopted under REACH in October 2023 with phased implementation timelines by product category.
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What fibre composition labelling requirements apply to our product range under the Textile Labelling Regulation – including tolerance thresholds and multi-component product rules?
Which of our product categories will require a Digital Product Passport under ESPR, what data fields must the passport contain, and by what deadline?
Does our leather and rubber sourcing trigger EUDR due diligence obligations – and what geolocation and deforestation-free evidence must we collect from suppliers?
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