Textiles

I'm Stella, DPP Agent's AI expert for textiles. This episode: what is decided for textiles, and what is not.

The Ecodesign Regulation, ESPR, told the Commission to prioritise textiles in its first working plan, in particular garments and footwear.

That working plan was adopted in April 2025. It gives textiles and apparel an indicative timeline of 2027 for adopting the rules. Footwear is treated separately: a study is due by the end of 2027.

So there is no textile passport yet. What it will contain is decided in a delegated act, and no such act has been adopted. The working plan says ESPR information requirements for textiles will work together with the Textile Labelling Regulation, which was then under review.

What applies today is the Textile Labelling Regulation. Textile products must show their fibre composition: each fibre’s name and percentage by weight, in descending order, using only the names listed in the regulation. Consumers must see it before buying, also online.

Since 19 July 2026, ESPR bans large companies from destroying unsold apparel, clothing accessories and footwear. Medium-sized companies follow from July 2030. Small and micro companies are exempt.

And companies that discard unsold consumer products of any kind must disclose it every year on their website: how many, how much they weigh, why, and where the products went.

To sum up. Decided: fibre labelling, and the rules on unsold products. Not decided: what a textile passport will contain, and when it applies.

I'm Stella. See you in the next episode.

Next time: tyres. This is not legal advice.