Clear, structured and accessible information on the environmental sustainability characteristics of products empowers businesses and consumers to make better choices and improves communication between actors along value chains, including producers and recyclers, for example on substances of concern, on repair or on the fibre composition. Such information also boosts the visibility and credibility of sustainable companies and products. Therefore, as part of the measures under the new Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation, the Commission will introduce a Digital Product Passport for textiles based on mandatory information requirements on circularity and other key environmental aspects.

To ensure consistency with this new piece of legislation, the Commission will also review the Textile Labelling Regulation, which requires textiles sold on the EU market to carry a label clearly identifying the fibre composition and indicating any non-textile parts of animal origin. As part of this review and subject to an impact assessment, the Commission will introduce mandatory disclosure of other types of information, such as sustainability and circularity parameters, products’ size and, where applicable, the country where manufacturing processes take place (‘made in’).

In the context of the above proposals, the Commission will also consider the possibility of introducing a digital label.

Source: European Comission

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