Answer given by Executive Vice-President Séjourné on behalf of the European Commission
24.4.2025
The initiative to review EU rules on textiles labelling[1] aims to:
— Ensure consumers have access to all relevant information in an accurate, intelligible and comparable manner, without any misleading information, through physical and digital labels;
— Reduce compliance costs for companies and ensure regulatory clarity and consistency, in line with current legislation and forthcoming regulatory developments;
— Introduce a single uniform set of rules on labelling requirements for textile products and non-textile apparel and clothing accessories.[2]
The Commission is assessing the revision of the Textile Labelling Regulation (EU) 1007/2011[3] together with other legislative initiatives addressing the environmental impact of textiles and the proper display of information to consumers.
A decision on the format and layout of the environmental labelling information shall be taken in line with the preparation of ecodesign requirements for textiles, as announced by the EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles[4], and the establishment of a common layout of labels for products regulated under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (EU) 2024/1781[5].
- [1] See also https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/13872-Textile-labelling-rules-revision-_en
- [2] See Commission work programme 2023 — https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/strategy-documents/commission-work-programme/commission-work-programme-2023_en
- [3] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02011R1007-20180215
- [4] Textiles strategy — European Commission — https://environment.ec.europa.eu/strategy/textiles-strategy_en
- [5] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1781/oj/eng