The possibility of creating a is evaluating single and uniform set of rules on labeling requirements, in all potentially relevant labeling areas, for textile and products. These are mainly leather and fur clothing products, clothing is evaluating accessories and interior/household products, excluding footwear, the labeling of which is by Directive //of textile products are to the fiber composition of the products textiles, which has increasingly the introduction of disparate labeling requirements across Member States in several other labeling areas. This situation has not only the complexity of the often overlapping information to the consumer, it has also the internal market and compliance costs for companies.
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This situation can generate confusion and gaps in the provision of information to consumers, who are in knowing the characteristics of products and in knowing which products they should purchase and how to use them responsibly. These regulatory and market failures are, in turn, by the growing envi Business Email List ronmental concerns of Member States, industry and consumers. New fibers are also being developeapping problems regarding the labeling of textile products and closely products: the framption of textile products have on the environment, particularly taking into account that, for the Commission , textile consumption by EU households ranks, on average, fourth in terms of negative impact on the environment and climate change and third in terms of use of water and soil resources, from a global life cycle perspective .
The strategy envisaged a series of
Legislative and non-legislative measures to address the environmental impact of textiles, including the review of the Textile Labeling Regulation In light of the Strategy, requirements should focus especially on environmentally relevant infor Arabia Email List mation and update the Regulation in order to: ensure that consumers have access to all relevant information abmpliance costs for businesses and ensure regulatory clarity and coherence, in line with current legislation and future regulatory developments. This legislative initiative, which is expected to be adopted by the College of Commissioners in the last quarter of next year, should include a retrospective assessment of the current regulation and an impact assessment, in line with the Better Regulation Guidelines. Our team is at your disposal for further information.
