Analysis, regulation and practices of European textiles.
What happens, what it means, what changes. With dates and sources in plain sight.
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04 pieces- Market analysis10 minRafael Rodríguez
Textile environmental claims under the ECGT: burden of proof, evidence and sanction
A textile environmental claim without verifiable documentation is an ECGT infringement, with a reversed burden of proof. The defence is to anchor each claim to its traceable technical evidence before the consumer authority.
- Market analysis6 minRafael Rodríguez
France fines its own textile eco-organisation €170,000: what the Refashion case teaches the Spanish SCRAP
The French State penalises Refashion for failing to take back free of charge the textile waste that the social economy declines to absorb. What the decision says, what it does not say, and three lessons for the future Spanish textile SCRAP.
- Market analysis10 minRafael Rodríguez
Eco-modulation of the textile EPR fee: France already operates it, Spain transposes it by 2027
Directive (EU) 2025/1892 (Article 22c(5)) requires the textile EPR fee to be modulated by eco-design across the EU. France does so since 2023 (durability and recycled-content bonus, €0.02-0.20/item base); Spain transposes it by 2027.
- Market analysis9 minRafael Rodríguez
When Norway banned the Higg: the NCA case against H&M and Norrøna 2022 and lessons for ECGT transposition
NCA Norway concluded on 14 Jun 2022 that the use of the Higg MSI in consumer marketing is misleading communication. It sent letters to H&M and Norrøna with a 1 Sep 2022 deadline. The most citable pre-ECGT precedent.
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