Directive (EU) 2025/1892 delimits extended producer responsibility for textiles by Combined Nomenclature codes: its Annex IVc. This checker reads that annex as published and answers with the official entry in front of you, including the exclusions almost everyone overlooks.
This tool reads Annex IVc as published; it is not customs or legal advice. The binding tariff classification of each reference is the one your brand already uses at customs.
The cases almost everyone gets wrong
The annex, in full
The fifteen entries of Annex IVc, in their official wording. Chapters 61 and 62 are covered in full; the rest are specific headings, and exclusions work at code level.
Parte IProductos textiles y prendas y complementos (accesorios) textiles de vestir para uso doméstico u otros usos, cuando dichos productos sean de naturaleza y composición similares a aquellos de uso doméstico, que entran en el ámbito de aplicación del artículo 22 bis
- 61
Prendas y complementos (accesorios) de vestir, de puntowhole chapter
- 62
Prendas y complementos (accesorios) de vestir, excepto los de puntowhole chapter
- 6301
Mantas y mantas de viaje (excepto 6301 10 00)
- 6302
Ropa de cama, de mesa, de tocador o de cocina
- 6303
Visillos y cortinas; guardamalletas y rodapiés de cama
- 6304
Otros artículos de tapicería (excepto los de la partida 9404)
- 6309
Ropa usada y otros artículos usados
- 6504
Sombreros y demás tocados, trenzados o fabricados por unión de tiras de cualquier material, incluso guarnecidos
- 6505
Sombreros y demás tocados, de punto o confeccionados con encaje, fieltro u otro producto textil en pieza (pero no en tiras), incluso guarnecidos; redecillas para el cabello, de cualquier material, incluso guarnecidas
Parte IICalzado y prendas y complementos (accesorios) de vestir para uso doméstico u otros usos, cuando dichos productos sean de naturaleza y composición similares a aquellos de uso doméstico, cuya composición principal no sea textil, que entran en el ámbito de aplicación del artículo 22 bis
- 4203
Prendas y complementos (accesorios) de vestir, de cuero natural o regenerado (excluyendo el calzado y los artículos de sombrerería y sus partes, así como los artículos del capítulo 95, por ejemplo, espinilleras, máscaras de esgrima)
- 6401
Calzado impermeable con suela y parte superior de caucho o plástico, cuya parte superior no se haya unido a la suela por costura o por medio de remaches, clavos, tornillos, espigas o dispositivos similares, ni se haya formado con diferentes partes unidas de la misma manera
- 6402
Los demás calzados con suela y parte superior de caucho o plástico
- 6403
Calzado con suela de caucho, plástico, cuero natural o regenerado y parte superior de cuero natural
- 6404
Calzado con suela de caucho, plástico, cuero natural o regenerado y parte superior de materia textil
- 6405
Los demás calzados
Being in scope means three things
Register
DIRECTIVE · IN FORCE
Before placing products on the market, the producer registers, stating the CN codes it intends to market (Article 22b). Without registration you cannot sell.
Declare
DRAFT ROYAL DECREE
The draft Spanish Royal Decree asks, once a year, for the quantities in weight and number of articles per CN code. It is a draft under way: it may change, and until it reaches the official gazette it can only be quoted as a draft.
Contribute
DIRECTIVE · IN FORCE
The contribution is based on weight and, where appropriate, quantity, and is modulated according to the ecodesign requirements adopted under Regulation (EU) 2024/1781. The specific modulation criteria do not exist yet: they depend on acts the Commission has not adopted.
The contribution will be modulated according to the ecodesign requirements of Regulation (EU) 2024/1781. That is the same regulation the digital product passport comes from, and it is stated in a directive in force.
Registration, declaration and passport ask for different views of the same product and supply-chain data. Whoever manages it in one place produces all three without capturing it again.
Frequently asked questions
- Does the textile EPR apply to footwear?
- Yes. Headings 6401 to 6405 (all footwear) form Part II of Annex IVc of Directive (EU) 2025/1892, in force since 16 October 2025. Annex I of the draft Spanish Royal Decree copies that same scope.
- And to leather garments?
- Yes. Heading 4203 (articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather or of composition leather) is in Part II of the annex. Handbags and backpacks (heading 4202), however, do not appear in the annex.
- Are mattresses in scope?
- No. The annex expressly excludes them (heading 9404, within entry 6304). Article 22a(2) of the Directive allows Member States to create a separate regime for mattresses, but it is optional and the Spanish draft does not exercise it.
- Does second-hand clothing count?
- Yes. Heading 6309 (worn clothing and other worn articles) appears in Part I of the annex: whoever first makes products of that heading available in a Member State under their own name or trademark is a producer for the purposes of the regime.
- Electric blankets?
- No. Blankets in general are in (heading 6301), but the annex expressly excludes code 6301 10 00 — which in the Combined Nomenclature (Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, version in force) corresponds to electric blankets; the annex itself only gives the code.
- Who does it bind: manufacturer, importer or retailer?
- Whoever first supplies the product in a Member State under their own name or trademark, whether manufacturer, importer or distributor, including distance sales (Article 3(4b), inserted into Directive 2008/98/EC). There is no size threshold: it regulates the product, not the company. Anyone selling in Spain while established in another Member State must appoint an authorised representative (Article 22a(3)).
- If my product is in scope, what does the regime require?
- Three obligations. Register before placing products on the market, stating the CN codes you intend to market (Article 22b of the Directive, in force). Declare: the draft Spanish Royal Decree asks, once a year, for the quantities in weight and number of articles per CN code; it is a draft and may change. And contribute: the Directive requires the contribution to be based on weight and modulated according to the ecodesign requirements adopted under Regulation (EU) 2024/1781, the same regulation the digital product passport comes from. The specific modulation criteria do not exist yet: they depend on acts the Commission has not adopted.
Method · verified as of 01 ago 2026
This scope is checked against the official text of Directive (EU) 2025/1892 as published in the Official Journal, not against an interpretation. Annex IVc can be amended by delegated act (Article 22a(5)) to realign its codes with the Combined Nomenclature in force; when that happens, this page is updated against the new text.
The glosses "electric blankets" (6301 10 00) and "mattresses" (9404) are not in the annex, which only gives the codes: they are the descriptions of the Combined Nomenclature (Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, version in force), checked against TARIC on 13-08-2026.
This tool reads Annex IVc as published; it is not customs or legal advice. The binding tariff classification of each reference is the one your brand already uses at customs.