Analysis, regulation and practices of European textiles.

• Market analysis05 may 202610 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 analysis03 may 20266 minRafael Rodríguez

  Refashion fined €170,000: anatomy of case BREP_26_037 and what it teaches the Spanish textile EPR

  First EPR textile sanctioning precedent in the EU. Forensic analysis of case BREP_26_037 and three operational lessons for the future Spanish textile SCRAP.

• Market analysis28 sept 202510 minRafael Rodríguez

  Eco-modulation of the textile EPR fee: France already operates it, Spain transposes it by 2027

  Directive (EU) 2025/1892 requires the textile EPR fee to be modulated by eco-design across the whole EU. France has done so since 2023 (bonus for durability and recycled material on a base of €0.02-0.20/item); Spain transposes it by 2027.

• Market analysis24 may 20259 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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