Extended Producer Responsibility for textiles in Spain
The Spanish Extended Producer Responsibility regime for textiles established by Law 7/2022 (BOE-A-2022-5809). Its implementing Royal Decree is still a draft: notified to the Commission in May 2026, not yet in the BOE.
Context
The Spanish textile EPR is the Extended Producer Responsibility regime for textiles established by Law 7/2022 (BOE-A-2022-5809). It requires textile producers to organise and finance the collection, recovery and recycling of post-consumer textile waste.
Regulatory origin
Law 7/2022 on Waste and Contaminated Soils, published in BOE-A-2022-5809 (8 Apr 2022). Seventh final provision establishes the mandatory nature of the textile SCRAP with the minimum requirements of Art. 8a of the EU Waste Framework.
Status of the Spanish textile EPR
Law 7/2022 in force since 2022 providing the legal basis for the textile EPR.
Implementing Royal Decree NOT published in the BOE: it is still a draft.
Revised text notified to the European Commission on 27 May 2026 (TRIS 2026/0266/ES, 81 pp).
Directive (EU) 2015/1535 standstill until 28 Aug 2026, extendable to 28 Nov 2026.
Textile SCRAP not yet constituted: the draft allows six months from its entry into force to constitute it and apply for authorisation.
Timeline
Law 7/2022 published
BOE-A-2022-5809 · transposes the EU Waste Framework.
MITECO draft
Draft Royal Decree dated 23 Jun 2025 on its cover page (62 pp), submitted to public consultation.
Text notified to the Commission
Revised version (81 pp) notified as TRIS 2026/0266/ES · standstill until 28 Aug 2026, extendable to 28 Nov 2026 if a detailed opinion is issued.
EU transposition deadline
Art. 2(1) of Directive (EU) 2025/1892. The EPR schemes must be established by 17 Apr 2028 at the latest (Art. 22a(14)).
What the text notified to the Commission says
Prevention and eco-design plans: required of any producer exceeding 2.5% of the national share of products placed on the market in a calendar year (Art. 7(2)).
Registration in the Producer Register: three months from the entry into force of the Royal Decree (Art. 17(1)).
Annual declaration of weight and number of articles by CN code: before 31 March of the following year, to the Directorate-General for Environmental Quality and Assessment (Art. 18(2)).
Constitution of the SCRAP and application for authorisation: six months from entry into force (Art. 24(1)).
Separate collection targets: 30% in 2030, 50% in 2035 and 70% in 2040 (Art. 8(1)).
SMEs with fewer than ten employees and annual turnover not exceeding two million euros: 12 additional months over the deadlines of the Royal Decree (fourth final provision).
The only thing the draft does NOT publish is the unit fee: modulation is referred to the eco-design requirements of Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 (Art. 28(3)).
Applied case
A textile brand monitors the Spanish textile EPR and prepares its roadmap ahead of the implementing RD.
Subscription to BOE alerts + sector journals (Modaes, Textil Hispano) to track the development of the RD.
Participates in the amfori Spain working group on the development of the textile SCRAP.
Catalogue preparation: documents durability/reparability/recyclability characteristics for future modulation.
Sets aside a contingency budget for the eco-contribution without putting a figure on it: the notified draft sets no unit fee and refers its modulation to the eco-design requirements of Regulation (EU) 2024/1781.
Common mistakes
The textile EPR is not the same as the French EPR (Loi AGEC).
France was the first Member State with a textile producer responsibility organisation (Refashion). The Spanish model is under development and may take elements from the French one without replicating it identically.
The textile EPR does not exempt you from the ESPR DPP.
They are parallel regimes. EPR is national and about waste. The DPP is European and about product transparency. Both coexist.
It is not voluntary once in application.
EPR is mandatory by law. Affected companies must join the authorised sectoral SCRAP or comply individually.
It does not only affect Spanish brands.
It applies to whoever places a textile product on the Spanish market, whether a national manufacturer, an importer or a foreign brand with direct distribution.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Spanish textile EPR?
The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regime for textiles established by Law 7/2022 on Waste and Contaminated Soils (BOE-A-2022-5809, HEAD OF STATE 8 Apr 2022). The seventh final provision establishes the mandatory nature of the textile SCRAP with the minimum requirements of Art. 8a of the Waste Framework Directive 2008/98/EC.
When does the Spanish textile EPR enter into force?
Law 7/2022 has been in force since 2022, but the operational development depends on a Royal Decree that is still a draft: it was notified to the Commission on 27 May 2026 (TRIS 2026/0266/ES) and its standstill runs to 28 Aug 2026, extendable to 28 Nov 2026. There is no BOE publication date. The ceiling is set by Directive (EU) 2025/1892: transposition by 17 Jun 2027 at the latest and the EPR scheme established by 17 Apr 2028.
How do you comply with the Spanish textile EPR?
By joining a textile SCRAP accredited by the Ministry (being formed) or constituting an individual SCRAP with minimum requirements: (i) national territorial scale, (ii) separate textile collection, (iii) documentary traceability of flows, (iv) modulated eco-contribution, (v) annual report to the Ministry.
What is the difference between the Spanish textile EPR and EU EPR?
The Spanish textile EPR is the national transposition of the EU EPR framework (Art. 8a of the consolidated Waste Framework). The EU EPR framework sets common minimums; each Member State develops it with its own system. Spain will opt for collective SCRAPs as the main model (similar to the French Refashion model). It coexists with the EPR of other States — multinational companies pay in each country.
What penalty applies for failing to comply with the Spanish textile EPR?
Sanctions defined in Law 7/2022 Title IX: serious infringements fines of EUR 9,001 to 1,200,000 + environmental liability of SCRAPs (twentieth additional provision). Additionally: inability to market textile products in Spain until the breach is corrected + exclusion from regional public tenders.
Fuentes oficiales
- BOE · Cortes Generales8 abr 2022Standard in force
- MITECO2023-2026Official information
- Refashion · France2024Comparative reference
