Textiles & Apparel fall under the EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR 2024/1781). Textiles are in the first ESPR working plan, expected to phase in from 2027–2028 once the delegated act is finalised. This page covers what that means in practice: the timeline, the data a passport must carry, who is legally responsible, and how to get ready.
Textiles are in the first ESPR working plan, expected to phase in from 2027–2028 once the delegated act is finalised. The precise data set for textiles is fixed by a delegated act under ESPR — the framework is law since July 2024; the sector detail arrives act by act. The central EU DPP Registry opened for registration on 19 July 2026, so identifiers can be filed as each group's rules take effect.
Across product groups the passport draws from the same families of data. For textiles, expect:
Each claim needs its evidence — a certificate or test report with traceable provenance, not just a stated value. Market-surveillance and customs authorities can inspect the record.
For textiles, the responsible party is the manufacturer, the brand whose name is on the garment, or the EU importer for goods made outside the EU. The duty cannot be delegated: if a platform registers the passport on your behalf, you — the economic operator placing the product on the EU market — remain accountable.
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