Textiles Compliance
Ensuring Compliance with Directive 2008/98/EC
Textile regulations at a glance
Across the EU, textiles are moving into a harmonised Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) model. The targeted revision of the Waste Framework Directive (in force since 16 October 2025) introduces common rules for mandatory national EPR schemes for textile and footwear products, meaning producers will fund collection and the management of textiles after use. It also tightens how “used textiles” vs “textile waste” are treated, including expectations around sorting before shipment.
What does textiles compliance typically involve?
In practice, textile compliance starts with confirming whether your products and sales model fall in scope in each country you sell into. Companies typically then need to organise the required registrations and scheme participation, map product types to the right categories, and set up a reliable process to track what is placed on the market (often by country, brand, and volume/weight). Ongoing compliance usually includes periodic reporting, fee management (including potential eco-modulation elements), and maintaining clear documentation to support audits and regulatory checks.
Who needs to comply with textiles requirements?
Textile EPR obligations generally apply to organisations that place textile and/or footwear products on the market, including:
- Producers/brand owners selling under their own name or trademark
- Manufacturers and private-label businesses placing products on the market
- importers bringing textile products into an EU country
- Distributors, retailers, and online/distance sellers supplying cross-border
Some countries already operate textile EPR schemes (for example, France and the Nethestands), while others will implement schemes under the EU wide framework.
What we do to keep you Textiles Compliant
Detailed regulatory obligations analysis
Registrations with authorities and PROs
Submission of mandatory declarations
Financial Services
Continous Compliance guidance
Questions and Answers - Textile Compliance
Textile compliance usually refers to Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) obligations for textiles (and often footwear), meaning the companies placing products on the market help finance and organise end-of-life management.
Not exactly. EU rules and policy direction sit at the top, but day-to-day obligations are implemented through national laws and local scheme processes – so requirements can differ by Member State.
If you are considered the responsible producer in a specific country, you typically need to register with the national authority and join the relevant take-back / EPR scheme before selling.
In some cross-border setups, appointing an Authorized Representative can be part of the registration and scheme participation process, depending on the country.
Reporting typically focuses on volumes placed on the market (sales data, declarations/forecasts) and, in some cases, additional declarations required by the national scheme.
In most EPR models, producers finance the system through scheme fees linked to reported volumes and product categories.
It generally means ensuring there is a compliant route for collection and proper treatment (reuse, sorting, recycling) and financing the related processes through the scheme setup.
Requirements vary, but can include consumer-facing information and, in some cases, displaying registration details on websites, invoices, or other customer documentation – depending on the national rules.
Risks can include fines, administrative corrections, and commercial friction – especially when customers or partners request proof of registration and compliance.
viron can manage the workflow end to end: producer scoping, registrations and scheme coordination, reporting processes, and documentation management – across multiple markets. We support customers in 70+ countries, which helps when you want one consistent approach across regions.
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