ESPR Delegate Act for Apparel Products

General key messages

• We stress the importance of having a stepwise and harmonised EU approach to the development of ecodesign requirements for apparel products to improve their environmental performance and become the norm in the Union market.
• The delegated act should build on existing industry knowledge to drive change in a feasible way and ensure competitiveness.
• Striking a balance between known trade-offs among ecodesign requirements will be key to the success of these market access measures in improving the environmental performance of apparel products while ensuring feasibility.
• Scalability in the context of verification of ecodesign measures is paramount.
• It will be critical to bring actors across our global value chains along on the journey of adapting to new legislation, especially suppliers who have highly diverging starting points in terms to access to recycled feedstock.