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Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 (ESPR) — textiles delegated act

Digital Product Passport for Textiles & Apparel

Garments and footwear placed on the EU market come into scope under ESPR (Regulation (EU) 2024/1781) as one of the earlier product groups after batteries. The exact field set is set by the textiles delegated act, but the underlying shape — what it's made of, how durable it is, what happens at end of life — follows the same pattern as every other DPP category.

Textiles is one of the first ESPR working plan priority categories after batteries.

What the passport would contain

Model-level — once per product

  • Fibre composition (by %)
  • Recycled content %
  • Country of manufacture
  • Care & durability rating
  • Presence of hazardous substances
  • Microplastic shedding data

Item-level — per serial number

  • Batch / production run reference
  • Manufacturing date & facility
  • Certification references (e.g. OEKO-TEX)
  • Repair & resale events (for circular business models)

Questions about textiles & apparel passports

Why are textiles an early ESPR priority?

The European Commission's ESPR working plan named textiles among the first product groups for ecodesign requirements, given the sector's high environmental footprint and low circularity today.

What would a textile passport show a shopper?

Likely fibre composition, country of manufacture, recycled content, and care/durability information — mirroring the label information already on a garment, but structured, verifiable and scannable rather than printed and static.

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