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DateWhat happensInstrumentStatus
18.07.2024The ESPR enters into force. The framework that creates the passport and the ecodesign requirements comes into being.Reg. (EU) 2024/1781In force
16.04.2025Textiles become a priority sector in the Commission's working plan for 2025-2030.COM(2025) 187Adopted
01.10.2025The French environmental cost begins. Display becomes possible, on a voluntary basis.Décret n° 2025-957In force
23.10.2025The Italian eco-score bill is presented to the Senate. It is in committee today.Bill S. 1690A bill
09.02.2026The exceptions to the destruction ban are adopted, along with the template for disclosing destroyed quantities.Delegated reg. and implementing actAdopted
19.07.2026Large companies may no longer destroy unsold goods listed in Annex VII, apparel and footwear included.ESPR, Art. 25In force
20.07.2026The European DPP Registry opens. It is an index of identifiers. Textiles are not registrable in it yet.Implementing Reg. (EU) 2026/1778Operational
27.09.2026A sustainability mark that is neither certified nor set by a public authority becomes an unfair commercial practice in every case.Directive (EU) 2024/825Coming
01.10.2026In France a third party may compute and publish your products' environmental cost without your consent, and the duty attached to other environmental communications applies in full.Décret n° 2025-957Coming
2027 (indicative)Expected adoption of the textile delegated act, which will set the mandatory fields and the ecodesign requirements for apparel.ESPR working planIndicative
end of 2027The preparatory study on footwear is expected. Footwear is excluded from the first textile act.ESPR working planIndicative
2028-2029The compliance window for the textile passport, which follows from the transition period after adoption.Follows from the delegated actEstimated
07.2030The ban on destroying unsold goods extends to medium-sized companies. Micro and small companies stay permanently exempt.ESPR, Art. 25Coming