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Regulatory dates, and how firm each one is.

A date in law and an indicative date are not worth the same, and confusing them is the most common way to plan badly.

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
12.08.2026The EU packaging regulation applies. Before packaging is placed on the market, its manufacturer draws up an EU declaration of conformity.Reg. (EU) 2025/40In force
18.09.2026Bovine hides and leather leave the deforestation regulation. The three leather headings are deleted from its Annex I; their inclusion returns at the 2030 review.Delegated Reg. (EU) 2026/2102In force
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) 2024/825In force
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
30.12.2026The deforestation regulation applies to operators and traders, medium-sized companies included. Bovine hides and leather are no longer among the products it covers.Reg. (EU) 2023/1115, as amendedComing
01.01.2027CSRD reporting starts for financial years from this date, for companies above €450 million of net turnover and 1,000 employees.Dir. (EU) 2022/2464, as amendedComing
30.06.2027The deforestation regulation applies to micro and small undertakings.Reg. (EU) 2023/1115, as amendedComing
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
26.07.2029The due-diligence directive applies to companies above 5,000 employees and €1.5 billion of net worldwide turnover.Dir. (EU) 2024/1760, as amendedComing
07.2030The ban on destroying unsold goods extends to medium-sized companies. Micro and small companies stay permanently exempt.ESPR, Art. 25Coming