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TexR Labelling & Packaging 12 min

TexR: Textile Regulation (Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011), explained

The Textile Regulation fixes the permitted fibre names and requires every textile product in the EU to carry a label naming all its fibres and their percentages, a duty on manufacturers, importers and relabelling distributors. It has applied since 8 May 2012, replacing Directives 73/44/EEC, 96/73/EC and 2008/121/EC; the fibre list was last extended on 15 February 2018 with polyacrylate.

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Who it applies to

Covered by the act

  • Textile products, meaning any raw, semi-worked, worked, semi-manufactured, manufactured, semi-made-up or made-up product composed exclusively of textile fibres, when made available on the Union market: clothing, home textiles, fabrics, yarns and made-up articles
  • Products containing at least 80 % by weight of textile fibres, which are treated in the same way as textile products
  • Furniture, umbrella and sunshade coverings containing at least 80 % by weight of textile components, and the textile components of the upper layer of multi-layer floor coverings, of mattress coverings and of coverings of camping goods where they make up at least 80 % by weight of that layer or covering
  • Textiles incorporated in other products and forming an integral part of them, where their composition is specified
  • Textile products containing non-textile parts of animal origin, such as leather, fur, horn or bone, which must carry the phrase Contains non-textile parts of animal origin
  • The economic operators in the chain: manufacturers, importers and distributors, and any distributor that relabels or sells under its own name or trademark

Derived and downstream products

  • Only the 50 fibre names listed in Annex I may be used on labels and markings, and each name is reserved for fibres that match its description; a trade mark or company name containing an Annex I name, or a name liable to be confused with one, must be placed immediately before or after the composition description (Art. 5 and Art. 16(2))
  • Products without an Annex I name for one of their fibres may state that fibre as other fibres with its percentage, and any manufacturer may apply to the Commission for a new fibre name with an Annex II technical file (Art. 6 and Art. 9(5))
  • Where products are supplied to economic operators within the supply chain or to a public contracting authority, the label or marking may be replaced or supplemented by accompanying commercial documents that state the fibre names and composition without abbreviations (Art. 14(2) and 14(3))
  • The composition must be visible to the consumer before purchase in catalogues, trade literature, packaging, labels and markings, including when the purchase is made by electronic means (Art. 16(1))
  • The label or marking must be in the official language or languages of the Member State where the product is made available to the consumer unless that Member State provides otherwise; Denmark requires Danish under executive order nr. 1046 of 28 May 2021, § 16 (Art. 16(3))
  • Market surveillance checks use the Annex VIII analysis methods, disregard the items listed in Annex VII and apply the Annex IX agreed allowances, with a manufacturing tolerance of 3 % and an extraneous-fibre tolerance of 2 %, or 5 % for carded products (Art. 19 and Art. 20)

Roles under the act

Manufacturer (including brand owners and relabellers)

Any natural or legal person who manufactures a product or has a product designed or manufactured, and markets that product under his name or trademark, as defined in Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 and applied by Article 3(2); a distributor is treated as a manufacturer where it places a product on the market under its own name or trademark, attaches the label itself or modifies the content of the label.

Source · Art. 3(2) and Art. 15(2)Source · Art. 2(3)
Importer

Any natural or legal person established within the Union who places a product from a third country on the Union market, as defined in Article 2(5) of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 and applied by Article 3(2); where the manufacturer is not established in the Union, the importer must ensure the supply of the label or marking and the accuracy of the information on it.

Source · Art. 3(2) and Art. 15(1)Source · Art. 2(5)
Distributor (wholesaler, retailer or online shop)

Any natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer or the importer, who makes a product available on the market, as defined in Article 2(6) of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 and applied by Article 3(2); the distributor must ensure that textile products bear the labelling or marking prescribed by the regulation when it makes them available.

Source · Art. 3(2) and Art. 15(3)Source · Art. 2(6)
Other economic operator (authorised representative, business-to-business supplier, contracting authority)

Economic operators are the manufacturer, the authorised representative, the importer and the distributor under Article 2(7) of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008, applied by Article 3(2); when products move between economic operators in the supply chain or are delivered on a public contract, the label or marking may be replaced or supplemented by accompanying commercial documents, and every operator must keep other information from being confused with the fibre names and composition descriptions.

Source · Art. 3(2), Art. 14(2) and Art. 15(4)Source · Art. 2(7)

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The rules behind this check
  1. Product with less than 80 % textile fibres by weight that is not a covering or integrated textile listed in Article 2(2) · any · any Not in scope The regulation applies to products composed exclusively of textile fibres and to products containing at least 80 % by weight of textile fibres; a product below that threshold is covered only if it is one of the coverings listed in Article 2(2)(b) and (c) or an integrated textile whose composition is specified under Article 2(2)(d). Source · Art. 2(1), Art. 2(2) and Art. 3(1)(a)
  2. Customised textile product made up by a self-employed tailor, Work contracted out to home workers or independent firms on materials supplied without transfer of ownership · any · any Not in scope The regulation does not apply to customised textile products made up by self-employed tailors, nor to textile products contracted out to home workers or to independent firms that work on materials supplied without the property in them being transferred for consideration. Source · Art. 2(3) and Art. 2(4)
  3. Annex V product such as a toy, textile part of footwear, watch strap, label, flag, sail, protective garment or disposable product, Old, second-hand made-up textile product explicitly stated to be such · any · any It depends For the 42 products listed in Annex V, including old made-up products explicitly stated to be such, the indication of fibre names or fibre composition on labels and markings is not required; however, where a trade mark or company name contains an Annex I fibre name, or a name liable to be confused with one, Articles 11, 14, 15 and 16 apply in full, and the exemption covers the fibre indication only, not the animal-origin phrase in Article 12. Source · Art. 17(1), Art. 17(2) and Annex V
  4. Textile product with non-textile parts of animal origin such as leather, fur, horn or bone · Manufacturer (including brand owners and relabellers), Importer, Distributor (wholesaler, retailer or online shop), Other economic operator (authorised representative, business-to-business supplier, contracting authority) · any In scope Besides the full fibre composition, the labelling or marking must state Contains non-textile parts of animal origin whenever such a product is made available on the market, in a way that is not misleading and that the consumer can easily understand; there is no company-size threshold. Source · Art. 1, Art. 12 and Art. 15
  5. Annex VI product sold in batches or by the metre (floorcloths, ribbons, laces, handkerchiefs, sewing yarns, curtain tape and the like) · Manufacturer (including brand owners and relabellers), Importer, Distributor (wholesaler, retailer or online shop), Other economic operator (authorised representative, business-to-business supplier, contracting authority) · any In scope The 19 products in Annex VI of the same type and fibre composition may be made available together with one inclusive label, and products sold by the metre may show the composition on the length or roll, provided the composition is made known to each purchaser in the supply chain including the consumer; the fibre-name, composition and language rules otherwise apply. Source · Art. 17(3), Art. 17(4), Art. 17(5) and Annex VI
  6. Clothing, home textile, fabric, yarn or other product made of textile fibres or containing at least 80 % textile fibres by weight, Furniture, umbrella or sunshade covering with at least 80 % textile components by weight, Upper layer of a multi-layer floor covering, mattress covering or camping-goods covering whose textile components are at least 80 % by weight, Textile incorporated in another product as an integral part, with its composition specified · Manufacturer (including brand owners and relabellers), Importer, Distributor (wholesaler, retailer or online shop), Other economic operator (authorised representative, business-to-business supplier, contracting authority) · any In scope Textile products and the products treated in the same way may only be made available on the market if they are labelled, marked or accompanied by commercial documents in compliance with the regulation: Annex I fibre names, full composition by weight in descending order, durable and legible label in the language of the Member State of sale; the duties fall on the manufacturer, the importer and the distributor without any company-size threshold. Source · Art. 2(1), Art. 2(2), Art. 4, Art. 5, Art. 9, Art. 14, Art. 15 and Art. 16
  7. any · any · any It depends Whether the regulation applies turns on whether the product is a textile product or contains at least 80 % textile fibres by weight, whether an Article 2(3), 2(4) or Annex V exception applies, and which role the operator holds when the product is made available. Source · Art. 2, Art. 3, Art. 15 and Art. 17

Key dates

  1. Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 adopted by the European Parliament and the Council in Strasbourg Source · title and signature block after Art. 28
  2. Published in the Official Journal, OJ L 272, page 1 Source · header (OJ L 272 18.10.2011, p. 1)
  3. Entry into force, the twentieth day after publication; the Commission's delegated powers run in five-year periods from this date Source · Art. 28 and Art. 22(2)
  4. Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 286/2012 in force, the twentieth day after publication in OJ L 95 of 31 March 2012: fibre no. 49 polypropylene/polyamide bicomponent and the matching test methods and agreed allowance Source · Art. 2 and Annex
  5. The regulation applies; Directives 73/44/EEC, 96/73/EC and 2008/121/EC repealed; Delegated Regulation (EU) No 286/2012 applies from the same date Source · Art. 27 and Art. 28Source · Art. 2
  6. Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013 in force with the accession of Croatia: the Croatian fleece-wool name runska vuna inserted in Annex III Source · Art. 1(1) and Annex, point 1.CSource · Annex III (M3)
  7. Deadline for the Commission's review report on possible new labelling requirements (origin, care, size, allergens, electronic labelling) and for its study on hazardous substances in textiles Source · Art. 24(1) and Art. 25
  8. Deadline for the Commission's report on the application of the regulation, with emphasis on requests for new fibre names Source · Art. 23
  9. End of the transitional period: textile products complying with Directive 2008/121/EC and placed on the market before 8 May 2012 could be made available until this date Source · Art. 26
  10. Corrigendum published in OJ L 243: the cross-reference in Article 10(3) corrected from Article 9(4) to Article 9(3) Source · single itemSource · Art. 10(3) (C1)
  11. Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/122 in force, the twentieth day after publication in OJ L 22 of 26 January 2018: fibre no. 50 polyacrylate, an updated Annex II technical file, Annex VI item 18 rewritten, new test methods and agreed allowance Source · Art. 2 and Annex
  12. Denmark: executive order nr. 1046 of 28 May 2021 on the labelling of footwear and textile products in force, requiring Danish-language labelling of textile products under produktloven Source · § 16, § 18 and § 20
  13. Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 on market surveillance applies; the Textile Regulation is listed in its Annex I (item 40) and Annex II (item 17), and Articles 15 to 29 and the definitions of making available, placing on the market, market surveillance and market surveillance authority in Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 are deleted Source · Art. 39(1), Art. 41, Art. 44, Annex I and Annex II
  14. Denmark: Sikkerhedsstyrelsen becomes the Markedsovervågning department of Erhvervsstyrelsen and continues the same tasks, including the control of textile labelling SourceSource · § 9(1)

What you must do

Obligations by role

Manufacturer (including brand owners and relabellers)10
  • Ensure, when placing a textile product on the market, that a label or marking is supplied and that the information on it is accurate; the product may only be made available if it is labelled, marked or accompanied by commercial documents in compliance with the regulation. Art. 4 and Art. 15(1)
  • Describe the fibre composition only with the textile fibre names listed in Annex I, reserve each name for fibres matching its description, never use an Annex I name as a root or adjective for another fibre, and do not use silk to describe the shape or presentation of continuous filament yarn. Art. 5 and Annex I
  • If you need a new textile fibre name added to Annex I, apply to the Commission with an Annex II technical file. Art. 6 and Annex II
  • State the name and percentage by weight of all constituent fibres in descending order; a fibre of up to 5 %, or fibres collectively up to 15 %, may be shown as other fibres with their total percentage where they cannot easily be stated at manufacture, and fibres not yet in Annex I may always be designated as other fibres with their percentage. Art. 9(1), Art. 9(2) and Art. 9(5)
  • Use 100 %, pure or all only for products composed exclusively of one fibre; up to 2 % extraneous fibres, or 5 % after carding, may be disregarded where technically unavoidable in good manufacturing practice and not added as a matter of routine, and the fleece-wool or virgin-wool names in Annex III only for wool never previously incorporated in a finished product, with at most 0,3 % extraneous fibres. Art. 7, Art. 8 and Annex III
  • Leave out purely decorative visible, isolable fibres up to 7 % and antistatic metallic or other fibres up to 2 % of the weight of the finished product, label each textile component of a multi-component product separately unless it is not a main lining and is under 30 % of the total weight, and follow the Annex IV rules for corsetry, etch-printed, embroidered, core-and-cover yarn, velvet and plush products and carpets. Art. 10, Art. 11, Art. 13 and Annex IV
  • Add the phrase Contains non-textile parts of animal origin whenever the product contains such parts, in a way that is not misleading and that the consumer can easily understand. Art. 12
  • Make the labelling or marking durable, easily legible, visible and accessible, with a label securely attached; show the composition in catalogues, trade literature, packaging, labels and markings in print that is uniform in size, style and font, keep trade marks and other information separate from the composition description, and use the official language or languages of the Member State where the product reaches the consumer, in Denmark Danish. Art. 14(1), Art. 16(1), Art. 16(2) and Art. 16(3)§ 16
  • Keep the stated percentages within the tolerances applied on analysis: extraneous fibres below 2 % (5 % for carded products) need not be indicated, and a manufacturing tolerance of 3 % of the total fibre weight applies between the label and the analysis. Art. 19 and Art. 20(1) to (3)
  • Where the manufacturing process needs higher tolerances, ask the Commission for authorisation before placing the product on the market. Art. 20
Importer5
  • Where the manufacturer is not established in the Union, ensure the supply of the label or marking and the accuracy of the information on it when placing the product on the market; you carry the manufacturer's labelling duty for that product. Art. 15(1)
  • Check before placing the product on the market that only Annex I fibre names are used, that all constituent fibres appear with their percentage by weight in descending order, that 100 %, pure, all and the fleece-wool names are used only where the product qualifies, and that the animal-origin phrase is present where needed. Art. 5, Art. 7, Art. 8, Art. 9 and Art. 12
  • Ensure the label or marking is durable, legible, visible, accessible and securely attached, and that it is in the official language or languages of each Member State where the product is made available to consumers; supplier labels in English alone do not satisfy the Danish requirement. Art. 14(1) and Art. 16(3)§ 16
  • If you place the product on the market under your own name or trademark, attach the label yourself or modify its content, you are the manufacturer for the purposes of the regulation and answer for the accuracy of the composition. Art. 15(2)
  • Ensure that any other information supplied with the product cannot be confused with the fibre names and composition descriptions, and expect market surveillance to verify the composition by laboratory analysis using the Annex VIII methods and the Annex IX agreed allowances. Art. 15(4), Art. 18 and Art. 19
Distributor (wholesaler, retailer or online shop)6
  • Ensure, when making a textile product available on the market, that it bears the labelling or marking prescribed by the regulation. Art. 15(3)
  • If you sell under your own name or trademark, attach the label yourself or modify its content, you are treated as the manufacturer and take over its duties, including the accuracy of the composition. Art. 15(2)
  • Show the fibre composition so that it is clearly visible to the consumer before purchase, including in online and other distance sales, in catalogues and on packaging, in legible print that is uniform in size, style and font. Art. 16(1)
  • Sell products only with labelling in the official language or languages of the Member State where the consumer buys them, unless that Member State provides otherwise; in Denmark the label or marking must be in Danish. Art. 16(3)§ 16
  • Where Annex VI products are sold with an inclusive label or fabric is sold by the metre, make sure the composition is made known to each purchaser, including the consumer. Art. 17(3), Art. 17(4) and Art. 17(5)
  • Keep any other product information, trade marks and company names from being confused with the fibre names and composition descriptions, placing a trade mark that contains a fibre name immediately before or after the composition. Art. 15(4) and Art. 16(2)
Other economic operator (authorised representative, business-to-business supplier, contracting authority)3
  • When supplying textile products to other economic operators in the supply chain or on a public contract, you may replace or supplement labels with accompanying commercial documents, but these must clearly state the fibre names and composition without abbreviations, except a mechanised processing code or abbreviations defined in international standards and explained in the same document. Art. 14(2) and Art. 14(3)
  • Ensure that any information supplied when the products are made available cannot be confused with the fibre names and composition descriptions laid down by the regulation. Art. 15(4)
  • Where you make products available with inclusive labelling or by the metre, ensure the fibre composition reaches every purchaser in the chain down to the consumer. Art. 17(5)

TexR in plain terms

The Textile Regulation (TexR), formally Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011, is the EU’s single rulebook for how the fibre content of textiles is described to buyers. It lays down which textile fibre names may be used, how the fibre composition must be labelled or marked, how products containing non-textile parts of animal origin must be flagged, and how the composition is determined by quantitative analysis of binary and ternary fibre mixtures, with the twin aims of a functioning internal market and accurate information to consumers (Art. 1). As a regulation it applies directly in every Member State without transposition (Art. 28).

It replaced three directives, 73/44/EEC on the analysis of ternary mixtures, 96/73/EC on binary mixtures and 2008/121/EC on textile names, with effect from 8 May 2012 (Art. 27). Textile products that complied with Directive 2008/121/EC and were placed on the market before that date could still be sold until 9 November 2014 (Art. 26). The regulation entered into force on 7 November 2011, and the Commission’s power to amend the annexes runs in five-year periods from that date (Art. 22(2) and Art. 28).

Official text Read the regulation on EUR-Lex: Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 (CELEX 32011R1007), or the consolidated text of 15 February 2018 that includes the two new fibre names, the Croatian wool name and the 2015 corrigendum.

Scope

The regulation applies to textile products when they are made available on the Union market (Art. 2(1)). A textile product is any raw, semi-worked, worked, semi-manufactured, manufactured, semi-made-up or made-up product that is composed exclusively of textile fibres, whatever the mixing or assembly process (Art. 3(1)(a)). A textile fibre is a unit of matter whose flexibility, fineness and length-to-width ratio make it suitable for textile use, or a flexible strip or tube of at most 5 mm apparent width made from the substances used for the Table 2 fibres (Art. 3(1)(b)).

Four groups are treated in the same way as textile products: products containing at least 80 % by weight of textile fibres; furniture, umbrella and sunshade coverings containing at least 80 % by weight of textile components; the textile components of the upper layer of multi-layer floor coverings, of mattress coverings and of coverings of camping goods, provided those components are at least 80 % by weight of the layer or covering; and textiles incorporated in other products and forming an integral part of them, where their composition is specified (Art. 2(2)). Two situations are outside the regulation altogether: textile products contracted out to home workers or to independent firms that work on materials supplied without ownership passing for consideration, and customised textile products made up by self-employed tailors (Art. 2(3) and (4)).

The definitions of making available on the market, placing on the market, manufacturer, importer, distributor, economic operators, harmonised standard, market surveillance and market surveillance authority are borrowed from Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 (Art. 3(2)). Since 16 July 2021, Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 has deleted the definitions of making available, placing on the market, market surveillance and market surveillance authority from that article, together with its Articles 15 to 29, so those terms are read as the corresponding definitions in Regulation (EU) 2019/1020; the definitions of manufacturer, importer, distributor, economic operators and harmonised standard remain in Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 (Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, Art. 39). A distributor that places a product on the market under its own name or trademark, attaches the label itself or modifies the content of the label is considered a manufacturer (Art. 15(2)).

What you must do

Fibre names

Only the textile fibre names listed in Annex I may be used to describe fibre compositions on labels and markings (Art. 5(1)). Annex I contains 50 names: 18 natural fibres in Table 1, from wool, the named animal hairs, silk, cotton and flax to jute, coir, ramie, sisal, henequen and maguey, and 32 man-made and other fibres in Table 2, from acetate, cupro, modal, viscose and lyocell through polyamide, polyester, elastane and elastolefin to melamine, a generic entry for fibres named after their material such as metal or paper, polypropylene/polyamide bicomponent (no. 49, added by Delegated Regulation (EU) No 286/2012) and polyacrylate (no. 50, added by Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/122). Each name is reserved for fibres whose nature matches the description in the annex, may not be used for other fibres on its own or as a root or adjective, and silk may not be used to describe the shape or presentation of continuous filament yarn (Art. 5(2)). A manufacturer, or a person acting on its behalf, may apply to the Commission to add a new name with a technical file meeting Annex II (Art. 6).

Full composition by weight, in descending order

A textile product must be labelled or marked with the name and percentage by weight of all constituent fibres in descending order (Art. 9(1)). A fibre accounting for up to 5 % of the total weight, or fibres collectively up to 15 %, may be designated as other fibres with their total percentage where they cannot easily be stated at manufacture; fibres not yet in Annex I may always be designated that way (Art. 9(2) and (5)). A product with a pure cotton warp and a pure flax weft in which flax is at least 40 % of the unsized fabric may be called cotton linen union with the specification pure cotton warp, pure flax (or linen) weft (Art. 9(3)), and products whose composition is hard to state at manufacture may be labelled mixed fibres or unspecified textile composition (Art. 9(4)).

Only products composed exclusively of the same fibre may be labelled 100 %, pure or all, and those or similar terms may not be used for other products; a product with no more than 2 % extraneous fibres, or 5 % after carding, may still be treated as single-fibre where the quantity is technically unavoidable in good manufacturing practice and not added as a matter of routine (Art. 7). The fleece-wool or virgin-wool names in Annex III, in Danish ren, ny uld, are reserved for wool never previously incorporated in a finished product, not spun or felted beyond what the product needs and not damaged by treatment or use; they may describe the wool in a mixture only if all the wool qualifies, it is at least 25 % of the mixture and, in a scribbled mixture, it is mixed with only one other fibre, and extraneous fibres in such products may not exceed 0,3 % (Art. 8).

Visible, isolable purely decorative fibres up to 7 % of the finished product’s weight and metallic or other antistatic fibres up to 2 % need not be counted, calculated separately for warp and weft in cotton linen union (Art. 10). A product with two or more textile components of different fibre content must state the content of each component, unless the component is not a main lining and is under 30 % of the total weight; products with the same content that normally form a single unit may share one label (Art. 11). Annex IV sets special rules for corsetry, etch-printed and embroidered textiles, core-and-cover yarns, velvet and plush, and carpets whose backing and use-surface differ (Art. 13).

Non-textile parts of animal origin

Where a textile product contains non-textile parts of animal origin, leather, fur, horn, bone or similar, the labelling or marking must state Contains non-textile parts of animal origin whenever the product is made available on the market, and the statement must not be misleading and must be easy for the consumer to understand (Art. 12). The non-textile parts themselves are excluded from the fibre composition (Annex VII, point (a)(i)).

Labels, markings, language and online sales

Textile products must be labelled or marked with their fibre composition whenever they are made available on the market, and the labelling or marking must be durable, easily legible, visible and accessible, with a label securely attached (Art. 14(1)). Between economic operators in the supply chain, and on deliveries to public contracting authorities, labels may be replaced or supplemented by accompanying commercial documents that state the fibre names and composition clearly and without abbreviations, other than a mechanised processing code or abbreviations defined in international standards and explained in the document (Art. 14(2) and (3)).

The composition descriptions must appear in catalogues, trade literature, packaging, labels and markings in print that is easily legible, visible, clear and uniform in size, style and font, and must be clearly visible to the consumer before purchase, including when the purchase is made by electronic means (Art. 16(1)). Trade marks and company names may stand immediately before or after the composition, and must do so where they contain an Annex I name or a name liable to be confused with one; all other information is displayed separately (Art. 16(2) and Art. 15(4)). The labelling or marking must be in the official language or languages of the Member State where the product is made available to the consumer, unless that Member State provides otherwise (Art. 16(3)). Denmark requires Danish: executive order nr. 1046 of 28 May 2021, § 16, in force since 1 July 2021.

Derogations

For the 42 products listed in Annex V, from sleeve-supporting armbands, watch straps, labels and badges to toys, textile parts of footwear, funeral products, disposable products, protective and safety textiles, sails, animal clothing and flags, the indication of fibre names or composition is not required, but Articles 11, 14, 15 and 16 apply in full where a trade mark or company name contains an Annex I name or one liable to be confused with it (Art. 17(2)). The 19 products in Annex VI, among them floorcloths, cleaning cloths, belts, laces, ribbons, elastic, handkerchiefs, sewing, mending and embroidery yarns presented for retail sale and curtain tape, may be made available together with one inclusive label where they are of the same type and composition, and fabric sold by the metre may show the composition on the length or roll, provided the composition is made known to each purchaser down to the consumer (Art. 17(3) to (5)).

Obligations by role

When placing a textile product on the market the manufacturer must ensure the supply of the label or marking and the accuracy of its information; if the manufacturer is not established in the Union, the importer carries that duty (Art. 15(1)). A distributor is considered a manufacturer where it places a product on the market under its own name or trademark, attaches the label itself or modifies the label’s content (Art. 15(2)), and when making a product available must ensure it bears the prescribed labelling or marking (Art. 15(3)). All of them must ensure that other information supplied with the product cannot be confused with the fibre names and composition descriptions (Art. 15(4)).

How the composition is checked

Market surveillance authorities check that the fibre composition conforms to the information supplied (Art. 18) using the quantitative analysis methods in Annex VIII or the harmonised standards to be introduced there, after removing the items listed in Annex VII, such as non-textile parts, selvedges, labels, trimmings, fatty substances, sizings and dressings, and applying the agreed moisture allowances in Annex IX to the anhydrous mass of each fibre (Art. 19). Extraneous fibres below 2 % of the total weight, or 5 % for carded products, need not be indicated where technically unavoidable and not added as a matter of routine, a manufacturing tolerance of 3 % of the total fibre weight applies between the stated composition and the analysis, calculated separately for each fibre and for the other-fibres figure and the wool percentage, and the two tolerances may be combined only where the extraneous fibres found are of the same chemical type as a labelled fibre (Art. 20(2) to (4)). Where a manufacturing process needs higher tolerances, the manufacturer must request the Commission’s authorisation before placing the product on the market, which is granted only in exceptional, justified cases (Art. 20(5)).

Enforcement and penalties

The regulation contains no penalty article; it relies on market surveillance (Art. 18). Since 16 July 2021 the framework is Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, which lists the Textile Regulation in its Annex I (item 40) and, as an act without its own penalty provisions, in its Annex II (item 17): where a product does not conform, the authority requires appropriate and proportionate corrective action within a set period, including bringing the product into compliance, preventing it from being made available, or withdrawing or recalling it, and if the operator fails to act, ensures that the product is withdrawn, recalled or its making available prohibited or restricted (Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, Art. 16). Member States lay down penalties that must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive (Art. 41).

In Denmark the regulation is enforced under produktloven, the act on products and market surveillance (lovbekendtgørelse nr. 22 of 8 January 2026), which lists it in § 2(1), no. 38, and names Erhvervsstyrelsen as control authority in § 9. The work is done by its Markedsovervågning department, the former Sikkerhedsstyrelsen, which became part of Erhvervsstyrelsen in January 2026 and continues the same tasks, checking textile labelling online and in shops. The authority may issue a temporary prohibition (§ 13), orders (§ 14) and a prohibition on making the product available (§ 16). Executive order nr. 1046 of 28 May 2021 adds the Danish-language requirement (§ 16) and lets the authority order correction where textile products lack Danish labelling or do not comply with the regulation (§ 17). Failing to label textile products in Danish or to meet the operator obligations of the regulation is punished with a fine under executive order nr. 1046 of 28 May 2021, § 18; failing to comply with an order or prohibition of the authority is punished with a fine under produktloven § 37(1), which can rise to imprisonment of up to two years in aggravating circumstances such as danger to safety or health, repeat infringements or systematic infringements for economic gain (§ 37(2)); companies can be held liable (§ 37(5)).

What is changing

The Commission has announced a revision of the regulation to introduce a single set of labelling rules for textile and related products, with digital labelling alongside physical labels and, in light of the EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles, a focus on environmentally relevant information. A call for evidence ran from 3 August to 30 September 2023, a public consultation from 19 December 2023 to 15 April 2024 and a stakeholder workshop took place on 18 October 2024; the Commission’s page lists the proposal as planned for the second quarter of 2026 and records no adopted proposal. Until a new act is adopted and applies, Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 as consolidated on 15 February 2018 remains the law.

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Penalties

Enforced by National market surveillance authorities check that the fibre composition of textile products matches the information supplied (Art. 18) with the powers of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, which lists the regulation in its Annex I (item 40) and Annex II (item 17); the definitions in Article 3(2) still cite Regulation (EC) No 765/2008, and for making available, placing on the market, market surveillance and market surveillance authority they are read as Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 since 16 July 2021. In Denmark, Erhvervsstyrelsen is the control authority under produktloven (lovbekendtgørelse nr. 22 of 8 January 2026), which lists the regulation in § 2(1), no. 38; the work is carried out by its Markedsovervågning department, the former Sikkerhedsstyrelsen, which became part of Erhvervsstyrelsen in January 2026, and executive order nr. 1046 of 28 May 2021 adds the requirement that textile products are labelled or marked in Danish. The toolkit is an order to correct the labelling, a temporary or permanent prohibition on making the product available, and withdrawal or recall. Failing to label textile products in Danish or to meet the operator obligations of the regulation is punished with a fine under executive order nr. 1046 of 28 May 2021, § 18; failing to comply with an order or prohibition of the authority is punished with a fine under produktloven § 37(1), which can rise to imprisonment of up to two years in aggravating circumstances such as danger to safety or health, repeat infringements or systematic infringements for economic gain (§ 37(2)); companies can be held liable (§ 37(5)).

The regulation contains no penalty article of its own: it requires market surveillance authorities to check the conformity of the fibre composition with the information supplied (Art. 18), using the Annex VIII methods, the Annex VII exclusions, the Annex IX agreed allowances and the Article 20 tolerances. Since 16 July 2021 the enforcement powers and penalties come from Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, which lists the Textile Regulation in Annex I (item 40) and, as an act without its own penalty provisions, in Annex II (item 17): authorities may require corrective action within a set period, including bringing the product into compliance, preventing it from being made available, withdrawing or recalling it, and if the operator fails to act must ensure withdrawal, recall or a prohibition or restriction on making available; Member States lay down the penalties, which must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. In Denmark, produktloven (lovbekendtgørelse nr. 22 of 8 January 2026) covers the regulation in § 2(1), no. 38, names Erhvervsstyrelsen as control authority in § 9, allows a temporary prohibition (§ 13), orders (§ 14) and a prohibition on making available (§ 16), and executive order nr. 1046 of 28 May 2021 lets the authority order correction where textile products lack Danish labelling or do not comply with the regulation (§ 17). Failing to label textile products in Danish or to meet the operator obligations of the regulation is punished with a fine under executive order nr. 1046 of 28 May 2021, § 18; failing to comply with an order or prohibition of the authority is punished with a fine under produktloven § 37(1), which can rise to imprisonment of up to two years in aggravating circumstances such as danger to safety or health, repeat infringements or systematic infringements for economic gain (§ 37(2)); companies can be held liable (§ 37(5)).

Source · Art. 18, Art. 19 and Art. 20Source · Art. 16, Art. 41, Annex I and Annex IISource · § 2, § 9, § 13, § 14, § 16 and § 37Source · § 16, § 17 and § 18

What changed

Entry into force, amendments and Compliance Radar entries for TexR, newest first.

  1. Guidance

    Guide rewritten from the consolidated text

    The body was rewritten from the consolidated text of 15 February 2018 and the three amending acts: the 50 Annex I names, the 42 Annex V exemptions and the 19 Annex VI products are now counted from the annexes, the tolerances in Articles 7, 8, 10, 11 and 20 are quoted with their percentages, the market surveillance basis is stated as Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 with the 765/2008 definitions that remain, and the Danish enforcement is sourced to produktloven and executive order nr. 1046 of 2021; the earlier text's statement that the Consumer Ombudsman works alongside the authority was dropped as unsourced.

    Source · Art. 1 to Art. 28 and Annexes I to VII
  2. Guidance

    Denmark: Sikkerhedsstyrelsen becomes part of Erhvervsstyrelsen

    From January 2026 Sikkerhedsstyrelsen is a department of Erhvervsstyrelsen named Markedsovervågning and carries out the same tasks as before, including the control of textile labelling; produktloven names Erhvervsstyrelsen as the control authority.

    SourceSource · § 9(1)
  3. Guidance

    Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 takes over market surveillance

    The market surveillance regulation applies from this date; it lists the Textile Regulation in Annex I (item 40) and Annex II (item 17), deletes Articles 15 to 29 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 and its definitions of making available, placing on the market, market surveillance and market surveillance authority, which are now read as the corresponding provisions of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, and requires Member States to set effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties.

    Source · Art. 39, Art. 41, Art. 44, Annex I and Annex II
  4. Guidance

    Denmark: Danish-language labelling and fines under executive order nr. 1046 of 2021

    The Danish executive order on the labelling of footwear and textile products enters into force under produktloven: textile products must be labelled or marked in Danish in accordance with the regulation, the authority may order correction, and failing to label in Danish or to meet the operator obligations of the regulation is punishable by a fine.

    Source · § 16, § 17, § 18 and § 20
  5. Amendment

    Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/122 in force: polyacrylate added

    The delegated regulation of 20 October 2017, published on 26 January 2018, adds fibre no. 50 polyacrylate to Annex I, updates the Annex II technical file, rewrites Annex VI item 18 for sewing, mending and embroidery yarns, adds polyacrylate to the Annex VIII methods with a new polyester method based on EN ISO 1833-25:2013 and sets its Annex IX agreed allowance.

    Source · Art. 1, Art. 2 and Annex
  6. Amendment

    Corrigendum to Article 10(3)

    The corrigendum published in OJ L 243 corrects the cross-reference in Article 10(3) on decorative and antistatic fibres in warp and weft from Article 9(4) to Article 9(3), the cotton linen union provision; the consolidated text marks the change as C1.

    Source · single itemSource · Art. 10(3)
  7. Applies

    Transitional period ends

    Textile products that complied with Directive 2008/121/EC and were placed on the market before 8 May 2012 could be made available until this date; from 10 November 2014 every textile product made available must comply with the regulation.

    Source · Art. 26
  8. Amendment

    Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013 in force: Croatian wool name

    With the accession of Croatia the Council's adaptation regulation of 13 May 2013 inserts the Croatian fleece-wool name runska vuna in Annex III after the French entry.

    Source · Art. 1(1) and Annex, point 1.C
  9. Applies

    The Textile Regulation applies; the three directives repealed

    The regulation applies in all Member States from this date, Directives 73/44/EEC, 96/73/EC and 2008/121/EC are repealed with references read against the Annex X correlation tables, and Delegated Regulation (EU) No 286/2012 applies from the same day so that the polypropylene/polyamide bicomponent name carried over from the repealed directives without a gap.

    Source · Art. 27 and Art. 28Source · Art. 2 and recital 6
  10. Amendment

    Delegated Regulation (EU) No 286/2012 in force: polypropylene/polyamide bicomponent

    The Commission's delegated regulation of 27 January 2012, published on 31 March 2012, adds fibre no. 49 polypropylene/polyamide bicomponent to Annex I, adapts the Annex VIII quantitative analysis methods and adds the fibre's agreed allowance in Annex IX; it applies from 8 May 2012.

    Source · Art. 1, Art. 2 and Annex
  11. In force

    Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 enters into force

    Adopted on 27 September 2011 and published in OJ L 272 on 18 October 2011, the regulation entered into force on the twentieth day after publication, with application deferred to 8 May 2012; the Commission's delegated powers to amend the annexes run for five-year periods from this date.

    Source · Art. 22(2) and Art. 28

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Questions people ask about TexR

When did the Textile Regulation start to apply?

Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 was adopted on 27 September 2011, published in the Official Journal on 18 October 2011 and entered into force on 7 November 2011, the twentieth day after publication. It has applied since 8 May 2012, when it repealed Directives 73/44/EEC, 96/73/EC and 2008/121/EC. Textile products that complied with Directive 2008/121/EC and were placed on the market before 8 May 2012 could continue to be made available until 9 November 2014.

Source · Art. 26, Art. 27 and Art. 28
Which products must carry a fibre composition label?

Textile products, meaning products composed exclusively of textile fibres, and products containing at least 80 % by weight of textile fibres, which are treated in the same way. Furniture, umbrella and sunshade coverings with at least 80 % textile components, the textile components of the upper layer of multi-layer floor coverings, of mattress coverings and of camping-goods coverings where they are at least 80 % of that layer, and textiles forming an integral part of another product where their composition is specified, are also covered. Customised products made by self-employed tailors and work contracted out to home workers on materials supplied are excluded, and the 42 products in Annex V, such as toys, textile parts of footwear, watch straps, labels, flags and disposable products, need no fibre indication.

Source · Art. 2, Art. 3(1)(a), Art. 17(2) and Annex V
Which fibre names may I use on the label?

Only the 50 names listed in Annex I: 18 natural fibres in Table 1, from wool, silk, cotton and flax to sisal, henequen and maguey, and 32 man-made fibres in Table 2, from acetate, viscose and polyester to melamine, polypropylene/polyamide bicomponent, added in 2012, and polyacrylate, added in 2018. Each name is reserved for fibres that match its description and may not be used, even as a root or adjective, for another fibre. A fibre without an Annex I name may be shown as other fibres with its percentage, and a manufacturer may apply to the Commission for a new name with the technical file described in Annex II.

Source · Art. 5, Art. 6, Art. 9(5), Annex I and Annex II
Can I write 100 % cotton if the fabric contains traces of other fibres?

Yes, within limits. A product may be labelled 100 %, pure or all only if it is composed exclusively of the same fibre, but up to 2 % by weight of extraneous fibres, or 5 % for products that have undergone carding, may be disregarded where the quantity is technically unavoidable in good manufacturing practice and not added as a matter of routine. For multi-fibre products the authorities allow a manufacturing tolerance of 3 % between the stated composition and the analysis result, calculated separately for each fibre, and the same 2 % and 5 % limits for extraneous fibres. The fleece-wool and virgin-wool names tolerate at most 0,3 % extraneous fibres.

Source · Art. 7, Art. 8(3) and Art. 20
Does the label have to be in Danish?

Yes. The labelling or marking must be in the official language or languages of the Member State where the product is made available to the consumer, unless that Member State provides otherwise. Denmark has not provided otherwise: executive order nr. 1046 of 28 May 2021, in force since 1 July 2021, restates the rule by requiring the economic operator to label or mark textile products in Danish in accordance with the regulation, and failure to do so is punishable by a fine (§ 16 and § 18). Small quantities of sewing, mending and embroidery yarn sold individually may be labelled in any official EU language if they are also inclusively labelled.

Source · Art. 16(3)Source · § 16, § 18 and § 20
What must I write if a garment has leather, fur or horn parts?

The presence of non-textile parts of animal origin must be indicated with the phrase Contains non-textile parts of animal origin on the labelling or marking whenever the product is made available on the market. The indication must not be misleading and must be presented so that the consumer can easily understand it. The non-textile parts themselves are left out of the fibre composition under Annex VII.

Source · Art. 12 and Annex VII, point (a)(i)
Do the labelling rules apply to online sales and business-to-business supplies?

Yes to both. The composition must be indicated in catalogues, trade literature, packaging, labels and markings so that it is clearly visible to the consumer before purchase, including where the purchase is made by electronic means. Between economic operators in the supply chain, and on deliveries to public contracting authorities, the label or marking may be replaced or supplemented by accompanying commercial documents that state the fibre names and composition clearly and without abbreviations, other than a mechanised processing code or abbreviations defined in international standards and explained in the same document.

Source · Art. 14(2), Art. 14(3) and Art. 16(1)
Is the Textile Regulation being revised?

The Commission has announced a revision to introduce a single set of labelling rules for textile and related products, with digital labelling alongside physical labels and, in light of the EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles, environmentally relevant information. A call for evidence ran from 3 August to 30 September 2023, a public consultation from 19 December 2023 to 15 April 2024 and a stakeholder workshop on 18 October 2024; the Commission's page lists the proposal as planned for the second quarter of 2026 and records no adopted proposal, so Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 as consolidated on 15 February 2018 remains the law in force.

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  1. Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 on textile fibre names and labelling, consolidated text of 15 February 2018 (EUR-Lex) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02011R1007-20180215
  2. Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 as published in OJ L 272, 18 October 2011 (EUR-Lex) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32011R1007
  3. Document information, dates and relationships for CELEX 32011R1007 (EUR-Lex) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32011R1007
  4. Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 286/2012 adding polypropylene/polyamide bicomponent (EUR-Lex) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32012R0286
  5. Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013 adapting Union acts for the accession of Croatia (EUR-Lex) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013R0517
  6. Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/122 adding polyacrylate and updating Annexes II, VI, VIII and IX (EUR-Lex) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32018R0122
  7. Corrigendum of 18 September 2015 to Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011, Article 10(3) (EUR-Lex) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32011R1007R(02)
  8. Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 on market surveillance and compliance of products (EUR-Lex) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R1020
  9. Regulation (EC) No 765/2008, whose Article 2 definitions the Textile Regulation applies (EUR-Lex) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32008R0765
  10. Textile labelling legislation (European Commission, DG GROW) https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/sectors/textiles-ecosystem/legislation_en
  11. Review of Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 (European Commission, DG GROW) https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/sectors/textiles-ecosystem/review-regulation-eu-10072011_en
  12. Textile labels (Your Europe, European Commission) https://europa.eu/youreurope/business/product-requirements/labels-markings/textile-label/index_en.htm
  13. Kontrol med mærkning af tekstilprodukter og fodtøj (Erhvervsstyrelsen, Markedsovervågning) https://www.sik.dk/erhverv/produkter/tekstilprodukter-og-fodtoej/kontrol-maerkning-tekstilprodukter-og-fodtoej
  14. Sikkerhedsstyrelsen, en del af Erhvervsstyrelsen from January 2026 (Erhvervsstyrelsen) https://erhvervsstyrelsen.dk/sikkerhedsstyrelsen-en-del-af-erhvervsstyrelsen
  15. Produktloven, lovbekendtgørelse nr. 22 af 8. januar 2026 (Retsinformation) https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2026/22
  16. Bekendtgørelse nr. 1046 af 28. maj 2021 om mærkning af fodtøj og etikettering og mærkning af tekstilprodukter (Retsinformation) https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2021/1046

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