Transcript
The Footwear Labelling Directive tells the buyer what a shoe is made of: a low-complexity but highly visible obligation.
It applies to manufacturers established in the EU and, where the maker is outside the Union, to the importer or seller who first places the footwear on the market. Second-hand and protective footwear are outside its scope.
Adopted in 1994 and transposed nationally, it covers the three main components, the upper, the lining and sock, and the outer sole, in four material categories: leather, coated leather, textile and other.
You identify the predominant material of each component, applying the 80 percent rule, assign the category, choose pictograms or written indications in the languages of your markets, and attach a legible, durable label to at least one shoe of each pair.
Conphora maps your footwear against the Directive, flags gaps in material declaration, pictogram use and the responsibility chain, and alerts you when the rules change.
The full guide is at conphora.com.
FTLBLD Video
FTLBLD: Explained in 60 seconds
FtLblD guide: the Footwear Labelling Directive, which footwear it covers, the three parts and four material groups, the 80 % rule, pictograms or Danish words, who is responsible for the label, key dates, Danish enforcement and how to comply.
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Key moments
- 0:01 The Footwear Labelling Directive tells the buyer what a shoe is made of
- 0:10 It applies to manufacturers established in the EU and, where the maker…
- 0:26 Adopted in 1994 and transposed nationally, it covers the three main…
- 0:42 You identify the predominant material of each component, applying the…
- 0:59 Conphora maps your footwear against the Directive, flags gaps in…
- 1:12 The full guide is at conphora.com
About this film
Rendered from the regulation guide's facts and narrated in English; captions and the transcript follow the page's language. Facts only — the guide carries the sources.