The latest developments in the decree on Environmental Textile Display - February 2025

The national consultation on environmental textile labelling took place between November 28 and December 19. Since then, the draft decree was officially notified to the European Commission on February 13, 2025, with a three-month period for any objections or adjustments.

Here are the three possible scenarios between now and May 14, 2025:

✅ No objection: France will apply the decree as is.
🛠️ Comments from the EC: France will need to adjust certain points.
🚨 Major objections: Significant changes may be required before adoption.

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What you need to know about the latest changes to the decree

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A test year for producers

As soon as the decree is published (expected in May 2025), brands will be granted a first year of testing and therefore of voluntary display to adapt to the new requirements.

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Who can declare environmental costs?

• For the first year (2025), only manufacturers will be able to calculate and submit the environmental cost of their products on the declaration portal.
• From 2026, if a manufacturer has not done so, other players (individuals, associations, brands) will be able to calculate and declare this environmental cost themselves.

Definitions and players concerned:
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1. The notion of "placing on the market" is clarified: this concerns only the first making available of a product, thus excluding second hand.
2. Marketplaces (e.g. Amazon, Shein, Temu) are recognized as importers if they sell non-French brands on the territory.
3. A product reference corresponds to an identical version of a product in several respects (composition, color, texture), excluding variations in size.

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Communicating environmental costs

Any natural or legal person who voluntarily communicates a score relating to one or more environmental impacts of a textile product (e.g. CO2 impact) must also communicate the environmental cost.

A standardized communication visual will be imposed, with the addition of a score based on the product's mass per 100g.

This visual must comply with several rules:

• In stores, the size of the score displayed must be at least as large as the price.
• If the communication is online, a link must be provided alongside it to access all the information made available on the public portal.
• The visual may not be altered in any way. Any size adjustment must be homothetic.
• If the environmental cost is presented on the shelf, the size of this graphic representation is at least equivalent to the font size of the price figures on the shelf.
• If the environmental cost is displayed in physical form, the size of this graphic representation must be visible and legible.

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Products covered by the environmental display decree

The decree applies :

• Clothing textiles intended for consumers (new or remanufactured, but not second-hand or professional garments).
• Products placed on the national market for the first time.

The product categories considered are at least the following: Boxer / briefs, boxer shorts, socks, shirts, jeans, skirts / dresses, swimwear, coats / jackets, pants / shorts, sweaters, t-shirts / polo shirts.

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These products are excluded from the decree:
❌ Textiles not intended for clothing (e.g. household linen).
❌ Single-use clothing textile products
❌ Clothing containing more than 20% of materials other than textile fibers or whose environmental impact cannot be modeled.
❌ Textiles incorporating electronic components.

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Declaration portal

A digital portal will be set up to centralize environmental cost statements. Brands will be required to submit :

• environmental cost calculated in terms of impact points
• The breakdown of this cost according to the impact categories defined by the decree
• information identifying the product references concerned
• the date on which the reference was placed on the market
• the date on which the environmental cost is calculated
• the legal status of the person making the calculation
• the corresponding version of the methodology used

In addition to the publicly shared data listed above, anyone who calculates the environmental cost of a product must be able to make the supporting data available to control agencies (DGCCRF) (Art. R 541-250).

Prior to communicating the environmental cost, the list of parameters used for the calculation (i.e. all specific and semi-specific product data) must be filed on a dedicated digital portal accessible only to public authorities (Art. R 541-250).

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Updating a product's environmental cost

• If the methodology evolves, the person who has calculated and filed an environmental cost on the portal has 1 year to update it (Art. R 541-249).
• The person who has calculated and deposited an environmental cost on the portal may update it at most once every 3 months (Art. R 541-249).
• If an environmental cost is updated, anyone using it has 1 month to update their communication (excluding physical communication) (Art. R 541-248)

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