For exporters
Textile compliance desk
What your buyer’s market requires of a textile or apparel product, from what date, and how suppliers prove it. Every row is read from the official text and carries how firm its date is.
- 16 changes in the last 30 days
- 3 dates in the next 90 days
- 72 instruments in the register
What changed
Rules that started to apply, deadlines that arrived, and records whose dates or status moved. Newest first.
- 10 Oct 2026Now appliesEUEU PFHxA restrictionscheduledFrom 10 October 2026, textiles, leather, furs and hides in clothing and related accessories for the general public, footwear for the general public, and mixtures for the general public may not be…Official text
- 3 Oct 2026New obligation recordedEUESPRindicativeThe Commission plans to adopt the ESPR delegated act setting ecodesign and digital product passport requirements for textiles in the fourth quarter of 2027. Under Article 4(4) its requirements apply no earlier…2027-Q4, pending delegated actOfficial text
- 3 Oct 2026New obligation recordedUS-CASafer Clothes and Textiles ActscheduledFrom 1 January 2027 the total organic fluorine threshold in the definition of "regulated PFAS" falls from 100 ppm to 50 ppm, so a textile article at or above 50 ppm total…2027-01-01, not yet in forceOfficial text
- 3 Oct 2026New obligation recordedUS-CASafer Clothes and Textiles ActscheduledFrom 1 January 2028 the deferral for outdoor apparel for severe wet conditions ends, and the prohibition on regulated PFAS applies to that apparel as well.2028-01-01, not yet in forceOfficial text
- 3 Oct 2026Added to the registerUS-COColorado PFAS consumer protection act1 obligation recorded from the official text.Official text
- 3 Oct 2026Added to the registerDKDenmark PFAS clothing ban1 obligation recorded from the official text.Official text
- 3 Oct 2026Added to the registerEUEU PFHxA restriction2 obligations recorded from the official text.Official text
- 3 Oct 2026Added to the registerFRFrance PFAS law2 obligations recorded from the official text.Official text
Coming up
Dates in the next twelve months. Only “confirmed” and “scheduled” are settled; the others have moved before.
- 2027-01-01scheduledUS-WAWashington Safer Products PFAS ruleFrom 1 January 2027 apparel and accessories containing intentionally added PFAS may not be manufactured, sold or distributed in Washington. Ecology presumes that total fluorine detected above 50…
- 2027-01-01indicativeUS-NYNew York PFAS in apparel lawOne year after DEC adopts its implementing regulations, and no later than 1 January 2027, apparel containing PFAS at or above a level DEC sets in regulation may…
- 2027-01-01scheduledUS-CASafer Clothes and Textiles ActFrom 1 January 2027 the total organic fluorine threshold in the definition of "regulated PFAS" falls from 100 ppm to 50 ppm, so a textile article at or…
- 2027-Q4indicativeEUESPRThe Commission plans to adopt the ESPR delegated act setting ecodesign and digital product passport requirements for textiles in the fourth quarter of 2027. Under Article 4(4) its…
- 2027-10-10scheduledEUEU PFHxA restrictionFrom 10 October 2027, the same limits apply to textiles, leather, furs and hides for the general public other than clothing and related accessories, such as carpets, rugs,…
By destination market
Every textile obligation of one market on one page.
- United States28 instruments · 84 obligations
- Canada15 instruments · 55 obligations
- European Union15 instruments · 40 obligations
- India6 instruments · 19 obligations
- Australia4 instruments · 15 obligations
Also recorded, with too few instruments for a page of their own: Japan, Denmark, France.
By product
The obligations whose own scope names the product.
- Apparel & Clothing47 instruments · 146 obligations
- Home Textile38 instruments · 118 obligations
- Clothing Accessory15 instruments · 37 obligations
- Children’s Clothing14 instruments · 37 obligations
- Footwear10 instruments · 28 obligations
- Carpet & Rug8 instruments · 18 obligations
- Leather Goods6 instruments · 17 obligations
- Mattress6 instruments · 9 obligations
- Coated Fabric5 instruments · 15 obligations
- Upholstery4 instruments · 4 obligations
Also recorded: Cotton, Fur, Gloves, Jute Packaging, Man-made Fibres, Protective Clothing, Silk, Silkworm Seed.
What buyers ask suppliers for
One guide per request: the limit, the date, the test method and the document to send back.
Chemicals your buyer restricts
- PFAS in Textiles: Limits, Dates and Test Methods by Export Market
- EU PFHxA Restriction: What Textile Finishers Must Change by 10 October 2026
Due diligence and traceability
- EU Forced Labour Regulation: Deadlines and the Evidence Textile Suppliers Should Keep
- Textile Digital Product Passport: Dates, What’s Decided and What Isn’t
India: Quality Control Orders
Tools and data
Free. None of them produces a compliance position.
- Restricted Substance Limit: Result, Uncertainty & the Next Limit
- Fibre Content Label: Declared Blend, Test Result & Tolerance
- End-to-End Lot & Roll Traceability Depth and Recall Exposure
- GRS Recycled Content through Differential Process Loss
- DPP Annex III Readiness Check
- Garment Carbon Passport Estimator
US import duty, chapters 50 to 63 · Digital Product Passport hub · Every obligation as JSON
This is a register, not advice. It records what each instrument says and when it applies, from the official text. Whether a rule binds a particular product or shipment is a question for somebody who knows that business.