Besluit van 14 april 2023, houdende regels voor uitgebreide producentenverantwoordelijkheid voor textielproducten (Besluit uitgebreide producentenverantwoordelijkheid textiel)
- Citation
- Stb. 2023, 132
- Jurisdiction
- NL
- Made by
- Kingdom of the Netherlands, Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat
- Instrument
- Regulation
- Status
- In force
What it requires (3 obligations)
Since 1 July 2023 producers placing newly manufactured clothing (consumer and workwear, CN chapters 61 and 62) and household textiles (CN heading 6302) on the Dutch market for the first time bear extended producer responsibility; producers not established in the Netherlands must appoint an authorised representative established there.
Applies from 2023-07-01 Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Producers
- Products
- Textiles, apparel, home textiles
- Markets
- NL
The decree is based on Article 9.5.2(1) of the Wet milieubeheer and operates together with the general Besluit regeling voor uitgebreide producentenverantwoordelijkheid. Implementing rules are in the Regeling uitgebreide producentenverantwoordelijkheid textiel (Stcrt. 2023, 16764; amended Stcrt. 2024, 41749).
Article 1(1) definitions of kleding (consumenten- en bedrijfskleding, hoofdstukken 61 en 62) and huishoudtextiel (post 6302); Article 1(2): Dit besluit heeft betrekking op nieuw gefabriceerde textielproducten van de categorieën kleding en huishoudtextiel. Article 2(1) gemachtigd vertegenwoordiger. Article 8: Dit besluit treedt in werking met ingang van 1 juli 2023.
Each producer must ensure that at least 50 percent by weight of the textiles it placed on the market in the previous year is prepared for re-use or recycled in 2025, rising by 5 points a year to 75 percent from 2030; within that, at least 20 percent must be prepared for re-use in 2025 (25 percent from 2030), of which 10 percent for re-use in the Netherlands (15 percent from 2030).
2025 Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Producers
- Products
- Textiles, apparel, home textiles
- Markets
- NL
Targets are calculated against the weight placed on the market in the preceding calendar year. Article 6 requires producers to take measures to use as much recycled post-consumer textile fibre as possible in their products.
Article 3: a. in 2025: 50 gewichtsprocent; b. in 2026: 55; c. in 2027: 60; d. in 2028: 65; e. in 2029: 70; f. vanaf 2030: 75 gewichtsprocent. Article 4(1): 20 gewichtsprocent in 2025 rising to 25 from 2030 (voorbereiding voor hergebruik). Article 4(2): 10 gewichtsprocent in 2025 rising to 15 from 2030 (hergebruik in Nederland).
Of the textiles that are recycled, at least 25 percent by weight must be fibre-to-fibre recycled in 2025, rising to 33 percent from 2030; producers report annually before 1 August on the previous calendar year.
2025 Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Producers
- Products
- Textiles, apparel, home textiles
- Markets
- NL
Fibre-to-fibre recycling is defined in Article 1(1) as recycling in which waste textile fibres are reused in materials for clothing or household textiles. The Netherlands will need to align the decree with Directive (EU) 2025/1892 by 17 June 2027.
Article 5: a. in 2025: 25 gewichtsprocent; b. 2026: 27; c. 2027: 29; d. 2028: 31; e. 2029: 32; f. vanaf 2030: 33 gewichtsprocent vezel-tot-vezel. Article 7(1): het verslag ... wordt jaarlijks voor 1 augustus over het voorafgaande kalenderjaar uitgebracht; Article 7(2): for 2023 and 2024 reporting of quantities placed on the market suffices.
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