Law No. 2025-188 of 27 February 2025 protecting the population from the risks of PFAS (Environment Code art. L524-1) and Decree No. 2025-1376
- Citation
- Loi n° 2025-188 du 27 février 2025
- Jurisdiction
- FR
- Made by
- Ministry of Ecological Transition (France)
- Instrument
- Statute
- Status
- In force
What it requires (2 obligations)
From 1 January 2026 the manufacture, import, export and placing on the market, paid or free, of clothing textiles, footwear, and waterproofing agents for clothing textiles and footwear intended for consumers that contain PFAS is prohibited, except clothing and footwear designed for the protection and safety of persons, in particular for national defence or civil security missions.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Economic operators (manufacturer, importer, distributor or responsible person)
- Products
- Apparel, footwear, consumer products
- Markets
- FR
- Entry into force
- 2026-01-01
The thresholds below which the ban does not apply are set by decree, art. D525-4: 25 ppb for any single PFAS measured by targeted analysis, excluding polymers; 250 ppb for the sum of PFAS, where relevant after degradation of precursors, excluding polymers; and 50 ppm for PFAS including polymers. Above 50 mg/kg total fluorine, the operator must demonstrate on request whether the fluorine comes from PFAS. Art. D525-2 exempts personal protective equipment under Regulation (EU) 2016/425, protective and combat equipment for the armed forces and for internal and civil security, re-proofing agents for that equipment, and clothing and footwear with at least 20% recycled material from post-consumer waste, where PFAS is tolerated only in proportion to the recycled fraction. Products made before 1 January 2026 may be placed on the market or exported for at most twelve months (art. 2 of the law). The text defines neither "textile d'habillement" nor whether the limits apply per article or per material. Because export is named, the ban reaches French operators shipping out of France as well as goods entering it.
Environment Code art. L524-1 I 3° (created by art. 1 of Law 2025-188, JORF 28 February 2025); thresholds in art. D525-4 created by Decree 2025-1376 of 28 December 2025 (JORF 30 December 2025).
From 1 January 2030 the same prohibition extends to every textile product containing PFAS, except textiles needed for essential uses, those contributing to national sovereignty for which no substitute exists, and technical textiles for industrial use.
No date set Scheduled Adopted, dates set, not yet in force
- Who it falls on
- Economic operators (manufacturer, importer, distributor or responsible person)
- Products
- Textiles, home textiles, apparel
- Markets
- FR
- Entry into force
- 2030-01-01
Art. D525-3 lists the 2030 exemptions: technical textiles for industrial use; and, where no substitute exists, personal protective equipment, defence and CBRN equipment and medical textiles. The 20% post-consumer recycled-content rule carries over. Home textiles, which the 2026 ban does not reach, are inside this one.
Environment Code art. L524-1 II; exemptions in art. D525-3 (Decree 2025-1376).
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