Upholstery regulations by market

Already in force 2

• 2025-03-05

  Australia Care Labelling Standard F2023L01187 AU

  Regulated goods must comply with either the requirements in section 11, which apply the Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 1957:1998 Textiles—Care labelling as varied by that section, or the requirements in section 12, which apply Clause 4 of ISO 3758:2012 Textiles—Care labelling code using symbols. The two routes are alternatives and a compliant article need satisfy only one.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  Section 6 defines regulated goods as any clothing, household textiles, apparel including wedding dresses, christening gowns and promotional, sample and flawed articles, furnishings, upholstered furniture, bedding including sleeping bags, mattresses, bed bases, piece goods and yarns made from textiles, plastics, plastic coated fabrics, suede, skins, hides, grain leathers or furs. Section 7 lists ten classes of exempt goods, among them all second-hand goods, all footwear other than hosiery and the textile materials used in making footwear, all jute products, and all bags and cases. The date given here is computed rather than stated: section 2 commences the instrument on 5 September 2023, section 5 defines the first transitional period as six months from commencement and the second as twelve months from the day after the first ends, so section 10 governs from 5 March 2025. Sections 8 and 9, which allowed the repealed 2010 notice as a third route during those periods, each provide for their own repeal at the end of the period they govern. The instrument sets the content of the standard. What follows from supplying goods that do not meet it sits in the Australian Consumer Law, which is Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 and is not part of this instrument.

• 2026-01-01

  Maine PFAS in products law 38 M.R.S.A. § 1614 US-ME

  From 1 January 2026 a textile article containing intentionally added PFAS, and upholstered furniture containing intentionally added PFAS, may not be sold, offered for sale or distributed for sale in Maine. Outdoor apparel for severe wet conditions and textiles in watercraft, aircraft and motor vehicles are excluded from the textile-article ban.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  "Textile article" covers apparel, accessories, handbags, backpacks, draperies, shower curtains, furnishings, upholstery, bedding, towels, napkins and tablecloths, and excludes carpets, fabric treatments, laboratory textiles, architectural fabric and industrial filters. Under subsection 8 the department may require a manufacturer, within 30 days, to provide a certificate attesting that the product contains no intentionally added PFAS. The department's FAQ treats personal protective equipment as outside "textile article"; that is agency interpretation, not statute.