Brussels, 11 January 2024 – EURATEX and 22 industry associations sent a joint letter to the three EU Presidents to call on the EU and Mercosur leaders to rapidly conclude the trade negotiations on the remaining open points. Your excellency President Metsola, Your excellency President Michel, Your excellency President von der Leyen, We are writing…
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Brussels, 19 December 2023 – From 6 to 9 June 2024, European citizens will vote for a new European Parliament and, based on the results, a new European Commission will be formed. In view of this important election, EURATEX publishes a Manifesto, presenting 15 requests which will help to ensure a competitive European textiles and…
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Brussels, 14 December 2023 – EURATEX welcomes and supports the EU Commission ambition to revise the Textiles Labelling Regulation No 1007/2011. EURATEX retains that the Regulation has overall served its purpose and delivered its overarching objectives, namely providing useful information to the consumer on the properties of the textile products. Nevertheless, in the light of…
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The clock is ticking. Time to permanently remove tariffs on sectors unrelated to the steel and aluminium and large civil aircraft disputes! Brussels/Washington – 7 December 2023. With less than a month before the reimposition of tariffs in the U.S.-EU steel and aluminium dispute on 1 January 2024, 87 sectors unrelated to the EU-U.S. steel…
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Brussels, 7 December 2023 – EURATEX welcomes the unanimous vote in support of the new rules of origin under the PEM Convention, as a historic achievement. Facilitating trade and investments in the “PanEuroMed” region (covering 27 EU member states and 24 partner countries in the neighbourhood region)1 is top priority region for the EU, as…
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Brussels, 10 October 2023 – The Textile & Fashion Forum Helsinki 2023, jointly organized by Finnish Textile & Fashion and EURATEX, highlights the discourse on sustainable practices within the textile and fashion industry. This two-day event, scheduled for 26-27 October at the unique Little Finlandia event center in Helsinki, will also include a day of…
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Brussels, 05 October 2023 – Ahead of your extra-ordinary Council on 6 October in Granada, EURATEX President, Alberto Paccanelli, and CIE President, Jose Vte Serna, call on the EU Presidency to develop a new competitiveness strategy, which can relaunch the European industry and ensure it will remain competitive in the decades to come. This means…
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Barcelona, 3 October – At a kick off meeting hosted by Mango, EURATEX and 20 incoming members proudly presented ReHubs Europe, a new international non-profit organisation poised to give a boost to the textile recycling. The launch follows 3 years of intense preparation, and the publication of a Techno-Economic Study, which analysed the business case,…
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Dear Presidents von der Leyen and Biden, Certainty and stability in the transatlantic trade relationship are of enormous importance to our sectors. Between 2018 and 2021, our industries, suppliers, and supply chains were severely impacted by the imposition of tariffs in disputes wholly unrelated to our sectors, and we applaud the crucial agreements you reached…
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Brussels, 14 July 2023 – On this day 1 year ago the McKinsey company published its white paper “Scaling textile recycling in Europe—turning waste into value” proving the environmental benefits and the annual 4.5 € Billions business case of investing in textile recycling in Europe. Yesterday, EURATEX has signed before the notary the act launching…
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