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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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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Brussels, 3 July 2023 – On 1 July, Spain took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Sweden to take the lead on important EU policy files during the second half of 2023. The difficult economic and political context, resulting from the war in Ukraine and the consequences of the inflation…
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Brussels, 31 March 2023. – On 30 March 2022, the European Commission presented its vision for the future of the textile industry[1]. The strategy mainly focuses on reducing the environmental footprint and promote sustainability and transparency in the value chain. EURATEX has welcomed the publication of the strategy, as it recognises the strategic importance of…
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Bucharest, 30 March 2023 – European social partners sign a joint declaration and affirm their commitment to jointly support sustainable, competitive TCLF industries with decent working conditions in Southeast Europe. Over 80 people gathered in Bucharest, Romania, on 28 – 29 March 2023 for a major international conference. The event focused on how the textiles,…
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Brussels, 21 March 2023 – EURATEX and 30 other European NGOs and industry organisations signed a joint statement on products sold online entering the European market. All agreed that the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) will place obligations on European economic actors to have more durable and recyclable products, but the goods sold online will…
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Representatives of employers, trade unions, universities and the government met on 6-7 December in Belgrade to discuss how to meet the opportunities and challenges of the new EU Textile Strategy and changing market. Serbian textile, clothing, leather and footwear (TCLF) industries employ 60,000 workers in the home textiles, fashion and automotive supply chains. As an…
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Brussels, 20 December 2022 – On Monday, the European energy ministers reached an agreement on a price cap for natural gas wholesale prices. Despite welcoming the adoption of the instrument and the prospect to limit gas price speculations on the stock market, EURATEX considers the cap at 180 €/MWh to be still too high. Also,…
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An ambitious European industrial policy for a competitive and sustainable textiles and clothing sector Brussels, 14 December 2022. IndustriAll European Trade Union (industriAll Europe) and EURATEX call for actions to transform the sector without negatively impacting workers or European industry. The European textiles and clothing sector is set for a major transformation which will affect…
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Brussels, 23 November 2022 – On Tuesday, EURATEX stated in a letter to EC President, Ursula von der Leyen, that any price cap above the level of 80€euro/MWh would not help the EU industry – the textile sector in particular – to survive the current crisis. Indeed, as early as July 2021, the wholesale gas…
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