Regulatory Assessments for Textile Products

US State Regulations

• California Proposition 65
• Chemicals of High Concern for Children (CHCC)
• Connecticut Child Product Safety Act
• Illinois - Lead Poisoning Prevention Act
• Utah - Upholstered Furniture and Quilted Clothing Inspection Act
• California, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington (proposed: Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Ohio) - Ban on certain flame retardants (PentaBDE, OctaBDE, DecaBDE, TDCPP, TCEP, Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD), chlorinated tris)

Health Canada

• Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (CCPSA)
  • Surface Coating Materials Regulations
  • Consumer Products Containing Lead Regulations
  • Phthalates Regulation

European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)

• REACH
• Regulation Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPS)
• Directive on packaging and packaging waste

• Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (CCPSA)
• Textile Flammability Regulation
• Children's Sleepwear Regulation

• REACH

US State Regulations

• Placement, warning language
• Uniform Label Law
• Fur labeling
• Plastic bag suffocation warning
• California Proposition 65
• Connecticut Child Product Safety Act
• Utah - Upholstered Furniture and Quilted Clothing Inspection Act

Canada Competition Bureau

• Textile Labelling Act (TLA) and Textile Labelling and Advertising Regulations (TLAR)

Canada Border Services Agency

• Canadian Customs Tariff

Health Canada

• Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (CCPSA)

Quebec - Office of Consumer Protection (OPC)

• Quebec Consumer Protection Act
• Charter of the French Language

European Commission

• General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) (EU) 2023/988
• Textile Labelling Act
• Labelling of materials: footwear
• Textile Labelling Regulation

French Ministry of Ecological Transition and Solidarity

• France Anti-Waste Circular Economy Act (AGEC)

Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

• UK Textile Labelling Act

European Commission

• European Green Deal
• Green Claims Directive (GCD)
• Empowering Consumers Directive (ECD), Directive on Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition (ECGT)
• Ecodesign Directive (2009/125/EC) + Ecodesign Regulation (including digital product passport, ecodesign criteria, ban on destruction of unsold textiles and shoes, etc)
• Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence and amending Directive (EU-CSDDD 2023/2859)
• Directive on the protection of the environment through criminal law (2008/99/EC)
• Unfair commercial practices directive (UCPD)
• Consumer Rights Directive (CRD)
• Ban on products made with forced labour
• Green Public Procurement (GPP)
• Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles
• Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive
• Textile Labelling Regulation

EU Country Regulations

• German Supply Chain Act
• German government's Green Button
• France Anti-Waste Circular Economy Act (AGEC)

UK Regulation

• UK Modern Slavery Act

US State Regulations

• Child Product Safety Acts
• Chemicals of High Concern for Children (CHCC)
• California Proposition 65
• California Bureau of Household Goods and Services (BHGS)
• Placement, warning language
• Uniform Label Law
• Fur labeling
• Plastic bag suffocation warning
• Connecticut Child Product Safety Act
• Utah - Upholstered Furniture and Quilted Clothing Inspection Act

Health Canada

• Consumer Product Safety Act (CCPSA)
  • Surface Coating Materials Regulations
  • Consumer Products Containing Lead Regulations
  • Phthalates Regulation
• Textile Flammability Regulation
• Children's Sleepwear Regulation

Competition Bureau Canada

• Textile Labelling Act (TLA) and Textile Labelling and Advertising Regulations (TLAR)

Canada Border Services Agency

• Canadian Customs Tariff

Quebec - Office of Consumer Protection (OPC)

• Quebec Consumer Protection Act
• Charter of the French Language

European Commission

• General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) (EU) 2023/988
  (former General Product Safety Directive (GPSD) (2001/95/EC))
• Textile Fibre Names and Labelling Regulation
• Textile Labelling Act
• Labelling of materials: footwear
• Textile Fibre Labelling Regulation

European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)

• REACH
• Regulation Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPS)

European Environmental Agency

• Directive on packaging and packaging waste

EU Country Regulations

• National EU/EEA state legislation
• Norway Products Regulation

Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

• UK Textile Labelling Act

US State Regulations

• New York - General business law
• Wisconsin

Quebec

• Quebec - Consumer Protection Act

Health Canada

• CCPSA Toy Regulations

European Commission

• Toy Safety Directive

EU Country Regulations

• Germany - HuPF Assessment for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)