Use this page if you sell apparel, textiles, or related products and need to start preparing without overstating the rules.
The ESPR working plan lists textiles/apparel as the first-ranked final product category, with an indicative adoption timeline of 2027 and a market size of EUR 78 billion, or EUR 142 billion when all textiles and footwear are counted in the cited market size.
It does not mean every garment has a final DPP deadline or field list today. It means textiles/apparel are officially prioritised for work under ESPR.
The highest-value work is product data hygiene: SKU and model structure, material composition, supplier and facility evidence, care instructions, durability claims, repair/reuse information, packaging, and proof behind sustainability claims.
Early textile DPP pages should keep official status, data preparation, and commercial preparation separate. The useful question is not whether a page sounds confident, but whether it shows which claims come from adopted law, which come from the working plan, and which remain preparation advice.
Avoid phrases like EU-compliant textile passport, mandatory by 2027 for every garment, or approved DPP provider unless a final source supports the exact claim.
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