Green Trade Barriers Behind The EU'S Eco Textile Certification

In the course of production, these ecological textiles follow certain strict rules and reduce their bodily harm to zero or lowest level. Therefore, they are very popular with people when they are launched. In Europe and other countries, ecological textiles are still on fire even though they are more expensive than 20%-30%.

With the promotion of the market and the promotion of government departments, the certification of ecological textiles has gradually penetrated into the textile industry, and has become a Pass of the enterprises running in the market. However, after careful observation, it is found that the certification is very mixed: the international popular standards have the European eco label, and the international environmental protection textile association Oeko-TexStandard100, the domestic certification is even higher or higher.

Who will have the final say in eco textile certification?

European Union

For the European Union's certification of Eco-Lable (ECO sign), Lu, a trading company in Wuhan, told the China Journal of textile inspection that the EU's certification is essentially a green trade barrier.

It is understood that the European eco sign system was established by the European Community in 1992.

The logo is a small flower pattern, so some people call it "applique", and the product labeled "eco" is called "applique" product. Eco-Lable aims to encourage manufacturers to design environmentally friendly products, so as to provide consumers with environmental protection choices.

Although the logo is launched in legal form, the legal status in the EU is unquestionable, but whether manufacturers are applying for Eco labels is entirely voluntary.

If they apply, they can gain competitive advantage for their products.

So far, the scope of the standard covers consumers' daily necessities (except food and medicine), which covers dozens of products, including textile products, and the speed of expansion is accelerating.

Because the logo has developed earlier in the field of textile and clothing, and the European Union has carried out the propaganda work in the field through the ecological clothing exhibition and other activities, the eco logo has also developed best in the field of textile and clothing.

According to statistics, there are only 103 European Union enterprises that have won the logo, of which the largest number of textile and clothing companies, and 37 companies, accounting for 1/3.

These companies are mainly from Denmark and France, followed by Spain, Belgium, Germany, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Sweden.

The Eco-label advocated by the European community is the whole ecosystem, which is quite different from some of the ecological concepts we know at the moment, such as the ecological safety of the final products.

The evaluation criteria of Eco-label cover the possible environmental impacts of the entire life cycle of products, such as textile products from fiber planting or production, spinning and weaving, pre-processing, etc.

In the pursuit of reporters, Chinese enterprises hardly have any shortlisted contestants. Only one report said that a consulting company in Guangdong had passed the verification on behalf of a company, and there was no symptomatic finding. Not only did the company fail to contact, even the consulting company was also empty, and the handset was pferred to a middle-aged woman, who claimed that he knew nothing about it.

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The reporter contacted a domestic certification body and asked how to handle Eco-Lable certification. The certification authority also called Eco-Lable very difficult to handle. Because it requires environmental protection in the entire manufacturing chain, the possibility of Chinese organizations passing through is very small.

He also believes that the EU's policy is to create a safe living condition for the people. On the one hand, even through this green trade barrier, the rejection of Chinese products and other countries can relieve the pressure of employment in European Union countries, and the political flavor is strong.

In this sense, the EU eco label is a "green cover".

Oeko-Tex100: we are more representative of public opinion.

Compared with the Eco-Lable eco label of the European Union, it was also born in Europe, and the Oeko-TexStandard jointly developed by the Haines Institute of Austria and the Textile Research Institute of Germany is more popular.