EU Formulates Laws And Regulations To Promote Sustainable Development Of Textile And Garment Industry

　　 International ready-made garments The operation of the textile industry is, of course, not a mere operation. It must comply with relevant laws and regulations, and the industry can also comply with it in order to reduce pollution or avoid the use of potentially harmful chemicals.

In terms of environmental legislation, the EU is usually a global leader and implements many laws and regulations to promote the sustainability of the whole industry, and encourages enterprises to be more environmentally friendly to meet or exceed statutory minimum standards.

Some legislation is aimed at specific industries, such as the European Union's eco label (eco-label) system for textiles and clothing. It is a voluntary system which allows enterprises to label eco labels on their products. If an enterprise restricts the risk of allergic reactions by restricting the use of harmful substances that negatively affect the water and air environment, the product will not shrink more easily compared with traditional products, and its color fastness is high and washable. Dry friction resistance And the characteristics of sun resistance are the same as those of traditional products.

At the same time, there are other laws which are highly related to the textile and garment industry and other minority industrial environmental performance.

The European Parliament and the European Union ministerial conference are currently negotiating the final version of the new EU bio pesticide directive on the control of biocides in textiles. Members of the European Parliament and ministers are in favour of the existing version of the decree. They are discussing the contradictions in removing them.

EU ministers hope to implement special authorization for all categories of biocide products from 2013 to 2020. According to the European Parliament communique, the scope of the decree will be extended to all products manufactured by the European Union market, such as sleeping bags, sofa or smelly socks.

EU pairs Nanomaterials Specification

Another upcoming special law that will have far-reaching implications for the garment and textile industry will be submitted for discussion this year.

Many reports have pointed out that the existing environmental health regulations in the EU are not sufficient to meet the unusual behaviors produced by the materials produced by nanotechnology and the possible harm of tiny particles to the environment and the human body.

For example, a report issued by the European Commission on potential consumption and health risk (theScientificCommitteeonEmergingandNewly-IdentifiedHealthrisks) shows how to identify the toxicity of nanomaterials, which can be damaged by nanoparticles and their potential consumer products.

Such nanomaterials tend to crystallize, attract or lose electrons, have photocatalyst activity, form surface charges, solubility in water, and other characteristics. It is hoped that under the new EU EU law, complex nanomaterials will eventually be classified and controlled according to the degree of harmfulness.

According to the report, ultimately, according to the nanomedict, the nanoparticles will be reduced to nano scale according to whether the basic particles can be naturally or artificially reduced, and the nanoparticles of different composition should be evaluated and classified and monitored to reduce the harm of nanomaterials.

REACH regulation

However, the EU law which is really important in this regard is, of course, the REACH chemical policy act, the European Union's bill on the registration, evaluation, licensing and restriction of chemicals, which was formally implemented in June 1, 2007 and has put chemicals into a set of authorized evaluation systems that are still in operation.

The REACH act is implicated in textiles and garment enterprises and has an impact on these enterprises. Three groups of chemicals (enterprises based on tonnage of production or import, and specific chemical characteristics) have been registered in November (2010) in November (ECHA), which is responsible for the implementation and supervision of the REACH bill. {page_break}

REACH regulations stipulate that enterprises can enter the EU market only if they are registered and approved within the time limit specified by ECHA. The registration period is divided into three stages, namely, 2010, 2013 and 2018 according to the scale of production or import.

The first phase of the REACH regulation is about the annual production or import of more than 1000 tonnes of chemical substances by enterprises. The annual production or import of more than 1 tonnes of carcinogenic substances, causing mutations in the gene, harmful chemicals to the reproductive system, and chemicals that cause serious environmental hazards to the production or import of more than 100 tonnes per year have been completed by November 30, 2010.

The second stage is the period from May 31, 2013 to May 31, 2018 for the production and import of chemical substances ranging from 100 to 1000 tonnes. The third stage is the annual production or import volume of chemicals registered between 1 and 100 tonnes per year until the end of May 31, 2018.

At present, ECHA inspectors are working together with the REACH material exchange forum to check whether the active ingredients used in EU chemical mixtures have been registered in the chemical control system.

Another general law related to environmental policies in textiles and clothing industry announced this year that the revised directive on industrial emissions may force manufacturers to reduce their pollution emissions.

The regulation, which was amended in June 2010 and affected the industry (including textiles and clothing industry), will have to adopt the "best available technology" to reduce emissions of pollutants including nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, dust, asbestos and heavy metals by 2012.

The new law combines and revisions the seven existing air pollution control directives, especially the large thermal power plant directive (largecombustionplantdirective) and integrated pollution prevention and control directives.