CLOTHING INDUSTRY TO FACE HIGHER COSTS AND POSSIBLE PENALTIES AS A RESULT OF NEW PRODUCT SAFETY RULES
July 30th, 2022
EUROPEAN Union (EU) clothing manufacturers are preparing to carry out more checks on clothing safety, for example on potential flammability, dyes that may cause allergic reactions, or dangerous drawstrings, under a proposal (1) for new EU rules on protecting consumers from potentially dangerous products.
This was approved by the European Parliament’s internal market and consumer protection committee on June 16 – and while further votes, leasing to additional amendments, will come at the parliament and the EU Council of Ministers – tougher consumer rules ...
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