NEW MACHINERY REGULATION WILL CUT COSTS FOR TEXTILE BUSINESSES, SAY EXPERTS
May 12th, 2023
A European Union (EU) new machinery regulation formally approved by the European Parliament on April 18, (2023) following an earlier agreement in principle with the EU Council of Ministers, will benefit the European textile industry, but also generate more red tape, EU experts have told WTiN.
The legislation was designed (1) to enable the use of digital, rather than paper formats for user manual instructions and declarations of conformity with safety and other standards will be possible. Cornelia Buchwalder, secretary general of the European Committee of Textile ...
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