Research and EU regulation for fashion AI, digested
The Textile regulation section of Fashion AI Lab EU.
The EU Data Act creates access and sharing obligations that touch every connected product in a supply chain, including textiles. This explainer maps those obligations to GS1 EPCIS and the horizontal data-space architecture, and states plainly where a textile-specific framework does not yet exist.
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The revised Waste Framework Directive mandates textile EPR across all EU member states, but national implementation varies significantly. Here is what compliance and operations leads need to know.
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Two converging EU regimes — corporate sustainability due diligence and the forced labour product ban — require apparel brands to hold structured, auditable data about every tier of their supply chain. This article maps the specific data obligations and identifies where PLM and sourcing systems…
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The EU's ban on generic environmental claims is now law. This explainer sets out exactly what substantiation and verification a fashion brand must have in place before any green claim reaches a consumer.
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A single annotated timeline of seven EU regulatory deadlines between 2026 and 2028 that every fashion compliance team needs to plan for now, covering the AI Act, Ecodesign Regulation, Digital Product Passport, and textile labelling obligations.
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The EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation is rolling out in phases, with textiles among the earliest sectors in scope. This guide maps the implementation schedule and the technical documentation obligations your product development team needs to act on now.
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