EU rules for real leather labelling
Clothes labels in the EU will in future have to state whether a garment contains real leather or fur, the European Parliament has decided.
Euro MPs approved a new EU regulation to give consumers more information about the composition of textiles.
The phrase “contains non-textile parts of animal origin” will appear on labels for leather jackets or coats trimmed with real fur.
Manufacturers have until 2014 to switch to the new labels.
The MEPs and the Council – the EU member states' governments – have agreed that the European Commission will carry out an in-depth study to decide on an origin labelling scheme.
The study will also investigate whether clothes labels can standardise sizes across the EU and give more guidance for allergy sufferers.
