Important decisions regarding the design of textiles and the handling of used textiles are made in Brussels. They form the framework for concretization of the legal regulations in the member states of the European Union. In discussions and statements with European decision-makers, the Gemeinschaft für textile Zukunft (GftZ) advocates for a sustainable handling of used textiles.

Networking in Brussels

GftZ is a member of the European umbrella organization EuRIC and is part of the "EuRIC Textiles" working group, which represents the collective interests of collectors, sorters and recyclers of used textiles.

Key Documents

• Link:       EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textile: COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS
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• Link:       EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textile: Factsheet on the EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textile
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• Link:       Waste Framework Directive: Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
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• Link:       Waste Framework Directive; ANNEX to the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council
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• Link:       Waste Framework Directive; ARBEITSUNTERLAGE DER KOMMISSIONSDIENSTSTELLEN BERICHT ÜBER DIE FOLGENABSCHÄTZUNG (ZUSAMMENFASSUNG)
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• Link:       Waste Shipment Regulation; DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on waste shipments, amending (EU) No 1257/2013 an (EU) 2020/1056
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• Link:       Waste Shipment Regulation; Analysis of GftZ for implementing the waste shipment regulation - in German
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• Link:       EU Ecodesign Regulation; Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing a framework for setting ecodesign requirements for sustainable products and repealing Directive 2009/125/EC