EUROPEAN APPAREL AND TEXTILE CONFEDERATION
EURATEX
EURATEX is an association of national textile and apparel employers’ associations and European textile branch associations, representing the whole of that industry in the EU and in its Customs Union partner, Turkey.
Lobbying Activity
Meeting with Valentina Schaumburger (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)
18 Nov 2025 · Ultra-fast fashion
Meeting with Matthias Petschke (Director Taxation and Customs Union) and
5 Nov 2025 · Exchange on customs reform, product compliance, priority control areas (PCAs) and de minimis.
Meeting with Jessika Roswall (Commissioner) and
4 Nov 2025 · Waste Framework Directive, extended producer responsibility (EPR), Ecodesign for sustainable regulation (ESPR), EU Customs reform.
Response to Communication on a Strategy for a European Data Union
18 Jul 2025
Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Commissioner) and
11 Jul 2025 · Implementation dialogue on customs legislation - Rules of origin
Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Executive Vice-President) and
2 Jul 2025 · EU Clean Industrial Dialogue on Circularity
Response to Apply AI Strategy: strengthening the AI continent
4 Jun 2025
Meeting with Jessika Roswall (Commissioner) and
2 Jun 2025 · Textiles
Meeting with Kristin Schreiber (Director Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
27 May 2025 · Introductory meeting on Euratex and on EU textiles industry
Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Commissioner) and
28 Apr 2025 · Trade and customs policy
Meeting with Hana Genorio (Cabinet of Commissioner Jozef Síkela), Lucie Šestáková (Cabinet of Commissioner Jozef Síkela)
19 Mar 2025 · Textile Industry and Global Gateway
Meeting with Xavier Coget (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen)
25 Feb 2025 · Discussion on the challenges posed by online fashion platforms to EU textiles industry.
Response to Single Market Strategy 2025
31 Jan 2025
Meeting with Valentina Schaumburger (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)
23 Jan 2025 · Challenges of the European textile and apparel industry, and expectations towards the Clean Industrial Deal and related policy measures.
Meeting with Christian Ehler (Member of the European Parliament) and
4 Oct 2024 · Clean Industrial Deal
Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President) and
2 Feb 2024 · Roundtable with associations of industrial users
Meeting with Pernille Weiss-Ehler (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and
26 Sept 2023 · Directive on substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (Green Claims Directive)
Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General Climate Action)
23 Feb 2023 · European Green Deal
Meeting with Delara Burkhardt (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and INDUSTRIA DE DISEÑO TEXTIL, S.A.
3 Feb 2023 · Textiles
Meeting with Christian Ehler (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and adidas AG
1 Dec 2022 · Sustainable Textiles
Meeting with Elena Montani (Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius), Rozalina Petrova (Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius) and
12 Oct 2022 · REACH restriction proposal on skin sensitisers in textiles and its implications
Meeting with Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner) and
7 Oct 2022 · To exchange on the commitments of the EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles, including sustainability and information requirements for textiles, tackling green-washing and promoting circular business models
Meeting with Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)
30 Sept 2022 · REACH restrictions on skin sensitisers; Textiles strategy
Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and
5 May 2022 · Resilience and future prospects of the EU textiles ecosystem
Meeting with Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner) and
25 Jan 2022 · To discuss key challenges and opportunities for business in the context of the green transition to more sustainable and circular textiles
Response to Measures to reduce the release of microplastics in the environment
18 Jan 2022
Meeting with Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) and
16 Mar 2021 · Pact for Skills roundtable with the textile, clothing, leather and footwear sectors.
Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and
16 Mar 2021 · Skills roundtable on textile
Response to EU strategy for textiles
1 Feb 2021
Meeting with Marius Vascega (Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius)
5 May 2020 · Circular Economy and textiles, Covid crisis
Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and
16 Apr 2020 · Assessment of the current situation in the textile industry following COVID-19
Meeting with Agnieszka Drzewoska (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)
3 Feb 2020 · Discussion on textile and apparel industry
Response to Communication on a new Circular Economy Action Plan
20 Jan 2020
Meeting with Christian Burgsmueller (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström)
14 Dec 2018 · EU-US trade relations
Meeting with Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker) and
11 Jan 2018 · Industrial policy
Meeting with Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker) and
7 Dec 2017 · Industrial policy
Meeting with Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker) and
10 Nov 2017 · Politique industrielle
Meeting with Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)
2 Jun 2017 · Preparatory meeting for the Euratex General Assembly 8th June and Circular Economy
Meeting with Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)
7 Apr 2017 · Outreach for possible participation at the annual Euratex General Assembly
Meeting with Maria Elena Scoppio (Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici)
13 Oct 2016 · disccussion on last developments on the Paneuromed Convention.
Meeting with Maria Asenius (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström), Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström)
19 Feb 2016 · Trade policy in general and China MES
Meeting with Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner)
11 Jan 2016 · Textile Industry
Meeting with Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)
21 May 2015 · European Textile & Clothing sector
Meeting with Jean-Luc Demarty (Director-General Trade)
30 Apr 2015 · Ongoing EU FTA negotiations.