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.

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

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

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

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.