Sustainability

EU Legislation unfolding: From circularity and digital passport to market surveillance, an outlook for 2027

PERFORMANCE DAYS, Munich

Sustainability Stage

Wednesday 14th October 2026

13:00 - 13:30 CEST

The EU legislation is reshaping how garments shall be made, sold and disposed of over the next years. Viewed from outside the law-making progress can be complex and yet it reflects the complexity of textiles products, made in global value chains in hard economic times. Delivered by EURATEX, the official textile and apparel industry confederation based in Brussels, this intervention takes stock of progress on the major laws & acronyms (ESPR, DPP, CEA, EPR, EPA) which are reshaping the garment industry and bring circularity at companies’ C level.

About the orator

Mauro Scalia

EURATEX

Director Sustainable Businesses

Mauro is Director of Sustainable Businesses at EURATEX, the European textile and apparel industry confederation, representing the interests of 200,000 textile/ apparel companies at European Union (EU) level. He specialises in European policy on textile sustainability. Working together with the 46 members of EURATEX and teams, he engages with the EU institutions and bodies to shape legislation that supports the sustainability transition while meeting the interests of the industry.

With over 20 years of experience at EURATEX, he currently focuses on Ecodesign, circularity and digital data. Previously, he launched initiatives to improve market surveillance and to build up textile recycling in Europe (ReHubs). Graduated cum laude in Political Sciences at the University of Catania, Italy, he joined EURATEX in 2004 after working in business consulting, research and in the European Commission. Italian, he also speaks English, French and German.

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