Answer to a written question – Implementation of the revised Waste Framework Directive – criteria for extended producer responsibility fees for textiles – E-001171/2025(ASW)

The provisional agreement on the targeted revision of the Waste Framework Directive (WFD)[1] reached on 18 February 2025 amends the Commission proposal by modifying Recital 40 and Article 22c(4) and including new Article 22c(3a).

The revised provisions aim to allow Member States to address ultra-fast fashion and fast-fashion practices via the modulation of the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)[2] financial contributions.

Recital 40 explains the importance of addressing ultra-fast fashion and fast-fashion practices when modulating the EPR financial contributions and provides examples of potential criteria that Member States may consider for such purpose. Those criteria serve the purpose of exemplifying the producers’ practices referred to in Article 22c(3a).

According to Article 22c(4), to avoid distortion of the internal market and ensure a consistent modulation of EPR financial contributions based on Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR)[3] requirements and on the producers’ practices mentioned in Article 22c(3a), the Commission intends to adopt Implementing Acts laying down specific fee modulation criteria.

After the adoption of the ESPR Delegated Acts, the ESPR sustainability criteria will be set and the Commission will be able to develop the EPR fee modulation criteria and adopt the WFD’s Implementing Acts.

The preparatory work for the drafting of the ESPR Delegated Acts is ongoing. It is therefore too early to provide clear indications as to how the Commission is envisaging the alignment of the WFD Implementing Acts with the ESPR Delegated Acts.

The adoption of the Implementing Acts will follow the Committee Procedures as described in Article 39(2) of the WFD and the Better Regulation Guidelines[4].

• [1] Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives, OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3-30, as amended by Directive (EU) 2018/851 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May, OJ L 150, 14.6.2018, p. 109-140.
• [2] https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/waste-and-recycling/waste-framework-directive_en
• [3] Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for sustainable products, amending Directive (EU) 2020/1828 and Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 and repealing Directive 2009/125/EC.
• [4] https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-making-process/better-regulation/better-regulation-guidelines-and-toolbox_en