WTO notification · TBT
SpainProposed measure, not in force yet
Draft Royal Decree regulating textile and footwear products and the management of their waste.
Proyecto de Real Decreto por el que se regulan los productos textiles y de calzado y la gestión de sus residuos.
Spain notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 26 June 2026. The comment period closed on 25 August 2026.
Expodite puts notifications like this one in your Updates centre, matched to the HS codes of your products and the markets you export to. Opens the requirements check for Spain in your Expodite account.
Source: WTO ePing (opens in a new tab). Summaries by Expodite, which is independent of the WTO.
Published here:
Textile products and garments and accessories for domestic or other uses, when such products are of a nature and composition similar to those for domestic use, which fall within the scope of the extended producer responsibility regime. Footwear and garments and acc
Productos y prendas y complementos (accesorios) textiles de vestir para uso doméstico u otros usos, cuando dichos productos sean de naturaleza y composición similares a aquellos de uso doméstico, que entran en el ámbito de aplicación del régimen de responsabilidad ampliada. Calzado y prendas y compl
The comment period closed on 25 August 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/ESP/57; it can take them up with Spain.
Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)This draft Royal Decree regulates the legal framework applicable to textile and footwear products in relation to the prevention and management of their waste, in order to reduce their environmental impact throughout their entire life cycle and thus advance towards a circular economy, giving priority to waste prevention and reuse, preparation for reuse, and recycling.To this end, the draft Royal Decree establishes:• The conditions for the separate collection of textiles.• When textile waste is no longer considered waste and the conditions to be met for the shipment of used products.• The extended producer responsibility regime for textile and footwear products, defining the producer of the product and their obligations, and the obligations of collective schemes, and establishing the costs to be financed with regard to the management of textile and footwear waste.• A transparent information system, regulating both the information to be provided to the Register of Product Producers and the annual report to be submitted to the competent authority by extended producer responsibility schemes, as well as the requirement for textile and footwear waste managers to submit an annual report.• Information on sustainable consumption to be made available to end users.
Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.
WTO notificationTBTProposed measure, not in force yetNew
Spain notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 3 September 2026. The comment period closed on 2 November 2026.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/ESP/62Comment period closed
WTO notificationTBTProposed measure, not in force yetNew
Spain notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 28 August 2026. The comment period closed on 27 October 2026.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/ESP/61Comment period closed
WTO notificationTBTProposed measure, not in force yetNew
Spain notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 31 July 2026. The comment period closed on 29 September 2026.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/ESP/60Comment period closed
WTO notificationTBTProposed measure, not in force yetNew
Spain notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 30 July 2026. The comment period closed on 28 September 2026.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/ESP/59Comment period closed
Expodite matches each notification to the markets you export to and the HS codes of your products, and puts the ones that concern you in your Updates centre, with the date comments close.