Fabric databases, pattern and fit tools, weaving, dyeing, repair, standards, and production directories. Source-checked, candid about limitations, and free to search.
5 resources in European Union
Official EU business guidance on fibre-composition labels, language, animal-origin disclosure, and covered textile products.
Starting an EU textile-label compliance check
An overview, not legal advice; consult current EU law and the rules of each market where the product is sold.
The European Commission's searchable catalogue of EU Ecolabel goods and services includes a clothing and textiles category plus downloadable and API-accessible product data.
Checking whether a named textile product and licence holder appears in the current EU Ecolabel catalogue before requesting scope evidence
The Commission states that licence holders are responsible for registering their products, so the catalogue can be non-exhaustive; a match applies only to the listed product and licence scope and does not establish supplier capacity, commercial fit, every environmental claim, or broader company performance.
The European Commission's VIES service checks whether a VAT number is recorded for cross-border transactions within the European Union and returns the validation response supplied by national databases.
Checking an EU supplier's stated VAT number and saving the dated validation response as one identity and invoicing control
A valid VAT number is not proof of manufacturing capability, facility ownership, authorized bank instructions, product origin, tax advice, quality, capacity, certification, labor conditions, or delivery; names and addresses may not be returned for every country, and temporary database outages occur.
The European Commission's current starting route for Regulation (EU) 2016/425, its application guidance, notified bodies, harmonised standards, and related PPE information.
Starting an EU/EEA PPE scope and conformity review with the current law, Commission guidance, harmonised-standard publications, and official notified-body route
This is a legal and guidance starting point, not a product classification, risk assessment, standard selection, technical file, test plan, notified-body appointment, EU type-examination certificate, declaration, CE-mark approval, or legal opinion. Confirm the actual intended and foreseeable use, risk category, current law, applicable essential requirements, conformity route, economic-operator duties, destination rules, and evidence before placing PPE on the market.
The European Commission's PPE-specific route to current Official Journal publications and the consolidated reference list for harmonised standards under Regulation (EU) 2016/425.
Checking whether a PPE standard reference is currently published or scheduled for withdrawal before obtaining the licensed standard and mapping its covered requirements
The Commission says its consolidated summary is informational and may not be complete at every moment; legal effect comes from Official Journal publications. A listed reference does not select the standard for a product, reproduce licensed technical content, cover every essential requirement, prove conformity, or authorize a performance class or CE mark. Recheck the current OJEU publication, obtain the correct controlled standard, and document product-specific coverage and evidence.
Prepare a source-backed suggestion or correction for the public review queue.
Contribute evidence →01Every external listing points to an official source.
02Access, audience, region, and the last check are visible before you click.
03Source verification is never presented as a provider-quality audit.
04Every listing has a correction route and a written limitation.
05Checks and material changes stay visible in an append-only maintenance trail.
Complete three realistic tasks on your own device. The runner records an anonymous session code, task outcome, one friction category, and timing. It does not ask for your name, email, free-text notes, audio, video, or screen recording.
Self-guided sessions expose search and labeling problems but remain separate from the moderated validation target.