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𝐄𝐔 𝐁𝐚𝐧 | 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 | 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬 Returns, excess stock and unsold goods have long been part of everyday operations in online retail. Especially in the case of textiles, clothing and footwear, products regularly arise that can no longer be sold through regular channels - for example due to seasonal changes, damaged packaging, returns or economically unviable reprocessing. Until now, 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐛𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 for many companies. 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 19 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 2026 - 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧 - 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐔. With the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation, or ESPR for short, the EU is introducing a ban on the destruction of certain unsold consumer products. The legal basis is Regulation (EU) 2024/1781. 𝐈𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫. For large companies, this means they will need to provide more detailed evidence of, and better organise, what happens to unsold stock and returns in future. The regulation therefore 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 in e-commerce. Our partners at 8returns have taken a closer look at this topic in a guest article on our blog. 𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐬 - Who counts as a "large company"? - What does "destruction ban" actually mean? - Why this matters for ecommerce returns - France: regulation as a benchmark - Where this fits among other 2026 regulations Source: /https://lnkd.in/dNn2eWHu Article by 8returns: https://www.8returns.com/

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