Seeking penalties on fast fashion products to help offset their environmental impact, the bill provides for a surcharge linked to fast fashion's ecological footprint of 5 euros (~$5.45) per item starting next year.
The lower house of the French parliament yesterday approved a bill that makes cheaper fast fashion products, particularly those from China, less attractive to shoppers. The bill calls for a gradual increase in penalties of up to $10.89 per individual article of clothing by 2030 and a ban on advertising for such products. It will now go to the Senate to become law.
It calls for gradually increasing penalties to 10 euros (~$10.89) per individual article of clothing by 2030 and banning advertising of such products.
The bill states that the government will apply criteria such as the volume of clothing produced and the speed of turnover of new collections to determine what constitutes fast fashion. Fast fashion producers will be forced to inform consumers about the environmental impact of their production, according to global media reports.
The bill will now go to the Senate to become law.
Fiber2Fashion News Desk (DS)
