🇫🇷 Displaying the french environmental cost - all you need to know

On October 1st 2025, the French Decree n°2025-957 was published, establishing rules for how the French environmental cost must be displayed.

This new regulation is designed to give consumers clearer information about the environmental impact of the products they buy, marking an important step toward greater transparency in the fashion industry.

Since 2022, Fairly Made has actively participated in the regulatory discussions and now offers a solution fully aligned with the official methodology. Below, we outline the scope, key rules, and a practical checklist of actions to help you prepare.

 

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1. Regulatory Scope

• Effective date: October 1st 2025

• Mandatory: if you display any environmental impact on your product's showcase, the environmental cost must also be shown.
• Applies to: apparel textiles sold in France.
• Excluded categories: home textiles, footwear, leather goods, single-use textiles, products with electronic components, or products with more than 20% of non-modelable materials.
• Signal & design rules: a standardized official label must be displayed digitally and/or physically. Fairly Made has already integrated this official graphic charter.
  
  

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2. Step-by-step process with Fairly Made

Here is how we work together to ensure compliance:

On your side:

• Delegate Fairly Made:

  • Create an account on the Government Portal via ProConnect

  • In the “My Company” section, delegate to Fairly Made using SIRET 83994219000035

  • Verify that delegation is active

  • Communicate to Fairly Made your company legal name

• In Fairly Made platform, go on My Account and update your settings:

  • Product range (maximum number of references)

  • Repair policy (repair service and market price)

• Share with your analyst the GTIN/EAN codes of the concerned products.

 

On Fairly Made’s side:

1. Calculation of the environmental cost:
   • Environmental cost and LCA calculated using the official ADEME methodology
2. Automated declaration on the Government Portal:
   • Submit scores automatically to the Government Portal on behalf of the brand
3. Display of the environmental cost on the showcases:
   • Official environmental cost integrated into product's showcase with approved label design

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3. Display rules

• Environmental cost must be declared on the Government Platform before being displayed.
• Label must follow the official graphic charter (colors, font, format).
• Physical display:
  • Placed near product price.
  • At least the same size as the price.
  • Legible from 50 cm.
  • No misleading visuals.
• From Oct. 2025 to Oct. 2026: only manufacturers/importers/retailers can calculate and declare the environmental cost.
• From Oct. 2026: any third party can calculate and declare the environmental cost.

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4. Product eligibility checklist

The rules below are for your information. We have implemented them directly in our calculation system.

Eligible categories

The following product categories can be modeled under the decree:

• Boxer
• Undershorts
• Socks
• Shirt (tunic, blouse, etc.)
• Jeans
• Skirt / Dress (dress, jumpsuit, etc.)
• Swimsuit (one or two-pieces)
• Coat / Jacket (blazer, suit jacket, bomber, parka)
• Pants / Shorts (chinos, etc.)
• Sweater (cardigan, pullover, sweatshirt)

Material composition rules

Depending on the product compositions, its eligibility might change:

• Modelable fibers (eligible): Cotton, Hemp, Linen, Wool, Silk, Cashmere, Polyester, Nylon, Acrylic, Elastane, Viscose, etc. (virgin, recycled, or organic where applicable).
• Non-modelable fibers:
  • If they represent less than 20% of the product weight, they are replaced by an official proxy (e.g. Viscose for Lyocell or Wool for Mohair).
  • If they represent 20% or more of the product weight, the french environnemental cost is not applicable (the product becomes not eligible).

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5. Reference size

Scores must be calculated per model / color / composition on a reference size, as defined by ADEME (e.g. Women FR 38, Men FR 42, Baby 74 cm, etc.). If you are able to share your products/components weights, please follow as much as possible these reference sizes.