Regulations of Footwear & Leather products

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The European Union and the United States are two significant markets for footwear &leather products from China, and they lead the world in technical standard of footwear & leather products. However, there is no specialized regulation on footwear & leather products in EU and US, except that many product safety regulations are equally apply to footwear & leather products with strict requirements.Compared to EU and US, the footwear & leather products regulations in China contains pecialized footwear & leather standards and requirements indifferent materials, leading to more systematic technical specifications for footwear & leather products. The mainly regulations of footwear and leather productsin EU, US and China are listing below.

Region

Regulation

Scope

Testing Item

EU

REACH (1907/2006/EC)  Article 33

Article

SVHC

REACH (1907/2006/EC)  Annex 17 Item 20

Coating, Ink,  plastic, rubber, synthetic leather, textile

Organic tin

REACH (1907/2006/EC)  Annex 17 Item 23

Metal,  Coating, plastic, rubber, synthetic leather

Cadmium

REACH (1907/2006/EC)  Annex 17 Item 27

Metal and metal coating intended to come into direct  and prolonged contact with the skin

Nickel release

REACH (1907/2006/EC)  Annex 17 Item 43

Textiles, leather, synthetic  leather come into contact with skin

AZO Dyes

REACH (1907/2006/EC)  Annex 17 Item 46a

Textiles

NPEO

REACH (1907/2006/EC)  Annex 17 Item 47

Leather come into contact with skin

Cr (VI)

REACH (1907/2006/EC)  Annex 17 Item 50

Coating, Ink,  plastic, rubber, synthetic leather come into contact with skin

PAHs

REACH (1907/2006/EC)  Annex 17 Item 51

Plasticized  material

Phthalates

REACH (1907/2006/EC)  Annex 17 Item 61

Preservative desiccant,  leather

DMFu

REACH (1907/2006/EC)  Annex 17 Item 72

Clothing  and related accessories, other textiles and footwear that come into contact  with the skin

33  carcinogenic, mutagenic or reproductive toxicity classes 1A and 1B listed in  Annex 12 (CMR-1A & 1B substances)

(EU) 2019/1021-POPs

Waterproof  processing of textiles, leather synthetic leather

PFOS&PFOA

(EU) 2019/1021-POPs

Plastic,  rubber, leather, synthetic leather

SCCP

German  Chemical Prohibition Regulation,

(EU) 2019/1021-POPs

Natural textiles and leather

PCP

USA

CPSIA

Children’s  products, including but not limited to toys, garment, childcare articles and  children’s furniture

Lead

Toys and child  care articles

Phthalates

California Proposition  65

Metal,  coating, leather, synthetic leather, plastic, rubber

Lead

Coating, plastic,  rubber, synthetic leather

Phthalates

China

GB 30585

This standard  is applicable to footwear worn by children 14 years of age and younger  and where the shoe size is not larger than 250 mm

Sharp nail  tip, Broken needle

Sharp edge,  Sharp point

Small part (Infant’s  shoe)

Accessories  strength (Infant’s shoe)

Shank

Technical heel  height

Odours

Dimethyl  fumarate (DMFU)

Chromium (VI)

N-nitrosamines  in rubber (Infant’s shoe)

Harmful  aromatic amine

Total content of  heavy metal

Formaldehyde

Phthalates

GB 20400

The Fur and  Leather

Formaldehyde

Harmful aromatic amine

GB 21550

PVC synthetic leather

Vinyl chloride  monomer

Soluble heavy  metal

VOC


Some footwear and luggage product standards in China

Name

Standard No.

Name

Standard No.

Athletic shoes

GB/T  15107-2013

Work shoes

HG/T 2495-2020

Leather  sandals

GB/T 22756-2017

Injection  molding shoes

HG/T 3084-2010

Leather shoes

QB/T 1002-2015

Sport shoes

HG/T 2017-2011

Children’s leather  shoes

QB/T 2880-2016

Rubber-plastics  adhesive shoes

HG/T 3085-2011

Children’s  leather sandals

QB/T 4546-2013

Children's  canvas rubber footwear(shoes)

HG/T 2494-2005

Children’s  athletic shoes

QB/T 4331-2012

Rubber-plastics  sandals and slippers

HG/T 3086-2011

Cloth shoes

QB/T 4329-2012

Polyvinyl  chloride cellular plastic slippers

GB/T 3807-1994

Casual shoes

QB/T 2955-2017

Ethylene-vinyl  acetate copolymer (EVA) slippers and sandals

QB/T 2977-2008

Cotton-padded  rubber shoes

HG/T 2182-2008

PVC plastic  sandals, slippers

QB/T 1653-1992

Sports shoes for basketball and volleyball

HG/T 2016-2001

Slippers

QB/T4552-2020

Handbag  and knapsack

QB/T 1333-2018

Travelling  case and trolley bag

QB/T 2155-2018


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