Have your say: care labelling for clothing and textile products

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) invites you to have your say on the issues and policy options in the consultation paper on the review of the information standard on care labelling for clothing and textile products. The consultation closes 14 June 2019.

The issues in this paper have been briefly summarised below, please refer to the document for further details.

The ACCC prefers submissions to be provided via the ACCC consultation hub.

Submissions may be published on the ACCC website at the end of the consultation period.

The ACCC is reviewing the information standard on care labelling for clothing and textile products.

The purpose of this review is to assess the ongoing efficacy of the information standard in providing consumers and industry professionals with appropriate information and care procedures for clothing and textiles.

Policy options

The ACCC is considering three policy options:

Option 1 – Keep the current information standard (status quo)

Option 2 – Allow international standards

Option 3 – Revoke the information standard.

Your submissions to this consultation will help recommend the most appropriate option to the Minister. For further information to go https://consultation.accc.gov.au/product-safety/review-of-the-standard-on-clothing-and-textiles/