Romania
What Directive 2025/1892 means for Romania
Textiles EPR in Romania is not yet in force. Directive (EU) 2025/1892 (the revised Waste Framework Directive) sets two deadlines: transpose by 17 June 2027, and EPR schemes operational by 17 April 2028.
Micro-enterprises (fewer than 10 employees and turnover below EUR 2 million) get one extra year, until 17 April 2029.
No Romanian textile EPR law, register, fee, penalty, or authorised representative mechanism exists yet.
Who the textile rules will cover in Romania
The directive will require producers placing textiles and footwear on the Romanian market to register and fund collection, sorting, reuse and recycling. Check whether you will be covered:
- You manufacture clothing or footwear sold in Romania
- You import textiles into Romania
- You sell textiles under your own brand in Romania
- You are a distance seller shipping textiles to Romanian end-users
The directive will include eco-modulated EPR contributions, but no Romanian scheme or fee exists yet. Unlike streams such as packaging or WEEE, there is no register to apply to today and no authorised representative mechanism in place.
What Romania already requires
Separate collection of textiles has been mandatory in Romania since 1 January 2025 under OUG 92/2021. This is a collection infrastructure duty, not a producer EPR scheme.
No registration steps are available yet. Producers selling textiles into Romania should monitor the transposition timeline (deadline 17 June 2027), track which body Romania designates as the register operator, and prepare product and tonnage data for the registration that will follow.
Frequently asked questions about textiles EPR in Romania
Key questions for textile producers.
Who has to register for textiles EPR in Romania?
No one yet. When Directive (EU) 2025/1892 is transposed, producers placing textiles and footwear on the Romanian market will need to register. Micro-enterprises get a one-year delay (until 17 April 2029).
How much does textiles EPR cost in Romania?
No fee exists yet. The directive will require eco-modulated EPR contributions, but Romania has not transposed it or set any rates.
What happens if I sell without registering?
No penalties are set because no scheme is in force. Once transposed, the national law will carry its own sanction provisions.
Which register covers textiles in Romania?
No register exists. Romania has not yet designated which body will run it. The transposition deadline is 17 June 2027, with schemes operational by 17 April 2028.
For the full picture of Romanian EPR obligations across all streams, see the country overview.
