France places of manufacture vs Annex I
France places of manufacture vs EU fibre names (Annex I): two separate textile duties on Shopify
FibreLedger Textile Labels (Shopify App Store) is a Shopify app that records French places of manufacture for online textile listings, checks every fibre name against the official Annex I catalogue in EN, DE and FR, and flags trade names such as Lycra or Tencel that are not lawful fibre names. The listing also describes recording French origin and environmental-impact information and retaining EPR registration and audit records. It does not decide who is obligated, certify that a listing meets those duties, or provide legal advice.
Related: EU Food Info Guard — EU food information — allergens, origin, and nutrition before purchase.
Free check first: Textile fibre composition checker runs in your browser and sends nothing. Check fibre names against the EU Annex I list and that the blend adds up to 100%.
Job: keep French places of manufacture and Annex I fibre names as two separate duties on the same textile offer — recording origin is not a fibre-composition substitute.
Two French layers — online display is not the AGEC fiche
Two instruments sit on French textile offers. They are not the same duty, and neither is the Annex I fibre-name catalogue.
Online display — L. 541-9-1-2 (LOI n° 2026-602)
LOI n° 2026-602 of 8 July 2026, article 2, inserts Code de l'environnement L. 541-9-1-2. The article reads:
« Les lieux de fabrication du produit mentionné au 11° de l'article L. 541-10-1 vendu en ligne doivent être portés à la connaissance du consommateur de manière claire et lisible sur la plateforme numérique, en caractères d'une taille égale à celle de l'indication du prix et à proximité de celui-ci. »
For a product mentioned in L. 541-10-1 11° sold online, the places of manufacture must be made known to the consumer on the digital platform, clearly and legibly, in characters the same size as the price indication, and next to that price. The ministry AGEC FAQ (November 2025) table lists 11° as textile clothing, household linen, and footwear (produits textiles d'habillement, linge, chaussures). Article 2 names no later start date of its own. The ministry page on the 8 July 2026 law records publication in the Journal officiel on 9 July 2026; the default entry into force is the following day, 10 July 2026 (Code civil, art. 1). The App Store listing records the feature as “French places of manufacture, in force since 10 July 2026, article quoted.” Confirm the live French text, not this page.
AGEC traçabilité fiche — Décret n° 2022-748 / R. 541-228
Décret n° 2022-748 of 29 April 2022 (inserted as then-R. 541-221 X; the ministry FAQ now cites R. 541-228) is a different instrument. Traçabilité is the country where each step is mainly carried out, when that step exists: weaving (tissage), dyeing and printing, making-up (confection); footwear uses stitching (piquage), assembly (montage), and finishing (finition). The FAQ treats tissage as weaving, knitting, or obtaining a non-woven cloth. That information is provided electronically at the time of purchase on a dedicated site or page titled as a product environmental-qualities fiche. The FAQ’s cumulative thresholds for producers, importers, and other placers on the French market are: from 1 January 2023, more than €50M turnover and at least 25,000 units; from 1 January 2024, more than €20M and at least 10,000 units; from 1 January 2025, more than €10M and at least 10,000 units a year. L. 541-9-1-2 does not repeat those thresholds. This page does not decide whether a shop sits above them.
“Lieux de fabrication” — the online-display article does not define the phrase
L. 541-9-1-2 uses “lieux de fabrication” and does not define it. A prudent reading often aligns those places with the AGEC step countries above. Counsel decides whether that alignment is the right reading for a given shop. This page does not.
Not the same as Annex I fibre names — or the other product-page jobs
| Job | What it is |
|---|---|
| French places of manufacture (this page) | L. 541-9-1-2 origin line — a separate duty from Annex I fibre names |
| Annex I fibre names | Composition line — EU textile fibre composition must use Annex I names |
| Language of the market | Official language(s) of the Member State — Art. 16(3) |
| EPR registration records | A listing record you keep; not the origin line and not a fibre-name substitute |
| October 2026 environmental-impact display | A later, separate record on the fibre sibling — not this URL |
| Generic green claims | Adjectives on copy — EU generic environmental claims ban |
| GPSR responsible-person fields | Manufacturer / RP identity — GPSR manufacturer fields vs responsible person |
Trade names such as Lycra or Tencel belong on the fibre-name job, not on this origin line. France requires online textile listings to show places of manufacture on product pages; that sentence is the listing job this page follows.
Shopify ops — record origin as its own job, not as the fibre line
FibreLedger Textile Labels records French places of manufacture; Annex I fibre validation is the sibling job on the same listing. How to show the origin line next to the price on a Shopify theme is on France: show places of manufacture next to the price.
App path — record French origin, then confirm the live listing
Open the FibreLedger Textile Labels listing (apps.shopify.com/textile-label-guard). Among the listed jobs: record French places of manufacture (in force since 10 July 2026, article quoted), record French origin, and keep environmental-impact and EPR registration records as the listing describes. Annex I checks in EN, DE and FR, and flags for trade names such as Lycra or Tencel, are the separate fibre-name job on EU textile fibre composition.
- Install the app on the store that sells textiles online into France.
- Record French places of manufacture / French origin for the products that need that line.
- Open the live product page and confirm origin and fibre names are still two separate checks.
- Keep Annex I fibre names as their own check — not a substitute for the origin line.
The app records merchant-supplied origin and fibre information. It does not decide who is obligated and does not issue a certificate. This page is not legal advice.
What this page is not
- Not legal advice, and not a certificate that any shop or listing meets the French duties.
- Not the Annex I fibre-name walkthrough. That URL is EU textile fibre composition must use Annex I names.
- Not the Shopify theme how-to for placing the origin line next to the price. That URL is France: show places of manufacture next to the price.
- Not Art. 16(3) language of the market. That URL is fibre composition language of the market.
- Not generic environmental adjectives. That URL is EU generic environmental claims ban.
- Not GPSR manufacturer / responsible-person fields. That URL is GPSR manufacturer fields vs responsible person.
Related pages
- EU textile fibre composition label — Annex I names, trade marks, October 2026 environmental display
- EU textile fibre composition language of the market — Art. 16(3), not places of manufacture
- EU generic environmental claims ban — adjectives, not origin lines
- France: show places of manufacture next to the price — theme how-to for the L. 541-9-1-2 line
- FibreLedger Textile Labels — live App Store listing
- LOI n° 2026-602 (AIDA; art. 2 = L. 541-9-1-2)
- Décret n° 2022-748 — AGEC environmental-qualities fiche
- Ministry AGEC FAQ (November 2025)
- Shopify apps hub — FibreLedger Textile Labels
- Tools
Not legal advice. Confirm Code de l'environnement L. 541-9-1-2, Décret n° 2022-748 / R. 541-228, and the live ministry FAQ before you treat a product page as in or out of scope. The app records French places of manufacture and fibre names you enter; it does not certify the live page.