La proposition a fait l'objet de consultations larges et multiples avec les commerçants, les partenaires sociaux, les consommateurs et l'industrie du textile et de l'habillement. La Commission a essayé de concilier les suggestions, souvent conflictuelles émises par les parties concernées.
The proposal has been subject to wide and intensive consultations with EU traders, social partners, consumers and the textiles and clothing industry, and has tried as far as possible to accommodate the often conflicting proposals put to the Commission by interested parties.