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COTANCE filed 6 positions between 31 Aug 2020 and 10 Jun 2026, across 6 of the 665 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 4 times.
COTANCE’S FEEDBACK TO THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION’S CALL FOR EVIDENCE ON THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY ACT Leather is a renewable, bio-based, and circular material, used in a myriad of consumer products, from footwear, clothing and leathergoods to car interiors and furniture. Tanning performs in our societies the recycling service for one of the by-products arising during the production of meat.
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Every year, on a global level, tanneries recover and valorise some 8 million tons of raw hides and skins from the food sector. Without the leather industry and its upcycling activity, this residual material would simply become waste. In the EU, there are still about 1.600 tanneries recycling the hides and skins generated for the production of meat for human consumption.
COTANCE represents the leather industry in Europe. European tanners supply leather to the most demanding value customers in the luxury, fashion, automotive and home decoration sectors. Leather products play an essential role in consumers’ every-day lives.
COTANCE, the representative body of the European Leather-Making Industry, welcomes this opportunity to give its feedback to the Commission Ecodesign proposal. Leather is the material that results from the recycling of hides & skins which arise as a residue (ABP) during slaughter of animals for human consumption. It is a perfect example of the circular economy.
COTANCE welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the European Commissions Call for Evidence on the forthcoming Biotech Act II and strongly supports the objective of strengthening Europes bioeconomy and industrial biotechnology capacity.
The Confederation of National Associations of Tanners and Dressers of the European Community (COTANCE) represents the European tanning sector (+/- 1500 tanneries and 30,000 workers). It gathers 10 national member organizations (DK, FR, DE, HU, IT, NL, PT, ES, SE, UK) accounting for some 90% of Europes leather production. With 25% of the sectors worldwide turnover, it is an important player in the leather market.
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