the europeanunion and the united states are two significant markets for footwear &leather products from china, and they lead the world in technical standard offootwear & leather products. however, there is nospecialized regulation on footwear & leather products in euand us, except that many product safety regulations are equally apply tofootwear & leather products with strict requirements.compared to eu and us, the footwear & leather products regulations in china containspecialized footwear & leather standards and requirements indifferentmaterials, leading to more systematic technical specifications for footwear&leather products. the mainly regulations of footwear and leather productsin eu, us and china are listing below.
region | regulation | scope | testing item |
eu | reach (1907/2006/ec) article 33 | article | svhc |
reach (1907/2006/ec) annex 17 item 20 | coating, ink, plastic, rubber, synthetic leather, textile | organic tin | |
reach (1907/2006/ec) annex 17 item 23 | metal, coating, plastic, rubber, synthetic leather | cadmium | |
reach (1907/2006/ec) annex 17 item 27 | nickel release | ||
reach (1907/2006/ec) annex 17 item 43 | textiles, leather, synthetic leather come into contact with skin | azo dyes | |
reach (1907/2006/ec) annex 17 item 46a | textiles | np/npeo | |
reach (1907/2006/ec) annex 17 item 47 | leather | cr (vi) | |
reach (1907/2006/ec) annex 17 item 50 | coating, ink, plastic, rubber, synthetic leather come into contact with skin | pahs | |
reach (1907/2006/ec) annex 17 item 51 | plasticized material | phthalates | |
reach (1907/2006/ec) annex 17 item 61 | preservative desiccant, leather | dmfu | |
reach (1907/2006/ec) annex 17 item 72 | clothing and related accessories, other textiles and footwear that come into contact with the skin | 33 carcinogenic, mutagenic or reproductive toxicity classes 1a and 1b listed in annex 12 (cmr-1a & 1b substances) | |
(eu) 2019/1021-pops | waterproof processing of textiles, leather synthetic leather | pfos | |
(eu) 2019/1021-pops | plastic, rubber, leather, synthetic leather | sccp | |
german chemical prohibition regulation, (eu) 2019/1021-pops | natural textiles and leather | pcp | |
usa | cpsia | children’s products, including but not limited to toys, garment, childcare articles and children’s furniture | lead |
toys and child care articles | phthalates | ||
california proposition 65 | metal, coating, leather, synthetic leather, plastic, rubber | lead | |
coating, plastic, rubber, synthetic leather | phthalates | ||
china | gb 30585 | this standard is applicable to footwear worn by children 14 years of age and younger and where the shoe size is not larger than 250 mm | sharp nail tip, broken needle |
sharp edge, sharp point | |||
small part (infant’s shoe) | |||
accessories strength (infant’s shoe) | |||
shank | |||
technical heel height | |||
odours | |||
dimethyl fumarate (dmfu) | |||
chromium (vi) | |||
n-nitrosamines in rubber (infant’s shoe) | |||
harmful aromatic amine | |||
total content of heavy metal | |||
formaldehyde | |||
phthalates | |||
gb 20400 | the fur and leather | formaldehyde | |
azo dyes | |||
gb 21550 | pvc | vinyl chloride monomer | |
soluble heavy metal | |||
voc |
some footwear and luggage product standards in china
name | standard no. | name | standard no. |
athletic shoes | gb/t 15107-2013 | work shoes | hg/t 2495-2007 |
leather sandals | gb/t 22756-2017 | injection molding shoes | hg/t 3084-2010 |
leather shoes | qb/t 1002-2015 | sport shoes | hg/t 2017-2011 |
children’s leather shoes | qb/t 2880-2016 | rubber-plastics adhesive shoes | hg/t 3085-2011 |
children’s leather sandals | qb/t 4546-2013 | children's canvas rubber footwear(shoes) | hg/t 2494-2005 |
children’s athletic shoes | qb/t 4331-2012 | rubber-plastics sandals and slippers | hg/t 3086-2011 |
cloth shoes | qb/t 4329-2012 | polyvinyl chloride cellular plastic slippers | gb/t 3807-1994 |
casual shoes | qb/t 2955-2017 | ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (eva) slippers and sandals | qb/t 2977-2008 |
cotton-padded rubber shoes | hg/t 2182-2008 | pvc plastic sandals, slippers | qb/t 1653-1992 |
handbag and knapsack | qb/t 1333-2018 | travelling case and trolley bag | qb/t 2155-2018 |
