{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1349/annex/division-1/division-2/division-2.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1349/annex/division-1/division-2/division-2.1.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2016/1349",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision (EU) 2016/1349 of 5 August 2016 establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the EU Ecolabel for footwear (notified under document C(2016) 5028) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1349",
  "path": "annex/division/1/division/2/division/2.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.1",
  "heading": "Water consumption",
  "text": "The criterion shall apply when the leather content used in shoe uppers or shoe outer soles is greater than 10,0 % weight by weight of either component.\nWater consumption expressed as the annual average volume of water consumed per tonne of raw hides and skins shall not exceed the limits given in Table 1.\nTable 1\nMaximum permitted water consumption in tanning processes\nHides\n28 m3/t\nSkins\n45 m3/t\nVegetable tanned leather\n35 m3/t\nPigskin\n80 m3/t\nSheepskins\n180 l/skin\nAssessment and verification: the applicant shall provide a declaration of compliance from the leather supplier or leather manufacturing company, as appropriate. The declaration shall specify the annual amount of leather production and related water consumption based on the monthly average values of the last 12 months preceding the application, measured by the quantity of waste water discharged.\nIf the leather production process is conducted in different geographical locations, the applicant or supplier of semi-finished leather shall provide documentation that specifies the quantity of water discharged (m3) for the quantity of semi-finished leather processed in tonnes (t) or number of skins for sheepskin, as appropriate, based on the monthly average values during the 12 months preceding the application.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/1349/annex/division/1/division/2/division/2.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:13:51.941236+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}