2021/0467/P
EC/EFTA
PT Portugal
  • X40M - Labelling and advertising
2021-10-18
2021-07-23

Products obtained from animal skin which retain their original fibrous structure more or less intact and that has been tanned to become imputrescible, whether the hair or wool has been

discarded or not and the skin has been divided into layers or segments before or after tanning and, if the leather has a coating surface or a surface layer glued to it, this surface layer shall not be more than 0,15 mm thick.

Draft Decree-Law on leather authenticity

It lays down the conditions for the use of the term “leather” and its derivatives or synonyms as the name of the composition of the products which are placed on the national market.

The definition of “leather” or “skin tanned” refers to Standard EN 15987 – Leather – Terminology – Key definitions for the trade in leather, in its latest version.