An article is any product, for trade or consumer goods, intended to be labelled with MADE IN GREEN. It includes a product ID and optionally a QR code.

An article group contains textile or leather products with the same use and style, always manufactured in the same way (i.e. identical production processes and the same supply chain).

The term business-to-business (B2B) is generally used for commercial relationships between companies - e.g. between a manufacturer and a wholesaler or between a wholesaler and a retailer.

Benchmarking refers to the comparative analysis of processes or performance indicators of a company with a fixed industry best value or recommended procedures of other companies. The myOEKO-TEX® platform allows different types of comparisons to be made.

Chemical bonding of nonwovens: 
Production processes using liquid impregnation, foam impregnation, spray bonding or imprinting where fibres are treated with chemicals for cohesive bonding. The fibre surface is dissolved by synthetic chemical bonding agents (elastomers and plastomers) so the fibres underneath can adhere to each other.

Mechanical bonding of nonwovens: 
Production processes where one or several types of fibres are physically entangled / bonded together with a mechanical process (e.g. needle- punching, hydroentangling and stitchbonding).

Thermal bonding of nonwovens: 
Production processes where thermo- plastic fibres are bonded together or with other bonding fibres via thermoplastics or thermoelastic materials. The thermal activation is achieved with hot air or by using calenders and ultra-sound techniques (e.g. hotmelt, thermal lamination).

Biologically active products in context of OEKO-TEX® STANDARD 100, OEKO-TEX® ORGANIC COTTON and OEKO-TEX® LEATHER STANDARD, are those active products that are used with the intention to destroy, deter, render harmless, prevent the action of, or otherwise exert a controlling effect of any organism by chemical or biological means.

It is the confirmation of compliance with the criteria prescribed by an OEKO-TEX® standard and entitles the holder to use the OEKO-TEX® label.

Each certificate is assigned a number upon initial issuance. This number is shown on the OEKO-TEX® label (excluding MADE IN GREEN). If an OEKO-TEX® label is used, the customer must comply with the current brand statutes and regulations and the current Terms of Use.

The certificate scope describes the items which are certified and included in the certification. It is a product description to define the certified articles and components, ensuring that each part of an article group can be clearly identified.

The structure of a certificate scope is as follows:

• Product category including variation: e.g. fiber, yarn, knitted/woven fabric; brushed, fleece, plush and terry; readymade garments like T- shirt.
• Material composition: e.g. cotton, cotton/poly- ester, elastane (LYCRA®). For recycled material: recycled content of the main product and the origin (pre- or post-consumer material), e.g. re- cycled polyester (recycled content 100 %: from post-consumer PET bottles). For raw plant- or animal-based fibers / yarns, feathers, and downs: the provenience (country).
• Processed state: e.g. raw, white, dyed, yarn dyed, printed, painted, finished.
  • Dyestuff class: e.g. reactive dyed; disperse dyed.
  • Printing technique and used colourants: e.g. pigment all over printed; rubber motif printed. Special colours like neon, fluorescent colours, gold, silver
  • Finishing process: e.g. softener finished.
• Accessories (for readymade articles): e.g. sewing threads, printed labels
• Standard sentences:
  • When using active chemical products: e.g. “produced with fibers and finished with products having biologically active/flame retardant properties accepted by OEKO-TEX®.”
  • Adding the information if material certified according to OEKO-TEX® is used: e.g. “produced using components partly pre-certified  according to OEKO-TEX® STANDARD 100  and/or  LEATHER STANDARD and/or ECO PASSPORT.”

Can be combined in one certificate: 

• Articles from the same production stage and used for the same purpose (e.g. 1) T-shirts and pullovers with dresses and pants or 2) woven with knitted fabrics).
• Commission processes (e.g. dyeing, printing, embroidery, weaving).
• Non-textile accessories made from similar main components (e.g. Metal buttons, pullers and buckles)
• Different accessories that are all OEKO-TEX® STANDARD 100 certified (e.g. sewing treads, buttons, labels, tapes).

Not combinable in one certificate scope:

• Articles with different use (e.g. home textiles like curtains with readymade garments like T-shirts).
• Articles from different production stages (e.g. yarns with fabrics or fabrics with accessories).
• Articles from own business and commission work.
• Articles made of organic cotton and conventional cotton.
• Articles made of virgin and recycled material.
• Different accessories which are not OEKO-TEX® STANDARD 100 certified (e.g. sewing threads, buttons, tapes).