Furs are materials, which are made from animal skin with hair on, but contrary to leather or skins, the animals are exclusively or almost exclusively kept or hunted for the purpose of producing fur and their body does not or almost not serve the purpose of feeding humans.

The trader or distributor of a chemical product refers to the company selling the product without synthesising and/or formulating the product.

The manufacturer of a chemical product is the company synthesising and/or formulating the product.

The name of the chemical product is the name given by the manufacturer, distributor or trader under which it is offered and sold to the customers. The same product may have multiple trade names or different names according to the sales company.

Harmful substances refer to substances which may be present in a textile and leather product or accessory and exceed a maximum amount or which evolve during normal and prescribed use and exceed a maximum amount, and which may have some kind of effect on people during normal and prescribed use and may, according to current scientific knowledge, be injurious to human health.

Product within the context of OEKO-TEX® ECO PASSPORT refers to a chemical or preparation which is sold to reach the user. 

Product ingredient means a primary stage, precursor or functional constituent of a product which cannot be used as itself in a process. Product ingredients can also be certified. In order to show that it is not ready-to-use product (as defined by the applicant) it will be marked with an (i) on the certificate.

Preparation within the context of OEKO-TEX® ECO PASSPORT refers to a mixture of chemicals which are designed to ease handling, transportation, storage, and final use in processes or to give any other wanted characteristic to the article treated with the preparation.

Chemical within the context of OEKO-TEX® ECO PASSPORT refers to a single chemical substance as a result of a chemical synthesis, from mining or from natural sources after any separation and cleaning. Chemicals may contain other substances in minor concentration, such as residues of starting materials, solvent residues, by-products or other impurities.

A product group is a combination of several categories which must have similar functional characteristics. For the ECO PASSPORT certification process different chemical groups are listed (see Annex 5).
These groups are clustered in categories such as disperse dyes for colourants or adhesives for finishing assistants. These categories will be used to cluster certificates covering more than a single chemical product.

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.