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 product is the company synthesising and/or formulating the product.

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, ac-cording 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 this standard 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 this standard 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.

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.

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.

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).