New regulations will change how Adegan’s Armory ships to some EU countries from 2027. Here’s what PPWR means for our European customers, and why the latest CPSC review brings good news for customers in the United States.
Let’s go straight to the point.
Over the past few months, we’ve spent a lot of time looking into new regulations affecting the way Adegan’s Armory can continue selling internationally.
And we now have two very different pieces of news.
In Europe, PPWR means we will have to reduce the number of EU countries we regularly ship to.
In the United States, the CPSC review brought much better news: the fabrics concerned in our costumes already fall within the applicable flammability testing exemption.
So, what does all of this mean for you?
Europe: an important date — October 30th, 2026
From January 2027, Adegan’s Armory will no longer regularly ship to every country in the European Union.
And because many of our products are made to order, we need to anticipate that change.
From October 30th, 2026, we will stop accepting new orders from EU countries that are not part of our 2027 shipping list.
We will continue regular shipping to:
- 🇫🇷 France
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- 🇳🇱 The Netherlands
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- 🇵🇱 Poland
If your country isn’t on this list, October 30th is therefore the important date to keep in mind.
Orders accepted before then will continue to be processed according to the conditions agreed when they were placed.
So why are we making this change?
PPWR.
Not exactly the most exciting four letters we’ve ever written about, but they are about to have a very real impact on the way an artisan workshop like ours can operate across Europe.
Why can’t we simply keep every EU country open?
PPWR changes more than the rules surrounding the packaging itself.
When we sell directly to customers in another EU Member State, we also have to manage Extended Producer Responsibility obligations in that market.
For direct sales between EU Member States, this includes the appointment of an authorised representative responsible for handling the producer’s EPR obligations in the destination country, alongside declarations, environmental contributions and other administrative requirements.
And this creates a very simple problem.
Keeping a country open has a cost, even before we ship a single order there.
For a large company shipping thousands of parcels into every European market, those costs can be spread across a significant number of sales.
But we’re not a multinational company.
We’re an artisan workshop.
In some countries, we may only receive a handful of orders over the course of a year. Maintaining all the necessary compliance requirements for those few orders can therefore become disproportionate.
That’s why we have to make choices.
Does that mean the other EU countries are gone for good?
No.
The list above represents the countries we currently intend to maintain as regular markets from 2027.
For the others, we will look at actual customer demand and the requirements involved.
If enough people want us to continue shipping to a particular country, and we can find a sustainable way to manage the associated obligations, we can reconsider it.
So if your country isn’t on the list and you want Adegan’s Armory to keep shipping there, let us know.
It won’t automatically reopen a market, but it will genuinely be part of our decision.
And what about the United States?
This time, we have good news.
While working through these regulatory changes, we also reviewed the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) requirements regarding the flammability of clothing textiles.
Under the applicable standard, certain fabrics are exempt from flammability testing. This includes plain-surface fabrics weighing at least 2.6 oz/yd² (88.2 g/m²), regardless of fibre content.
The fabrics concerned in our costumes are already above that threshold.
And there’s something we particularly like about that.
We didn’t choose those fabrics to meet a regulation.
We chose them because the weight, structure, drape, appearance and behaviour of a fabric matter when you’re making a costume.
Those material choices were already part of the way we work.
In this particular case, they also mean that the relevant fabrics fall within the CPSC flammability testing exemption.
We didn’t have to change the way we make our costumes to meet this particular requirement.
So for our U.S. customers, we can continue shipping the relevant products as we do today.
For clarity, this is an exemption from the flammability testing requirement under the applicable CPSC standard, not a general exemption from CPSC regulations.
And while regulations are rarely the most exciting part of our job, it’s rather satisfying when taking the time to choose the right materials in the first place turns out to matter in more ways than one.
Keeping you informed
Regulations evolve, and so will the countries we are able to serve.
Rather than quietly removing destinations from our website, we want to explain what is changing and why.
This page will therefore remain our reference for European shipping from 2027 onwards and will be updated whenever our coverage changes.
For our U.S. customers, there is currently no change to our distribution as a result of the CPSC textile flammability requirements described above.
