| Test items | Standard 2009/563/EC requires |
| Hexavalent chromium | Must not contain |
| Arsenic, cadmium, and lead used in materials for final products | Must not contain |
| Free and hydrolyzed formaldehyde | Leather: Detection limit - 150 ppm
Textiles: Detection limit - 20 ppm |
Large leather water consumption
Small leather water consumption | <35 m3/t
<55 m3/t |
| COD content in discharged wastewater | Directly discharged wastewater <250 mg/L |
| Trivalent chromium content in wastewater after leather processing | <1 mg/L |
| Pentachlorophenol, tetrachlorophenol and their salts and esters | Must not contain |
| azo | Must not contain |
| Harmful substances that can cause cancer or induce reproductive mutations | Must not contain |
| Alkylphenol ethoxy compounds and perfluorooctane sulfonates | Must not contain |
| Dyes that cause skin allergies | In accordance with 67/548/EEC or 1999/45/EC, R43 has been banned. |
| Phthalates | Only those conforming to 67/548/EEC are permitted; DNOP, DINP, DIDP, etc., are not allowed in products. |
| biocides | Only IA licenses under Annex 98/8/EC are permitted for access. |
| Organic volatile solvents | <20g/pair |
| Physical test | a) Upper flexure test
b) Upper tear strength
c) Sole flexure test
d) Sole abrasion resistance
e) Upper abrasion resistance
f) Sole tear strength
g) Color fastness test of insole materials |
