The Confederation of National Associations of Tanners and Dressers of the European Community (COTANCE) is the representative body of the European Leather Industry. It is a non-profit organization established in order to promote the interests of the European tanning industry at international level. Apart from representing European tanners and dressers, it also has the mission of promoting European leather both in the European and international markets.
Leather is a material almost as old as mankind. A wearable natural second skin, it has provided protection, warmth and elegance to mankind for thousands of years. Is this material still up-to-date?
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Press Release: COTANCE and industriAll launch SER26
On 9 April 2026, Edoardo De Paola (COTANCE) and Camille Franger (industriAll Europe), the European Social Partners of the leather/tanning sector, officially launched a new joint Social Dialogue project aimed at delivering the 2026 Social and Environmental Report of the European Leather Industry...
Press Release: Leather should be removed from the EUDR scope.
Leather should be removed from the EUDR scope. This was the strong message voiced at the European Parliament on 8 April in Brussels
European Parliament, Brussels, 8 April, 2026 - At the initiative of Dario Nardella (MEP, S&D Group, Italy), the discussion brought together the European leather...
Joint Statement from the Leather Industry on EUDR
A decisive time for the leather industry
The next few weeks will determine whether hides, skins and leather remain in Annex I of the EUDR — and continue to be unfairly treated as drivers of deforestation — or are finally recognised for what they are: by-products of the food chain, not a cause of...
Joint Statement from the Leather Industry on EUDR
A decisive time for the leather industry
The next few weeks will determine whether hides, skins and leather remain in Annex I of the EUDR — and continue to be unfairly treated as drivers of deforestation — or are finally recognised for what they are: by-products of the food chain, not a cause of...
