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1. Versace says complies with EU regulations on textile
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Pedestrians walk past the Versace store on Fifth Avenue in New York October 8, 2009.

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MILAN (Reuters) - Italian fashion
house Versace complied with European
Union regulations on textile
production, it said on Wednesday
following allegations by environmental
campaign group Greenpeace that it
had found traces of harmful chemicals
in the brand's children's clothing.
"Gianni Versace operates in
compliance with current laws
regarding textile products," the
company said in a statement, in which
it said it was responding to "the news
spread through the Internet and print
by Greenpeace".
Versace said it "continues to search for
raw materials and eco-sustainable
technology solutions, with even stricter
requirements than those set out under
the current laws, renewing its
commitment to the sustainability of the
planet."
Greenpeace said in a report issued on
Monday just before Milan Fashion
Week that it had found traces of
waterway pollutants in children's clothing and shoes made by several luxury brands, including
Versace.
The campaign group raised a banner that read "beautiful fashion, ugly lies" in a famous shopping
center in Milan on Wednesday, as the city's biannual women's fashion week started.
Versace said it had put in place a system of mapping and selecting its suppliers based on "rigorous"
production standards outlined in European Union Regulation 1907/2006.
Greenpeace has been campaigning against pollutants used in the textile industry since 2011 and has
persuaded some 20 brands to sign up to its "Detox" pledge so far, but only two luxury names -
Britain's Burberry (BRBY.L) and Italy's Valentino.
(Reporting by Isla Binnie; Editing by Greg Mahlich)
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