EU Issued The Latest Textile Name Directive

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The directive sets up an inspection system to test whether the fiber content of textiles is consistent with the information provided.

Last year, the European Commission recommended that the order No. 96/74/EC be amended to make the provision clearer.

The new directive aims to ensure that

The name, fiber composition and label contents of the textile products are clear and consistent.

Label requirements.

According to the current directive, all products containing at least 80% textile fibers by weight include

And semi finished, completed, semi manufactured or manufactured products are subject to supervision and must be labelled before they can be sold in the European Union market.

The textile can contain up to 2% other fibers according to the weight, with reasonable technical reasons, not under regular circumstances.

According to fourth (2), the rate of grace can be increased to 5% after the carding process.

If there are two or more fibers and one of them takes up at least 85% of the total weight, the product should be identified in one of the following ways: 1. the name of the main fiber and the ratio of total weight; 2. the name of the main fiber and at least 85% words; the ratio of the fibers contained in 3. products.

Manufacturers provide guidance.

If producers are required to ensure that their business documents clearly specify the names and information of textile fiber components, the labels must be legible and legible (eighth (2) and (3)) when they are sold to consumers.

The new directive determines that when manufacturers sell textiles to consumers, member states may require manufacturers to use the country's text (eighth (4)) in product labels and labels.