Directive 96/74/EC is amended as follows:

1. 1.

   In Annex I the following row 46 is added:

   ‘46

   Elastolefin

   Fibre composed of at least 95 % (by mass) of macromolecules partially cross-linked, made up from ethylene and at least one other olefin and which, when stretched to one and a half times its original length and released, recovers rapidly and substantially to its initial length’

2. 2.

   In Annex II the following entry 46 is added:

   ‘46

   Elastolefin

   1,5’