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Directive 2008/121/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 January 2009 on textile names (recast) (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed)
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Article 1.(1) Textile products may be marketed within the Community, either...
Article 2.(1) For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions...
Article 3.(1) The names and descriptions of fibres referred to in...
Article 4.(1) No textile product may be described as ‘100 %’, ‘pure’...
Article 5.(1) A wool product may be described with one of...
Article 6.(1) A textile product composed of two or more fibres,...
Article 7.Without prejudice to the tolerances laid down in Article 4(2),...
Article 8.(1) Textile products within the meaning of this Directive shall...
Article 9.(1) Any textile product composed of two or more components...
Article 10.(1) By way of derogation from Articles 8 and 9:...
Article 11.Member States shall take all necessary measures to ensure that...
Article 12.For the purposes of applying Article 8(1) and the other...
Article 13.(1) Checks on whether the composition of textile products is...
Article 14.(1) No Member State may, for reasons connected with names...
Article 15.(1) The Commission shall adopt the additions to Annex I...
Article 16.(1) The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee for...
Article 17.Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of...
Article 18.Directive 96/74/EC, as amended by the Acts listed in Annex...
Article 19.This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day...
Article 20.This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Products which cannot be made subject to mandatory labelling or marking
12. Textile products for base and underlying fabrics and stiffenings
14. Old made-up textile products, where explicitly stated to be such...
18. Containers which are soft and without foundation, saddlery, of textile...
20. Hand-embroidered tapestries, finished or unfinished, and materials for their production,...
25. Textile parts of footwear, with the exception of warm linings...
26. Table mats having several components and a surface area of...
31. Spectacle, cigarette and cigar, lighter and comb cases of textile...
32. Protective requisites for sports with the exception of gloves
37. Textile articles subject to the rules of the European Pharmacopoeia...
38. Textile articles including cordage, ropes and string, subject to item...
39. Textile articles for protection and safety purposes such as safety...
40. Air-supported structures (e.g. sports halls, exhibition stands or storage facilities),...
Products for which only inclusive labelling or marking is obligatory
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