Article 8U.K.Fleece wool or virgin wool products
1.A textile product may be labelled or marked [F1‘fleece wool’ or ‘virgin wool’] provided it is composed exclusively of a wool fibre which has not previously been incorporated in a finished product, which has not been subjected to any spinning and/or felting processes other than those required in the manufacture of that product, and which has not been damaged by treatment or use.
2.By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the names [F2‘fleece wool’ or ‘virgin wool’] may be used to describe wool contained in a textile fibre mixture if all the following conditions are met:
(a)all the wool contained in that mixture satisfies the requirements defined in paragraph 1;
(b)such wool accounts for not less than 25 % of the total weight of the mixture;
(c)in the case of a scribbled mixture, the wool is mixed with only one other fibre.
The full percentage composition of such mixture shall be given.
3.The extraneous fibres in the products referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, including wool products which have undergone a carding process, shall not exceed 0,3 % by weight, shall be justified as being technically unavoidable in good manufacturing practice and shall not be added as a matter of routine.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 8(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Textile Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1398), regs. 1, 3(5)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in Art. 8(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Textile Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1398), regs. 1, 3(5)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)