2009 No. 551
The Textile Products (Indications of Fibre Content) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations under the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19721
The Secretary of State is a Minister designated2 for the purposes of that Act in relation to measures relating to consumer protection.
Citation and commencementI11
These Regulations may be cited as the Textile Products (Indications of Fibre Content) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 and shall come into force on 1st April 2009.
Amendment of the Textile Products (Indications of Fibre Content) Regulations 1986I22
1
The Textile Products (Indications of Fibre Content) Regulations 19863 are amended as follows.
2
In regulation 4(1)—
a
omit the definition “Directive 96/74/EC”;
b
after the definition of “the Act of 1968” insert—
“Directive 2008/121/EC” means Directive 2008/121/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 January 2009 on textile names (recast);
c
for the definition of “Annex 1” substitute ““Annex I” means Annex I (Table of textile fibres) to Directive 2008/121/EC;”;
d
omit the definition “Annex II”; and
e
after the definition of “Annex I” insert —
“Annex V” means “Annex V (Agreed allowances used to calculate the mass of fibres contained in a textile product) to Directive 2008/121/EC;
3
In regulation 4(4) for “Annex II” substitute “Annex V”.
4
In regulation 8 for “Column 1 of Schedule 2” substitute “the column headed “Name” in Annex I”.
5
In Schedule 1 paragraph 7(3) for “Annex II” substitute “Annex V.”
(This note is not part of the Regulations)