The Textile Products (Indications of Fibre Content) (Amendment) Regulations 2008

Citation commencement and revocation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Textile Products (Indications of Fibre Content) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on 2nd February 2008.

(2) The Textile Products (Indications of Fibre Content) (Amendment and Consolidation of Schedules of Textile Names and Allowances) Regulations 2006(1) are revoked.

Amendment of the Textile Products (Indications of Fibre Content) Regulations 1986

2.—(1) The Textile Products (Indications of Fibre Content) Regulations 1986(2) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 4(1)—

(a) insert after the definition of “the Act of 1968”—

““Directive 96/74/EC” means Directive 96/74/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 on textile names;”(3);

(b) insert after the definition of “advertisement”—

““Annex I” means Annex I (Table of textile fibres) to Directive 96/74/EC;

“Annex II” means Annex II (Agreed allowances used to calculate the mass of fibres contained in a textile product) to Directive 96/74/EC;”;

(c) in the definition of “textile fibre” for sub-paragraph (b)(ii) substitute—

“(ii) are produced from the substances used in the manufacture of the fibres listed in Annex I other than entries to items numbered 1-18; and”.

(3) Insert after regulation 4(3)—

“(4) References in these Regulations to Annex I and Annex II are references to those Annexes as amended from time to time.”.

(4) In Schedule 1—

(a) for paragraph 2(1) substitute—

“(1) A name set out in the column headed “Name” in Annex I shall be used in relation to fibre of the description set out in the column headed “Fibre description” in that Annex in relation to that name interpreted where appropriate in accordance with the notes to the Annex.”;

(b) for paragraph 7(3) substitute—

“(3) In determining the fibre percentages of a product there shall be applied to the anhydrous mass of each fibre the relevant agreed allowance set out in Annex II.”; and

(c) for paragraph 8(1)(b) substitute—

“(b) where a supply or offer is one to which the requirements contained in paragraph (2) of regulation 5 apply and a trade mark or name of an undertaking is applied to the product which contains on its own, or as an adjective or as a root one of the names specified in Annex I, or a name which is likely to be taken for a name so specified, the trade mark or name must be immediately preceded or followed by the indication of fibre content.”.

(5) Omit schedules 2 and 3 of the Textile Products (Indications of Fibre Content) Regulations 1986.

Gareth Thomas

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Trade and Consumer Affairs

Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

8th January 2008