Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2011 on textile fibre names and related labelling and marking of the fibre composition of textile products and repealing Council Directive 73/44/EEC and Directives 96/73/EC and 2008/121/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance) (c. 1007)

ANNEX VIII U.K. Methods for the quantitative analysis of binary and ternary textile fibre mixtures (referred to in Article 19(1))

CHAPTER 2 U.K.

METHODS FOR QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF CERTAIN BINARY TEXTILE FIBRE MIXTURES U.K.

IV. Special methods U.K.

METHOD No 7 U.K. [F1 CERTAIN CELLULOSE FIBRES AND CERTAIN OTHER FIBRES U.K. (Method using 75 % m/m sulphuric acid)] U.K.

3. APPARATUS AND REAGENTS (other than those specified in the general instructions) U.K.

3.2. Reagents U.K.

(a) Sulphuric acid, 75 ± 2 % m/m U.K.

Prepare by adding carefully, while cooling, 700 ml of sulphuric acid (relative density at 20 °C: 1,84) to 350 ml of distilled water.

After the solution has cooled to room temperature, dilute to 1 litre with water.

(b) Ammonia, dilute solution U.K.

Dilute 80 ml of ammonia solution (relative density at 20 °C: 0,880) to 1 litre with water.

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 286/2012 of 27 January 2012 amending, in order to include a new textile fibre name, Annex I, and, for the purposes of their adaptation to technical progress, Annexes VIII and IX to Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on textile fibre names and related labelling and marking of the fibre composition of textile products (Text with EEA relevance).