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Ref : EIC 230/4/1/2

15 September 2009

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 467/2009

Notice to Exporters: Series 2 (EU) No. 7/2009

European Union (EU)* : Commission Directive Announcing the Use of Textile Fibre Melamine for Labelling Purpose

The European Commission (EC) has introduced amendments to Directive 2008/121/EC on textile names by adding the fibre melamine to the list of textile fibres for labelling purpose. Details of the amendments are set out in Directive 2009/121/EC of 14 September 2009 accessible from the EU website at:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:242:0013:0013:EN:PDF

DETAILS

  1. The Directive 2008/121/EC lays down rules governing the labelling or marking of fibre content of textile products and provides a list of textile fibres with specified nature and description for labelling purpose. The Directive is accessible from the EU website at :
    http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:019:0029:0048:EN:PDF
     
  2. On the basis of the recent findings by a technical working group and for the purpose of adaptation to technical progress, the EC has adopted Directive 2009/121/EC to add the fibre melamine to the list of textile fibres contained in Annexes I and V to the Directive 2008/121/EC. The Directive 2009/121/EC shall enter into force on 5 October 2009. EU Member States are also required to bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with the Directive 2009/121/EC by 15 September 2010.

 

ENQUIRIES

 

  1. For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact Mrs. Tracy Kwan/Ms Ann Leung at 3403 6352 or the undersigned at 2398 5427.

Yours faithfully,




(Ms Carmen SHIU)

for Director-General of Trade and Industry

* The EU includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.



   
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