The European Parliament Advocates The Enforcement Of Textile Origin Labels.

The European Parliament passed the latest EU textile labelling plan in May 18, 2010.

In the future, textiles, including garments, may be enforced with labels of origin.

Earlier, the European Commission submitted a technical proposal for the textiles name and labelling to parliament to abolish and amend directive 73/44/EEC, 96/73/EC and 96/74/EC and vote by Parliament.

The revised plan aims at simplifying the EU's regulation of the development and use of new textile fibers, and the European Parliament takes the opportunity to introduce a more politicized bill.

At present, textiles and labels of origin are purely voluntary and depend on the laws of the member states themselves.

Members of the European Parliament believe that the EU should be consistent with some countries that strictly regulate the origin label, such as the United States, Canada and Japan.

The revision of the parliament lists the implementation methods of the origin label requirements, such as how to determine the origin and how to add labels to the products.

The parliament specified in detail the textiles origin labeling requirements imported from third countries, and cited the regulations on the non preferential origin of the customs code of the European Union.

The Code stipulates:

The product wholly obtained from a single country or region has its origin in the single country or region.

The production process of a product involves more than one country or region. It should be the country of origin where the product has undergone substantial pformation.

In addition, textiles imported from the EU area should be accompanied by labels of origin, not removed or altered until the product is sold to the final consumer or user.

The Council considered that the proposed regulation should apply to most textiles, and therefore rejected the mandatory labelling requirements of the European Commission for blankets, felt hats and textile fiber toys.

However, the parliament has also adopted many suggestions from the European Commission's plan, so the plan still helps shorten the time of application of new fiber names from the application to the annex to the regulations and the passage time.

According to the amended bill, the technical inspection time for new fiber names can be shortened or shortened if the application files submitted by the manufacturers are complete and comply with the procedures specified in the regulations.

The Council also asked the European Commission to consult the industry and submit a report on the new EU labeling requirements, with a draft bill attached.

The following labels may become the subject of future legislation.

L coordinated nursing labeling system;

L is applicable to the uniform clothing and shoe size labeling system in all parts of the European Union.

L indicates a system for the use of sensitive substances in textile production or processing procedures;

L and

L social labels showing the social status of textile production;

L warning labels for flammability of textiles;

L electronic tags, including radio frequency identification (RFID) tags;

L adds the identification number to the tag and gets more information about the product through the Internet.

L uses no logo to show which fibers the textiles use to make it easier for consumers to understand product components, especially products using natural or man-made fibers.

Finally, the Council asked the European Commission to carry out studies in the future to assess whether substances used in textile production or processing would endanger human health, including whether artificial fibers, coloring agents and nanoparticles in textiles could lead to allergic reactions. Based on the results of the study, it is necessary to assess the need to prohibit or restrict the use of certain substances in textiles.

The revised bill will be submitted to the Council of Ministers of the European Union for first reading.