Textile Labelling Regulation — Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011
- Citation
- Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011
- Jurisdiction
- EU
- Made by
- European Commission
- Instrument
- Regulation
- Status
- In force
What it requires (7 obligations)
Textile products may only be made available on the market where they are labelled, marked or accompanied by commercial documents in compliance with this Regulation.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Economic operators (manufacturer, importer, distributor or responsible person)
- Products
- Textiles, apparel, home textiles
- Markets
- EU
The gate is on making available, and the three routes are alternatives: a label, a marking, or accompanying commercial documents. Article 14(2) limits the document route to supplies between economic operators in the chain and to contracting-authority orders, so it is not available for a consumer sale.
Quoted from Article 4, consolidated text CELEX 02011R1007-20180215.
Only the textile fibre names listed in Annex I may be used to describe fibre compositions on labels and markings. Those names are reserved to fibres whose nature corresponds to the Annex I description and may not be used for other fibres, whether alone, as a root or as an adjective. The term "silk" may not be used to indicate the shape or particular presentation of continuous filament yarn.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Economic operators (manufacturer, importer, distributor or responsible person)
- Products
- Textiles, apparel, home textiles
- Markets
- EU
The reservation runs both ways: an Annex I name cannot be applied to a fibre that is not that fibre, and it cannot be borrowed as a root or adjective — which is what rules out constructions built on a protected name. Any fibre not in Annex I has no lawful name for this purpose until it is added.
Quoted from Article 5(1) and 5(2).
Only textile products composed exclusively of the same fibre may be labelled "100 %", "pure" or "all", and those or similar terms may not be used for other products. A product containing no more than 2 % by weight of extraneous fibres may still be treated as exclusively composed of the same fibre where that quantity is justified as technically unavoidable in good manufacturing practice and is not added as a matter of routine; for a product that has undergone carding the figure is 5 % on the same conditions.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Economic operators (manufacturer, importer, distributor or responsible person)
- Products
- Textiles, apparel, home textiles
- Markets
- EU
The tolerance is not an allowance to be spent. Both limbs require the quantity to be technically unavoidable in good manufacturing practice AND not added as a matter of routine, so a deliberate 2 % addition fails the test even though it meets the number. "Or similar terms" reaches wording that is not the three quoted words.
Quoted from Article 7(1) and 7(2).
A textile product must be labelled or marked with the name and percentage by weight of all constituent fibres, in descending order. By derogation, a fibre accounting for up to 5 % of total weight, or fibres collectively accounting for up to 15 %, may be designated "other fibres" immediately preceded or followed by their total percentage by weight, where they cannot easily be stated at the time of manufacture.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Economic operators (manufacturer, importer, distributor or responsible person)
- Products
- Textiles, apparel, home textiles
- Markets
- EU
Descending order is part of the duty, not a convention. The derogation has a condition that is easy to miss: it applies only where the fibres cannot easily be stated at the time of manufacture, so it is not a general rounding allowance for small constituents that are perfectly well known.
Quoted from Article 9(1) and 9(2).
The presence of non-textile parts of animal origin in a textile product must be indicated using the phrase "Contains non-textile parts of animal origin" on the labelling or marking, whenever the product is made available on the market. The labelling or marking must not be misleading and must be done so that the consumer can easily understand it.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Economic operators (manufacturer, importer, distributor or responsible person)
- Products
- Textiles, apparel, home textiles, clothing accessories
- Markets
- EU
The wording is prescribed rather than described — the Regulation gives the phrase to be used. It reaches leather trim, horn or bone buttons, fur detail and feather fill, none of which is a textile fibre and none of which appears in the composition statement.
Quoted from Article 12(1) and 12(2).
Textile products must be labelled or marked to indicate their fibre composition whenever they are made available on the market, and that labelling or marking must be durable, easily legible, visible and accessible — and, in the case of a label, securely attached.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Economic operators (manufacturer, importer, distributor or responsible person)
- Products
- Textiles, apparel, home textiles
- Markets
- EU
Five separate physical qualities, each of which can fail on its own: durability is about surviving use, legibility about the printing, visibility and accessibility about where the label sits, and secure attachment about the fixing. A composition statement that is correct but printed on a swing ticket that is removed at point of sale is not obviously compliant.
Quoted from Article 14(1).
The manufacturer placing a textile product on the market must ensure the label or marking is supplied and that the information on it is accurate; where the manufacturer is not established in the Union, that duty falls on the importer. A distributor is treated as the manufacturer where it places the product on the market under its own name or trademark, attaches the label itself, or modifies the content of the label. A distributor making a product available must ensure it bears the labelling this Regulation prescribes.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Economic operators (manufacturer, importer, distributor or responsible person)
- Products
- Textiles, apparel, home textiles
- Markets
- EU
This is the article that decides who is actually liable, and it is the one most often assumed rather than read. A private-label buyer who puts its own brand on a supplier's garment becomes the manufacturer for this Regulation — as does anyone who merely modifies the label content. Accuracy, not just supply, is part of the duty.
Quoted from Article 15(1), 15(2) and 15(3).
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