{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2002-371/annex/division-2/division-1/division-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2002-371/annex/division-2/division-1/division-5.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2002/371",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 15 May 2002 establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to textile products and amending Decision 1999/178/EC (notified under document number C(2002) 1844) (Text with EEA relevance) (2002/371/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2002-371",
  "path": "annex/division/2/division/1/division/5",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Greasy wool and other keratin fibres (including wool from sheep, camel, alpaca, goat)",
  "text": "(a) The sum total content of the following substances shall not exceed 0,5 ppm: γ-hexachlorocyclohexane (lindane), α-hexachlorocyclohexane, β-hexachlorocyclohexane, δ-hexachlorocyclohexane, aldrin, dieldrin, endrin, p,p'-DDT, p,p'-DDD.\n(b) The sum total content of the following substances shall not exceed 2 ppm: diazinon, propetamphos, chlorfenvinphos, dichlorfenthion, chlorpyriphos, fenchlorphos.\n(c) The sum total content of the following substances shall not exceed 0,5 ppm: cypermethrin, deltamethrin, fenvalerate, cyhalothrin, flumethrin.\n(d) The sum total content of the following substances shall not exceed 2 ppm: diflubenzuron, triflumuron.\nThese requirements (as detailed in (a), (b), (c) and (d) and taken separately) do not apply if documentary evidence can be presented that establishes the identity of the farmers producing at least 75 % of the wool or keratin fibres in question, together with a declaration from these farmers that the substances listed above have not been applied to the fields or animals concerned.\nAssessment and verification for (a), (b), (c) and (d):\nThe applicant shall either provide the documentation indicated above or provide a test report, using the following test method: IWTO Draft Test Method 59.\n(e) For scouring effluent discharged to sewer, the COD discharged to sewer shall not exceed 60 g/kg greasy wool, and the effluent shall be treated off-site so as to achieve at least a further 75 % reduction of COD content, expressed as an annual average.\nFor scouring effluent treated on site and discharged to surface waters, the COD discharged to surface waters shall not exceed 5 g/kg greasy wool. The pH of the effluent discharged to surface waters shall be between 6 and 9 (unless the pH of the receiving waters is outside this range), and the temperature shall be below 40 °C (unless the temperature of the receiving water is above this value).\nAssessment and verification:\nThe applicant shall provide relevant data and test report, using the following test method: ISO 6060.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2002/371/annex/division/2/division/1/division/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:18:33.577018+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}