{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-1007/annex-I",
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  "legislation": "eur/2011/1007",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-1007",
  "path": "annex/I",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "List of textile fibre names\n(referred to in Article 5)\nTable 1\nNumber\nName\nFibre description\n1\nwool\nfibre from sheep's or lambs’ fleeces (Ovis aries) or a mixture of fibres from sheep's or lambs’ fleeces and the hairs of animals listed in number 2\n2\nalpaca, llama, camel, cashmere, mohair, angora, vicuna, yak, guanaco, cashgora, beaver, otter, followed or not by the word ‘wool’ or ‘hair’\nhair of the following animals: alpaca, llama, camel, kashmir goat, angora goat, angora rabbit, vicuna, yak, guanaco, cashgora goat, beaver, otter\n3\nanimal or horsehair, with or without an indication of the kind of animal (e.g. cattle hair, common goat hair, horsehair)\nhair of the various animals not mentioned under number 1 or 2\n4\nSilk\nfibre obtained exclusively from silk-secreting insects\n5\ncotton\nfibre obtained from the bolls of the cotton plant (Gossypium)\n6\nkapok\nfibre obtained from the inside of the kapok fruit (Ceiba pentandra)\n7\nflax (or linen)\nfibre obtained from the bast of the flax plant (Linum usitatissimum)\n8\ntrue hemp\nfibre obtained from the bast of hemp (Cannabis sativa)\n9\nJute\nfibre obtained from the bast of Corchorus olitorius and Corchorus capsularis. For the purposes of this Regulation, bast fibres obtained from the following species shall be treated in the same way as jute: Hibiscus cannabinus, Hibiscus sabdariffa, Abutilon avicennae, Urena lobata, Urena sinuata\n10\nabaca (Manila hemp)\nfibre obtained from the sheathing leaf of Musa textilis\n11\nAlfa\nfibre obtained from the leaves of Stipa tenacissima\n12\ncoir (coconut)\nfibre obtained from the fruit of Cocos nucifera\n13\nbroom\nfibre obtained from the bast of Cytisus scoparius and/or Spartium Junceum\n14\nramie\nfibre obtained from the bast of Boehmeria nivea and Boehmeria tenacissima\n15\nsisal\nfibre obtained from the leaves of Agave sisalana\n16\nsunn\nfibre from the bast of Crotalaria juncea\n17\nhenequen\nfibre from the bast of Agave fourcroydes\n18\nmaguey\nfibre from the bast of Agave cantala\nTable 2\nNumber\nName\nFibre description\n19\nacetate\ncellulose acetate fibre wherein less than 92 % but at least 74 % of the hydroxyl groups are acetylated\n20\nalginate\nfibre obtained from metallic salts of alginic acid\n21\ncupro\nregenerated cellulose fibre obtained by the cuprammonium process\n22\nmodal\na regenerated cellulose fibre obtained by a modified viscose process having a high breaking force and high wet modulus. The breaking force (BC) in the conditioned state and the force (BM) required to produce an elongation of 5 % in the wet state are:\nBC (cN) ≥ 1,3 T + 2 T\nBM (cN) ≥ 0,5 T\nwhere T is the mean linear density in decitex\n23\nprotein\nfibre obtained from natural protein substances regenerated and stabilised through the action of chemical agents\n24\ntriacetate\ncellulose acetate fibre wherein at least 92 % of the hydroxyl groups are acetylated\n25\nviscose\nregenerated cellulose fibre obtained by the viscose process for filament and discontinuous fibre\n26\nacrylic\nfibre formed of linear macromolecules comprising at least 85 % (by mass) in the chain of the acrylonitrilic pattern\n27\nchlorofibre\nfibre formed of linear macromolecules having in their chain more than 50 % by mass of chlorinated vinyl or chlorinated vinylidene monomeric units\n28\nfluorofibre\nfibre formed of linear macromolecules made from fluorocarbon aliphatic monomers\n29\nmodacrylic\nfibre formed of linear macromolecules having in the chain more than 50 % and less than 85 % (by mass) of the acrylonitrilic pattern\n30\npolyamide or nylon\nfibre formed from synthetic linear macromolecules having in the chain recurring amide linkages of which at least 85 % are joined to aliphatic or cycloaliphatic units\n31\naramid\nfibre formed from synthetic linear macromolecules made up of aromatic groups joined by amide or imide linkages, of which at least 85 % are joined directly to two aromatic rings and with the number of imide linkages, if present, not exceeding the number of amide linkages\n32\npolyimide\nfibre formed from synthetic linear macromolecules having in the chain recurring imide units\n33\nlyocell\na regenerated cellulose fibre obtained by dissolution, and an organic solvent (mixture of organic chemicals and water) spinning process, without formation of derivatives\n34\npolylactide\nfibre formed of linear macromolecules having in the chain at least 85 % (by mass) of lactic acid ester units derived from naturally occurring sugars, and which has a melting temperature of at least 135 °C\n35\npolyester\nfibre formed of linear macromolecules comprising at least 85 % (by mass) in the chain of an ester of a diol and terephthalic acid\n36\npolyethylene\nfibre formed of un-substituted aliphatic saturated hydrocarbon linear macromolecules\n37\npolypropylene\nfibre formed of an aliphatic saturated hydrocarbon linear macromolecule where one carbon atom in two carries a methyl side chain in an isotactic disposition and without further substitution\n38\npolycarbamide\nfibre formed of linear macromolecules having in the chain the recurring ureylene (NH-CO-NH) functional group\n39\npolyurethane\nfibre formed of linear macromolecules composed of chains with the recurring urethane functional group\n40\nvinylal\nfibre formed of linear macromolecules whose chain is constituted by poly(vinyl alcohol) with differing levels of acetalisation\n41\ntrivinyl\nfibre formed of acrylonitrile terpolymer, a chlorinated vinyl monomer and a third vinyl monomer, none of which represents as much as 50 % of the total mass\n42\nelastodiene\nelastofibre composed of natural or synthetic polyisoprene, or composed of one or more dienes polymerised with or without one or more vinyl monomers, and which, when stretched to three times its original length and released, recovers rapidly and substantially to its initial length\n43\nelastane\nelastofibre composed of at least 85 % (by mass) of a segmented polyurethane, and which, when stretched to three times its original length and released, recovers rapidly and substantially to its initial length\n44\nglass fibre\nfibre made of glass\n45\nelastomultiester\nfibre formed by interaction of two or more chemically distinct linear macromolecules in two or more distinct phases (of which none exceeds 85 % by mass) which contains ester groups as the dominant functional unit (at least 85 %) and which, after suitable treatment when stretched to one and half times its original length and released, recovers rapidly and substantially to its initial length\n46\nelastolefin\nfibre composed of at least 95 % (by mass) of macromolecules partially cross-linked, made up from ethylene and at least one other olefin and which, when stretched to one and a half times its original length and released, recovers rapidly and substantially to its initial length\n47\nmelamine\nfibre formed of at least 85 % by mass of cross-linked macromolecules made up of melamine derivatives\n48\nname corresponding to the material of which the fibres are composed, e.g. metal (metallic, metallised), asbestos, paper, followed or not by the word ‘yarn’ or ‘fibre’\nfibres obtained from miscellaneous or new materials not listed above\n49\npolypropylene/polyamide bicomponent\na bicomponent fibre composed of between 10 % and 25 % by mass of polyamide fibrils embedded in polypropylene matrix\n50\npolyacrylate\nfibre formed of cross-linked macromolecules having more than 35 % (by mass) of acrylate groups (acid, light metal salts or esters) and less than 10 % (by mass) of acrylonitrile groups in the chain and up to 15 % (by mass) of nitrogen in the cross-linking",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted 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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Inserted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/122 of 20 October 2017 amending Annexes I, II, VI, 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)."
    }
  ],
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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