{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-1007/annex-IX",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-1007/annex-IX.json",
  "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/IX",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "IX",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Agreed allowances used to calculate the mass of fibres contained in a textile product\n(referred to in Article 19(3))\nThe agreed allowances of 17,00 % shall also be applied where it is impossible to ascertain whether the textile product containing wool and/or animal hair is combed or carded.\nFibre No\nFibres\nPercentages\n1-2\nWool and animal hair:\ncombed fibres\n18,25\ncarded fibres\n17,0\n3\nAnimal hair:\ncombed fibres\n18,25\ncarded fibres\n17,0\nHorsehair:\ncombed fibres\n16,0\ncarded fibres\n15,0\n4\nSilk\n11,0\n5\nCotton:\nnormal fibres\n8,5\nmercerised fibres\n10,5\n6\nKapok\n10,9\n7\nFlax (or linen)\n12,0\n8\nTrue hemp\n12,0\n9\nJute\n17,0\n10\nAbaca\n14,0\n11\nAlfa\n14,0\n12\nCoir\n13,0\n13\nBroom\n14,0\n14\nRamie (bleached fibre)\n8,5\n15\nSisal\n14,0\n16\nSunn\n12,0\n17\nHenequen\n14,0\n18\nMaguey\n14,0\n19\nAcetate\n9,0\n20\nAlginate\n20,0\n21\nCupro\n13,0\n22\nModal\n13,0\n23\nProtein\n17,0\n24\nTriacetate\n7,0\n25\nViscose\n13,0\n26\nAcrylic\n2,0\n27\nChlorofibre\n2,0\n28\nFluorofibre\n0,0\n29\nModacrylic\n2,0\n30\nPolyamide or nylon:\ndiscontinuous fibre\n6,25\nfilament\n5,75\n31\nAramid\n8,0\n32\nPolyimide\n3,5\n33\nLyocell\n13,0\n34\nPolylactide\n1,5\n35\nPolyester\n1,5\n36\nPolyethylene\n1,5\n37\nPolypropylene\n2,0\n38\nPolycarbamide\n2,0\n39\nPolyurethane:\ndiscontinuous fibre\n3,5\nfilament\n3,0\n40\nVinylal\n5,0\n41\nTrivinyl\n3,0\n42\nElastodiene\n1,0\n43\nElastane\n1,5\n44\nGlass fibre:\nwith an average diameter of over 5 μm\n2,0\nwith an average diameter of 5 μm or less\n3,0\n45\nElastomultiester\n1,5\n46\nElastolefin\n1,5\n47\nMelamine\n7,0\n48\nMetal fibre\n2,0\nMetallised fibre\n2,0\nAsbestos\n2,0\nPaper yarn\n13,75\n49\nPolypropylene/polyamide bicomponent\n1,0\n50\nPolyacrylate\n30,0",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The agreed allowances of 17,00 % shall also be applied where it is impossible to ascertain whether the textile product containing wool and/or animal hair is combed or carded."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/1007/annex/IX",
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  },
  "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."
}