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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-1007/article-5",
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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": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Textile fibre names",
  "text": "1. Only the textile fibre names listed in Annex I shall be used for the description of fibre compositions on labels and markings of textile products.\n2. Use of the names listed in Annex I shall be reserved for textile fibres the nature of which corresponds to the description set out in that Annex.\nThe names listed in Annex I shall not be used for other fibres, whether on their own or as a root or as an adjective.\nThe term ‘silk’ shall not be used to indicate the shape or particular presentation in continuous filament yarn of textile fibres.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/1007/article/5",
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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."
}