# EUR-Lex - 52011PC0423 - EN

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# 52011PC0423

**OPINION OF THE COMMISSIONpursuant to Article 294(7)(c) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,on the European Parliament's amendment[s]to the Council's position regarding the proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCILon textile names and related labelling of textile products /* COM/2011/0423 final - 2009/0006 (COD) */**

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2009/0006 (COD)

OPINION OF THE COMMISSION
pursuant to Article 294(7)(c) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union,
on the European Parliament's amendment[s]
to the Council's position regarding the
proposal for a

REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
AND OF THE COUNCIL
on textile names and related labelling of textile products

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.           Introduction

Article 294(7)(c) of the Treaty on the
Functioning of the European Union provides that the Commission is to deliver an
opinion on the amendments proposed by the European Parliament at second
reading. The Commission sets out its opinion below on the amendments proposed
by the Parliament.

2.           Background

Date on which the proposal was sent to
Parliament and the Council:                   30 January 2009

Date of Parliament's opinion at first
reading:                                                       18 May 2010

Opinion
of the Economic and Social Committee:                                                16
December 2009

Date of adoption of the Council position:                                                           6
December 2010

Date of COREPER agreement on the second
reading compromise:                    20 April 2011

Date of Parliament's opinion at second
reading:                                                  11 May 2011

3.           Objective of the proposal
from the Commission

The proposal from the Commission was
adopted in the context of the Better Regulation initiative. The aim of the
proposal is to simplify and improve the existing regulatory framework for the
labelling of textile products with a view to encourage the development and
uptake of new fibres as well as innovation in the textile and clothing sector.
In order to attain this overall objective, the proposal aims at:

· Facilitating the legislative process to adapt legislation to
technical progress by transforming the three existing Directives into a single
Regulation, which would avoid transposition of merely technical updates;

· Shortening the time between the submission of an application and the
adoption of a new fibre name.

4.           Opinion of the Commission
on the amendments by the European Parliament

The European Parliament’s opinion at second
reading of 11 May 2011 is a balanced compromise, making a limited number of amendments to the Council's position in order to
make more information available for consumers in respect to the presence of
non-textile parts of animal origin and the full composition of textile
products. A comprehensive review clause invites the Commission to examine
further harmonisation of labelling of textile products, including an origin
labelling scheme. The compromise text is in line with
the overall purpose of the proposal.

The Parliament's position is a result of a
compromise obtained at a trialogue held on 12 April 2011 and which was approved
on 20 April 2011 in Council.

5.           Conclusion

The Commission accepts the amendments voted
by the European Parliament in second reading according to the above described
compromise text of the Council and the European Parliament.