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Section 1 ‘Textile fibre criteria’ is amended as follows: (a) The second paragraph is replaced by the following: ‘Any fibre, including the above listed ones, may be used without having to meet the textile fibre criteria if it contributes to less than 5 % of the total weight of the product or if it constitutes a padding or lining. With the exception of polyamide and polyester the textile fibre criteria do not have to be met in the following cases: (i) by the whole product if the fibres contain recycled content that in total amounts to at least 70 % by weight of all the fibres in the product; (ii) by individual fibres forming part of the ecolabelled product where the fibre type contains at least 70 % by weight of recycled content. For the purposes of calculating the percentage of cotton in a product that shall be required to comply with criterion 1(a) or 1(b), the recycled cotton fibre content shall be deducted from the required minimum percentages except in the case of clothing for babies under 3 years old.’ (b) Criterion 1 is amended as follows: (i) The second and third indents are replaced by the following: ‘— only in case an organic cotton claim is made under criterion 28, for the production standard 1(a), all conventional cotton and IPM cotton that is blended with organic cotton shall come from non-genetically modified varieties, — for the purposes of calculating the percentage of cotton in a product that shall be required to comply with criterion 1(b), any organic cotton fibre content shall be deducted from the required minimum percentage, — all organic and IPM cotton shall be fully traceable in accordance with criterion 1(d), with verification accepted based on the annual volume of cotton purchased or the content of the final product,’. (ii) In criterion 1(a) the fourth paragraph is replaced by the following: ‘For conventional and IPM cotton that is blended with organic cotton, a qualitative screening test for common genetic modifications carried out according to EU Reference Methods for GMO analysis (*1) and indicating a GMO-free result shall be accepted as a proof of compliance. Tests shall be made on samples of raw cotton from each country of origin and before it passes through any wet treatment. Certification of IPM cotton by schemes that exclude genetically modified cotton shall be accepted as proof of compliance. (*1) European Commission, European Union Reference Laboratory for GM Food and Feed — Qualitative GMO detection PCR methods, http://gmo-crl.jrc.ec.europa.eu/gmomethods/’." (iii) Criterion 1(b) is amended as follows: — the second sentence of the third paragraph is replaced by the following: ‘Verification shall either be provided on an annual basis for each country of origin or on the basis of certifications for all IPM cotton purchased to manufacture the product.’, — the fifth paragraph is deleted. (iv) In criterion 1(c), the second and third paragraphs are replaced by the following: ‘Aldicarb, aldrin, campheclor (toxaphene), captafol, chlordane, 2,4,5-T, chlordimeform, cypermethrin, DDT, dieldrin, dinoseb and its salts, endosulfan, endrin, heptachlor, hexachlorobenzene, hexachlorocyclohexane (total isomers), methamidophos, methylparathion, monocrotophos, neonicotinoids (clothianidine, imidacloprid, thiametoxam), parathion, pentachlorophenol. The sum total of the listed pesticides detected upon testing of the cotton shall not be greater than 0,5 ppm.’ (v) In criterion 1(d), points (i) and (ii) of the second paragraph are replaced by the following: ‘(i) on an annualised basis: Transaction records and/or invoices shall be provided that document the quantity of cotton purchased on an annual basis from farmers or producer groups, and/or the total weight of certified cotton, up until greige fabric production; (ii) on a final product basis: Documentation corresponding to the quantity of cotton used in each final product shall be provided from the spinning and/or fabric production stages. All documentation shall reference the Control Body or certifier of the different forms of cotton.’ (vi) In criterion 3(a) the third and fourth paragraphs are replaced by the following: ‘Assessment and verification: the applicant shall either provide the documentation indicated above or compile test reports, using the following test method: IWTO draft test method 59. The test should be made on farmer or sales lots of raw wool, by country of origin (if mixed) and before any wet processing. A minimum of one composite sample of multiple farmer or sales lots from each country of origin shall be tested per processing lot. A composite sample should consist of either of the following: (i) wool fibres from at least 10 randomly selected farmer or sales lots (by country of origin), where there are more than 10 sales lots for that country of origin within the processing lot; (ii) one sample per sales lot or farmer lot (whichever is less) supplying the processing lot where there are less than 10 sales lots for that country of origin within the processing lot. Alternatively test reports may be submitted for all farmer or sales lots in a processing lot. Where a derogation applies then the applicant shall provide evidence confirming the scouring plant configuration and laboratory test reports demonstrating the breakdown of ectoparasiticides that may be present in scouring residues and sludge.’