Commission Directive 2004/34/EC of 23 March 2004 amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, Annexes I and II to Directive 96/74/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on textile names (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2004-03-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: consumer information, labelling, product designation, textile product

26.3.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 89/35

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2004/34/EC

of 23 March 2004

amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, Annexes I and II to Directive 96/74/
EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on textile names

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

2. In Annex II the following entry 33a is inserted:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Directive 96/74/EC of the European Parlia-
ment and of the Council of 16 December 1996 on textile
names (1), and in particular Article 16(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Directive 96/74/EC lays down rules governing the label-
ling or marking of products as regards their textile fibre
content, in order to ensure that consumer interests are
thereby protected. Textile products may be placed on
the market within the Community only if they comply
with the provisions of that Directive.

In view of recent findings by a technical working group,
it is necessary, for the purposes of adapting Directive
96/74/EC to technical progress, to add the fibre polylac-
tide to the list of fibres set out in Annexes I and II to
that Directive.

Directive 96/74/EC should therefore be amended accord-
ingly.

The measures provided for in this Directive are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Committee for
Directives relating to Textile Names and Labelling,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Directive 96/74/EC is amended as follows:

1. In Annex I the following row 33a is inserted:

‘33a

Polylactide

Fibre formed of linear macro-
molecules having in the chain
at least 85% (by mass) of lactic
acid ester units derived from
naturally occurring sugars, and
which has a melting tempera-
ture of at least 135 °C’

‘33a

Polylactide

1,50’

Article 2

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations
and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this
Directive by 1 March 2005 at the latest. They shall forthwith
communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions
and a correlation table between those provisions and this Direc-
tive.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain
a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a refer-
ence on the occasion of their official publication. Member
States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the
text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in
the field covered by this Directive.

Article 3

This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following
that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Union.

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 23 March 2004.

For the Commission

Erkki LIIKANEN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 32, 3.2.1997, p. 38. Directive as amended by Commission

Directive 97/37/EC (OJ L 169, 27.6.1997, p. 74).