Commission Directive 2006/2/EC of  6 January 2006  amending, for the purposes of its adaptation to technical progress, Annexe II to Directive 96/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain methods for quantitative analysis of binary textile fibre mixtures   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-01-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: analytical chemistry, man-made fibre, natural fibre, plastics, textile fibre, textile product

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COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2006/2/EC

of 6 January 2006

amending, for the purposes of its adaptation to technical progress, Annexe II to Directive 96/73/EC
of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain methods for quantitative analysis of
binary textile fibre mixtures

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

regard to Directive 96/73/EC of

the European
Having
Parliament and of
the Council of 16 December 1996 on
certain methods for quantitative analysis of binary textile fibre
mixtures (1), and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,

Whereas:

Directive 96/74/EC of the European Parliament and the
Council of 16 December 1996 on textile names (2)
requires labelling to indicate the fibre composition of
textile products, with checks being carried out by
analysis on the conformity of these products with indi-
cations given on the label.

Article 1

Annex II to Directive 96/73/EC is amended in accordance with
the Annex to this Directive.

Article 2

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations
and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this
Directive by 6 January 2007 at
latest. They shall
forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those
provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and
this Directive.

the

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

Uniform methods for quantitative analysis of binary
textile fibre mixtures are provided in Directive 96/73/EC.

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.

On the basis of recent findings by a technical working
group, Directive 96/74/EC was adapted to technical
progress, by adding the fibres polylactide and elastomul-
tiester to the list of fibres set out in the Annexes I and II
to that Directive.

Article 3

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

It is therefore necessary to define uniform test methods
for polylactide and elastomultiester.

This Directive is addressed to the Members States.

Article 4

Directive 96/73/EC should
accordingly.

therefore be

amended

Done at Brussels, 6 January 2006.

The measures provided for
accordance with the opinion of
Directives relating to Textile Names and Labelling,

in this Directive are in
the Committee for

For the Commission

Günter VERHEUGEN
Vice-President

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(1) OJ L 32, 3.2.1997, p. 1. Directive as amended by Regulation (EC)

No 1882/2003 (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).

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

Directive 2004/34/EC (OJ L 89, 26.3.2004, p. 35).

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ANNEX

Chapter 2 of Annex II to Directive 96/73/EC is amended as follows (1):

1. The special methods — Summary Table is replaced by the following:

‘2. SPECIAL METHODS — SUMMARY TABLE

Methods

Field of application

Reagent

No 1

No 2

No 3

No 4

No 5

No 6

No 7

No 8

Acetate

Certain other fibres

Acetone

Certain protein fibres

Certain other fibres

Hypochlorite

Viscose, cupro or certain
types of modal

Cotton

Formic acid and zinc chloride

Polyamide or nylon

Certain other fibres

Formic acid, 80 % m/m

Acetate

Triacetate

Benzyl alcohol

Triacetate or polylactide

Certain other fibres

Dichloromethane

Certain cellulose fibres

Polyester or elastomultiester

Sulphuric acid, 75 % m/m

Acrylics, certain modacrylics
or certain chlorofibres

Certain other fibres

Dimethylformamide

No 9

Certain chlorofibres

Certain other fibres

Carbon disulphide/acetone,
55.5/44.5 v/v

No 10

No 11

No 12

No 13

No 14

No 15

Acetate

Silk

Jute

Certain chlorofibres

Glacial acetic acid

Wool or hair

Sulphuric acid, 75 % m/m

Certain animal fibres

Nitrogen content method

Polypropylene

Certain other fibres

Xylene

Certain other fibres

Chlorofibres (homopolymers
of vinyl chloride)

Concentrated sulphuric acid
method

Chlorofibres, certain
modacrylics, certain elastanes,
acetates, triacetates

Certain other fibres

Cyclohexanone’

2. Point 1.2 of method No 1 is replaced by the following:

‘2. wool (1), animal hair (2 and 3), silk (4), cotton (5), flax (7) true hemp (8), jute (9), abaca (10), alfa (11), coir (12),
broom (13), ramie (14), sisal (15), cupro (21), modal (22), protein (23), viscose (25), acrylic (26), polyamide or
nylon (30), polyester (34) and elastomultiester (45)’.

3. Point 1.2 of method No 2 is replaced by the following:

‘2. cotton (5), cupro (21), viscose (25), acrylic (26), chlorofibres (27), polyamide or nylon (30), polyester (34),

polypropylene (36), elastane (42), glass fibre (43) and elastomultiester (45)’.

4. Point 1.2 of method No 4 is replaced by the following:

‘2. wool (1), animal hair (2 and 3), cotton (5), cupro (21), modal (22), viscose (25), acrylic (26), chlorofibre (27),

polyester (34), polypropylene (36), glass fibre (43) and elastomultiester (45)’.

(1) Fibres Numbering: 1. Polyester (34) previously (31), 2. polypropylene (36) previously (33), 3.elastane (42) previously (39), 4. glass fibre

(43) previously (40) see Directive 96/74/EC, as amended by Directive 97/37/EC (OJ L 169, 27.6.1997, p. 74).

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5. Method No 6 is amended as follows:

(a) Points 1, 2 of method No 6 are replaced by the following:

‘1. FIELD OF APPLICATION

This method is applicable, after removal of non-fibrous matter, to binary mixtures of:

1. triacetate (24) or polylactide (33a)

with

2. wool (1), animal hair (2 and 3), silk (4), cotton (5), cupro (21), modal (22), viscose (25), acrylic (26),

polyamide or nylon (30), polyester (34), glass fibre (43) and elastomultiester (45).

Note

Triacetate fibres which have received a finish leading to partial hydrolysis cease to be completely soluble in
the reagent. In such cases, the method is not applicable.

2. PRINCIPLE

The triacetate or polylactide fibres are dissolved out from a known dry mass of the mixture, with dichlor-
omethane. The residue is collected, washed, dried and weighed; its mass, corrected if necessary, is expressed
as a percentage of the dry mass of the mixture. The percentage of dry triacetate or polylactide is found by
difference’.

(b) Point 5 is replaced by the following:

‘5. CALCULATION AND EXPRESSION OF RESULTS

Calculate the results as described in the general instructions. The value of “d” is 1.00, except in the case of
polyester and elastomultiester, for which the value of “d” is 1.01’.

6. Point 1.2 of method No 7 is replaced by the following:

‘2. Polyester (34) and elastomultiester (45)’.

7. Method No 8 is amended as follows:

(a) Point 1.2 is replaced by the following:

‘2. wool (1), animal hair (2 and 3), silk (4), cotton (5), cupro (21), modal (22), viscose (25), polyamide or nylon

(30), polyester (34), and elastomultiester (45)’.

(b) Point 5 is replaced by the following:

‘5. CALCULATION AND EXPRESSION OF RESULTS

Calculate the results as described in the general instructions. The value of “d” is 1,00 except in the following
cases:

wool 1,01

cotton 1,01

cupro 1,01

modal 1,01

polyester 1,01

elastomultiester 1,01’

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8. Point 1.2 of method No 9 is replaced by the following:

‘2. wool (1), animal hair (2 and 3), silk (4), cotton (5), cupro (21), modal (22), viscose (25), acrylic (26), polyamide

or nylon (30), polyester (34), glass fibre (43) and elastomultiester (45)’.

9. Points 1.1 and 1.2 of method No 13 are replaced by the following:

‘1. polypropylene fibres (36)

with

2. wool (1), animal hair (2 and 3), silk (4), cotton (5), acetate (19), cupro (21), modal (22), triacetate (24), viscose

(25), acrylic (26), polyamide or nylon (30), polyester (34), glass fibre (43) and elastomultiester (45)’.

10. Point 1.2 of method No 14 is replaced by the following:

‘2. cotton (5), acetate (19), cupro (21), modal

(22), triacetate (24), viscose (25), certain acrylics (26), certain

modacrylics (29), polyamide or nylon (30), polyester (34) and elastomultiester (45)’.