Article 1 
This Directive concerns methods for the quantitative analysis of certain binary textile fibre mixtures, including the preparation of test samples and test specimens.
Article 2 
‘Test sample’ means a sample of a suitable size for analysis, taken from laboratory bulk samples in turn taken from a batch of articles for analysis. ‘Test specimen’ means that part of the test sample required to give an individual test result.
Article 3 
Member States shall take all necessary steps to ensure that, in accordance with Directive 96/74/EC, the provisions in Annexes I and II on methods for the quantitative analysis of certain binary textile fibre mixtures, including the preparation of test samples and test specimens, are applied in all official tests to determine the composition of textile products put on the market.
Article 4 
Any laboratory responsible for the testing of binary mixtures for which there is no uniform method of analysis at Community level shall determine the composition of such mixtures by using any valid method at its disposal, indicating in the analysis report the result obtained and, in so far as this is known, the degree of accuracy of the method used.
Article 5 
The Commission shall adapt to technical progress the methods of quantitative analysis provided for in Annex II. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 6(2).
Article 6 
1. The Commission shall be assisted by a Committee for Directives relating to Textile Names and Labelling. 2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5a(1) to (4) and Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.
Article 7 
Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Article 8 
The Directives listed in Annex III, part A, are hereby repealed, without prejudice to the obligations of the Member States concerning the time limits for transposition set out in Annex III, part B. References to the repealed Directives shall be construed as references to this Directive and should be read in accordance with the correlation table set out in Annex IV.
Article 9 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .