
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 the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.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.
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 twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 4 
This Directive is addressed to the Members States.
Done at Brussels, 6 January 2006.
For the Commission
Günter VERHEUGEN
Vice-President
ANNEX

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

1.. The special methods — Summary Table is replaced by the following:
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2.Methods Field of application Reagent
No 1 Acetate Certain other fibres Acetone
No 2 Certain protein fibres Certain other fibres Hypochlorite
No 3 Viscose, cupro or certain types of modal Cotton Formic acid and zinc chloride
No 4 Polyamide or nylon Certain other fibres Formic acid, 80 % m/m
No 5 Acetate Triacetate Benzyl alcohol
No 6 Triacetate or polylactide Certain other fibres Dichloromethane
No 7 Certain cellulose fibres Polyester or elastomultiester Sulphuric acid, 75 % m/m
No 8 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 Acetate Certain chlorofibres Glacial acetic acid
No 11 Silk Wool or hair Sulphuric acid, 75 % m/m
No 12 Jute Certain animal fibres Nitrogen content method
No 13 Polypropylene Certain other fibres Xylene
No 14 Certain other fibres Chlorofibres (homopolymers of vinyl chloride) Concentrated sulphuric acid method
No 15 Chlorofibres, certain modacrylics, certain elastanes, acetates, triacetates Certain other fibres Cyclohexanone'
2.. Point 1.2 of method No 1 is replaced by the following:
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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:
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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:
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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)'.
5.. Method No 6 is amended as follows:

((a)) Points 1, 2 of method No 6 are replaced by the following:
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1. 
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).
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. 
The triacetate or polylactide fibres are dissolved out from a known dry mass of the mixture, with dichloromethane. 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
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((b)) Point 5 is replaced by the following:
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5. 
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
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6.. Point 1.2 of method No 7 is replaced by the following:
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2.. Polyester (34) and elastomultiester (45)'.
7.. Method No 8 is amended as follows:

((a)) Point 1.2 is replaced by the following:
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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:
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5. 
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:
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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:
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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:
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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)'.
