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These Regulations may be cited as the Textile Products (Indications of Fibre Content) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 and shall come into force on 1st April 2009.
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(1) The Textile Products (Indications of Fibre Content) Regulations 1986 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 4(1)—
(a) omit the definition “Directive 96/74/EC”;
(b) after the definition of “the Act of 1968” insert—““Directive 2008/121/EC” means Directive 2008/121/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 January 2009 on textile names (recast);”;
(c) for the definition of “Annex 1” substitute ““Annex I” means Annex I (Table of textile fibres) to Directive 2008/121/EC;”;
(d) omit the definition “Annex II”; and
(e) after the definition of “Annex I” insert —““Annex V” means “Annex V (Agreed allowances used to calculate the mass of fibres contained in a textile product) to Directive 2008/121/EC;”.
(3) In regulation 4(4) for “Annex II” substitute “Annex V”.
(4) In regulation 8 for “Column 1 of Schedule 2” substitute “the column headed “Name” in Annex I”.
(5) In Schedule 1 paragraph 7(3) for “Annex II” substitute “Annex V.”
Gareth Thomas
Minister for Trade and Consumer Affairs
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
6th March 2009