Activities of Emma McCLARKIN related to 2009/0006(COD)
Shadow reports (1)
RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on textile fibre names and related labelling and marking of fibre composition of textile products and repealing Council Directive 73/44/EEC, Directive 96/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive 2008/121/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council PDF (270 KB) DOC (369 KB)
Amendments (16)
Amendment 35 #
Council position
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) It is necessary to lay down methods for the sampling and analysis of textile products in order to exclude any possibility of objections to the methods used. The methods used for official tests carried out in the Member States to determine the fibre composition of textile products composed of binary and ternary fibre mixtures should be uniform, as regards both the pre- treatment of the sample and its quantitative analysis. It is appropriate that the methods set out to that end in this Regulationn order to simplify this Regulation and adapt the uniform methods set out therein to technical progress, it is appropriate that those methods be turned into harmonisedEuropean standards. Therefore, the Commission should manage the transition from the current system, which is based on the methods set out in this Regulation, to a harmonisedEuropean standard- based system. The use of uniform methods of analysis of textile products composed of binary and ternary fibre mixtures will facilitate the free movement of those products, and thereby improve the functioning of the internal market.
Amendment 36 #
Council position
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) It is necessary that a manufacturer, or any person acting on his behalf, who wishes to add a new textile fibre name to the Annexes of this Regulation, include in the technical file to be submitted with his application all available scientific information concerning possible allergenic reactions to those chemical substances used to treat the textile fibre or other adverse effects on human health, including results of tests conducted to that effect in compliance with relevant Union legislation.
Amendment 38 #
Council position
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. This Regulation shall not apply to textile products which are contracted out to persons working inmade up by self- employed tailors who work from their own homes, or torun independent firms that make up work from materials supplied without the property therein being transferred for consideration.
Amendment 39 #
Council position
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The labelling and marking of textile products shall be durable, easily legible throughout the product's normal or reasonably foreseeable period of use, visible and accessible and, in the case of a label, securely attached. In this regard the Commission shall investigate the establishment of a European standard to specify the provisions laid down in the second subparagraph, in order for economic operators to be unmistakably in compliance with those provisions.
Amendment 40 #
Council position
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraphs 2 a and 2 b (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraphs 2 a and 2 b (new)
Where appropriate, the textile fibre names indicated on the label or marking may be replaced by, or combined with, intelligible language-independent codes. In this regard the Commission shall conduct a thorough feasibility study followed by impact assessment of any such proposal, involving all stakeholders, including industry organisations.
Amendment 42 #
Council position
Article 24 a (new)
Article 24 a (new)
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) It is necessary to lay down methods for the sampling and analysis of textile products in order to exclude any possibility of objections to the methods used. The methods used for official tests carried out in the Member States to determine the fibre composition of textile products composed of binary and ternary mixtures should be uniform, as regards both the pre-treatment of the sample and its quantitative analysis; therefore this Regulation should lay down uniform methods of analysis for most of the textile products composed of binary and ternary mixtures that are on the market. As a means to simplify the implementation of this Regulation, Annex VIII should be replaced by harmonised standards as defined in the context of the European Standard-based system.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 b (new)
Recital 19 b (new)
(19b) This Regulation is limited to rules concerning the harmonisation of textile fibre names and the labelling of the fibre composition of textile products. In order, however, to provide a comprehensive review of the state of textile labelling in the internal market, and in order to keep pace with the development of electronic commerce and future challenges in the market of textile products, the Commission should submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council regarding possible new labelling requirements, with a view to facilitating the free movement of textile products in the internal market and achieve throughout the Union a high level of consumer protection. The report should be based on an extended consultation with all stakeholders and a thorough impact assessment, and may, where appropriate, be accompanied by legislative proposals.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1
Article 1
This Regulation lays down rules concerning the use of textile names and relatedfibre names, the labelling of textile products as well as the rules concerning the quantitative analysis of binary and ternary textile fibre mixturend the determination of the fibre composition of textile products by standard methods of quantitative analysis, with a view to improving their free circulation in the internal market and providing accurate information to consumers.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Textile products shall be labelled or marked whenever they are put on the markewhenever they are made available on the market. The label shall be affixed to the textile product in a way that is easily accessible and visible for the consumer. During the products' reasonable period of use, the label shall remain legible. The labelling and the way in which it is affixed shall not cause the consumer excessive discomfort when wearing a textile product. However, the labels or markling may be replaced or supplemented by accompanying commercial documents when the products are not being offered for sale to the end consumersupplied to economic operators within the supply chain, or when they are delivered in performance of an order placed by the State or by some other legal person governed by public lawany contracting authority as defined by Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts1. The names and descriptions referred to in Articles 5, 7, 8 and 9 of this Regulation shall be clearly indicated in such accompanying commercial documents. Abbreviations may be used provided that the fibre abbreviation is defined in an international standard² and is explained in the same commercial document. _______ 1 OJ L 134, 30.4.2004, p. 114. ² ISO 2076 on textile fibres' abbreviations.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. The names and descripWhen making a textile product available on the market, the names and fibre compositions referred to in Articles 5, 7, 8 and 9 shall be indicated in catalogues and trade literature, on packaging, labels and marking in clear, and on labelling in a manner that is easily accessible, visible and legible and in uniform print when textile products are offered for sale. That information shall be readily available to the consumer before the purchase, including in cases where the purchase is made by electronic means.
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
4. The labelling and marking shall be available in the language orany official languages of the Member State on which territory the textile products are offered for sale or are sold to the end consumer if it is required by legislation of that Member StatUnion which is easily understood by the end consumer in the Member State in which the textile products are made available.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
In the case of bobbins, reels, skeins, balls or other small quantity of sewing, mending and embroidery yarns, the first subparagraph shall apply to the inclusive labelling referred to in Article 15(3). Individual items may be labelled in any one of the Community languagesWhere such products are individually sold to the end user, they may be labelled in any of the official languages of the Union, provided they also have an inclusive labelling.
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 a (new)
Article 20 a (new)
Article 20a Review 1. By ...*, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council regarding possible labelling requirements to be introduced at Union level with a view to facilitating the free movement of textile products in the internal market and achieve throughout the Union a high level of consumer protection. The report shall be based on an extended consultation of all stakeholders and a thorough impact assessment, and may, where appropriate, be accompanied by legislative proposals. 2. The report shall examine consumer views with regard to the minimum amount of information to be supplied on the label of textile products. The report shall cover issues such as the flammability performance of textile products and the indication of any potentially allergenic or hazardous substance used in the manufacture or processing of textile products. The report may also investigate other areas of textile product labelling if they assist in the harmonisation process and add value to the consumer. 3. By ...*, the Commission shall carry out a study to assess whether substances used in the manufacture or processing of textile products may represent a hazard to human health. That study shall evaluate in particular whether there is a causal link between allergic reactions and synthetic fibres, colourings, biocides, preservatives or nanoparticles used in textile products. The study shall be based on scientific evidence and shall take into account the results of market surveillance activities. On the basis of the study, the Commission may, where justified, present legislative proposals with a view to prohibit or restrict the use of potentially hazardous substances used in textile products, in compliance with relevant EU legislation. ___________ * Three years from the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21
Article 21
By [DATE = 5 years from the entry into force of this Regulation] at the latest, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the implementation of this Regulation, with an emphasis on the requests and adoption of new fibre names and submit, where justified, a legislative proposal.
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 a (new)
Article 21 a (new)
Article 21a Transitional provision Textile products which are in compliance with the provisions of Directive 2008/121/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 January 2009 on textile names (recast)1 and were placed on the market before [6 months after entry into force] may continue to be placed on the market until …* ___________ 1 OJ L 19, 23.1.2009, p. 29. * Three years from the date of entry into force of this Regulation.