PURPOSE: to recast the Directive on textile names.
LEGISLATIVE ACT: Directive 2008/121/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on textile names (recast)
CONTENT: the Council approved, in the interests of clarity, a recast of Directive 96/74/EC on textile names, since it has been substantially amended several times. The Directive has ensured the harmonisation within the EU, since 1996, of the names of textile fibres and the particulars appearing on labels, markings and documents which accompany textile products.
This Directive recasts Directive 96/74/EC in order to incorporate the amendments needed to include the regulatory procedure with scrutiny in the text.
ENTRY INTO FORCE: 12/02/2009.