44. Regulation of the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Labour, amending the textile labelling regulation 1993

On the basis of § 32 of the Federal Act against the Unfair Competition 1984, BGBl. No 448, as last amended by the Federal Law BGBl. I No 106/2006, shall be ordered:

The Textile Labelling Regulation 1993-TKV, BGBl. No 890/1993, as last amended by the BGBl Regulation. II No 41/2007, shall be amended as follows:

1. § 6 together with headline reads:

" Reference to Community law

§ 6. This Regulation implements the labelling requirements laid down in the following Directives into Austrian law:

1.		Directive 2004 /34/EC adapting to technical progress Annexes I and II to Directive 96 /74/EC on the designation of textile products, OJ L 206, 22.7.2004, p. No. OJ L 89 of 26.03.2004 p. 35
2.		Directive 2006 /2/EC adapting to technical progress Annex II to Directive 96 /73/EC relating to certain methods for the quantitative analysis of binary textile fibre mixtures, OJ L 206, 22.7.2006, p. No. OJ L 5, 10.01.2006 p. 10
3.		Directive 2006 /3/EC adapting to technical progress Annexes I and II to Directive 96 /74/EC on the designation of textile products, OJ L 175, 5.7.2006, p. No. OJ L 5, 10.01.2006 p. 14
4.		Directive 2007 /3/EC adapting to technical progress Annexes I and II to Directive 96 /74/EC on the designation of textile products, OJ L 206, 22.7.2007, p. No. OJ L 28, 03.02.2007 p.
5.		Directive 2007 /4/EC adapting to technical progress Annex II to Directive 96 /73/EC on certain methods for the quantitative analysis of binary textile fibre mixtures, OJ L 206, 22.7.2007, p. No. OJ L 28, 03.02.2007, p. 14

2. In accordance with § 6, the following § 7 shall be added together with the heading:

" Transitional provisions

§ 7. Textile products which, in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation, shall be replaced by the Regulation BGBl until the end of 1 February 2008. II No 41/2007, which have been placed on the market, may be sold or released until the stocks are dismantled. "

3. In Appendix 2, in Z 39 at the end of the sentence, the following Z 40 is added:

" 40.		" Elastolefin "
		for fibres of at least 95% by weight of macromolecules, in part cross-linked, composed of ethylene and at least one other olefin, and which, under the action of a tensile force, is extended by a length of one and a half times the original length, after Discharge immediately return almost to their starting position. "

4. In Annex 3, the following Z 40 shall be added after Z 39:

		" 40 Elastolefin ........................................ 1.50 "

5. In Appendix 6 " 1. General Part " Subsection " I.3. Required Material " shall be "I.3.2.3 Distilled or deionized water" the following phrase is inserted:

" I.3.2.4. Acetone

I.3.2.5.				Orthophosphoric acid
I.3.2.6.				Urea
I.3.2.7.				Sodium bicarbonate "

6. In Appendix 6 " 1. General Part " Subsection " I.6. Pre-treatment of the preliminary sample * 2) " the following fifth and sixth sentence shall be inserted:

" With elastofelin or fibre mixtures containing elastolefin and other fibres (wool, animal hair, silk, cotton, flax, hemp, jute, manila, alfa, coconut, ginster, ramie, sisal, cupro, modal, regenerated protein fibres, viscose, polyacryl, polyamide or nylon, polyester, elastomultiester), the process described above should be slightly modified so that petroleum ether is replaced by acetone.

In the case of binary mixtures containing elastolefin and acetate, the following pretreatment is to be carried out: The sample is extracted for 10 minutes at 80 ° C. with a solution containing 25 g/l of 50% strength orthophosphoric acid and 50 g/l of urea, Liquor ratio 1:100. The sample is washed in water, after which it is allowed to drip off and washed in a 0.1% sodium bicarbonate solution and finally cautiously in water. "

7. Annex 6 Section " 2. Single Method Summary Table Including Heading is:

" 2. SINGLE PROCEDURE-SUMMARY TABLE

Procedure	Scope		Reagent
	Soluble constituent	Insoluble constituent
No. 1	Acetate	Certain other fibres	Acetone
No. 2	Certain protein fibres	Certain other fibres	Hypochlorite
No. 3	Cupro, viscose and certain types of Modal	Cotton or Elastolefin	Formic Acid Zinc Chloride
No. 4	polyamide or nylon	Certain other fibres	80% formic acid
No. 5	Acetate	Triacetate or Elastolefin	Benzyl alcohol
No. 6	Triacetate or polylactide	Certain other fibres	Dichloromethane
No. 7	Certain cellulose fibres	Polyester, elastomultiester or elastolefin	Sulphuric acid 75%
No. 8	Polyacrylic fibres, certain modacrylics or certain polychloride fibres	Certain other fibres	Dimethylformamide
No. 9	Certain chlorofibres	Certain other fibres	Carbon sulphide/acetone (55 ,5/44, 5)
No. 10	Acetate	Certain polychloride fibres or elastolefin	Glacial acetic acid
No. 11	Silk	wool, animal hair or elastolefin	Sulphuric acid 75%
No. 12	Jute	Certain fibres of animal origin	Nitrogen Determination Procedure
No. 13	Polypropylene	Certain other fibres	Xylene
No. 14	Polychloride fibres (on a homopolymer basis of vinyl chloride) or elastolefin	Certain other fibres	Concentrated sulfuric acid
No. 15	Polychloride fibres, certain modacrylics, certain elastanes, acetates, triacetates	Certain other fibres	Cyclohexanone "

8. In Appendix 6 Procedure No. 1 Section " 1. Scope " Z 2 is the expression "and elastomultiester (39)" by the expression " , elastomultiester (39) and elastolefin (40) " replaced.

9. Annex 6 Procedure No. 2 " 1. Scope " Z 2 is:

" 2.		cotton (5), cupro (18), viscose (22), polyacryl (23), polychloride (24), polyamide and nylon (27), polyester (28), polypropylene (30), elastane (36), glass fibres (37), elastomultiester (39) and elastolefin (40).

If there are different protein fibres, the process shall supply the total amount thereof, but not the percentages. "

10. In Annex 6 Procedure No 3 " 1. Scope " Z 2 is the expression "Cotton (5)." by the expression, "Cotton (5) and Elastolefin (40)." replaced.

11. Annex 6 Procedure No 3 " 5. Calculation and presentation of results " Second The record is:

"The correction factor" d "for cotton is 1.02, that for elastolefin 1.00."

12. Annex 6 Procedure No 4 Section " 1. Scope " Z 2 is:

" 2.		wool (1), animal hair (2 and 3), cotton (5), cupro (18), modal (19), viscose (22), polyacryl (23), polychloride (24), polyester (28), polypropylene (30), glass fibres (37), elastomultiester (39) and elastolefin (40).

The process is as described above for wool-containing mixtures, but in the case of a wool content of more than 25%, process No. 2 is to be used, d. h. Dissolution of the wool in an alkaline sodium hypochlorite solution. "

13. Annex 6 Procedure No 5 " 1. Scope " Z 2 the expression "Triacetate fibres (21)." by the expression, "Triacetate fibres (21) and Elastolefin (40)." replaced.

14. In Annex 6 Procedure No. 6 " 1. Scope " Z 2 is the expression "and elastomultiester (39)." by the expression " , elastomultiester (39) and elastolefin (40). " replaced.

15. In Appendix 6, Procedure No. 6 " 5. Calculation and presentation of results " the expression "and elastomultiester" by the expression " , elastomuester and elastolefin " replaced.

16. Annex 6 Procedure No. 7 " 1. Scope " Z 2 is:

" 2.		Polyester (28), elastomultiester (39) and elastolefin (40). "

17. Annex 6 Procedure No 8 " 1. Scope " Z 2 is the expression "and elastomultiester (39)" by the expression " , elastomultiester (39) and elastolefin (40) " replaced.

18. Annex 6 Procedure No 10 " 1. Scope " Z 2 is:

" 2.		certain chlorofibres (24), namely polyvinyl chloride fibres, also post-chlorinated, as well as elastolefin (40). "

19. Annex 6 Procedure No 11 " 1. Scope " Z 2 is:

" 2.		wool (1), animal hairs (2 and 3) and elastolefin (40). "

20. Annex 6 Procedure No 11 " 5. Calculation and presentation of results " and headline is:

" 5.		CALCULATION AND PRESENTATION OF RESULTS

The results are calculated in the manner described in general. The factor "d" has a value of 0.985 for wool and the value for elastolefin has 1.00. "

21. Annex 6 Procedure No 14 " 1. Scope " Z 1 is:

" 1.		Polychloride fibres (24) based on homopolymers of vinyl chloride (post-chlorinated or not), and elastolefin (40) with "

22. Annex 6 Procedure No 14 " 2. Basis of the procedure " Second sentence reads:

"The residue consisting of polychloride fibre or elastolefin is collected, washed, dried and weighed; its mass, corrected if necessary, is expressed as a percentage of the dry mass of the mixture."

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