Fleece wool and shearing wool products

The names listed in Annex 3 of the Regulation can be used to describe a mixture of wool in textile fibre content if products meet the stated conditions.

Multi fibre textile products

1) Textile product shall be labeled or marked with the name and percentage by weight of all constituent fibres in descending order.

2) Fibres which account for up to 5% of the total weight of the textile product, or fibres which collectively account for up to 15% of the total weight of the textile product, where they cannot easily be stated at production stage, may be designated by the term “other fibres”,immediately preceded or followed by their total percentage by weight.

3) Products comprising a pure cotton warp or a pure flax weft, in which the percentage of flax accounts for at least 40% of the total weight of the unsized fabric may be given the name "cotton linen union” which must be accompanied by the composition specification “pure cotton warp – pure flax weft”.

4) Without prejudice to the provisions, for textile products which are difficult to determine the composition of the production process, the label or marking “mixed fibres” or “unspecified textile composition” can be used.

Decorative fibres and antistatic effect fibres

Visible, isolatable fibres which are purely decorative and do not exceed 7% of the weight of the finished product and metallic fibres and other fibres which are incorporated in order to obtain an anti‐static effect and which do not exceed 2% of the weight of the finished product need not be mentioned in the fibre composition.

Multi‐component textile products

1) Any textile product containing two or more textile components which have different textile fibre contents shall bear a label or marking stating the textile fibre content of each component.

2) Where two or more textile products have the same fibre content and normally from a single unit, they may bear only one label or marking.

3) Textile products comprising non‐textile parts of animal origin

4) Any use of animal‐derived materials will have to be clearly stated on textile products “Contains non‐textile parts of animal origin”

Allowances

1) The presence of extraneous fibre is tolerated, up to 5% of the total weight in the case of products which have undergone a carding process and 2% in other cases.

2) A manufacturing tolerance of 3% in relation to the total weight of fibres is permitted between the percentage stated on the label and the percentage obtained from analysis.

The Turkish Ministry of Customs and Trade will carry out the inspection and supervision of the textile products in accordance with the Market Surveillance and Inspection Regulation published in the Turkish Official Journal, No. 29028, dated 12 June 2014.Non‐compliance with the Regulation may result in an administrative fine in the range of 2,000 to 5,000 Turkish Liras.