European Communities addressed four concerns
European Communities expressed concerns about a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on textile names and related labelling of textile products. European Communities explained that this proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council lays down rules concerning the use of textile names and related labelling of textile products as well as the rules concerning the quantitative analysis of binary and ternary textile fibre mixtures.
Two other three concerns raised by European Communities were: Draft Commission Directive amending, for the purposes of their adaptation to technical progress, Annexes I and V to Directive 2008/121/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on textile names; Draft Commission Directive amending, for the purposes of its adaptation to technical progress, Annex II to Directive 96/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain methods for quantitative analysis of binary textile fibre mixtures; and Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning trade in seal products.
South America addressed two concerns
Colombia is a country in northwestern South America. Colombia expressed concerns about a Draft Decision establishing the Andean Technical Regulation laying down the operating requirements for establishments engaged in the manufacture of domestic hygiene products and absorbent personal hygiene products. Colombia explained that the notified draft Technical Regulation is comprised of fourteen (14) paragraphs of requirements (personnel, organization, sanitation and hygiene, buildings and facilities, equipment, accessories and tools, maintenance and services, storage and distribution, handling of raw materials and inputs, production, packing and packaging, quality assurance, documentation and records, references, complaints and claims and grounds for product withdrawal) and an annex containing a guide for conducting inspections of establishments which manufacture domestic hygiene products and absorbent personal hygiene products, which sets out the assessment and grading criteria for control and monitoring inspections.
Ecuador is bordered by Colombia on the north. Colombia expressed concerns about a Draft Decision establishing the Andean Technical Regulation laying down the operating requirements for establishments engaged in the manufacture of domestic hygiene products and absorbent personal hygiene products. (The Andean Community is a trade bloc comprising the South American countries of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.)
Table. Notifications submitted by Members on textile & apparel technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures (Jan.-Jun. 2009)
Doc# | Symbol | Title | Date | Country |
1 | | Partial revision of the Ministerial Notification under the Household Goods Quality Labelling Law | 24/06/2009 | Japan |
2 | | Draft amendment to the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (Import Inspection and Clearance) Regulations, 2002 | 26/05/2009 | Uganda |
3 | | Draft Decision establishing the Andean Technical Regulation laying down the operating requirements for establishments engaged in the manufacture of domestic hygiene products and absorbent personal hygiene products | 08/05/2009 | Ecuador |
4 | | Draft Decision establishing the Andean Technical Regulation laying down the operating requirements for establishments engaged in the manufacture of domestic hygiene products and absorbent personal hygiene products | 29/04/2009 | Colombia |
5 | | National Standard of the P.R.C., Direction for Use and Labels for Carpets | 29/04/2009 | China |
6 | | suppl | 29/04/2009 | China |
7 | | Draft Commission Directive amending, for the purposes of its adaptation to technical progress, Annex II to Directive 96/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain methods for quantitative analysis of binary textile fibre mixtures (11 pages, in English). | 01/04/2009 | European Communities |
8 | | Draft Commission Directive amending, for the purposes of their adaptation to technical progress, Annexes I and V to Directive 2008/121/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on textile names. | 01/04/2009 | European Communities |
9 | | Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on textile names and related labelling of textile products (COM(2009) 31 final) | 26/03/2009 | European Communities |
10 | | Proposed Amendment to the Textile Labelling and Advertising Regulations | 23/03/2009 | Canada |
11 | | Technical Regulation on textile fibers names and textile products marking" approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of January 14, 2009 | 23/02/2009 | Ukraine |
12 | | Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning trade in seal products (COM(2008) 469 final) (8 pages; Annexes: 3 pages, in English, French and Spanish). | 11/02/2009 | European Communities |
13 | | Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety: Particular requirements for sewing machines (7 pages in Hebrew and 33 pages in English and French). | 17/02/2009 | Israel |
