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<p>The EU legislation <em>Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 – on textile fibre names and
related labelling and marking of the fibre composition of textile products</em>, ensures
consumers are properly protected when purchasing textile products containing ‘non-textile
parts of animal origin’, including fur.</p><p>This requires these products to have
the phrase ‘contains non-textile parts of animal origin’ on the labelling or marking
of the product. The regulation stipulates that the presence of non-textile parts of
animal origin must be clearly labelled or marked in such a way that is not misleading
and that the consumer can easily understand. This enables consumers to make an informed
choice between textile products that contain non-textile parts of animal origin and
those that don’t.</p><p>The Regulation does not require a detailed description of
particular materials or parts, but businesses are free to disclose more details about
the materials used (e.g. cowhide, lambskin etc.) as long as this information is not
false and misleading and consumers can make enquiries with the retailer as to what
the non-textile parts of animal origin are.</p><p>This year, the UK Government is
undertaking a review of the Textile Products (Labelling and Fibre Composition) Regulation
2012/1102, which sets out the enforcement provisions that apply to Regulation 1007/2011.
The UK is obliged to review the enforcement provisions by May 2017. A report will
be laid before Parliament. The legislation is also regularly reviewed by the EU, most
recently in 2013 when the Commission filed its report on Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011.</p><p>The
report is available on the EUR-Lex website:</p><p><a href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52013DC0656"
target="_blank">http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52013DC0656</a></p>
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