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Softlines & Leather Monthly Bulletin - October 2021

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EUROPE

 

Standards updates

 

The following table summarises the most recent standard updates and upcoming dates of withdrawal (non-exhaustive):

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SPAIN

 

Guidance for the manufacturing and selection of masks

 

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism has issued updated UNE specifications for hygienic masks. The following is a list of recent publications (in Spanish only)

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U.S.

 

New requirements for recycling claims

 

On 5 October 2021, Californian Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 343 - Environmental advertising: recycling symbol: recyclability: products and packaging. The aim is to provide accurate and useful information about the environmental impact of plastic products.

 

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Standards updates

 

The following table summarises some recent ASTM standards updates.

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CHINA

 

China released GB Standards

 

Recently, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) and the Standardization Administration of the People’s Republic of China (SAC) jointly published announcement no.09 and 12 (in Chinese) of 2021 to approve and release a batch of GB standards, which are closely related to our industries.

 

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INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

Regulatory proposals notified to WTO

 

The table below summarises the most recent notifications made to the World Trade Organization (WTO) (non-exhaustive):

 

Notification number

Countries

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G/TBT/N/AUS/135

Australia

Review of the information standard - Care labelling for clothing and textile products


The ACCC is proposing to make a new information standard for care labelling for clothing and textiles to allow suppliers the option to provide this information through internationally recognised symbols or written words. The proposal would allow suppliers to comply with relevant parts of either of the following voluntary standards: • Australian/New Zealand Standard (AS/NZS 1957:1998 Textiles - Care labelling) • International Standard (ISO 3758-2012 Textiles - Care labelling code using symbols)

G/TBT/N/JPN/710

Japan

Partial Revision to the Textile Goods Quality Labeling Regulation


With regard to terms showing composing fibers names for labeling, to change "アクリル系" which means "In which the mass of acrylonitrile accounts for under 15%" to "モダクリル" which means "Modacrylic".

 

 

PRODUCT RECALLS / ALERTS

 

Below you will find a monthly summary of product recalls and alerts in Europe (Source “RAPEX”) and the U.S. (Source “CPSC”).

 

Europe

 

RAPEX (European Commission Rapid Alert System for dangerous non-food products – Alerts reported by EU national authorities).

 

There following 3 alerts regarding textile & leather products were reported between week 38 and week 41 of 2021.

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U.S.

 

Between 21 September and 20 October 2021, the CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission) published the following recalls: 0 recalls of textile & leather products .

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