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Consultation on a proposed new generic textile fibre name: polyacrylate

30 July 2015

(From ec.europa.eu)

The European Commission is holding this public consultation to seek views from all interested parties on establishing a new generic textile fibre name of polyacrylate.

The results of this public consultation will feed into the Commission’s assessment of the application and, possibly, the adoption of a Delegated Act amending the relevant Annexes of Regulation (EU) No. 1007/2011.

How to submit your contribution

Contributions are made via the online questionnaire. If possible, to reduce translation and processing time, please reply in one of the Commission’s working languages (preferably in English). Contributions may be published on the internet with your name, unless in your response you ask not to.

In the interests of transparency, the Commission asks organisations who wish to submit comments in the context of public consultations to provide the Commission and the public at large with information about whom and what they represent by registering in the Transparency Register and subscribing to its Code of Conduct.

If an organisation decides not to provide this information, it is the Commission's stated policy to list the contribution as part of the individual contributions (Consultation Standards, see COM (2002) 704, and Communication on ETI Follow-up, see COM (2007) 127 of 21 March 2007). If your organisation is not registered, you can register now.

Please read the protection of personal data and specific privacy statement hereafter to see how your personal data and contribution will be dealt with.

Policy field(s)

Internal market: textiles labelling and marking

Target group(s)

Any interested party – business, public, academic, civil society or non-governmental organisations, including private individuals – especially fibre manufacturers and enterprises in the textile and clothing or technical textile sectors

View the questionnaire

Questionnaire

Reference documents

Background information and summary of the technical file are found below

Contact details

Responsible service:

European Commission – Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Unit DG GROW.F4 – Tourism, Emerging and Creative Industries

Email: GROW-F4@ec.europa.eu

Postal address:

European Commission – DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Head of Unit DG GROW.F4 B – 1049 Brussels

View the contributions

The results of this consultation will be taken into consideration for the assessment of the need for a Commission’s Delegated Act amending the relevant Annexes of the Textile Regulation. The results may be summarised and made publicly available after the closing of the consultation period.

Protection of personal data and privacy statement

Protection of personal data

Specific privacy statement

Disclaimer

Please note that this public consultation does not in any way prejudge, or constitute the announcement of any position on the part of the European Commission on the proposed new generic textile fibre name.