European Standards developed by CEN and CENELEC set out requirements for textiles and various products that are used by people in their daily lives, including clothes, fashion accessories, shoes and leather goods.
These standards support the implementation of relevant EU legislation, including the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR EU 2023/988) and Regulation (EU) 1007/2011 on textile fibre names and related labelling. Various stakeholders are involved in the TCs’ work including fashion and clothing companies, manufacturers and distributors, consumer representatives, testing laboratories, research institutes and market surveillance authorities.
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Community face coverings
CEN published a new Technical Specification on community face coverings: CEN/TS 17553:2022 ‘Textiles and textile products - Community face coverings - Minimum requirements, methods of testing and use’ based on the CEN Workshop Agreement CWA 17553:2020 ‘Community face coverings - Guide to minimum requirements, methods of testing and use’. The requirements (on design, performance, test methods, packaging, marking and information for use) described in CEN/TS 17553:2022 are applicable to community face coverings made of one or multiple fabric layers (woven, knitted, nonwoven, etc.), with or without film or paper filter in between and/or including a transparent window (known as inclusive CFCs). Read the EN in the Spotlight article to know more.
