TEXTILE LABELLING

Designation Description of the fiber
1 Wool Fiber from the fleece of sheep (Ovis aries) or a mixture of fibers from sheep shearing and from hair of the animals mentioned under number 2
2 Alpaca, llama, camel, cashmere, mohair, angora (rabbit), vicuña, yak, guanaco, kashgora, beaver, otter, with or without the additional designation "wool" or "animal hair" Hair from the following animals: alpaca, llama, camel, cashmere goat, Angora goat, Angora rabbit, vicuña, yak, guanaco, Kashmiri goat, beaver, otter
3 Animal hair, with or without specification of the animal species (e.g. cattle hair, domestic goat hair, horsehair) Hair from various animals, insofar as these are not mentioned under numbers 1 and 2.
4 silk Fiber obtained exclusively from the cocoons of silk-spinning insects
5 Cotton Fiber from the seeds of the cotton plant (Gossypium)
6 kapok Fiber from the inside of the kapok fruit (Ceiba pentandra)
7 flax or linen Bast fiber from the stems of flax (Linum usitatissimum)
8 hemp Bast fiber from the stems of hemp (Cannabis sativa)
9 jute Bast fiber from the stems of Corchorus olitorius and Corchorus capsulatis. For the purposes of this regulation, the following are considered equivalent to jute: fibers from Hibiscus cannabinus, Hibiscus sabdariffa, Abutilon avicennae, Urena lobata, and Urena sinuata.
10 Manila Fiber from the leaf sheaths of Musa textiles
11 Alfa Fiber from the leaves of Stipa tenacissima
12 coconut Fiber from the fruit of Cocos nucifera
13 broom Bast fiber from the stems of Cytisus scopari-us and/or Spartium junceum
14 ramie Fiber from the bast of Boehmeria nivea and Boehmeria tenacissima
15 Sisal Fiber from the leaves of the Agave sisalana
16 Sunn Fiber from the bast of Crotalaria juncea
17 Henequen Fiber from the bast of the Agave fourcroydes
18 Maguey Fiber from the bast of the Agave cantala
19 acetate Fiber made of cellulose acetate with less than 92% but at least 74% acetylated hydroxyl groups
20 Alginate Fiber made from the metal salts of alginic acid
21 Cupro Regenerated cellulose fiber produced using the copper-ammonia process
22 Modal Regenerated cellulose fiber produced using a modified viscose process, exhibiting high tensile strength and high modulus in the wet state. The tensile strength (BC) in the opened state and the force (BM) required to achieve 5% elongation in the wet state are as follows:
BC (centinewton) ≥ 1.3 √ T + 2 T
BM (centinewton) ≥ 0.5 √ T
where T is the mean length-related mass in decitex.
23 Regenerated protein fiber Fiber made from regenerated protein stabilized by chemical agents
24 Triacetat Fiber made from cellulose acetate in which at least 92% of the hydroxyl groups are acetylated.
25 viscose Regenerated cellulose fiber produced using the viscose process for continuous filaments and spun fibers
26 Polyacrylic (the regulation published in the Official Journal of the EU refers to it as "silk" - this is surely an editorial oversight that will be corrected). Fiber made of linear macromolecules whose chain is composed of at least 85% by weight acrylonitrile
27 Polychlorid Fiber made of linear macromolecules whose chain consists of more than 50% by weight of chlorinated olefin (e.g., vinyl chloride, vinylidene chloride)
28 Fluorofibre Fiber made of linear macromolecules derived from aliphatic fluorocarbon monomers
29 Modacryl Fiber made of linear macromolecules whose chain is composed of more than 50 and less than 85 percent acrylonitrile by weight.
30 Polyamide or nylon Fiber made of synthetic linear macromolecules whose chain has repeating amide bonds, of which at least 85% are anlinear aliphatic or cycloaliphatic units.
31 Aramid Fibers made of linear synthetic macromolecules with aromatic groups, the chain of which consists of amide or imide bonds, of which at least 85% are directly bonded to two aromatic cores and whose imide bonds, if present, must not exceed the number of amide bonds.
32 Polyimid Fiber made of synthetic linear macromolecules whose chain has repeating imide units
33 Lyocell Regenerated cellulose fiber produced by dissolution and spinning processes in an organic solvent (mixture of organic chemicals and water) without the formation of derivatives
34 polylactide Fiber made of linear macromolecules whose chain consists of at least 85% by mass of lactic acid ester units obtained from naturally occurring sugars, and whose melting point is at least 135 °C
35 polyester Fiber made of linear macromolecules, the chain of which consists of at least 85% by weight of the ester of a diol with terephthalic acid.
36 Polyethylen Fiber made of saturated linear macromolecules of unsubstituted aliphatic hydrocarbons
37 Polypropylen Fiber made of linear saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons in which every second carbon atom carries a methyl group in an isotactic arrangement, without further substitution
38 Polyurea Fiber made of linear macromolecules whose chain exhibits a recurrence of the functional urea group (NH-CO-NH).
39 Polyurethan Fiber made of linear macromolecules whose chain exhibits a recurrence of the functional urethane groups
40 Vinylal Fiber made of linear macromolecules whose chain is composed of polyvinyl alcohol with a variable degree of acetalization.
41 Trvinyl Fiber made of three different vinyl monomers, consisting of acrylonitrile, a chlorinated vinyl monomer and a third vinyl monomer, none of which constitutes 50% by weight.
42 Elastodien Elastic fiber consisting of natural or synthetic polyisoprene, either of one or more polymerized dienes, with or without one or more vinyl monomers, and which, when stretched to three times its original length under tensile stress, immediately returns almost to its original position after the stress is released.
43 Elastane Elastic fiber consisting of at least 85% by weight of segmented polyurethane, which, when stretched to three times its original length under tensile stress, immediately returns almost to its original position after the stress is released.
44 fiber optics Fiber made of glass
45 Elastomultiester Fiber formed by the interaction of two or more chemically distinct linear macromolecules in two or more different phases (none of which exceeds 85% by weight), containing ester groups as its main functional unit (at least 85%), and which, after suitable treatment, can be stretched to one and a half times its original length and immediately returns almost to its original position after unloading.
46 Elastolefin For fibers made of at least 95% by weight of macromolecules, partly cross-linked, composed of ethylene and at least one other olefin, and which, when stretched by one and a half times their original length under the influence of a tensile force, immediately return almost to their original position after the force is released.
47 melamine Fiber composed of at least 85% by weight of cross-linked macromolecules made up of melamine derivatives
48 The name corresponds to the material from which the fibers are composed, e.g., metal (metallic, metallized), asbestos, paper, with or without the addition of "fiber" or "yarn". Fibers made from various or novel materials not listed above