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EU ECOLABEL TEXTILE PRODUCTS USER MANUAL
Commission Decision of 5 June 2014 for the award of the EU Ecolabel for textile products (2014/350/EU)
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Definitions
The following definitions shall apply to references throughout this User Manual, and in reference to
the original Criteria document:
(a) 'Textile fibres' means natural fibres, synthetic fibres and man-made cellulose fibres;
(b) 'Natural fibres' means cotton and other natural cellulosic seed fibres, flax and other bast
fibres, wool and other keratin fibres;
(c) 'Synthetic fibres' means acrylic, elastane, polyamide, polyester and polypropylene;
(d) 'Man-made cellulose fibres' means lyocell, modal and viscose.
(e) ‘fibres that contain a recycled content’ means fibres originating from pre-consumer waste
(including polymer and fibre production waste, cuttings from textile and clothing
manufacturers) and post-consumer waste (textile and all kind of fibre and textile products, as
well as non-textile waste including PET drinking bottles and fishing nets).
(f) ‘Fine wool’ means merino wool of ≤23.5 micron in diameter.
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