Textile fibres

 

Table of textile fibres on the base of Directive 96/74/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996.

 
Nos
Name
Fibre description
1
wool (1)
Fibre from sheep's or lambs' fleeces
(Ovis aries)
2
alpaca, llama, cammel, kashmir, mohair, angora, vicuna, yak, guanaco, beaver, otter, followed or not by the name 'wool' or 'hair' (1)
Hair of the following animals: alpaca, llama, cammel, kashmir goat, angora goat, angora rabbit, vicuna, yak, guanaco, beaver, otter
3
animal or horsehair, with or without an indication of the kind of animal (e.g. cattle hair, common goat hair, horsehair)
Hair of the various animals not mentioned under 1 or 2
4
silk
Fibre obtained exclusively from silk-secreting insects
5
cotton
Fibre obtained from the bolls of the cotton plant
6
kapok
Fibre obtained from the inside of the kapok fruit
(Ceiba pentandra)
7
flax
Fibre obtained from the bast of the flax plant
(Linum usitatissimum)
8
true hemp
Fibre obtained from the bast of hemp (Cannabis sativa)
9
jute
Fibre obtained from the bast of Corchorus olitorius and of Corchorus capsularis. For the purposes of this Directive, bast fibres obtained from the following species shall be treated in the same way as jute: Hibiscus cannabinus, Hibiscus sabdariffa, Abultilon avicennae, Urena lobata, Urena sinuata
10
abaca (Manila hemp)
Fibre obtained from the sheating leaf of Musa textilis
11
alfa
Fibre obtained from the leaves of Stipa tenacissima
12
coir (coconut)
Fibre obtained from the fruit of Cocos nucifera
13
broom
Fibre obtained from the bast of Cytisus scoparius and/or Spartium junceum
14
ramie
Fibre obtained from the bast of Bohemeria nivea and Bohemeria tenacissima
15
sisal
Fibre obtained from the leaves of Agave sisalana
16
Sunn
Fibre from the bast of Crotalaria juncea
17
Henequen
Fibre from the bast of Agave Fourcroydes
18
Maguey
Fibre from the bast of Agave Cantala
19
acetate
Cellulose acetate fibre wherein less than 92% but at least 74% of hydroxyl groups are acetylated
20
alginate
Fibre obtained from metallic salts of alginic acid
21
cupro
(cuprammonium rayon)
Regenerated cellulose fibre obtained by the cuprammonium process
22
modal
A fibre of regenerated cellulose having a high breaking force and high wet modulus. The breaking force (BC) in the conditioned state and the force (BM) required to produce an elongation of 5% in the wet state are:
BC (centinewton)>=1,3 sqr(T) + 2T
BM (centinewton) >= 0,5 sqr(T)
where T is the mean linear density in decitex
23
protein (1)
Fibre obtained from natural protein substances regenerated and stabilized through the action of chemical agents
24
triacetate
Cellulose acetate fibre wherein at least 92% of the hydroxyl groups are acetylated
25
viscose
Regenerated cellulose fibre obtained by the viscose process for filament and discontinuos fibre
26
acrylic (1)
Fibre formed of linear macromolecules comprising at least 85% (by mass) in the chain of the acrylonitrilic pattern
27
chlorofibre
Fibre formed of linear macromolecules having in their chain more than 50% by mass of chlorinated vinyl or chlorinated vinylidene monomeric units
28
fluorofibre
Fibre formed of linear macromolecules made from fluorocarbon aliphatic monomers
29
modacrylic (2)
Fibre formed of linear macromolecules having in their chain more than 50% and less than 85% (by mass) of the acrylonitrilic pattern
30
polyamide or nylon (2)
Fibre formed of linear macromolecules having in their chain the recurring amide functional group
31
polyester
Fibre formed of linear macromolecules having in their chain at least 85% (by mass) of an ester of a diol and terephthalic acid
32
polyethylene (2)
Fibre formed of un-substituted aliphatic saturated hydrocarbon linear macromolecules
33
polypropylene (2)
Fibre formed of an aliphatic saturated hydrocarbon linear macromolecule where one carbon atom in two carriers a methyl side chain in an isotactic disposition and without further substituition
34
polycarbamide (2)
Fibre formed of linear macromolecules having in their chain the recurring ureylene (NH-CO-NH) functional group
35
polyurethane (2)
Fibre formed of linear macromolecules composed of chains with the recurring urethane finctional group
36
vinylal (m)
Fibre formed of linear macromolecules whose chain is constituted by poly(vinyl alcohol) with differing levels of acetilization
37
trivinyl (2)
Fibre formed of acrylonitrile terpolymer, a chlorinated vynil monomer and a third vinyl monomer, none of which represents as much as 50% of the total mass
38
elastodiene (2)
Elastofibre composed of natural or synthetic polyisoprene, or composed of one or more dienes polymerized with or without one or more vinyl monomers, and which, when stretched to three times its original length and released, recovers rapidly and substantially to its initial length
39
elastane
Elastofibre composed of at least 85% (by mass) of a segmented polyurethane, and which, when stretched to three times its original length and released, recovers rapidly and substantially to its initial length
40
glass fibre
Fibre made of glass
41
name corresponding to the material of which the fibres are composed, e.g. metal (metallic, metallized), asbestos, paper, followed or not by the word 'yarn' or 'fibre'
Fibres obtained from miscellaneous or new materials not listed above

(1) The name 'wool' in item 1 of this Annex may also be used to indicate a mixture of fibres from sheep's or lambs' fleeces and the hairs listed in the third column of item 2. This provision is applicable to the textile products listed in Articles 4 and 5 and to those referred to in Article 6, provided that the latter are partly composed of the fibres listed in items 1 and 2. (2) The 'word' fibre is understood.