Volume 8,Issue 8
Comparative Analysis of Technical Regulations for Textiles in Major Global Markets
This paper comparatively analyzes the major differences in technical requirements between GB 18401—2010 National General Safety Technical Code for Textile Products and relevant technical regulations in the EU and US markets.
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[2] Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration, 1953, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 16 — Commercial Practices, Parts 1610, 1611, 1615, 1616. Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
[3] Standards Press of China, 2009, GB/T 7573-2009 Textiles — Determination of pH of Aqueous Extracts. Standards Press of China, Beijing.
[4] Standards Press of China, 2013, GB/T 5713-2013 Textiles — Tests for Color Fastness — Color Fastness to Water. Standards Press of China, Beijing.
[5] Standards Press of China, 2013, GB/T 3922-2013 Test Method for Color Fastness to Perspiration. Standards Press of China, Beijing.
[6] Standards Press of China, 2008, GB/T 3920-2008 Textiles — Tests for Color Fastness — Color Fastness to Rubbing. Standards Press of China, Beijing.
[7] European Union, 2006, Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH). Official Journal of the European Union.
[8] Standards Press of China, 2009, GB/T 2912.1-2009 Textiles — Determination of Formaldehyde — Part 1: Free and Hydrolysed Formaldehyde (Water Extraction Method). Standards Press of China, Beijing, 2009.
[9] International Organization for Standardization, 2011, ISO 14184-1:2011 Textiles — Determination of Formaldehyde — Part 1: Free and Hydrolysed Formaldehyde (Water Extraction Method). ISO, Geneva.
[10] China Standards Press, 2024, GB/T 17592-2024 Textiles—Determination of banned azo dyes. China Standards Press, Beijing.
[11] European Union, 2011, Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2011 on Textile Fibre Names and Related Labelling and Marking of the Fibre Composition of Textile Products and Repealing Council Directive 73/44/EEC and Directives 96/73/EC and 2008/121/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Official Journal of the European Union, L 272, 18 October 2011, pp. 1–20.
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[13] European Union, 2019, Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on persistent organic pollutants (recast), Official Journal of the European Union, L 169, 25 June 2019, pp. 45–77.
[14] County of San Francisco v. Philip Morris USA, Inc., Cal. Super. Ct. Case No. CGC-10-497729 (Consolidated with CGC-10-498981).
[15] Consumer Goods Ordinance (Bedarfsgegenständeverordnung, BedGgstV), as Promulgated on 23 December 1997 (BGBl. I 1998, p. 5), last Amended by Article 1 of the Ordinance of 3 April 2024 (BGBl. 2024 I No. 114), Section 17, Appendix 5.