MEPS HIJACK TECHNICAL REFORM TO PROPOSE MAJOR RULE OF ORIGIN LABELLING CHANGE
May 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Parliament has hijacked a technical change to European Union (EU) textile labelling rules to propose a comprehensive and mandatory system requiring origin labelling for non-EU textile and knitwear products. Amendments approved by MEPs yesterday (Tuesday May 18) would insist "the country of origin of textile products shall be indicated on the label of these products" and on their packaging before being imported. Labels must use "legible and indelible characters...visible during normal handling, markedly distinct from ...
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