This Technical Report specifies environmental and health recommendations for textile products (including accessories) with direct skin contact and in the proximity of the human body.

This Technical Report facilitates the understanding of chemicals with intended uses in the manufacturing of goods in the fields of textile products intended to clothing, interior textiles and upholstery, to comply with the European chemical regulations and recommendations in force in EU.

WARNING —

This Technical Report is not intended to substitute the existing regulations. The reader is requested to check the current existing regulation.

By suggesting that the textile market follows the ethos of this Technical Report, and thereby avoiding the use of unwanted substances in the manufacture of textile products, the level of protection of human health and of environment will be increased.

The distinguishing properties of the chemicals and the processes in which they are used (intended use substances) or they occur (unintended release substances) are described in this technical report.

This Technical Report mentions, when relevant, the existing standardized test methods commonly in use, as well as, the related limit values which are generally accepted. Only the standard identification number is given in the main text and the related title is listed in Bibliography.

NOTE 1

When limit values are given, possible contamination by the external environment and inaccuracy in the measurement of very low concentration may be taken into consideration.

The listed substances of this Technical Report can be categorised in two: one related to intended use, another one related to unintended release.

NOTE 2

Inclusion in the candidate list of EU REACH Regulation (EC) n°1907/2006 has been mentioned in this Technical Report for some substances. This does not necessarily mean that a substance, for which such a note is not made, would not be included in the candidate list in the future (new substances are regularly included in the list).

NOTE 3

For filling material such as “feather & down”, refer to CEN TC 222 and, for other material used in clothing such as leather, refer to CEN TC 309, for toys, refer to CEN TC 252.

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4	Contents Page
6	European foreword
7	Introduction
8	1 Scope 2 Terms and definitions
9	3 General recommendations 3.1 CMR chemicals 3.2 PBT and vPvB substances 3.3 SVHC (“Substances of Very High Concern”)
10	4 Specific criteria for textile products
11	Table 1 — Criteria in relation to the type of fibres
13	Table 2 — Criteria in relation to the type of finishing and components used on textile products (buttons, slide fasteners, buckles, etc.)
15	Table 3 — Criteria in relation to the type of finishing and components used on textile products (buttons, slide fasteners, buckles, etc.)
16	4.1 Formaldehyde 4.1.1 General 4.1.2 Why is it a critical substance?
17	4.1.3 Regulation/Specific tests method 4.2 Chlorophenols (pentachlorophenol, isomers of tetrachlorophenol) 4.2.1 General 4.2.2 Why is PCP a critical substance? 4.2.3 Regulation/Specific tests method
18	4.3 Orthophenylphenol (OPP) 4.3.1 General 4.3.2 Why is it a critical substance? 4.3.3 Tests method 4.4 Heavy metals 4.4.1 General
19	4.4.2 Extractable heavy metals 4.4.3 Total heavy metal 4.4.4 Antimony -Sb 4.4.4.1 General 4.4.4.2 Why is it a critical substance? 4.4.4.3 Regulation/Specific tests method
20	Table 4 — Regulation and Specific test methods related to Antimony 4.4.5 Arsenic – As 4.4.5.1 General 4.4.5.2 Why is it a critical substance? 4.4.5.3 Regulation/Specific tests method
21	Table 5 — Regulation and specific tests method related to arsenic 4.4.6 Barium – Ba 4.4.6.1 General 4.4.6.2 Why is it a critical substance?
22	4.4.6.3 Regulation/Specific tests method Table 6 — Regulation and specific tests method related to barium 4.4.7 Cadmium – Cd 4.4.7.1 General 4.4.7.2 Why is it a critical substance? 4.4.7.3 Regulation/Specific tests method
23	Table 7 — Regulation and specific tests method related to cadmium 4.4.8 Chromium – Cr 4.4.8.1 General
24	4.4.8.2 Why is it a critical substance? 4.4.8.3 Regulation/Specific tests method Table 8 — Regulation and specific tests method related to chromium 4.4.9 Cobalt – Co 4.4.9.1 General 4.4.9.2 Why is it a critical substance?
25	4.4.9.3 Regulation/Specific tests method Table 9 — Regulation and specific tests method related to cobalt 4.4.10 Copper – Cu 4.4.10.1 General
26	4.4.10.2 Why is it a critical substance? 4.4.10.3 Regulation/Specific tests method Table 10 — Regulation and specific tests method related to copper 4.4.11 Lead – Pb 4.4.11.1 General
27	4.4.11.2 Why is it a critical substance? 4.4.11.3 Regulation/Specific tests method Table 11 — Regulation and specific tests method related to lead
28	4.4.12 Mercury – Hg 4.4.12.1 General 4.4.12.2 Why is it a critical substance? 4.4.12.3 Regulation/Tests methods Table 12 — Regulation and specific tests method related to mercury
29	4.4.13 Nickel – Ni 4.4.13.1 General
30	4.4.13.2 Why is it a critical substance? 4.4.13.3 Regulation/ tests method Table 13 — Regulation and specific tests method related to nickel
32	4.4.14 Selenium – Se 4.4.14.1 General 4.4.14.2 Why is it a critical substance? 4.4.14.3 Regulation/ tests method Table 14 — Regulation and specific tests method related to selenium 4.5 Flame retardants 4.5.1 General 4.5.2 Why is it a critical substance?
33	4.5.3 Regulation/Specific test methods 4.5.3.1 Regulation 4.5.3.2 Test method 4.6 Carcinogenic dyes, suspected dyes and derived substances 4.6.1 General
34	4.6.2 Carcinogenic amines derived from azo colorants 4.6.2.1 Why are these critical substances? Figure 1 — Cleavage of Red Congo dyes into benzidine 4.6.2.2 Regulation/Specific test methods 4.6.3 Carcinogenic colorants and colorants suspected to be carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic to reproduction 4.6.3.1 Why are these critical substances? 4.6.3.2 Regulation/Specific test methods
35	Table 15 — Dyestuffs classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic to reproduction (Commission Decision 2009/567/EC of 9 July 2009) 4.6.4 Sensitizing colorants 4.6.4.1 Why are these critical substances? 4.6.4.2 Regulation/Specific test methods
36	Table 16 — Dyestuffs classified as potentially sensitizing dyes (Commission Decision 2009/567/EC of 9 July 2009) 4.7 Sensitizing substances (others than colorants) 4.8 Pesticides, herbicides and fungicides 4.8.1 General
37	4.8.2 Why is it a critical substance? 4.8.3 Regulation/Specific test methods Table 17 — Pesticides and their CAS number
39	4.9 Chloroorganics including carriers (chlorinated benzenes, chlorinated toluenes and chlorinated naphtalenes) 4.9.1 General 4.9.2 Why is it a critical substance? 4.9.3 Regulation/Specific tests method
40	4.10 Phthalates 4.10.1 General Figure 2 — General chemical description 4.10.2 Why is it critical? 4.10.3 Regulations / Specific test method
41	4.11 Organotin compounds 4.11.1 General 4.11.2 Why is it critical? 4.11.3 Regulations / Specific test method
42	4.12 Perfluorooctanesulfonates (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) 4.12.1 General 4.12.2 Why is it a critical substance?
43	4.12.3 Regulations/Test method Table 18 — PFOS, PFOA Bibliography and their CAS number 4.13 Dimethylfumarate (DMFu) 4.13.1 General 4.13.2 Why is it a critical substance?
44	4.13.3 Regulation/Specific test methods 4.14 Alkyl phenol ethoxylates (APEO) 4.14.1 General Figure 3 — APEO
45	4.14.2 Why are APEO critical substances? 4.14.3 Regulations/Test methods 4.15 Residual solvents 4.15.1 General 4.15.2 Why is it critical?
46	4.15.3 Regulations / Specific test method 5 Others 5.1 pH 5.1.1 General 5.1.2 Why is it critical? 5.1.3 Regulation/Specific tests method 5.2 Colour fastness in relation to acidic and alkaline perspiration (recommendation for screening) 5.3 Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) (screening when strong odour) 5.3.1 General
47	5.3.2 Why is it critical? 5.3.3 Regulations / Specific test method
48	Annex A (informative) Risk phrases
49	Annex B (informative) Criteria for the identification of persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic substances, and very persistent and very bioaccumulative substances B.1 General B.2 PBT substances B.2.1 Persistence B.2.2 Bioaccumulation B.2.3 Toxicity
50	B.3 vPvB substances B.3.1 Persistence B.3.2 Bioaccumulation
51	Bibliography

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Pages	56
Publication Date	2015-08-31
ISBN	978 0 580 85884 0
Standard Number	PD CEN/TR 16741:2015
Title	Textiles and textile products. Guidance on health and environmental issues related to chemical content of textile products intended for clothing, interior textiles and upholstery
Identical National Standard Of	CEN/TR 16741:2015
Descriptors	Clothing, Furnishing fabrics, Products, Textile products, Textiles, Accessories, Internal
Publisher	BSI
Committee	TCI/100
ICS Codes	59.080.01 - Textiles in general

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