CEN is EU according to 83/189/EEC instruct (it is the program to
provide information in technical standard and regulation) which is
admissive officially it is specially responsible for the europe
standardization except area of electrician and telecom.CEN standard
is the most important basic standard which ISO formulate
international standard,it is also the most important mainstay that
measure the product quality of EU market.
The type of CEN standard contains EN,TS,TR,CWA . EU standard is
the strongest executive force standard among all the CEN standard,
ach country must use EU standard as national,and evocate he
national standard which is against EU standard. But EU standard is
voluntary, hat is too say ,it is executive of its own will for
manufactures, manufacture can disobey EU standard.
The numbering way of EU standard is :standard code +serial
number . If one standard used by member countries, it will use
dualism number. For example ,if standard used in UK, it will
express as BS EN71:2003.if use in France,it will express as NF
EN71:2003 .if the standard used in Germany, it will express as DIN
EN 71:2003.
EU countries is the cradle of eco-textile , eco-textile is the
effective tool which EU build technical barrier . EU have very
strict safeguard procedures for textile .The eco problem of
textiles have developed into whole production ,consume process
environment management from former forbid some dyestuff .The main
content including the following aspects:
(1)Prohibitive regulation: couldn't use the dye stuff which can
break up into Azo dye of carcinogenic aromatic amine or other
carcinogenic dyeing stuff, or acetate dye which can cause human
body allergic,or Organochlorine carrier used in the dyeing, fire
prevention and antimicrobial treatment additives.
(2)Limited rules: heavy metal , insecticide,formaldehyde ,
corrosion remover ,have limited rules in textiles.
(3)Colour fastness standard: for example color fastness to
rubbing ,color fastness to washing ,color fastness to perspiration
.
(4)Main commend standard: biodegradability ,heavy metel standard
, organic chloride content ,biotoxicity ect.
The textile which meet the related Eco standard usually can
achieve the related eco mark. The representative mark is :
Eco-Label mark、Oeko-Tex100、Milieukeur mark、White Swan mark ect.
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