Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the exercise of the power to adopt delegated acts conferred on the Commission pursuant to 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

Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on textile fibre names and related labelling and marking of the fibre composition of textile products was adopted in order to eliminate potential obstacles to the proper functioning of the internal market and to provide consumers with adequate and relevant information on textile fibre composition. Its purpose was also to introduce more flexibility in view of adding new fibre names and adapting legislation in line with the technical developments in the sector.

Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 empowers the Commission to adopt delegated acts with respect to:
- Adoption of technical criteria and procedural rules for the application of Article 20(5) concerning the tolerances for the presence of extraneous fibres in the fibre composition;
- Amendments to Annexes II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX in order to take account of technical progress;
- Amendments to Annex I in order to include, pursuant to Article 6, new textile fibre names in the list set out in that Annex.

This report is required under Article 22 of Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011. Pursuant to this provision, the power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from 7 November 2011 and the Commission is required to draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period, thus before 7 February 2016.

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