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The Oeko-Tex Standard 100 specifies the general conditions for granting authorization to mark textiles with This Oeko-Tex Standard 110 adds to Oeko-Tex Standard 100 laying down the special conditions for granting authorization for marking textile upholstery fabrics.
The following terms add to those defined in OEKO-Tex Standard 100:
Textile upholstery fabrics are those qualified for the purpose of the producer.
Producer of textile upholstery fabrics refers to the company producing the ready-made product or having ordered the production of the ready-made product.
Retailer of textile upholstery fabrics refers to the company selling the ready-made product as wholesale dealer or retailer (warehouses, mail-order houses, etc.).
The following conditions are added to those laid down in Oeko-Tex Standard 100:
The applicant may be either the producer or the retailer of the product.
The designation of the product used by the producer or retailer is to be indicated.
The following technical details are to be indicated as far as they are known or may be reliably ascertained from the deliverer or the pre-deliverer.
All preparations, e.g., spinning avivages, softeners, sizing agents, etc., with which fibres or yarns have been treated during production and processings are to be indicated. The trade names of the products are to be given; product and safety data sheets are to be added.
Dyestuffs are to be classified according to dyestuff classes. Their product denominations and trade names are to be indicated. The trade names of finishing agents are to be indicated. Product safety data sheets are to be added.
If special finishing procedures have been used (e.g., to obtain an improvement of handle, anti-static, anti-soil, antimicrobial, mothproof, and other effects), the finishing agents and procedures used, are to be indicated. Either the trade name and the producer or the chemical compositions of the finishing agents are to be denominated. Product safety data sheets are to be added.
For test purposes and for evidence samples the applicant shall provide at least 2 running meters per article.
The regulations of the packing instruction have to be met.
The conformity declaration shall be issued according to Oeko-Tex Standard 100.
Test specimens having an odour extraneous to the product or an odour indicating an improper production technology will be rejected from testing.
Type and scope of testing depends on the type of the product and on the information about the product applicant has given. They are determined by the respective institute of the International Association for Research and Testing in the Field of Textile Ecology (OEKO-Tex).
Examples for tests are listed below. The respective testing procedures are laid down in Oeko-Tex Standard 200.
Testing procedure according to Oeko-Tex Standard 200 point 1.
Textile upholstery fabrics shall exhibit a pH value of the aqueous extract between pH 4,8 and pH 7,5. Only for articles made from wool a value of pH 4,0 may be accepted as the lower limit.
Testing procedure according to Oeko-Tex Standard 200, points 2.1 and 2.2 respectively.
less than 75 ppm
Testing procedure according to Oeko-Tex Standard 200, point 3.
Testing procedure according to Oeko-Tex Standard 200, point 4.
Total pesticide content less than 1 ppm
Testing procedure according to Oeko-Tex Standard 200, point 5.
PCP content less than 0,5 ppm
Testing procedure according to Oeko-Tex Standard 200, point 6.
The substances in the above list must not be detectable.
Testing procedure according to Oeko-Tex Standard 200, point 7.
Minimum colour fastness grade for staining:
If in case of pigment or vat dyestuffs the above minimum grade is not achieved a minimum colour fastness to rubbing grade of 3 (dry) and 2(wet) may be accepted.1. PURPOSE
Confidence in Textiles - Passed for harmful substances according to Oeko-Tex Standard 100.
2. APPLICABILITY
This standard is to be applied to textile upholstery fabrics.
3. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
4. CONDITIONS
4.1 Application
4.1.1 Applicant
4.1.2 Designation of the product
4.1.3 Technical details
4.1.3.1 Qualitative denomination of all types of fibres included in the textile upholstery fabrics:
The fabric types are to be denominated according to DIN 60 001, part 1, and part 3. In case of fibres containing incorporated agents, e.g., delustrants, colour pigments (spun dyed fibres), antistatic agents, flame retardants, etc., the agents are to be indicated.
4.1.3.2 Qualitative denomination of fibre and yarn preparations:
4.1.3.3 Denomination of finishing agents and dyestuffs:
4.1.3.4 Denomination of special finishings:
4.2 Sample material
4.3 Issuing a commitment undertaking and a conformity declaration
4.3.1 Commitment undertaking
The commitment undertaking shall be given according to Oeko-Tex Standard 100.
4.3.2 Conformity declaration
4.4 Testing
5. CRITERIA FOR GRANTING THE AUTHORIZATION MARKING
5.1 pH value
5.2 Content of free and partially releasable formaldehyde, referenced to the textile
5.3 Residues of heavy metals, referenced to the textile
5.4 Residues of pesticides, referenced to the textile
5.5 Pentachlorophenole (PCP) content, referenced to the textile
5.6 Dyestuffs, that may reductively be cracked to aryl-amines of MAKgroup III A 1(cancerogeneous) and III A 2 (probably cancerogenous):
5.7 Colour fastness
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