Standards Development

Scope

This document specifies a test method for the determination of the content of the preservative agents (biocide additives) 2-phenylphenol (OPP) and triclosan in textile materials and articles composed of textile products, by liquid chromatography.

Purpose

The revision of EN 17134:2019 is required in order to address different types of Biocide additives in textiles. EN 17134:2019 should therefore be split in at least three parts. The part which is covered by the present document should be EN 17134 Part 1 and will be largely unchanged compared to EN 17134:2019. EN 17134-1 will provide the test method described in EN 17134:2019 to detect and quantify 2-phenylphenol and triclosan in textiles and textile products.

The European Biocidal Product Regulation [2] concerns the placing on the market and use of biocidal products, which are used to protect humans, animals, materials or articles against harmful organisms, like pests or bacteria, by the action of the active substances contained in the biocidal product. The Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR) also sets rules for the use of articles treated with, or intentionally incorporating, one or more biocidal products.

Article 17 "Making available on the market and use of biocidal products" states that biocidal products are not to be made available on the market or used unless authorized in accordance with this regulation.

For placing on the market of Treated Articles, Article 58 defines that a Treated Article is not to be placed on the market unless all active substances contained in the biocidal products that it was treated with or incorporates are approved active substances and included in a Union list of approved active substances for the relevant product type and use or listed in Annex I ("treated article" means any substance, mixture or article which has been treated with, or intentionally incorporates, one or more biocidal products)

This test method will be established to verify the compliance of textiles and textile products with the Biocidal Product Regulation for particular product-type 9 preservatives. (Product-type 9: Fibre, leather, rubber and polymerised materials preservatives: Products used for the preservation of fibrous or polymerised materials, such as leather, rubber or paper or textile products by the control of microbiological deterioration).

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