Home textile quality, ecological and safety charter V9.

CARREFOUR HOME TEXTILE

Quality, Ecological, Safety requirements charter

Version: N°9.1 Home

From WIN12 season
Date: 21 july 2011

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INTRODUCTION:

Dear Supplier,

This document aims at clearly stating Carrefour quality, environmental and safety
requirements for all its home textile products. It is an annex from the product technical files:

These requirements are not fixed and will follow any New European Regulations
Amendments and Carrefour Policy.

Carrefour might seek for compensation of prejudices related to the non-conformity or

quality matters of any lot, even if they have not been identified during the tests and final
inspection.

The present document is the 9th version of Carrefour Home Textile Quality
Requirements.
Main change of this document is that textile apparel, accessories and shoes products
range is not included in this files.
.

This document keeps 4 different quality levels. They are based on Carrefour brands
of the product (Carrefour Home, Carrefour discount, No Name, licences...).

-Level Q1: Applicable to: "Number One" and “no name” items. Minimum grade of quality
expected by any of Carrefour customers
-Level Q2: Applicable to “Carrefour Discount” items
-Level Q3: Applicable to ”Carrefour home” and Licenses (Disney, Marvel…)
-Level Q4: Applicable to “Carrefour selection”

The Carrefour quality & production departments will control all products ordered for
each season, through testing (fabrics, accessories, finished products performances and
chemical compliances) and inspections.

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CONTENTS:

I. Carrefour brands general policies.

II. Fabrics characteristics and performances.
III. Chemicals requirements.
IV. Finished product conformity.

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I.Carrefour home textile brand general policies

1. Cotton policy
Cotton from Uzbekistan is ban. It is required to supplier to have traceability of all the cotton supply
chain at country origin of raw cotton.

2. Packaging raw material policy

- When possible, Paper or carton raw material for product packaging, must be Forest
Stewardship Council (F.S.C.) certified
- PVC should be avoid for all packaging (all other plastic are allowed: PE, PP, PE/PP...etc...)

3. Fur:
On fur products, it is forbidden to use fur coming from animals.
Exception could be done for animal generally eaten in the countries of sells: in this case a
validation is required from Quality department.

4. Organic items:
Supply chain must be certificated by Global Organic Textile Standards (G.O.T.S. or Organic
Exchange), and, have OEKO TEX standard 100 label. It shall comply with european regulation
834/2007.

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 HOME TEXTILE Q1 Bed linen Bed protection Kitchen item Quilt, pillowcase
Beach towels Curtain, covers sofa Blanket
Drap, housse Alèse, protége Articles de Couette, oreillers, NOTES
Rideaux, couvre lit Couvertures
CONTROL PLAN = COLOR CELLS sac de nuit matelas cuisine turbulette
Fiber composition ONLY WITH BLEND OR ANIMAL FIBER (only quantitative for other fibre)
Qualitative and quantitative analysis Tolerance: ± 3% per component
EN 96/73/EC Conform to Conform to Conform to order Conform to Virgin wool: ± 0,3%
Binary Blend: ISO 1833 Conform to order Conform to order Conform to order Only with blend or animal fiber
order order Use NF EN 12934 order
Ternary Blend: IS0 5088
Yarn density Conform to Conform to Conform to
Conform to order Conform to order Conform to order Conform to order Tolerance: ± 5%
ISO 7211-2 order order order
Conform to Conform to Conform to
Thread count ISO 7211-b Conform to order Conform to order Conform to order Conform to order Tolerance: ± 5%
order order order

Carrefour Group
Dimensions to be determined in the middle of the largest terry part,
Dimensions (length and width of towel) EN 1773 - - Conform to order - - - -
as the average of two measurements
Weight per unit area ISO 3801-5
Conform to Conform to Conform to order Conform to Tolerance: ± 3%
Surfacic weight of finished product only for bath and beach towel with Conform to order Conform to order (*) Conform to order
order order (packaging order) order (*) (± 5% for padding )
commercial weight indication
Loop weight ISO 12 127 Conform to order See “notes” part Perform test on all sizes of terry towel
Total finished product weight EN 14 697 annex 1 Tolerances +/6 5%
Terry ratio EN ISO 72 11 -3 (*) internal method for quilt padding weight= (total weight of
paading) / (real dimensions of inished product )

Color fastness to washing ISO105C06 All colors (except white)

40°C method A2S or 60°C method C2S 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Test fabric and accessories together
Staining: light colors 3-4 (*) 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 Staining degree ≥ 4-5, for items with contrasting colors,
Staining: dark colors Ex: white/red
Color fastness to dry cleaning (*) 3 for brushed fabrics
Staining: light colors - - - - 4 4 4 If only dry cleaning is permitted on the care label
Staining: dark colors 3-4 3-4 3-4
Color fastness to rubbing ISO 105 X12 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Dry (staining): light colors 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4
Dry (staining): dark colors
Wet (staining): light colors 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4
Wet (staining): dark colors 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
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Color fastness to perspiration ISO 105 E04

Staining: light colors 4 4 - - - - -
Staining: dark colors 3-4 3-4 - - - - -
CONTROL PLAN = YELLOW CELLS

Change: light colors 4 4 - - - - -

Change: dark colors 3-4 3-4 - - - - -
Color fastness to light ISO 105 B02
Change grad 4 3 - 4 for beach - - 4 for curtain -

Color fastness to sea water ISO 105 E02

- - 3 (only beach) - - - -
Change
HOME TEXTILE Q1 (Quality specifications)

Color fastness to bleaching ISO 105 N01

4 if allow on 4 if allow on care - - - - If allowed by care label
Change
care label label

Quality Department
Color fastness to pool water ISO 105 E03 Cl: 10 mg/L
Staining Change - - 3 (only beach)* - - - - *For Blue colors printed, check with quality department
Size of the finished product must be the same as commercial
Dimensional stability:
indication after one washing (care label)
II.Fabrics characteristics and performances.

With domestic washing and tumble drying (follow care label) WEAVE < 7% (< 4% for curtain) KNIT < 8%
APPEARANCE AFTER WASHING
Evaluate all the modifications and degradations
To washing and drying EN ISO 25077 ISO 6330
after washing and drying: degradation < 3-4
3 (*)
Pilling resistance ISO 12945/2: only for woven (*) Flannelled or brushed: NO PILLING REQUIREMENT
2-3 (*) (**) - - 3 (*) 2-3 (*) -
Martindale (2000 cycles) 3 after 1 washes (**) no pilling requirement for bed protection and curtain
ISO 6330-2A

(*) Flannelled or brushed: 8000

Abrasion resistance (9kPa) EN ISO 12947 > 10000 (*) > 10000 (*) - > 10000 > 10000 > 10000 -
no broken yarn
For washing test :

Strength resistance (daN) ISO 13934-2 > (*) woven fabric only
> 15 > 20 > 15 > 15 (*) ( > 15 -
-Wringing : 800 tr/mn

wool and wool blend.

only for weave fabric 15

KNIT:Burst strength (kN/m²): only for knit fabric ISO 13938
-1 400 400 400
- - 400 -
WOVEN: Tear restance Elmendorf ISO 13 937 > 0,8 daN > 0,8 daN
-Charge must be 3 kg minimum

Water absorption
- - < 15s < 15 s - - - Carrefour test with domestic machine
EN 14 697 annex B
No progressive smoldering inhibition or no flaming inhibition. For
Protection again fire “no inhibition with cigarette for padding item If padding,
-Don't use the wascator neither pre wash

- - - - If padding, see note If padding, see note French market, labeling padding item with “conforme aux exigences
EN ISO 12952 part 1&2 see note
du décret n°2000-164 du 23 février 2000”
> 300 mm for
> 300 mm for down > 300 mm for down
Turbidity of water extract for down or feather padding EN 1164 - - - - down
padding padding
padding
-Temperature must be the one indicated on the care label.

I < 20 for down I < 20 for down I < 20 for

-Total timing of the washing must be 70-80 minutes minimum.

Oxygen number EN 1162 - - - - padding padding down If I > 20 see microbiological test EN 1884
padding
If I > 20 see
Microbiological test EN 1884 - - - - If I > 20 see EN 1884 If I > 20 see EN 1884
EN 1884
Only for Italian market Finished item must be labeling with the
Sterilization process on down and feather material for Italian market (Italian
- - - - Sterilized Sterilized Sterilized inscription: “prodotto bonificato ai sensi del DM10-11-1976
DM10-11-1976)
attuativo del DPR845/1975
Tensile strength of elastic assembling ISO 13934-2 10 daN - - - - - -
-Washing machine must be domestic machine European standard with front loader

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Appearance of durable press fabrics after repeated home launderings 4*
-Program : Classical cotton for cotton, polycoton and artificial fibers clothes, synthetic

- *Only for item with specific finishing

ISO 7768
program for polyester or polyamide and delicate program for acrylic and acrylic blend or
-Detergent must be Skip/OMO (european domestic detergent) and quantity must be 60 gr.

Passage of filling material trough fabrics EN12132-1 - - - - 12 MAX - -

Only for down/feather padded items
Air permeability ISO 9237 for internal shell - - - - > 80L/m².s - -
 Bed linen Bed protection Beach towels Kitchen item Quilt, pillowcase
HOME TEXTILE Q2 or Q3 or Q4 Curtain, covers sofa Blanket
Drap, housse sac Alèse, protége Articles de Couette, oreillers, NOTES
Rideaux, couvre lit couvertures
CONTROL PLAN = COLOR CELLS de nuit matelas cuisine turbulette

Fiber composition ONLY WITH BLEND OR ANIMAL FIBER (only quantitative for other fibre)
Qualitative and quantitative analysis Tolerance: ± 3% per component
EN 96/73/EC Virgin wool: ± 0,3%
Binary Blend: ISO 1833 Conform to order Conform to Only with blend or animal fiber
Conform to order Conform to order Conform to order Conform to order Conform to order
Ternary Blend: IS0 5088 Use NF EN 12934 order

Yarn density Conform to

Conform to order Conform to order Conform to order Conform to order Conform to order Conform to order Tolerance: ± 5%
ISO 7211-2 order

Carrefour Group
Conform to
Thread count ISO 7211-b Conform to order Conform to order Conform to order Conform to order Conform to order Conform to order Tolerance: ± 3%
order

Dimensions (length and width of towel)EN 1773 - - - - - -

Dimensions to be determined in the middle of the largest terry part, as
Conform to order
the average of two measurements
Weight per unit area ISO 3801
-5
Conform to order Conform to Tolerance: ± 3%
Surfacic weight of finished product only for bath and beach towel with commercial weight Conform to order Conform to order Conform to order (*) Conform to order Conform to order
(packaging order) order (*) (± 5% for padding
indication
Loop weight EN 12 127 Conform to oder See “notes” part Perform test on all sizes of terry towel
Total finished product weight EN 14 697 annex 1 Tolerances +/6 5%
Terry ratio EN ISO 72 11 -3 (*) internal method for quilt padding weight= (total weight of
paading) / (real dimensions of inished product )
Color fastness to washing ISO105C06 Follow care label for T°C (40 or 60°C)
40°C method A2S
60°C method C2S 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 All colors (except white)
3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 Test fabric and accessories together
Staining: light colors
Staining: dark colors Staining degree ≥ 4-5, for items with contrasting colors,
Change: light colors 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Ex: white/red
Change: dark colors 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4
(*) 3 for brushed fabrics
Color fastness to dry cleaning
4 4 4
Staining: light colors - - - -
3-4 3-4 3-4
Staining: dark colors
If only dry cleaning is permitted on the care label
4 4 4
Change: light colors - - - - 3-4 3-4 3-4
Change: dark colors
HOME TEXTILE Q2 or Q3 or Q4

Color fastness to rubbing ISO 105 X12

Dry (staining): light colors 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
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Dry (staining): dark colors 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4
Wet (staining): light colors 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4
Wet (staining): dark colors 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
CONTROL PLAN = YELLOW CELLS

Color fastness to perspiration ISO 105 E04

Staining: light colors 4 4 - - - - -
Staining: dark colors 3-4 3-4 - - - - - Perspiration PH 5,5 & 8
Change: light colors 4 4 - - - - -
Change: dark colors 3-4 3-4 - - - - -
Color fastness to light ISO 105 B02 4-5 for bath
Change grad 4 4 - 4-5 for beach 4 4 6 for curtain -
Color fastness to sea water ISO 105 E02
Change - - 4 (only beach) - - - -
Color fastness to bleaching ISO 10
5 N01 4 if allow on care 4 if allow on care
- If allowed by care label
Change label label - 4 - 4

Color fastness to pool water ISO 105 E03 Cl:10 mg/L

Quality Department
Change - - 4 (only beach)* - - - -
* For blue colors printed, check with quality department
Dimensional stability: Size of the finished product must be the same as commercial indication
With domestic washing and tumble drying (follow care label) WEAVE < 4% (< 5% for towel) KNIT < 7% after one washing (care label)
APPEARANCE AFTER WASHING Evaluate all the modifications and degradations
To washing and drying EN ISO 25077 ISO 6330
after washing and drying: degradation < 4
3/4 (*)
Pilling resistance ISO 12945/2: only for woven (*) Flannelled or brushed: NO PILLING REQUIREMENT
3/4 after 1 washes 3 (*) - 3 3/4 3(**) -
Martindale (2000 cycles) (**) to check only for cover
ISO 6330-2A
Pilling resistance ICI: for knit fabric (4h) 3/4 (*) 3 (*) - - - - - (*) Flannelled or brushed: NO PILLING REQUIREMENT

Abrasion resistance (9kPa) EN ISO 12947 > 12000 (*) > 12000 (*) - > 12000 > 12000
> 12000
-
Only for woven fabric (*) Flannelled or brushed > 10000c
only for chair cover No broken yarn
Strength resistance (daN) ISO 13934-2 (*)only for woven fabric
> 15 > 15 > 20 > 15 > 15 (*) > 20 -
only for weave fabric

Burst strength (kN/m²): only for knit fabric ISO 13938

-1 500 500 - - 500 500 - ONLY FOR KNIT FABRIC
For washing test :

Tear resistance: only for weave fabric (Elmend

orf ISO 13937-1) > 1 daN - - - 1 daN - - ONLY FOR WEAVE FABRIC
-Wringing : 800 tr/mn

wool and wool blend.

3% for weave 3% for weave 3% for weave 3% for weave 3% for weave 3% for weave 3% for weave
Angular variation AATCC179
5% for knit 5% for knit 5% for knit 5% for knit 5% for knit 5% for knit 5% for knit
> 8 daN > 8 daN
Seams slippage ISO 13936-1 - - - - -
5 mm 5 mm
-Charge must be 3 kg minimum

Waterproof to be ≥ 100 mbar before washing

Hydrostatic pressure test (60mm/mn) ISO 20811 - - - - - -
tested (see notes) ≥ 80 mbar after 3 washing or dry cleaning
Vapor resistance RET / Skin model ISO 11092 <20*
* Only for breathable item (RET from one side (regarding end use of product ) or
average of each side RET
-Don't use the wascator neither pre wash

Air permeability ISO 9237 for internal shell > 80 L/m².s Only for down/feather padding
Passage of filling material trough fabrics EN 121
32-1 - - - - 12 MAX - -

Water absorption
- - < 10 s < 10 s - - - Carrefour test with domestic machine
EN 14 697 annex B
No progressive smoldering inhibition or no flaming inhibition. For French
Protection again fire “no inhibition with cigarette for padding item If padding, see
-Temperature must be the one indicated on the care label.

- - - - If p adding, see note If padding, see note market, labeling padding item with “conforme aux exigences du décret
EN ISO 12952 part 1&2 note
-Total timing of the washing must be 70-80 minutes minimum.

n°2000-164 du 23 février 2000”

> 300 mm for down > 300 mm for down > 300 mm for
Turbidity of water extract for down or feather padding EN 1164 - - - -
padding padding down padding
- I < 20 for down If I > 20 see microbiological test EN 1884
Oxygen number EN 1162 - I < 20 for down padding
padding I < 20 for down padding
If I > 20 mm see EN If I > 20 mm see
Microbiological test EN 1884 - - - - If I > 20 mm see EN 1884
1884 EN 1884
Only for Italian marketFinished item must be labeling with the in
scription: “prodotto
Sterilization process on down and feather material for Italian market (Italian DM10
-11-1976) - - - - Sterilized Sterilized

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Sterilized bonificato ai sensi del DM10-11-1976 attuativo del DPR845/1975
-Washing machine must be domestic machine European standard with front loader

Tensile strength of elastic assembling ISO 13934

-2 10 daN - - - -
-Program : Classical cotton for cotton, polycoton and artificial fibers clothes, synthetic

-
program for polyester or polyamide and delicate program for acrylic and acrylic blend or

Appearance of durable press fabrics after repeated home launderings

-Detergent must be Skip/OMO (european domestic detergent) and quantity must be 60 gr.

4* - - - - - - *Only for item with specific finishing

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III. Chemicals requirements .

CONTROLE PLAN ON CHEMICALS:
Textiles items Shoes items Leather items Metal part accessories
Pack REACH YES YES YES NO
Allergenous dyestuff YES (PES only) YES (PES only) (Only PES NO
lining part)
Formaldehyde YES YES YES NO
Cr 6 NO YES (leather parts) YES NO
Nickel metal finishing NO NO NO YES
PVC detection YES (printed parts only) NO NO NO
pH YES (on materials in YES (on materials in NO NO
direct skin contact) direct skin contact)

Detailed standards and requirements are listed bellow

3.1. Restrictive substances list according regulation “REACH”: EU reglement N°1907/2006

Carrefour require supplier to exchange “critic substances” from product, to authorized ones. (“candidates
substances” of SVHC list have to be banned from Carrefour products), for each part of the finished
product
List of “critic substances” has been fixed, and supplier must test fabric according to.
By USING European dyestuff brands, supplier limit the risk of detection of “critic substances”, so limit the
risk of “fail” test results
CARREFOUR REQUEST SUPPLIER TO TEST 100% OF FABRIC, each accessory, all COLORS
(except “white color” on fabric: not to be tested) THROUGH FOLLOWING “REACH PACK”:
For REACH tests packages, requirement to consider is 30ppm per amine, 0,5 ppm for Chronium VI
and 1000ppm for other substances

3.1.1 Pack REACH for textile parts:

Pack "REACH for wool/silk/cellulocic (natural (cotton, linen…) or viscose fiber) ":
Aromatic amines (22) = azo dyes (<30ppm maxi level)

Pack "REACH acrylic":

Aromatic amines (22) + basic RED 9(=CAS 569-61-9) + basic VIOLET 3 (=CAS 548-62-9)

Pack "REACH PES/PA/acetates"

Aromatic amines (22) + dispersed BLUE 1 ( = CAS 2475-45-8)

Pack "REACH PVC”: 9 phtalates (DINP / DNOP / DEHP / DIDP / BBP / DBP/DIBP/DHNUP/DIHP)

Blended fabric must been tested with all REACH pack concerned (ex: for blend PES/cotton, pack
synthetic + pack cellulosic must be apply)
Polyplastic used for packing of the textile goods, must be tested with the “pack REACH PVC”

3.1.2. Pack REACH for leather, or plastic parts:

Pack "REACH PVC/TR/ABS/EVA out sole part": 9 phtalates (DINP/ DNOP/ DEHP/ DIDP/ BBP/
DBP/DIBP/DHNUP/DIHP)

Pack "REACH leather parts" : Cr6 + SCCP

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3.2. Aromatic Amines:

To be tested according “REACH packs” (22 amines): test is already included in “pack REACH”)

Main uses General Test Application Legislation

requirements procedure
All textile and EN 14361 or All textiles, Annex 17 of REACH
leather fabric < 30 ppm for EN 14362 from leather, Regulation 1907/06
each 2003 synthetic
component materials
(PVC, PU…)

Carcinogen aromatic amines (22) CAS Carcinogen aromatic amines

4-Aminobiphényle 92-67-1 (not covered by the European Draft
Benzidine 92-87-5 Directive)
4-Chloro-o-toluidine 95-69-2 2,4-Xylidine 95-68-1
2-Naphthylamine 91-59-8 2,6-Xylidine 87-62-7
o-Aminoazotoluène 97-56-3
5-Nitro-o-toluidine 99-55-8
4-Chloroaniline 106-47-8
4-Méthoxy-m-phénylènediamine 615-05-4
4,4’-Diaminodiphénylméthane 101-77-9
3,3’-Dichlorobenzidine 91-94-1
3-3’-Diméthoxybenzidine 119-90-4
3,3’-Diméthylbenzidine 119-93-7
3,3’-Diméthyl-4,4’- 838-88-0
diaminodiphénylméthane
p-Crésidine 120-71-8
4,4’-Méthylène-bis-(2-chloroaniline) 101-14-4
4,4’-Oxydianiline 101-80-4
4,4’-Thiodianiline 139-65-1
o-Toluidine 95-53-4
4-Méthyl-m-phénylènediamine 95-80-7
2,4,5-Triméthylaniline 137-17-7
o-Anisidine 90-04-0
4-amino azobenzene 60-09-3

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3.3. Critical dyestuff:

“Allergenous dyestuffs” have to be tested, only on PES fibers (included blended PES)

General
Test procedure Application Legislation
requirements
No standard method - All textiles, leathers, These dyes (see below) are listed
Not detected Extraction and analysis synthetic by the European Ecolabel*
by HPLC materials… (decision 2009/563/CE)

Allergenous dyestuffs: Carcinogen dyestuffs:

Color Color
Name CAS
Index N° Name Index CAS
Disperse Blue 1 64500 2475-45-8 N°
Disperse Blue 3 61505 2475-46-9 Acid Red 26 16150 3761-53-3
Disperse Blue 7 62500 3179-90-6 Basic Red 9 42500 569-61-9
Disperse Blue 26 63305 - Direct Black 38 30235 1937-37-7
Disperse Blue 35 - 12222-75-2
Direct Blue 6 22610 2602-46-2
Disperse Blue 102 - 12222-97-8
Disperse Blue 106 - 11223-01-7 Direct Red 28 22120 573-58-0
Disperse Blue 124 - 61951-51-7 Disperse Blue 1 64500 2475-45-8
Disperse Orange 3 11005 730-40-5 Disperse Yellow 3 11855 2832-40-8
Disperse Orange 1 11080 2581-69-3 Basic violet 14 42510 632-99-5
Disperse Orange 11132 13301-61-6 Disperse orange 11 60700 82-28-0
37/76
Disperse Red 1 11110 2872-52-8 Dangerous dyestuffs:
Disperse Red 11 62015 2872-48-2 Color
Disperse Red 17 11210 3179-89-3 Name Index CAS
Disperse Yellow 1 10345 119-15-3 N°
Disperse Yellow 3 11855 2832-40-8 Acid Red 114 23635 6459-94-5
Disperse Yellow 9 10375 6373-73-5 Basic Brown 4 21010 4482-25-1
Disperse Yellow 39 - - Basic Orange 2 11270 532-82-1
Disperse Yellow 49 - - Basic Yellow 2 41000 492-80-8
Disperse Brown 1 - 23355-64-8 Direct Brown 95 116071-86-
30145
Disperse orange 37 11132 - 6
Disperse orange 76 11132 Direct Blue 14 23850 72-57-1
Basic red 46 110825 12221-69-1 Solvent Blue 7 50400 -
Naphtol AS reactive 92-77-3 Solvent Yellow 14 - 842-07-9
Acid red 14 3567-69-9 Rouge de chromate, de
(carminique acid molybdate et de sulfate de 77605 -
natural) plomb
Basic VIOLET 3 548-62-9 Jaune de sulfochromate de
77603 -
plomb
Solvent Yellow 1 - -
Solvent Yellow 2 11O20 -
Solvent Yellow 3 11160
Disperse Orange 149 85136-74-9
Disperse Yellow 23 26070 6250-23-3
Direct orange 34 60756 12222-37-6

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3.4. Formaldehyde:

All “Prints” and fabrics have to be tested

General Test
Main uses Application Legislation
requirements procedure
Formaldehyde can be used in <16 ppm for baby For texile: All textiles, Ecolabel criteria
the fixation and preservation items ISO/FDIS leather… (Ecolabel is
of dyestuffs and also for “pre- <75 ppm for items 14184-1 & 2 describe by the
shrink” and “pre-crease” in direct contact with European
applications. It is also used as skin For leather: decision
a tanning agent. <300ppm for others ISO17226-1 2009/563/CE)

3.5. Heavy metals:

Chromium VI (<3ppm) have to be tested on leather fabric, all colors (for shoes: upper, insole or
lining made from leather)
General requirements
Main uses all fabric / Test procedure Application
Compounds
accessories
Compounds absorbed Arsenic As 0,2 ppm ISO105E04 All textiles,
by natural fibers or Antimony Sb 30 ppm leather, fur…
present in some Lead Pb 0,2 ppm
dyestuffs. Cadmium Cd 0,1 ppm
Chromium Cr 1 ppm
Chromium 6 0,5 ppm
Cupper Cu 25 ppm
Cobalt Co 1 ppm
Mercury Hg 0,02 ppm
Nickel Ni 1 ppm

General Test
Main uses Application Legislation
requirements procedure
Dyeing additive or Chromium VI : DIN 53314 Leather, Annex 17 from REACH
dye-fixing agent 3 ppm EN 17 075 synthetic leather Regulation 1907/06
Used as stabiliser in
some PVC plastics or Cadmium BS EN 1122-B Synthetic Annex 17 from REACH
Used as plastic Cd : 0 ppm from 2001 materials, PVC Regulation 1907/06
dyestuff

3.6. Nickel metal:

All accessories with ”nickel finishing” and in direct contact with skin have to be tested

General
Main uses Test procedure Application Legislation
requirements
NF EN 1810 (non Items such as rivet Annex 17 from
coated) buttons, lighteners, REACH
Metal parts FORBIDDEN
NF EN 1811(coated) rivets, zippers and Regulation
NF EN 12472 metal marks 1907/06

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3.7. Organo tin compounds:

General eco Test
Compounds Application Legislation
requirements procedure
-Tri substituted Not detected DIN 38407-13 All textiles, Annex 17 from REACH
organostanic (TBT, (< 0,5 ppm) leather, Regulation 1907/06
TPT...) plastic …
-Dibutyltin (DBT) Decision 2009/425/CE from
-Dioctyltin (DOT) june 2009

3.8. Polychlorinated Bisphenyls (PCBs):

Test
General requirements Application Legislation
procedure
Not detected < 1 ppm DIN 38407 F2 Textiles , synthetic leather and European Directive
polyurethane coated leather 96/59/CE

Compounds CAS
2,4,4’-Trichlorobiphenyl 7012-37-5
2,2’,5,5’-Pentachlorobiphenyl 35693-99-3
2,2’,4,5,5’-Pentachlorobiphenyl 37680-73-2
2,2’,3,4,4’,5’-Hexachlorobiphenyl 35065-28-2
2,2’,4,4’,5,5’-Hexachlorobiphenyl 35065-27-1
2,2’,3,4,4’,5,5’-Heptachlorobiphenyl 35065-29-3

3.9. Print part for fabrics (PVC inks)

All supplier must be tested (control plan)
Inks used for printed part must be free of PVC.
Test procedure:
- Test of flam with copper metal (green flam = PVC): BEILSTEIN method
- Confirmation by IR (infrared) if PVC detected by Beilstein method

3.10. Phtalates (on PVC fabric/material or coating)

All PVC part must be tested
General requirements Test procedure Application Legislation
Extraction by diethyl ether. Synthetic materials (PVC
0,1 % of the whole Annex 17 of REACH
Analysis by GC/MS plastics) for ALL HOME
article, per phtalate Regulation 1907/06
EN15777 TEXTILE

Compounds Abbreviation CAS

Di-iso-nonylphtalate DINP 28553-12-0
Di-n-octylphtalate DNOP 117-84-0
Di-(2-ethylhexyl)-phtalate DEHP 117-81-7
Di-isodecylphtalate DIDP 26761-40-0
Butylbenzylphtalate BBP 85-68-7
Dibutylphtalate DBP 84-74-2
Mono-2-ethylhexylphtalate MEHP
Di-isobutyphtalate DIBP 84-69-5
Di-isipentylphtalate DIPP 605-50-5
Bis(2-methoxylethylephtalate BMEP 117-82-8
DHNUP 68515-42-4
DIHP 71888-89-6

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3.11. Flame retardants

Flame retardants are all forbidden for Carrefour home textile products
General requirements Test procedure Application Legislation
Annex 17 of REACH
Not detected (the limit All textiles,
Extraction and analysis Regulation 1907/06CE
depending on flame leather, synthetic
by GC/MS European Directive 79/663/CE
retardants) materials
and 83/264/CE and 2003/11

Compounds Abbreviation CAS

Biphenyle polybrome PBB 59536-65-1
Phosphate de tri-(2,3-dibromopropyl) TRIS 126-72-7
Oxyde de tris-(azirinidyl)-phosphine TEPA 5455-55-1
Polybromodiphenyleter PBDE 32534-819
Pentabromodiphenyleter Penta- BDE 32534-81-9
Octabromodiphenyleter Octa- BDE 32536-52-0
Debromodiphenylether DecaBDE 1163-19-5
Hexabrocyclododecane HBCDD 25637-99-4
Pentabromophenol PBP, TBBP-A

3.12. Alkylphenoletoxylates and associated (APEO):

General
Test procedure Application Legislation
requirements
European
All textiles,
250 ppm No standard method Directive
leather
2003/53/CE

Compounds Abbreviation
Alkylphenolletoxylates APEO
Alkylbenzensulfonate linear group LAS
dimethyldioaoctadecylamonium chlorur DTDMAC
dimethyldioaoctadecylamonium chlorur DSDMAC
dimethyldioaoctadecylamonium chlorur DHTDMAC
Diamino-tetraacetic Ethyl Acid EDTA
Triaminopentaacetic Diethyl Acid DTPA
Nonylphenol NP
Nonylphenol ethoxylate NEP
Octylphenol OP

3.13. Perflurooctan Sulfonate (PFOS) and Perfluooctan Acid (PFOA)

General
Application Legislation
requirements
Coating textile European Regulation 552/2009/CE
PFOS < 1 µg/m²
Water repellent European Directive 2006/122/CE
PFOA< 0,1 mg/kg
resin Annex 17 of REACH Regulation 1907/06

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3.14. pH limit

All items, in direct contact with skin, have to be tested

General requirements Test procedure Application

ISO 3071 (KCI All material in direct contact

pH limit: 4 < pH < 7,5
solution) with skin

3.15. Packaging (Directive 94/62/EC from 1994)

Definitions:
'packaging` shall mean all products made of any materials of any nature to be used for the containment,
protection, handling, delivery and presentation of goods, from raw materials to processed goods, from the
producer to the user or the consumer.

The packaging must be conceived and made in the respect of the following standards CEN:

General:
Test
General requirements Application Legislation
procedure
Reduction of packaging at
- EN 13428
source
Re-use - EN 13429
Recycling of materials - EN 13431
Recovery energizing - All packaging EN 13431 One of them for
Recovery Organic compostage the minimum
- EN 13432
and biodegradability
Minimization
Dangerous substances -
certificate

Heavy metals:
General eco requirements
Application Test procedure
Sum of
Compounds
compounds
Chromium Cr VI
Extraction by artificial
Lead Pb
< 100 ppm All packaging perspiration or saliva solutions,
Cadmium Cd
analysis by AAS or ICP
Mercury Hg

3.16. Short chain Chlorinated parraffins, SCCP (=PCCC)

General requirements Test procedure Application Legislation

Annex 17 of REACH
SCCP < 0,1% w/w All leather product
Regulation 1907/06

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3.17. Biocidal finishing

General requirements Test procedure Application Legislation

Notification to UE has to be To be chose by

All biocide finishing European Directive
done (to be checked in Carrefour
(“anti- bacterial”, “anti- 1998/8/CE
ANNEX 1 list of the 98/8 accredited
smell”…) And her amendments
directive) laboratory

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IIIV. Finished product conformity .

4.1.Security of home textile for baby & children under 7 years old:
Test procedure and requirements Application Legislation
Traction (EN71 method) for all
Accessories = zippers,
accessories, with requirements:
buttons, snaps , pearl,
> 50N if accessory dimension <=6mm
paillette, tassel , …etc… UE Directive 88/378/CEE
>70N if accessory dimension >6mm
Torsion method for all accessories,
Age: 0-7 years
with requirement >0,25Nm

4.2. Requirement for padded items:

4.2.1. Tests to perform for padded items with down or feather:
-Turbidity of water (EN1164)
-Oxygen number (EN 1162)
-If oxygen number (I) > 20, you have to perform the microbiological test (EN1884)

4.2.2. Padded items with down or feather for Italian market:

All finished product must be labelled with the indication "prodotto bonificato ai sensi del DM 10-11-
1976 attativo del DPR845/1975".
Supplier should be able to provide an invoice of the sterilized process (ref DPR845/1975) of down
or feather materials, with all information regarding the tracing from the material to the finished item

4.2.3. Padded items with down or feather for French market:

Padding materials must be tested according to the EN1164 norm
Products must be tested according to the EN ISO 12952 part 1&2 norm.
For French market, products must be labeled with the indication: "conforme aux exigences du
décret n° 2000-164 du 23 février 2000"

4.3.Hypoallergenic product:
All products with the demand of “hypoallergenic” must be tested in Europe with the MARZULLI
protocol. This test is compulsory for all this kind of product.

4.4.Requirement on colorimetry:
For fabric with important relief (velvet, corduroy, polar fleece), color validation must be done by eyes,
under light box (light D65 and F11)
For common fabric, following process must be applied:
Spectrophotometer:
The diffused reading head: 8°
The open diameter: 11 mm with measure on 8 mm
Measurements:
Each measure must be performed when all production steps are finished
The same spectrophotometer must be used on the production
Before each measure, the sample must be fold in order to have an opaque sample
3 measurements on the width (left/middle/right)
The gap between the 3 measurements must be less than:
∆E CMC < +/-0,5(under D65 and F11)
IM < +/- 0,3
The equations:
E CMC (2:1) < 1,2 under D65
E CMC (2:1) < 1,2 under F11
Metamerism (D65:F11) < 1.0
The colour reference is the lap dip validated by the Carrefour buyer
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Glossary:

CAS: Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Number

HPLC: High Performance Liquid Chromatography

GC/MS: Gas Chromatography / Mass spectrometry

GC/ECD: Gas Chromatography / Electron Capture Detector

AAS: Atomic Absorption Spectrometry

ICP: Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry

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