No L 353/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 15.12. 83 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 25 November 1983 amending Directive 71/307/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to textile names (83/623/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 100 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3), Whereas certain provisions of Directive 71/307/EEC (*) have given rise in the Member States to differences of interpretation and application prejudicial to the free movement of textile goods and to consumer information within the meaning of that Directive; whereas those provisions must therefore be amended or supplemented, and all discrepancies of terminology observed in the various language versions of the Directive eliminated; Whereas the term ‘textile fibre’ must be extended to include strips or tubes with an apparent width of not more than 5§ mm, which are cut out from sheets manufactured by extrusion of the polymers listed under (1) OJ No C 63, 13. 3. 1980, p. 3. (2) O] No C 197, 4. 8. 1980, p. 66. (3) O] No C 230, 8. 9. 1980, p. 22. (4) O] No L 185, 16. 8. 1971, p. 16. items 17 to 36 and 39 of Annex I, and subsequently drawn out lengthwise; Whereas the tolerance in respect of ‘other fibres’, which has already been laid down for pure products, must also be applied to mixtures; Whereas, in cases where it is technically difficult to specify the composition of a product at the time of manufacture, any fibres known at that time may be stated on the label provided that they account for a certain percentage of the finished product; Whereas it is expedient, in order to avoid the differences of application that have arisen in this connection in the Community, to specify the exact methods of labelling certain textile products composed of two or more components, and also the constituents of textile products that need not be taken into account for purposes of labelling and analysis; Whereas textile products subject only to the requirement of inclusive labelling, and those sold by the metre or in cut lengths, must be offered for sale in such a way that the consumer can fully acquaint himself with the particulars affixed to the overall packaging or the roll; whereas it is for the Member States to decide on the measures to be adopted for this purpose;