# Rules and Regulations Under the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act
> **US Federal Trade Commission** · Final rule. · Published 1997-05-23 · Effective 1997-05-23 · 62 FR 28342
## Document
- **Document number:** 97-13607
- **Category:** final-rule
- **Agency:** US Federal Trade Commission
- **Federal Register citation:** 62 FR 28342
- **CFR reference:** 16 CFR 303
- **Publication date:** 1997-05-23
- **Effective date:** 1997-05-23
## Abstract

The Federal Trade Commission announces amendments to Rule 7 of the Rules and Regulations Under the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act (``Textile Rules''), which lists generic names and definitions for manufactured fibers. 16 CFR 303.7 (1996). The amendments create a new subsection that designates a new fiber name, ``elastoester,'' and establishes a definition for the fiber. The Commission initiated this proceeding in response to a petition for a new generic fiber name under the Textile Rules filed by Teijin Limited, a fiber manufacturing company based in Osaka, Japan. Teijin manufactures the fiber under the trade name ``REXE.'' The Commission is making the amendments effective today, as permitted by 5 U.S.C. 553(d), because the amendments do not create new obligations under the Rule; rather, they merely create a fiber name and definition that the public may use to comply with the Rule.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/05/23/97-13607/rules-and-regulations-under-the-textile-fiber-products-identification-act)
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