These Regulations implement Commission Directive 2004/34/EC amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, Annexes I and II to Directive 96/74/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on textile names (O.J. No. L89, 26.3.2004, p.35). They amend the Textile Products (Indications of Fibre Content) Regulations 1986 (“the principal Regulations”), which implement Council Directive 96/74/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 on textile names (O.J. No. L32, 3.2.1971, p.38). This Directive consolidated Council Directives 71/307/EEC (O.J. No. L185, 16.8.1971, p.16) and 83/623/EEC (O.J. No. L353, 15.12.1983, p.8) and Commission Directive 87/140/EEC (O.J. No. L56, 26.2.1987, p.24).