These Regulations set out the enforcement provisions including the sanctions that will apply to Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27th September 2011 on textile fibres and related labelling and marking of the fibre composition of textile products and repealing Council Directive 73/44/EEC and Directives 96/73/EC and 2008/121/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (“"the EU Regulation””) (OJ No L272, 18.10.2011, p.1.). The EU Regulation comes into force on 8th May 2012.