TEPS Participation Fees

The costs for TEPS are as follows:
  • £206 fixed annual membership fee
  • Additional charges per test as detailed below
  • Courier fees of £40 per round (4 rounds per year) may be charged, depending on location
  • + VAT for UK participants
Additional charge of £46.50 per test. A "test" may in practice be more than one of the individual tests listed below. For example, Dimensional Stability and Spirality are classed as a single test for pricing purposes. Please see Application Form for full details.

Trials are conducted each year on the following tests:

EU Directive 73/44/EEC and EU Directive 96/73/EC as amended by 2006/2/EC, 2007/4/EC and 2009/122/EC Methods for quantitative analysis of fibre mixtures
BS EN ISO 105-BO2:1999 Colour fastness to artificial light: Xenon arc fading lamp test
BS EN ISO 6330 Domestic washing & drying procedures
Homebase HBT2 Spirality (degrees method)
Matalan M02 Spirality (percentage method)
Boden Spirality (percentage method)
Ethel Austin IHTM 2 Spirality (percentage method)
Adams TM 2 Spirality (percentage method)
Tesco App F Spirality (percentage method)
BS EN ISO 13938-1:1999 Bursting properties of fabrics. Hydraulic method for determination of bursting strength and bursting distension
BS EN ISO 13938-2:1999 Bursting properties of fabrics. Pneumatic method for determination of bursting strength and bursting distension
BS EN ISO 12945-2:2000 Determination of fabric propensity to surface fuzzing and to pilling. Modified Martindale method
BS EN ISO 12945-1:2001 Determination of fabric propensity to surface fuzzing and to pilling. Pilling box method
BS EN ISO 12947-2:1999 Determination of the abrasion resistance of fabrics by the Martindale method. Determination of specimen breakdown
BS EN 14704-1 Determination of the elasticity of fabrics
BS EN ISO 13935-2:1999 Seam tensile properties of fabrics and made-up textile articles. Determination of maximum force to seam rupture using the grab method
BS EN ISO 13937-1:2000 Tear properties of fabrics. Determination of tear force using ballistic pendulum method (Elmendorf)
BS EN ISO 13934-2:1999 Tensile properties of fabrics. Determination of maximum force using the grab method
BS EN ISO 13936-1:2004 Textiles. Determination of the slippage resistance of yarns at a seam in woven fabrics. Fixed seam opening method
BS EN ISO 105-E03:1997 Colour fastness to chlorinated water
BS EN ISO 105-C06:1997 Colour fastness to domestic and commercial laundering
BS EN ISO 105-C09:2003 Colour fastness to domestic and commercial laundering - Oxidative bleach response
BS EN ISO 105-D01:1995 Colour fastness to dry cleaning
BS EN ISO 105-E04:1996 Colour fastness to perspiration
BS EN ISO 105-X12:2002 Colour fastness to rubbing
BS EN ISO 105-E02:1996 Colour fastness to sea water
BS EN ISO 105-E01:1996 Colour fastness to water
Homebase HBT3 Durability/Print Durability (twin tub)
Tesco App C Motif/Print Durability (twin tub)
BS EN ISO 105-X18 Phenolic Yellowing
Tesco App D Phenolic yellowing of textiles
Boden Method Print Durability (twin tub)
Ethel Austin IHTM 001 Print Durability (twin tub)
Matalan M01 Print/Flock Durability (twin tub)
Adams TM 1 Print/Motif Durability (twin tub)