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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:

Directive 96/73/EC as amended by directive 73/44/EEC & 2006/2/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 6330:2001 Domestic washing & drying procedures
Bhs 31 Spirality (degrees 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
Bhs 15J Stretch and recovery
BS 3320:1988 Method for determination of slippage resistance of yarns in woven fabrics: seam method
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 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
Tesco App D Phenolic yellowing of textiles
Bhs 12A Print Durability