1. By 30 September 2013, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council regarding possible new labelling requirements to be introduced at Union level with a view to providing consumers with accurate, relevant, intelligible and comparable information on the characteristics of textile products.
2. The report shall be based on a consultation of relevant stakeholders and shall take into account existing related European and international standards.
3. The report shall be accompanied, where appropriate, by legislative proposals, and shall examine, inter alia, the following issues:
an origin labelling scheme aimed at providing consumers with accurate information on the country of origin and additional information ensuring full traceability of textile products, taking into account the results of developments on potential horizontal country-of-origin rules;
a harmonised care labelling system;
a Union-wide uniform size labelling system for relevant textile products;
an indication of allergenic substances;
electronic labelling and other new technologies, and the use of language-independent symbols or codes for the identification of fibres.