Test methods ensure that a minimum level of protection is maintained when the garments are subjected to care procedures.

The requirements that have to be reached are:

· Dimensional chance: <3% in warp and weft (5 washing cycles).
· Colour fastness to hot pressing: 4 - 5 for degradation and 4 for run
· Colour fastness to dry cleaning: 4 for degradation.
· Colour fastness to rubbing both in dry and wet: 4 for degradation.
· Colour fastness to bleaching: 4 for degradation.
· Colour fastness to domestic and commercial laundering: 4 for degradation.
· Colour fastness to perspiration: 4-5 for degradation and 3 for run.
· Water vapour resistance: <5 (m² · Pa) / W
· Water vapour permeability index: <0.15 (m² - Pa) / W
· The load >850N length wise and >650N crosswise.

The chromaticity shall lie within one of the areas defined in table 1 and the luminance factor shall exceed the corresponding minimum in table 1.

The colour after exposure shall be within the areas defined by the co-ordinates in table 1. The luminance factor shall be not less than the corresponding minimum values in table 1.