BS EN 12613:2021

This standard BS EN 12613:2021 Plastics warning devices for underground cables and pipelines with visual characteristics is classified in these ICS categories:

• 13.320 Alarm and warning systems
• 83.140.99 Other rubber and plastics products

This document specifies the material, mechanical and functional (fitness for purpose) requirements for warning devices with visual characteristics manufactured from plastics, intended to indicate the presence of cables and piping systems buried in ground when opening trenches and more generally during digging work.

This document also specifies test methods.

This document is applicable to two types of visual warning devices: tapes (type 1) and meshes (type 2).