EN 17033:2018

EUROPEAN FOREWORD
1 SCOPE
2 NORMATIVE REFERENCES
3 TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
4 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
5 REQUIREMENTS FOR MATERIALS, TESTING SCHEMES AND
   EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR BIODEGRADATION AND
   ECOTOXICITY
6 DIMENSIONAL, MECHANICAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES
   OF THE FILMS
7 DELIVERY CHECKING
8 FILM DESIGNATION
9 MARKING
10 TEST REPORT
11 FUNCTIONS AND SERVICE LIFE OF BIODEGRADABLE MULCH
   FILMS
12 CONDITIONS FOR INSTALLATION AND USE OF MULCH FILMS
ANNEX A (NORMATIVE) - PREPARATION OF SOILS FOR
        ECOTOXICITY TESTING
ANNEX B (NORMATIVE) - DETERMINATION OF ACUTE EFFECTS
        OF MATERIALS ON THE EMERGENCE AND GROWTH OF
        HIGHER PLANTS
ANNEX C (NORMATIVE) - DETERMINATION OF ACUTE EFFECTS
        OF MATERIALS ON EARTHWORMS
ANNEX D (NORMATIVE) - DETERMINATION OF EFFECTS OF
        MATERIALS ON REPRODUCTION OF EARTHWORMS
ANNEX E (NORMATIVE) - DETERMINATION OF NITRIFICATION
        ACTIVITY OF SOIL MICROORGANISMS
ANNEX F (NORMATIVE) - DETERMINATION OF RELATIVE LIGHT
        TRANSMISSION
ANNEX G (INFORMATIVE) - FUNCTIONS AND SERVICE LIFE OF
        BIODEGRADABLE MULCH FILMS
ANNEX H (INFORMATIVE) - GOOD PRACTICE GUIDANCE FOR
        USE OF BIODEGRADABLE MULCH FILMS
ANNEX I (INFORMATIVE) - QUALITATIVE EVALUATION OF THE
        DISINTEGRATION IN A SLIDE FRAME TEST
BIBLIOGRAPHY

This document specifies the requirements for biodegradable films, manufactured from thermoplastic materials, to be used for mulch applications in agriculture and horticulture.This document is applicable to films intended to biodegrade in soil without creating any adverse impact on the environment.It also specifies the test methods to assess these requirements as well as requirements for the packaging, identification and marking of films.For information, it defines a classification of biodegradable mulch films according to their service life on soil and gives a good practice guide for the use of the films.NOTEFilms intended to be removed after use and not incorporated in the soil are not in the scope of this standard. They are in the scope of EN 13655 [1].