CEN/TS 18101:2024

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-februar-2025
Krožna zasnova ribolovnega orodja in opreme za akvakulturo - Izrazi in definicije
Circular design of fishing gear and aquaculture equipment - Terms and definitions
Kreislauforientiertes Design von Fischfanggeräten - Begriffe und Definitionen
Circularité et recyclabilité des engins de pêche et des équipements d’aquaculture -
Termes et définitions
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: CEN/TS 18101:2024
ICS:
01.040.65 Kmetijstvo (Slovarji) Agriculture (Vocabularies)
13.020.20 Okoljska ekonomija. Environmental economics.
Trajnostnost Sustainability
65.150 Ribolov in ribogojstvo Fishing and fish breeding
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

CEN/TS 18101
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
SPÉCIFICATION TECHNIQUE
November 2024
TECHNISCHE SPEZIFIKATION
ICS 65.150
English Version
Circular design of fishing gear and aquaculture equipment
- Terms and definitions
Circularité et recyclabilité des engins de pêche et des Kreislauforientiertes Design von Fischfanggeräten -
équipements d'aquaculture - Termes et définitions Begriffe und Definitionen
This Technical Specification (CEN/TS) was approved by CEN on 6 October 2024 for provisional application.

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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 5
3.1 General terms . 5
3.2 Terms related to environment . 6
3.3 Terms related to circular economy . 7
3.4 Terms related to life cycle . 10
3.5 Terms related to end-of-use . 10
3.6 Terms related to materials . 11
3.7 Terms related to labelling . 12
4 List of abbreviations . 13
Bibliography . 15
European foreword
This document (CEN/TS 18101:2024) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 466 "Circularity
and recyclability of fishing gear and aquaculture equipment", the secretariat of which is held by NEN.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent
rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supports the EN 17988 series Circular design of fishing gear and aquaculture equipment.
This document has been prepared under a standardization request addressed to CEN by the European
Commission. The Standing Committee of the EFTA States subsequently approves these requests for its
Member States.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body. A
complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the following
countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia,
Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the United Kingdom.
Introduction
As part of the European Green Deal, launched in 2019, the European commission introduced measures to
move to a climate neutral and circular economy, together with a digital transition. One of the targets when
going to a circular economy was to reduce the amount of waste released into the environment by decreasing
the amount of waste generated, increasing the amount of waste collected and re-introducing the materials
regenerated from waste into the production of new products.
Specifically, the accumulation of plastics in marine and other aquatic environments were addressed in two
directives:
— The revised Port Reception Facilities (PRF) Directive [1], which introduces indirect fees, replacing the
previous direct fees charged to fishers for bringing not only their own end-of-use gear but also retrieved,
abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) ashore, thus encouraging waste to be carried
back to port.
— The Single Use Plastics (SUP) Directive [2].
In 2021 the standardization request M/574 on the Circular Design of Fishing Gear [3] was passed by the
European commission and the parliament and accepted by CEN, which forms the basis for this series of
documents (EN 17988 series). While mostly the term ‘fishing gear’ is used in Directive (EU2019/904 and
M/574, it is mentioned in both documents that it also encompasses aquaculture equipment.
This document provides a collection of terms and definitions applicable to the circular design of fishing gear
and aquaculture equipment, clarifying the terminology used in M/574 and supporting the EN 17988 series
with the generic title Circular design of fishing gear and aquaculture equipment.
Terms which are explained in detail in one of the parts of the EN 17988 series have not been integrated into
this document, as their definition is clear from the context provided in this specific part.
Additionally, this document contains a list of all abbreviations used in the different parts of the
EN 17988 series.
1 Scope
This document provides the terms and definitions applicable to the circular design of fishing gear and
aquaculture equipment.
This document also contains the list of abbreviations used in the EN 17988 series.
2 Normative references
There are no normative references in this document.
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— IEC Electropedia: available at http://www.electropedia.org/
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at http://www.iso.org/obp
3.1 General terms
3.1.1
fishing gear
aids used to retrieve biological material from the sea or freshwater but that are not integrated parts of the
fishing vessel
[SOURCE: ISO 22948:2020, 3.2.18 [4]]
3.1.2
aquaculture
farming of aquatic organisms
Note 1 to entry: Farming implies some sort of intervention in the rearing process to enhance production, such as regular
stocking, feeding, protection from predators, etc.
Note 2 to entry: Farming also implies individual or corporate ownership of the stock being cultivated, the planning,
development and operation of aquaculture systems, sites, facilities and practices, and the production and transport.
Note 3 to entry: Examples of farmed organisms are fish, molluscs, crustaceans, algae and aquatic plants.
[SOURCE: FAO website on Fisheries and Aquaculture [5], modified]
3.1.3
equipment
single completed unit that can be used for its intended purpose without further processing or assembly
[SOURCE: EN ISO 13533:2001, 3.24 [6], modified by deleting “any” in the beginning of the definition]
3.1.4
aquaculture equipment
equipment (3.1.3) used for aquaculture (3.1.2)
3.1.5
component
constituent part of a device which cannot be physically divided into smaller parts without losing its particular
function
[SOURCE: IEC 60050 151-11-21 [7]]
3.1.6
producer
natural or legal person that professionally manufactures, sells or imports and places on the market fishing
gear and/ or aquaculture equipment containing plastics
[SOURCE: Adapted from Directive (EU) 2019/904 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June
2019 on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment]
3.1.7
manufacturer
natural or legal person who manufactures a product or who has a product designed or manufactured, and
markets that product under its name or trademark
3.1.8
importer
natural or legal person established in the European Union who places a product from a third country on the
Union market
3.1.9
risk assessment
overall process of risk identification, risk analysis and risk evaluation
Note 1 to entry: Following the risk assessment a risk mitigation should be prepared.
[SOURCE: ISO Guide 73:2009, 3.4.1 [8], modified by addition of note 1 to entry]
3.2 Terms related to environment
3.2.1
environmental impact
change to the environment, whether adverse or beneficial, including possible consequences, wholly or
partially resulting from an organization’s environmental aspects
[SOURCE: EN ISO 14050:2020, 3.2.22 [9]]
3.2.2
ultimate aerobic biodegradation
breakdown of an organic compound by microorganisms in the presence of oxygen into carbon dioxide, water
and mineral salts of any other elements present (mineralization) plus new biomass
[SOURCE: EN ISO 14851:2019, 3.1 [10]]
3.2.3
ultimate anerobic degradation
breakdown of an organic compound by microorganisms in the absence of oxygen to carbon dioxide, methane,
water and mineral salts of any other elements present (mineralization) plus new biomass
[SOURCE: EN ISO 14853:2017, 3.1 [11]]
3.2.4
ultimate biodegradation
breakdown of an organic compound by microorganisms into carbon dioxide, methane (in the absence of
oxygen), water and mineral salts of any other elements present (mineralization) plus new biomass
Note 1 to entry: Compiled from the definitions of "ultimate aerobic biodegradation" and "ultimate anaerobic
degradation".
Note 2 to entry: Other standards refer with this definition to "ultimate biodegradation". With respect to environmental
protection, biodegradable materials in fishing gear should undergo ultimate degradation in the marine environment.
[SOURCE: Adapted from (3.2.2) and (3.2.3)]
3.2.5
biodegradability
susceptibility of an organic substance to (ultimate) biodegradation (3.2.4)
Note 1 to entry: The adjective of biodegradability is “biodegradable”.
[SOURCE: ISO 6107:2021, 3.68 [12], modified with addition of Note 1 to entry]
3.2.6
substance of concern
substance that a) meets the criteria identified under the REACH legislation, b) is classified in CLP hazard
classes of hazard categories, c) negatively affects the re-use and recycling of materials in the product in which
it is present
3.3 Terms related to circular economy
3.3.1
circular economy
economic system that uses a systemic approach to maintain a circular flow of resources, by recovering,
retaining or adding to their value, while contributing to sustainable development
Note 1 to entry: From a sustainable development perspective, the inflow of virgin resources is kept as low as possible,
and the circular flow of resources is kept as closed as possible to minimize emissi
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