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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
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01-september-2023
Krožna zasnova ribolovnega orodja in opreme za akvakulturo - 2. del: Priročnik za
uporabo in označevanje
Circular design of fishing gear and aquaculture equipment - Part 2: User manual and
labelling
Kreislaufwirtschaft von Fischfanggeräten und Aquakulturausrüstungen - Teil 2:
Benutzerhandbuch und Kennzeichnung
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 17988-2
ICS:
13.020.20 Okoljska ekonomija. Environmental economics.
Trajnostnost Sustainability
65.150 Ribolov in ribogojstvo Fishing and fish breeding
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2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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EUROPEAN STANDARD
prEN 17988-2
NORME EUROPÉENNE
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July 2023
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English Version
Circular design of fishing gear and aquaculture equipment
- Part 2: User manual and labelling
Grundsätze und Benutzerhandbuch von
kreislauforientierten Fischfanggeräten
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 466.
If this draft becomes a European Standard, CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations
which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.

This draft European Standard was established by CEN in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other
language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC
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United Kingdom.
Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are
aware and to provide supporting documentation.

Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without
notice and shall not be referred to as a European Standard.

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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 4
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions. 6
4 Requirements for user manual . 6
4.1 General . 6
4.2 Selecting / sourcing of materials and components . 7
4.3 Manufacture/assemble/install . 8
4.4 Use and maintenance . 10
4.5 End of use stage . 12
5 Labelling and other information. 13
5.1 Guiding text on the placement and implementation of appropriate labelling on gear and
equipment . 13
5.2 Implementation of labelling systems . 14
5.3 Packaging material information . 16
Annex A (normative) General requirements to comply with the IEC/IEEE 82079-1 standard17
Annex B (normative) Compliance checklist for the fulfilment of the Manual requirements on
the information for use- IEC/IEEE 82079-1 . 20
Annex C (Informative) Template for the component usage and care . 25
Annex D (Informative) Template for material reporting . 29
Annex E (Informative) Fishing Gear and Aquaculture Equipment taxonomy code list . 30
Annex F (Informative) Examples of gear marks for identification . 31
Annex G (Informative) Suggested placement of labels/marks in relation to gear type . 33
Annex H (Informative) Guidance for the marking of fishing gear to indicate geolocation
positions (optional) . 39
Bibliography . 41
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European foreword
This document (prEN 17988-2:2023) 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.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
EN 17988-2 consists of the following parts, under the general title Circular design of fishing gear and
aquaculture equipment:
Part 1: General requirements and guidance
Part 2: User manual and labelling
Part 3: Technical requirements
Part 4: Environmental and circularity requirements and guidelines
Part 5. Circular business models
Part 6. Requirements for digitalization of information on fishing gear and components
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and
the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).
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Introduction
Directive (EU) 2019/904 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reduction of the
impact of certain plastic products on the environment (“Single Use Plastic directive”, SUP) lays down
rules on different plastic products, including fishing gear and aquaculture equipment containing
plastics, and sets requirement to the Member States to establish Extended Producer Responsibility
schemes (EPR schemes). It also contains rules on minimum national annual collection rates and on
reporting fishing gear placed on the market and waste fishing gear collected in ports.
In accordance with Article 8(9) of the Directive, in 2021 the Commission Implementing Decision
M/574 on a standardization request to the European Committee for Standardization as regards
circular design of fishing gear and aquaculture equipment in support of Directive (EU) 2019/904 was
approved.
Based on the mandate, a standard with 6 parts and a technical report (TR) on terms and definitions
have been developed by CEN/TC 466.
The purpose of this series of documents is to provide the stakeholders with requirements and
guidelines to address the different aspects of circular design of fishing gear and aquaculture
equipment, including encourage preparing for re-use and facilitate recyclability at end of use. The
standard parts are developed not only to support the Single Use Plastics directives (SUP), but the
Port Reception Facilities directive and the Extended Producer Responsibility, (ERP) as well.
The standard parts specify requirements and guidance for the circular design of fishing gear and
aquaculture equipment containing plastics that could be applied in the design, manufacturing, use
and recycling of such fishing gear/equipment.
The fishing gear and aquaculture equipment included in Single-Use Plastics (SUP) and Extended
Producer Responsibility (EPR) are those that include plastics. Traditionally, many fishers and
aquaculturists extend fishing gear life by repairing the gear or equipment and use retrieved gear or
equipment for spare parts.
Fishing gear, depending on the fishing gear used and the fisher, can last several years (nets and lines)
to decades (prawn pots and mixed pots). However, a larger scale of waste results from domestic
waste found at sea, and to a lesser extent Abandoned, Lost or Discarded Fishing Gear / Aquaculture
Equipment (ALDFG) brought back to land. Many fishers actively collect ALDFG and domestic waste
encountered as it negatively impacts their resources and can be hazardous to the vessel or its gear.
Disposal of this waste is not always practical with a lack of port facilities and often costly to the fisher
who retrieved it to dispose of in landfills.
The main material in current commercial fishing gear and aquaculture equipment is plastic.
Typically, the range of ALDFG found consists of four expected dominant polymer types, namely: PA6
(Polyamide 6 (Nylon)) and PET (polyethylene) as high-density polymers, and PP (polypropylene), PE
(polyethylene) as polyolefins. The specific plastics vary greatly, with many gears constructed from
more than one type. Due to the mixed materials found in ALDFG, pre-processing prior to recycling is
important. Pre-processing includes washing, shredding, manual separation, density separation and
a final washing. However, fishing gear disposed of responsibly can often be cleaned and separated
thus reducing processing procedures. Requirements and guidance on these stages are found in part
3 (Technical requirements), part 4 (Environmental and circularity requirements and guidelines) and
part 5 (Circular business models).
This document, part 2 of the series of standards, specifies the requirements for the user manuals and
other information (including labelling) that accompanies circular designed fishing gear and
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aquaculture equipment, to enable traceability and proper management during the lifetime of fishing
gear and aquaculture equipment components.
The main target groups for part 2 are the fishing gear and aquaculture equipment makers, netting
producers, and raw material producers, that need to provide user manuals and information to the
users. In addition, also others involved in the chain of recycling used and wasted gear, and other
stakeholders could be considered as well.
Stakeholders that will need to be provided with user manuals include fishers, aquaculture companies,
collectors (of wasted gear), sorters, those who are doing maintenance (including washing and
cleaning), and distributors. Information that needs to be provided to authorities could also be
covered by user manuals or labelling.
For overview of stakeholders, see part 1 – General requirements and guidance.
For a full outline of the parts of the standard, and how the parts relate to each other, see part 1.
The focus of this document is on circularity. It does not address other conservation aspects, efficiency,
etc. To be practical and efficient user manuals and labelling systems will cover all aspects of
importance. When implementing the requirements and guidance in these standard parts, balanced
trade-offs to other issues therefore need to be taken into account.
For the same reason, the information for user manuals required by this standard might be included
in user manuals with a wider, more comprehensive, scope.
The intention with this multipart standard is also to facilitate for organizations to contribute to the
UN Sustainability Goals, 9 Industry, innovation, and infrastructure, 12 Responsible consumption and
production and 14 Life below water, especially SDG 14.1 that aims by 2025, prevent and significantly
reduce marine pollution of all kinds, particularly from land-based activities, including marine debris
and nutrient pollution.
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1 Scope
This document specifies the requirements for the user manuals and other information (including
labelling) that accompanies circular designed fishing gear and aquaculture equipment, to ensure
traceability and proper management during the lifetime of fishing gear components.
This document is applicable to all fishing gear and aquaculture equipment makers, providing gear or
equipment that include plastics.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments)
applies.
IEC/IEEE 82079-1:2019, Preparation of information for use (instructions for use) of products - Part 1:
Principles and general requirements
3 Terms and definitions
No terms and definitions are listed in this document.
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