scope:

Concerns transparent and diffusing plastic films based on polyethylene and its copolymers which are designed to be used as covers for permanent and temporary greenhouses for forcing and semi-forcing vegetable, fruit and flower crops. This standard is intended to establish the basic requirements for the physical and mechanical characteristics of various types of film. From a detailed consideration of the different covering plastics films used in agriculture and horticulture in the European market, different types of film are considered, independently of the colour: - normal film; - thermic clear film; - thermic diffusing film. The range of thicknesses considered is from 50 µd up to more than 200 µm.