DIN EN 1790:2013-12

A particular category of road marking materials, used for horizontal signalisation, are preformed, that is, manufactured products in sheet form, ready for use on the road. They can be applied by means of adhesives, pressure or heat, with or without the use of a primer. Preformed road marking materials can be linear, in pieces of a certain length or in rolls. They can also be cut out in the form of symbols or signs or parts of them, making it possible to assemble them on the road to achieve the desired shape. Preformed road marking materials can be designed for use as permanent or temporary road markings. In both cases, they can be applied with a view to later removal and therefore the specific property of "removability" can be required. Preformed road marking products are defined as Tape, preformed Cold Plastic road marking or preformed Thermoplastic road marking with or without drop-on materials. Except for Thermoplastic road markings with drop-on materials, all the other type of products are fully finished during manufacturing and do not change significantly their properties during application. This standard applies to all preformed road marking products. Thermoplastic road markings with drop-on materials need the addition of drop-on materials during application on the road. Therefore they are in some way similar to the thermoplastic products covered by prEN 1871:2008. This standard provides all the relevant information and cross references to prEN 1871:2008 in order to cover these kinds of products. This European Standard specifies construction products which are white and yellow, removable or non-removable, preformed road marking materials, under the form of tape, cold plastic, thermoplastics with or without drop-on materials, to be used for permanent and/or temporary road markings in circulation areas. Other products and colours intended for road markings are not covered in this European Standard. This European Standard also gives specifications for the evaluation of conformity for white and yellow, removable or non-removable, preformed road materials under the form of tape, cold plastic, thermoplastics with or without drop-on materials to be used for permanent and/or temporary road markings in circulation areas including type testing and factory production control. This European Standard includes an Annex ZA for tapes, preformed cold plastic road marking and thermoplastic road marking with and without drop-on materials with the clauses addressing the provisions of the EU Construction Product Directive for permanent road marking. The committee responsible for this standard is NA 005-10-22 AA "Straßenmarkierungen (SpA zu CEN/TC 226/WG 2), Gemeinschaftsausschuss mit FGSV" ("Horizontal road signs (national mirror committee for CEN/TC 226/WG 2) Joint working group with FGSV") at DIN.