Standards and Regulations

Regulations / Standards applicable to REMA Product Groups*
*Product Group (Subcommittee) coding as follows: 1 Horizontal Road Markings Click on the Product Group name to view Standards and Regulations for that group only
2 Road Studs
3 Barriers and Temporary Signs
4 Marker Posts and Street Furniture
5 Road Cones and Cylinders
6 High Visibility Clothing
7 Safety Lamps
8 Vehicle Conspicuity Group

British Standards Product Group
BS EN 340:2003 Protective Clothing - General requirements 6
BS EN 343:2003 Protective clothing -Garments for protection against rain 6
BS EN 471:2003 High-visibility warning clothing 6
BS 873 Part 2 Specification for miscellaneous signs Current until publication of BS 8442 3
BS 873 Part 6 Specification for retroreflective and non-retroreflective signs withdrawn 31 12 05 3
BS EN 1150:1999 Protective clothing - Visibility clothing for non-professional use 6
BS EN 1423:1998 Road Marking materials - Drop on materials - Glass beads, antiskid aggregates and mixtures of the two 1
BS EN 1424:1997 Road marking materials - Premix glass beads 1
BS EN 1436:1998 Road marking materials - Road marking performance for road users 1
BS EN 1463-1:1998 Road Marking materials - Retroreflecting road studs - Part: 1 Initial performance requirements 2
BS EN 1463-2:2000 Road Marking materials - Retroreflecting road studs - Part: 2 Road test performance specifications 2
BS EN 1790:1998 Road marking materials - Preformed road markings 1
BS EN 1824:1998 Road marking materials - Road trials 1
BS EN 1871:2000 Road marking materials - Physical properties 1
BS 3143-2:1990 Road danger lamps - Specification for low intensity battery operated lamps 7
BS 3143-4:1985 Road danger lamps - Specification for high intensity battery operated beacons 7
GO/RT 3279:1999 Railway Group Standard - High Visibility Clothing 6
PD 6518 :1987 Prefabricated temporary road marking materials for use at road works (No longer used) 1
BS 7962:2000 Black materials for masking existing road markings - Specification 1
BS 8408:2005 Road traffic signs - Testing and performance of microprismatic retroreflective sheeting materials - Specification 3
BS 8442:2006 Miscellaneous Road Traffic Signs and devices – Requirements and test methods 3 4 5 7
BS EN 12352:2000 Traffic Control Equipment - Warning and safety light devices 7
BS EN 12802:2000 Road marking materials - Laboratory methods for identification 1
BS EN 12899-1:2001 Fixed, vertical road traffic signs - Part:1 Fixed Signs 3
Draft BS EN 12899-3 Fixed, vertical road traffic signs - Part: 3 Delineator posts and retroreflectors 4
Draft BS EN 12899-4:2001 Fixed, vertical road traffic signs - Part:4 Factory production Control Not yet published 3
Draft BS EN 12899-5:2001 Fixed, vertical road traffic signs - Part:5 Initial Type Not yet published 3
BS EN 13197:2001 Road marking materials - Wear simulators 1
BS EN 13212:2001 Road marking materials - Requirements for factory production control 1
BS EN13356:2001 Visibility accessories for non-professional use 6
BS EN 13422:2004 Vertical road signs - Portable Warning devices and delineators - Portable road traffic signs - Cones and cylinders 5
DD ENV 13459-1:1999 Road Marking Materials - Quality control _ Part: 1 Sampling from storage and testing 1
DD ENV 13459-2:1999 Road Marking Materials - Quality control _ Part: 2 Guidelines for preparing quality plans for materials application 1
DD ENV 13459-3:1999 Road Marking Materials - Quality control _ Part: 3 Performance in use 1
Department for Transport Documents Product Group
TSRGD 2002 Direction 57 2
TSRGD 2002 Direction 58 2
TSRGD 2002 Section 6 Clause 54 Flashing Beacons 7
TSRGD 2002 Section 6 Clause 55 Road Danger Lamps 7
TSRGD 2002 Traffic Signs Regulations & General Directions 2002 1 2 3 4 5 7
TSRGD 2002 New Roads and Streetworks Act 1991 1 2 3 5 6 7
TSRGD 2002 Specification for the Reinstatement of Openings in the Highways 1 2
Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 4 Warning Signs 3
Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 5 Road Markings 1 2
Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 6 Illumination of traffic signs 7
Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 7 Design of traffic signs 3
Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 8 Traffic safety measures and signs for road works and temporary situations 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
The Red Book Safety at Street Works and Road Works 1 3 5 6 7
Highways Agency Documents Product Group
MCHW Volume 0, Section 3 (Advice Notes), Part 1 (SA1/05) Lists of Compliant Approved/Registered Products 1 2
TD 25/01 Inspection and Maintenance of Traffic Signs on Motorway and All-Purpose trunk Roads 3
Draft Sector Scheme 9a Traffic Sign manufacturing and 9b Traffic Sign installation 3
MCHW Volume 1 Specification for Highways Works (SHW) series 1200 1 2 3 4 5 7
MCHW Volume 2 Notes for guidance on the SHW Series 1200 1 2 3 4 5 7
DMRB Volume 8 Section 2 – TD25 Inspection and maintenance of traffic signs on motorways and all purpose trunk roads 3
DMRB Volume 8 Section 2 – TD26 Inspection and maintenance of road markings and road studs on motorways and all purpose trunk roads 1 2
Trunk Roads Maintenance Manual 1 2 3 4 5 7
UN/ECE Regulations Product Group
UN/ECE 70.01 Uniform provision concerning the approval of rear marking plates for heavy and long vehicles 8
UN/ECE 104 Uniform provision concerning the approval of retroreflective markings for heavy and long vehicles and their trailers 8