EN 1885 2018+A1 2025.docx
EuropeanstandardNormeeuropeenneEuropaischenormICS01.040.59;59.040EN1885:2O18+A1February2025SupersedesEN1885:2018EnglishVersionFeatheranddown-TermsanddefinitionsPlumesetduvets-TermesetdefinitionsFedernundDaunen-BegriffeThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon7May2018andincludesAmendment1approvedbyCENon13January2025.CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEuropeanStandardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Up-to-datelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcerningsuchnationalstandardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheCEN-CENELECManagementCentreortoanyCENmember.ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).AversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytranslationundertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheCEN-CENELECManagementCentrehasthesamestatusastheofficialversions.CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,Bulgaria,Croatia,Cyprus,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Poland,Portugal,RepublicofNorthMacedonia,Romania,Serbia,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Sweden,Switzerland,TiirkiyeandUnitedKingdom.EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATIONCOMITEEUROPEENDENORMALISATIONEuropaischeskomiteefurnormungCEN-CENELECManagementCentre:RuedelaScience23,B-1040Brussels©2025CENAllrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreservedRef.No.EN1885:2O18+A1:2025EworldwideforCENnationalMembers.ContentsPageEuropeanforeword31 Scope42 NormativeReferences43 Termsanddefinitions43.1 Concerningthestructure43.2 Accordingtothetypeofanimal143.3 Othertermsanddefinitions16AnnexA(informative)Qualitativeidentificationoftheelementsconstitutingtheplumageoffowlspecies18A.lGeneral18A.2Morphologicalcharacteristicsallowingtodifferentiatetheelements18A.3Morphologicalcharacteristicsallowingtosingleoutthefowlspecies18A.3.1Byvisualexamination18A.3.1.IEiderdown18A.3.1.2Goose19A.3.1.3Duck19A.3.1.4Landfowl19A.3.2Microscopemethod19A.3.2.IGoose19A.3.2.2Duck19Bibliography21EuropeanforewordThisdocument(EN1885:2018+Al:2025)hasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC443nFeatheranddown”,thesecretariatofwhichisheldbyDIN.ThisEuropeanStandardshallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicationofanidenticaltextorbyendorsement,atthelatestbySeptember2025,andconflictingnationalstandardsshallbewithdrawnatthelatestbySeptember2025.ThisdocumentincludesAmendment1approvedbyCENon13January2025.Attentionisdrawntothepossibilitythatsomeoftheelementsofthisdocumentmaybethesubjectofpatentrights.CENshallnotbeheldresponsibleforidentifyinganyorallsuchpatentrights.Thisdocumentsupersedes®EN1885:2018.血Thestartandfinishoftextintroducedoralteredbyamendmentisindicatedinthetextbytags回过LAccordingtotheCEN-CENELECInternalRegulations,thenationalstandardsorganisationsofthefollowingcountriesareboundtoimplementthisEuropeanStandard:Austria,Belgium,Bulgaria,Croatia,Cyprus,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,FormerYugoslavRepublicofMacedonia,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Poland,Portugal,Romania,Serbia,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Sweden,Switzerland,TurkeyandtheUnitedKingdom.1 ScopeThisdocumentdefinestheprincipaltermsusedinthefieldoffeatheranddown.2 NormativeReferencesTherearenonormativereferencesinthisdocument.3 TermsanddefinitionsForthepurposesofthisdocument,thefollowingtermsanddefinitionsapply.ISOandIECmaintainterminologicaldatabasesforuseinstandardizationatthefollowingaddresses: IECElectropedia:availableathttp:/www.electropedia.org/ ISOOnlinebrowsingplatform:availableathttp:/www.iso.org/obp3.1 Concerningthestructure3.1.1plumageallelements(quillfeathers,feathers,down,plumule)ofthecoveringofdifferentkindsofwaterfowlandlandfowl3.1.2quillfeatherstiftcoarse,wingandtailplumage.Ithasalongerandstiffervane(3.1.12thanafeather(3.1.3.1)3.1.3Feather3.1.3.1feather(general)plumage(3.1.1)withoutquillfeathers(3.1.2)KeyAquillpoint(3.1.10)Bquillshaft(3.1.9)Cquill(3.1.8)Dupperquill(seedamagedfeather3.3.7)Figure1Feather3.1.3.2feather(specific)hornyintegumentoffowls,withshorterandsoftervane(3.1.12thanquillfeather(3.1.2)and,unlikeplumules(3.1.17),awell-developedquill(3.1.8)3.1.4neckfeathersmallestfeathersfromtheneckandheadarea3.1.5nestlingfeatherpinfeatherfeather(3.1.3.1)notfullydeveloped,havingnodistinguishablequill(3.1.8)butwithrelativelyshortcoarsebarbs(3.1.20)3.1.6filoplumesfeatherswithabarequillwithoutvanebutwithabrushedtip3.1.7flatfeatherfeather(3.1.3.1)withstraightvane(3.1.12)3.1.8quillaxialpartofquillfeather(3.1.2)andfeathers(3.1.3.1).Itisformedbythequillpoint(3.1.10andthequillshaft(3.1.9)Note1toentry:SeeFigure1.3.1.9quillshaftpartofthequill(3.1.8)whichcarriesthevane(3.1.12)Note1t