This European Standard specifies the requirements relating to the dimensional, mechanical and physical-chemical characteristics of thermoplastic barrier films designed for agricultural and horticultural soil disinfection by means of fumigation. It also specifies the test methods for verifying these requirements, except the method for determining film permeability using a static technique, which is specified in prEN 17098-2. It is applicable to films used during soil disinfection by fumigation (class 1), and to films used during soil disinfection subsequently kept in-situ as mulch films (class 2). On the date of publication of this European Standard, the barrier films are multi-layer films.