EN ISO 13590:2023

Small craft - Personal watercraft - Construction and system installation requirements (ISO 13590:2022)

This document specifies construction and system installation requirements for personal watercraft. It addresses the builder’s plate, watercraft identification, permanently installed petrol fuel systems, electrical systems, steering systems, ventilation, hull structure and floatation, stability, mooring and towing, flooding, off-throttle steering and the owner’s manual.
This document does not apply to outboard powered personal watercraft and jet powered surfboards.

Kleine Wasserfahrzeuge - Wassermotorräder - Anforderungen an Konstruktion und Einbau von Systemen (ISO 13590:2022)

Dieses Dokument legt Anforderungen an die Konstruktion und die Systeminstallation von Wasser-motorrädern fest. Es behandelt das Hersteller-Schild, die Kennzeichnung von Wasserfahrzeugen, fest eingebaute Ottokraftstoffsysteme, elektrische Anlagen, Lenkvorrichtungen, Lüftung, Rumpfkonstruktion und Auftriebskörper, Stabilität, Festmachen und Schleppen, Überflutung, Not-Drossel-Steuerung und das Eigner¬handbuch.
Dieses Dokument gilt nicht für Wassermotorräder mit Außenbordmotor und Surfbretter mit Strahlantrieb.

Petits navires - Véhicules nautiques à moteur - Exigences de construction et d'installation des systèmes (ISO 13590:2022)

Le présent document spécifie les exigences de construction et d’installation des systèmes pour les véhicules nautiques à moteur. Il concerne la plaque du constructeur, l’identification du véhicule nautique à moteur, les systèmes carburant à essence installés à demeure, les systèmes électriques, les systèmes de direction, la ventilation, la structure de la coque et la flottabilité, la stabilité, le mouillage et le remorquage, l’envahissement, la direction avec les gaz coupés et le manuel du propriétaire.
Le présent document ne s’applique pas aux véhicules nautiques à moteur propulsés par moteurs hors-bord ni aux planches de surf à propulsion par jet d’eau.

Mala plovila - Osebna plovila - Zahteve za konstrukcijo in inštalacijo sistema (ISO 13590:2022)

Ta dokument določa zahteve za konstrukcijsko in sistemsko vgradnjo za osebna plovila. Obravnava gradbeno ploščo, identifikacijo plovila, trajno vgrajene sisteme za gorivo, električne sisteme, krmilne sisteme, prezračevanje, strukturo trupa in plovbene lastnosti, ter podaja zahteve za plovnost, stabilnost, sidranje in privez, potapljanje, krmiljenje brez plina in navodila za uporabo.
Ta dokument se ne uporablja za osebna plovila z izvenkrmnim pogonom in deskami na reaktivni motorni pogon.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 14-Mar-2023
• Withdrawal Date: 22-Jan-2023
• ICS: 47.080 - Small craft
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 464 - Small Craft
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 464 - Small Craft
• Current Stage: 6060 - Definitive text made available (DAV) - Publishing
• Start Date: 15-Mar-2023
• Completion Date: 15-Mar-2023
• Directive: 2013/53/EU - Directive 2013/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 on recreational craft and personal watercraft and repealing Directive 94/25/EC
• Mandate: M/542 - [C(2015)8736] Standardisation Request to the European Committee for Standardisation and the European Committee for Electro-technical Standardisation as regards recreational craft and personal watercraft in support of Directive 2013/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 on recreational craft and personal watercraft and repealing Directive 94/25/EC.
• Ref Project: SIST EN ISO 13590:2023 - Small craft - Personal watercraft - Construction and system installation requirements (ISO 13590:2022)

Relations

• Replaces: EN ISO 13590:2018 - Small craft - Personal watercraft - Construction and system installation requirements (ISO 13590:2003)
• Effective Date: 19-Jan-2023

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-maj-2023
Mala plovila - Osebna plovila - Zahteve za konstrukcijo in inštalacijo sistema (ISO
13590:2022)
Small craft - Personal watercraft - Construction and system installation requirements
(ISO 13590:2022)
Kleine Wasserfahrzeuge - Wassermotorräder - Anforderungen an Konstruktion und
Einbau von Systemen (ISO 13590:2022)
Petits navires - Véhicules nautiques à moteur - Exigences de construction et
d'installation des systèmes (ISO 13590:2022)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 13590:2023
ICS:
47.080 Čolni Small craft
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN ISO 13590
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
March 2023
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 47.080 Supersedes EN ISO 13590:2018
English Version
Small craft - Personal watercraft - Construction and system
installation requirements (ISO 13590:2022)
Petits navires - Véhicules nautiques à moteur - Kleine Wasserfahrzeuge - Wassermotorräder -
Exigences de construction et d'installation des Anforderungen an Konstruktion und Einbau von
systèmes (ISO 13590:2022) Systemen (ISO 13590:2022)
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 22 May 2022.

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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the essential
requirements of Directive 2013/53/EU aimed to be covered . 4
European foreword
This document (EN ISO 13590:2023) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 188 "Small
craft" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 464 “Small Craft” the secretariat of which is
held by SIS.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by September 2023, and conflicting national standards shall
be withdrawn at the latest by March 2024.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN ISO 13590:2018.
This document has been prepared under a Standardization Request given to CEN by the European
Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU
Directive(s) / Regulation(s).
For the relationship with EU Directive(s) / Regulation(s), see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral
part of this document.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards
body/national committee. A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,
Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North
Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the United
Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 13590:2022 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 13590:2023 without any modification.

Annex ZA
(informative)
Relationship between this European Standard and the essential
requirements of Directive 2013/53/EU aimed to be covered
This European Standard has been prepared under a Commission’s standardization request
M/542/C(2015) 8736 final to provide one voluntary means of conforming to essential requirements of
Directive 2013/53/EU.
Once this standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union under that Directive, compliance
with the normative clauses of this standard given in Table ZA.1 confers, within the limits of the scope of
this standard, a presumption of conformity with the corresponding essential requirements of that
Directive, and associated EFTA regulations.
Table ZA.1 — Correspondence between this European Standard and Annex I and II of Directive
2013/53/EU
Essential Requirements of Clause(s)/sub-clause(s) Remarks/Notes
Directive 2013/53/EU of this EN
Annex I, Part A, 5.2 - Fuel system 6
Annex I, Part A, 5.3 – Electrical 7
system
Annex I, Part A, 5.1.2 - 8 The ingress of water into the
Ventilation. engine compartment is
not dealt with in this standard; the
personal watercraft
must pass the floatation test when
swamped.
Annex I, Part A, 3.1 - Structure 9 Clause 9 specifies testing to
ensure that there are no
structural failures
Annex I, Part A, 3.2 – Stability and 12 The document does not address
Freeboard freeboard requirements.
Annex I, Part A, 3.3 – Buoyancy 10 In respect of means of floatation in
and floatation the swamped condition only.
Annex I, Part A, 5.4.1 – Steering 10 Document does not address
system; general emergency steering arrangements
Annex I, Part A, 5.1.5 – Personal 13 Automatic devices to provide
watercraft running without reduced speed, circular, forward
driver movement when the driver
dismounts
deliberately or falls overboard are
not addressed by this
document
Annex I, Part A, 2.3 – Protection 14 In respect of means of reboarding
from falling overboard an d only.
means of reboarding
Annex I, Part A, 3.9 – Anchoring, 15 Clause 15 only specifies point for
mooring and towing accepting towing
loading.
Annex I, Part A, 2.5 – Owner’s 18
manual
Table ZA.2 — Applicable Standards to confer presumption of conformity as described in this
Annex ZA
Column 4
Column 1 Column 2
Column 3
Reference in International
Corresponding European
Title
Clause 2 Standard Edition
Standard Edition
Rubber, vulcanized or
thermoplastic — For applicable standard edition
ISO 1817:2015 ISO 1817:2015
Determination of the effect of see column 2
liquids
Rubber and plastics hoses —
Assessment of ozone
ISO 7326:2016 ISO 7326:2016 EN ISO 7326:2016
resistance under static
conditions
Small craft — Fire-resistant
ISO 7840:2021 ISO 7840:2021
EN ISO 7840:2021
fuel hoses
ISO 8469:2021 ISO 8469:2021 Small craft — Non-fire- EN ISO 8469:2021
resistant fuel hoses
The documents listed in the Column 1 of Table ZA.2, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in
this document, i.e. are indispensable for its application. The achievement of the presumption of
conformity is subject to the application of the edition of Standards as listed in Column 4 or, if no European
Standard Edition exists, the International Standard Edition given in Column 2 of Table ZA.2.
WARNING 1 — Presumption of conformity stays valid only as long as a reference to this European
Standard is maintained in the list published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Users of this
standard should consult frequently the latest list published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
WARNING 2 — Other Union legislation may be applicable to the product(s) falling within the scope of
this standard.
INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 13590
Third edition
2022-06
Small craft — Personal watercraft —
Construction and system installation
requirements
Petits navires — Véhicules nautiques à moteur — Exigences de
construction et d'installation des systèmes
Reference number
ISO 13590:2022(E)
ISO 13590:2022(E)
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ISO 13590:2022(E)
Contents Page
Foreword .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Builder’s plate . 4
5 Watercraft identification . 4
6 Fuel system . 4
6.1 General . 4
6.2 Fuel tanks . 4
6.2.1 Materials prohibited for fuel tanks . 4
6.2.2 Fuel level indication . 4
6.2.3 Tank pressure limitation . . 5
6.2.4 Fill and vent openings . 5
6.2.5 Fuel tank static-pressure test . 5
6.2.6 Fuel tank shock test . 5
6.3 Fuel tank installations . 6
6.3.1 Non-encased metallic fuel tanks . 6
6.4 Fuel tank filling system . 6
6.5 Fuel pumps . 6
6.6 Fuel stop valves . 6
6.7 Fuel filters and strainers . 6
6.8 Spud, pipe and hose fitting .
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