This European Standard provides requirements and test methods for flexible, pre-insulated, directly buried heating pipes with plastics service pipes and bonding between the layers of the pipes. This European Standard is valid for maximum operating temperatures of 95 °C and maximum operating pressures up to 10 bar for a design lifetime of at least 30 years. This European Standard does not cover surveillance systems. NOTE For higher temperatures or for the transport of other fluids, for example potable water, additional requirements and testing is needed. Such requirements are not specified in this European Standard.