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NEN-EN 16263-2 specifies requirements for the construction and performances of other pyrotechnic articles, except pyrotechnic articles for vehicles, ignition devices and cartridges for powder actuated tools (PAT), of the following generic types: - flares; - flash devices; - gas generators; - heaters; - other cartridges; - pyromechanical devices; - rockets and rocket motors; - semi-finished pyrotechnic articles; - smoke / aerosol generators; - sound emitters; - pyrotechnic liquid dispersers. This European Standard does not apply for articles containing pyrotechnic compositions that include any of the following substances: - arsenic or arsenic compounds; - polychlorobenzenes; - mercury compounds; - lead compounds (except for those included in ignition devices); - white phosphorus; - picrates or picric acid. This European Standard does not apply to pyrotechnic articles that contain detonative explosives other than black powder and/or flash composition, if these detonative explosives: - can be easily extracted from the pyrotechnic article, or; - can initiate secondary explosives, or; - can function in a detonative manner although the article is not designed to detonate and the article belongs to the category P2.