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This document specifies requirements for the construction, performance, primary packaging and labelling of hand-held fountains and the corresponding test methods. It is applicable to fireworks which are classified as hand-held fountains for outdoor use in Category 1 in EN 14035-2 and which are contained in a primary pack. It is applicable to hand-held fountains for indoor use which are classified in Category 1 in EN 14035-2 and which contain pyrotechnic composition that is based on nitrocellulose with a mass fraction of not more than 12,6 % of nitrogen. It is not applicable to hand-held fountains containing pyrotechnic composition that includes any of the following substances: - arsenic or arsenic compounds; - mixtures containing a mass fraction of chlorates greater than 80 %; - mixtures of chlorates with metals; - mixtures of chlorates with red phosphorus; - mixtures of chlorates with potassium hexacyanoferrate(II); - mixtures of chlorates with sulfur; - mixtures of chlorates with sulfides; - lead or lead compounds; - mercury compounds; - white phosphorus; - picrates or picric acid; - potassium chlorate with a mass fraction of bromates greater than 0,15 %; - sulfur with an acidity, expressed as mass fraction of sulfuric acid, greater than 0,002 %; - zirconium with a particle size of less than 40 ìm. Schemes for type testing of hand-held fountains and batch testing of hand-held fountains are specified in Annex A and Annex B respectively.