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This European Standard specifies requirements for the construction, performance, primary packaging and labelling of fountains and the corresponding test methods. It is applicable to indoor fireworks which are classified as fountains in category 1 in EN 14035-2 and in which the pyrotechnic composition is based on nitrocellulose with a mass fraction of nitrogen of not more than 12,6 %. It is applicable to outdoor fireworks which are classified as fountains in categories 1, 2 and 3 in EN 14035-2. It is not applicable to fountains containing pyrotechnic composition which 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 in mass fraction of sulphuric acid, greater than 0,002 %; - zirconium with a particle size of less than 40 mm. Schemes for type testing of fountains and batch testing of fountains are specified in annex A and annex B respectively.