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This European Standard specifies requirements for the construction, performance, primary packaging and labelling of non-hand-held sparklers and the corresponding test methods. It is applicable to fireworks which are classified as non-hand-held sparklers in categories 1 and 2 in EN 14035-2 and which are contained in a primary pack. It is not applicable to non-hand-held sparklers 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 in mass fraction of sulphuric acid, greater than 0,002 %; - zirconium with a particle size of less than 40 mm. NOTE In EN 14035-2, non-hand-held sparklers are classified as follows: - brief description: rigid wire partially coated with slow-burning pyrotechnic composition, with or without an ignition tip; - principal effects: emission of sparks, with or without aural effect, without report. Schemes for type testing of non-hand-held sparklers and batch testing of non-hand-held sparklers are specified in annex A and annex B respectively. 2 Normative references This European Standard incorporates by dated or undated reference, provisions from other publications. These normative references are cited at the appropriate places in the text, and the publications are listed hereafter. For dated references, subsequent amendments to or revisions of any of these publications apply to this European Standard only when incorporated in it by amendment or revision. For undated references the latest edition of the publication referred to applies (including amendments). EN 14035-1:2003, Fireworks - Part 1: Terminology. EN 14035-2, Fireworks - Part 2: Categorisation.