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This European Standard specifies requirements for the construction, performance and labelling of shell-inmortars and the corresponding test methods. It is applicable to fireworks which are classified as shell-inmortars of category 3 in EN 14035-2. It is not applicable to shell-in-mortars 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 µm. Schemes for type testing of shell-in-mortars and batch testing of shell-in-mortars are specified in Annex A and Annex B respectively.