scope:

This document gives descriptions of the fireworks types and establishes a system for the categorization of fireworks into category F1. It is applicable to fireworks of the categories F1, F2 and F3 as defined by Article 6 Paragraph (1) clause (a) subclause (i) to (iii) of Directive 2013/29/EU. This document is applicable only for the categories given in brackets for each type hereinafter:

- aerial wheel (only category F3);

- banger (only categories F2 and F3);

- battery and battery requiring external support (only categories F2 and F3);

- Bengal flame (categories F1, F2 and F3);

- Bengal match (only category F1);

- Bengal stick (only categories F1 and F2);

- Christmas cracker (only category F1);

- combination and combination requiring external support (only categories F2 and F3);

- compound firework (only categories F2 and F3);

- crackling granule (only categories F1 and F2);

- double banger (only category F2);

- flash banger (only categories F2 and F3);

- flash pellet (only categories F1 and F2);

- fountain (categories F1, F2 and F3);

- ground mover (only category F2);

- ground spinner (only categories F1 and F2);

- hand-held sparkler (only categories F1 and F2);

- jumping cracker (only category F2);

- jumping ground spinner (only category F2);

- mine (only categories F2 and F3);

- mini rocket (only category F2);

- non hand-held sparkler (only categories F1 and F2);

- novelty match (only category F1);

- party popper (only category F1);

- report rocket (only category F3);

- rocket (only categories F2 and F3);

- Roman candle (only categories F2 and F3);

- senko-hanabi (only category F1);

- serpent (only category F1);

- shot tube (only category F2 and F3);

- snap (only category F1);

- spinner (only category F2);

- table bomb (only category F1);

- throwdown (only category F1);

- wheel (only category F2 and F3).