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BS EN 16263-2:2015

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Pyrotechnic articles. Other pyrotechnic articles Requirements

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Published date

31-12-2016

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Committee
CII/47
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 11/30242337 DC. (12/2016)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
22
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current
Supersedes

This European Standard specifies requirements for the construction and performances of other pyrotechnic articles, except pyrotechnic articles for vehicles, ignition devices and cartridges for powder actuated tools (PAT), of the following generic types:

  • flares;

  • flash devices;

  • gas generators;

  • heaters;

  • other cartridges;

  • pyromechanical devices;

  • rockets and rocket motors;

  • semi-finished pyrotechnic articles;

  • smoke/aerosol generators;

  • sound emitters;

  • pyrotechnic liquid dispersers.

This European Standard does not apply for articles containing pyrotechnic compositions that include any of the following substances:

  • arsenic or arsenic compounds;

  • polychlorobenzenes;

  • mercury compounds;

  • lead compounds (except for those included in ignition devices);

  • white phosphorus;

  • picrates or picric acid.

This European Standard does not apply to pyrotechnic articles that contain detonative explosives other than black powder and/or flash composition, if these detonative explosives:

  • can be easily extracted from the pyrotechnic article, or;

  • can initiate secondary explosives, or;

  • can function in a detonative manner although the article is not designed to detonate and the article belongs to the category P2.

Standards Relationship
EN 16263-2:2015 Identical

EN 16263-3:2015 Pyrotechnic articles - Other pyrotechnic articles - Part 3: Categories and types
EN 16263-4:2015 Pyrotechnic articles - Other pyrotechnic articles - Part 4: Test methods
EN 16263-1:2015 Pyrotechnic articles - Other pyrotechnic articles - Part 1: Terminology
2013/29/EU : 2013 DIRECTIVE 2013/29/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL OF 12 JUNE 2013 ON THE HARMONISATION OF THE LAWS OF THE MEMBER STATES RELATING TO THE MAKING AVAILABLE ON THE MARKET OF PYROTECHNIC ARTICLES (RECAST) (TEXT WITH EEA RELEVANCE)
2007/23/EC : 2007 AMD 2 2013 DIRECTIVE 2007/23/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL OF 23 MAY 2007 ON THE PLACING ON THE MARKET OF PYROTECHNIC ARTICLES (TEXT WITH EEA RELEVANCE)
PREN 16265 : DRAFT 2011 PYROTECHNIC ARTICLES - OTHER PYROTECHNIC ARTICLES - IGNITION DEVICES
EN 16263-5:2015 Pyrotechnic articles - Other pyrotechnic articles - Part 5: Minimum labelling requirements and instructions for use

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