European foreword

This document (EN 15947‑3:2022) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 212 “Pyrotechnic articles”, the secretariat of which is held by NEN.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by April 2023, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by December 2023.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

This document supersedes EN 15947‑3:2015.

In comparison with the previous edition EN 15947‑3:2015, the following technical modifications have been made:

— The following new elements shall be included in the label:
- — On selection packs, the highest age limit for the content inside the packs (4.1.1).
- — On selection packs, the total net explosive content of the items inside the packs (4.1.1).
- — For battery and combination, the sub-elements now are listed (4.1.2).
- — The compound firework is labelled in addition to the primary pack (4.1.3).
— Requirement on labelling of very small items has been revised (4.7). The content of the label is dependent on the size of the items.
— Table 1 has been moved to Table A.1.
— The following modifications have been made to “Safety information” in Table A.1:
- — Safety information for firework types “report rocket”, “Bengal flame (hand-held)” and “senko-hanabi” have been added.
- — Safety information “Do not inhale smoke” has been deleted for all firework types.
- — Safety information for “banger” and “flash banger” has been revised.
- — Safety information for “banger” and “flash banger” with preliminary effect(s) has been revised.
- — Safety information “ENSURE THAT NO PART OF THE BODY IS POSITIONED ABOVE THE FIREWORK OR IN THE EFFECT DIRECTION (if possible)” is now applicable to: battery, battery requiring external support, combination, combination requiring external support, compound firework, mine, Roman candle and shot tube.
- — Minimum safety distances are changed in the “Safety information” so that they are consistent with the Directive 2013/29/EU.
- — Instructions for use have been updated for compound firework with respect to compound firework with more than two fuses.

This document has been prepared under a Standardization Request (M/583) concerning pyrotechnic articles given to CEN by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports Essential Safety requirements of Directive 2013/29/EU.

For relationship with Directive 2013/29/EU, see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this document.

This document is one of the series of standards as listed below:

— EN 15947‑1 , Pyrotechnic articles — Fireworks, Categories F1, F2 and F3 — Part 1: Terminology
— EN 15947‑2 , Pyrotechnic articles — Fireworks, Categories F1, F2 and F3 — Part 2: Categories and types of firework
— EN 15947‑3 , Pyrotechnic articles — Fireworks, Categories F1, F2 and F3 — Part 3: Minimum labelling requirements
— EN 15947‑4 , Pyrotechnic articles — Fireworks, Categories F1, F2 and F3 — Part 4: Test methods
— EN 15947‑5 , Pyrotechnic articles — Fireworks, Categories F1, F2 and F3 — Part 5: Requirements for construction and performance

Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body. A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.

According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the United Kingdom.

BS EN 15947-3:2022

Pyrotechnic articles. Fireworks, Categories F1, F2 and F3 - Part 3: Minimum labelling requirements

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Published:

31 Oct 2022