Standards Development

Scope

This document specifies requirements for the construction, performances, minimum labelling and mandatory instructions for use 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 document 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.

Purpose

CEN/TC 212/WG 5 follows the CEN/TC 212’s decisions approved on 2024-07-18 based on CAG RECOMMENDATION V-II to WG 1, WG 2, WG 3 and WG 5 dd 2024-03-06 to merge all parts of the EN 16263 series.

In harmonized standards ESRs shall not be covered by more than one document. The merging shall facilitate to fulfil this requirement.