European Committee for Standardization

Pyrotechnic articles - Other pyrotechnic articles - Part 2: Requirements
 N EN 16263-2

Annotation

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.