{ "$schema": "https://www.conphora.com/schemas/regulation-page.json", "code": "PyroD", "locale": "en", "url": "https://www.conphora.com/regulations/pyrod/", "json": "https://www.conphora.com/regulations/pyrod.json", "summaryPdf": "https://www.conphora.com/regulations/pyrod/summary.pdf", "dateModified": "2026-09-13", "regulation": { "code": "PyroD", "name": "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)", "shortName": "Pyrotechnic Articles Directive", "reference": "Directive 2013/29/EU", "celex": "32013L0029", "eurlex": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029", "actType": "Directive", "category": "CE / Product Safety", "inForce": "2013-06-29", "appliesFrom": "2015-07-01", "changing": false, "video": "regulation-pyrod" }, "answer": "The Pyrotechnic Articles Directive sets safety requirements for fireworks, theatrical and other pyrotechnics, which manufacturers categorise, have a notified body assess, label and CE-mark, checked by importers and distributors. It replaced Directive 2007/23/EC on 1 July 2015, and the harmonised standards for F1 to F3 fireworks conferred a presumption of conformity only until 24 March 2025.", "description": "PyroD guide: the Pyrotechnic Articles Directive, the eight categories F1 to F4, T1, T2, P1 and P2, the age limits, the notified-body modules, the registration number and traceability register, the labelling rules, the Danish fireworks orders, key dates and how to comply.", "enforcedBy": "National market surveillance authorities enforce the national laws transposing the directive; Article 38(2) still cites Article 15(3) and Articles 16 to 29 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008, read as Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 since 16 July 2021, whose Annex I lists the directive as point 45 and whose Article 4 requires an economic operator established in the Union for every pyrotechnic article placed on the market. In Denmark the directive and the traceability implementing directive are transposed by bekendtgørelse nr. 1799 of 9 September 2021 on requirements for fireworks and other pyrotechnic articles, as amended by bekendtgørelse nr. 729 of 12 June 2024, with the national rules on import, manufacture, storage, transfer, acquisition and use in bekendtgørelse nr. 1798 of 9 September 2021 as amended by bekendtgørelse nr. 730 of 12 June 2024, both issued under the product act (lov om produkter og markedsovervågning), which lists the directive in section 2 as point 10 and names Erhvervsstyrelsen as the control authority; the tasks are carried out by Sikkerhedsstyrelsen, since January 2026 the department Markedsovervågning of Erhvervsstyrelsen, which also designates the Danish notified bodies, while the fireworks act (lov om fyrværkeri og andre pyrotekniske artikler, consolidated as LBK nr. 23 of 8 January 2026) requires a licence from Erhvervsstyrelsen, or from a body it authorises, to manufacture, assemble or import, and a permit from the municipal council to store, transfer, acquire or use. The toolkit is corrective action, withdrawal or recall within a period commensurate with the risk, prohibition or restriction of the making available, orders to end formal non-compliance such as a missing or wrongly affixed CE marking, a missing notified body number, a missing or incorrect EU declaration of conformity, incomplete technical documentation or missing operator identification, and national penalties that must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive and may include criminal penalties for serious infringements.", "keyDates": [ { "date": "2013-06-12", "label": "Directive 2013/29/EU adopted by the European Parliament and the Council as a recast of Directive 2007/23/EC aligned with the New Legislative Framework", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · title and signature block after Art. 50" }, { "date": "2013-06-29", "label": "Entry into force, the day following publication in OJ L 178 of 28 June 2013", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 49, first paragraph" }, { "date": "2013-07-04", "label": "Member States apply the measures transposing point 4 of Annex I, the rule on detonative explosives, and point 4 of Annex I to Directive 2007/23/EC is repealed with effect from the same date", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 47(2) and Art. 48, second paragraph" }, { "date": "2013-10-03", "label": "Deadline for Member States to adopt and publish the provisions transposing point 4 of Annex I", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 47(2)" }, { "date": "2014-05-07", "label": "Commission Implementing Directive 2014/58/EU on the traceability system enters into force, the twentieth day after publication in OJ L 115 of 17 April 2014; it sets the uniform registration number format and the notified bodies' public register", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0058 · Art. 1, Art. 2 and Art. 5" }, { "date": "2015-04-30", "label": "Deadline for Member States to adopt and publish the provisions transposing Implementing Directive 2014/58/EU", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0058 · Art. 4(1), first subparagraph" }, { "date": "2015-06-30", "label": "Deadline for Member States to adopt and publish the laws transposing the main body of the directive, points 7, 12, 13 and 15 to 22 of Article 3, Article 4(1), Article 5, Article 7(4), Article 8(2) to (9), Article 9, Article 10(2), Article 11(1) and (3), Articles 12 to 16, Articles 18 to 29, Articles 31 to 35, Article 37, Article 38(1) and (2), Articles 39 to 42, Article 45, Article 46 and Annexes I, II and III", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 47(1), first subparagraph" }, { "date": "2015-07-01", "label": "National measures apply; Article 1, Article 2, most of Article 3, Article 4(2) to (4), Articles 6 and 7(1) to (3), Article 8(1), Article 10(1), (3) and (4), Article 11(2), Articles 17, 30 and 36, Article 38(3), Articles 43 and 44 and Annexes IV and V apply directly; Directive 2007/23/EC is repealed and articles conforming to it and placed on the market before this date may still be made available", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 46(1), Art. 47(1), Art. 48 and Art. 49, second paragraph" }, { "date": "2016-10-17", "label": "Member States apply the traceability provisions of Implementing Directive 2014/58/EU: the XXXX-YY-ZZZZ registration number, the notified bodies' public register and the 10-year records kept by manufacturers and importers", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0058 · Art. 1, Art. 2, Art. 3 and Art. 4(1), second subparagraph" }, { "date": "2017-07-04", "label": "Last date on which national authorisations granted before 4 July 2010 for fireworks of categories F1, F2 and F3 and before 4 July 2013 for other pyrotechnic articles, category F4 fireworks and theatrical pyrotechnic articles remain valid, unless they expired earlier; authorisations for pyrotechnic articles for vehicles, including spare parts, granted before 4 July 2013 continue until their own expiry", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 46(2), Art. 46(3) and Art. 46(4)" }, { "date": "2021-07-16", "label": "Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 applies: it replaces the market surveillance articles of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 that Article 38(2) cites, lists the directive as point 45 of its Annex I and, under Article 4, requires an economic operator established in the Union for every pyrotechnic article placed on the market", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R1020 · Art. 4(5), Art. 39, Art. 44 and Annex I point 45" }, { "date": "2021-10-01", "label": "Danish executive orders nr. 1799 and nr. 1798 of 9 September 2021 in force: nr. 1799 transposes the directive and the traceability implementing directive and repeals order nr. 1423 of 16 December 2009, nr. 1798 carries the national rules on import, manufacture, storage, transfer, acquisition and use", "source": "https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2021/1799 · § 60; https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2021/1798 · § 1" }, { "date": "2024-07-01", "label": "Danish tightening in force: the statutory period in which consumer fireworks may be used narrows from 27 December to 1 January down to 31 December and 1 January, other pyrotechnic articles of category P1 may only be sold to persons aged 18 or over, and retail outlets and approved fest- or scenefyrværkere may use consumer fireworks from 27 to 30 December only to demonstrate articles as part of the sale; executive order nr. 729 of 12 June 2024 amends order nr. 1799/2021 at the same time, extending the fine provision to breaches of its § 17 and aligning the sales rule with the new § 28 a", "source": "https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2024/637 · § 1, nr. 1 and § 10, stk. 1; https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2024/730 · § 1, nr. 2, 4 and 5, and § 2" }, { "date": "2025-02-24", "label": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/337 enters into force on the day of its publication and replaces the list of harmonised standards for pyrotechnic articles, repealing Communication 2017/C 149/01", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32025D0337 · Art. 1, Art. 2 and Art. 3" }, { "date": "2025-03-24", "label": "The references listed in Annex II to Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/337 stop conferring a presumption of conformity: the EN 15947:2015 series for fireworks of categories F1, F2 and F3 and the terminology standards EN ISO 14451-1:2013, EN 16256-1:2012 and EN 16261-1:2012 are withdrawn, leaving no cited harmonised standard for consumer fireworks", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32025D0337 · Art. 2, second paragraph, Annex I and Annex II" }, { "date": "2025-09-19", "label": "The Commission publishes its evaluation of the directive: effective, efficient and relevant overall, but with problems around dangerous fireworks on the market, mail-order sales, traceability and transfer, and animal welfare; no revision is decided", "source": "https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/news/commission-publishes-evaluations-eu-rules-pyrotechnics-and-civil-explosives-2025-09-19_en" }, { "date": "2025-10-01", "label": "Danish transition ends: category F3 fireworks that counted as consumer fireworks under the 2009 order may no longer be made available to consumers in Denmark", "source": "https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2021/1799 · § 61" }, { "date": "2026-01-01", "label": "Sikkerhedsstyrelsen becomes the department Markedsovervågning of Erhvervsstyrelsen and continues the same tasks, including the control of pyrotechnic articles and the designation of notified bodies", "source": "https://erhvervsstyrelsen.dk/sikkerhedsstyrelsen-en-del-af-erhvervsstyrelsen; https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2026/22 · § 9" } ], "scope": { "appliesTo": [ "All pyrotechnic articles, that is any article containing explosive substances or an explosive mixture of substances designed to produce heat, light, sound, gas or smoke, or a combination of those effects, through self-sustained exothermic chemical reactions", "Fireworks of categories F1, F2, F3 and F4, from indoor party items and garden fireworks to professional display shells", "Theatrical pyrotechnic articles of categories T1 and T2 for indoor or outdoor stage use, including film and television productions", "Other pyrotechnic articles of categories P1 and P2, including ignition devices, electric igniters and fuses", "Pyrotechnic articles for vehicles: components of safety devices in vehicles containing pyrotechnic substances used to activate those or other devices, such as airbag and seat-belt pretensioner gas generators, micro gas generators, igniters and actuators", "The economic operators in the chain: manufacturers, importers and distributors, and, through Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, the responsible economic operator established in the Union" ], "derived": [ "The directive names only three economic operators, the manufacturer, the importer and the distributor, and has no authorised representative of its own; the responsible economic operator established in the Union, which may be an authorised representative or a fulfilment service provider, comes from Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, which lists the directive in its Article 4(5) (Art. 3, point 12; Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, Art. 4(1) and (5))", "Conformity assessment always involves a notified body, and the notified body also confirms the manufacturer's categorisation and assigns the registration number that identifies the article and its manufacturer (Art. 6(1), Art. 9(1), Art. 17 and Art. 33(3))", "Member States may still prohibit or restrict the possession, use or sale to the general public of category F2 and F3 fireworks, theatrical pyrotechnic articles and other pyrotechnic articles on grounds of public order, security, health and safety or environmental protection, and may raise the age limits; Denmark has used both options (Art. 4(2) and Art. 7(2); executive order nr. 1799/2021, § 3 and § 5; executive order nr. 1798/2021, § 25)", "The references to the EN 15947:2015 series applied only until 24 March 2025, so from 25 March 2025 no harmonised standard confers a presumption of conformity on fireworks of categories F1, F2 and F3: the EN 15947:2015 series was withdrawn and the EN 15947:2022 series was not cited, so conformity with Annex I must be demonstrated directly to the notified body (Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/337, Art. 1 and Art. 2 with Annexes I and II)", "An importer or distributor that places an article on the market under its own name or trademark, or modifies an article already placed on the market so that compliance may be affected, is treated as the manufacturer (Art. 14)", "Non-conforming articles may be shown and used at trade fairs, exhibitions and demonstrations behind a visible sign, and may be freely moved and used for research, development and testing under a visible sign, but they may not be sold until brought into conformity (Art. 4(3) and Art. 4(4))" ], "categories": [ { "id": "consumer-fireworks-f1-f2", "label": "Fireworks of categories F1 and F2, such as indoor party items, sparklers, fountains and garden fireworks for confined outdoor areas" }, { "id": "fireworks-f3", "label": "Fireworks of category F3, medium hazard, intended for outdoor use in large open areas" }, { "id": "professional-fireworks-f4", "label": "Fireworks of category F4, high hazard, for use only by persons with specialist knowledge" }, { "id": "theatrical-t1-t2", "label": "Theatrical pyrotechnic articles of categories T1 and T2 for indoor or outdoor stage, film and television use" }, { "id": "other-pyrotechnic-p1-p2", "label": "Other pyrotechnic articles of categories P1 and P2, including ignition devices, electric igniters and fuses" }, { "id": "vehicle-pyrotechnics", "label": "Pyrotechnic articles for vehicles, such as airbag and seat-belt pretensioner gas generators, micro gas generators, igniters and actuators" }, { "id": "trade-fair-and-research-articles", "label": "Non-conforming articles shown or used at a trade fair, exhibition or demonstration, or made for research, development and testing" }, { "id": "pre-2015-articles", "label": "Article conforming to Directive 2007/23/EC and placed on the market before 1 July 2015" }, { "id": "military-police-fire-articles", "label": "Pyrotechnic articles intended for non-commercial use by the armed forces, the police or fire departments" }, { "id": "marine-equipment-articles", "label": "Equipment falling within the scope of the marine equipment rules for ships" }, { "id": "aerospace-pyrotechnics", "label": "Pyrotechnic articles intended for use in the aerospace industry" }, { "id": "toy-percussion-caps", "label": "Percussion caps intended specifically for toys" }, { "id": "civil-explosives", "label": "Explosives for civil uses, such as blasting explosives and detonators" }, { "id": "ammunition", "label": "Ammunition: projectiles, propelling charges and blank ammunition used in portable firearms, other guns and artillery" }, { "id": "own-use-fireworks", "label": "Fireworks built by a manufacturer for his own use, approved for use only on the territory of the Member State where he is established and remaining there" } ], "roles": [ { "id": "manufacturer", "label": "Manufacturer (including brand owners)", "definition": "A natural or legal person who manufactures a pyrotechnic article, or has such an article designed or manufactured, and markets that pyrotechnic article under his name or trademark; an importer or distributor that places an article on the market under its own name or trademark, or modifies an article already placed on the market so that compliance may be affected, is treated as the manufacturer.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 3, point 9, and Art. 14" }, { "id": "importer", "label": "Importer", "definition": "Any natural or legal person established within the Union who places a pyrotechnic article from a third country on the Union market.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 3, point 10" }, { "id": "distributor", "label": "Distributor (wholesaler, retailer or display company supplying articles)", "definition": "Any natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer or the importer, who makes a pyrotechnic article available on the market.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 3, point 11" }, { "id": "fulfilment-provider", "label": "Fulfilment service provider acting as the responsible operator", "definition": "A provider of warehousing, packaging, addressing and dispatching services that becomes the economic operator established in the Union responsible for a pyrotechnic article under Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 when there is no manufacturer, importer or authorised representative established in the Union; the directive itself does not name this role.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R1020 · Art. 3, point 11, Art. 4(1) and Art. 4(5)" }, { "id": "other", "label": "Authorised representative under Regulation (EU) 2019/1020", "definition": "A natural or legal person established in the Union with a written mandate from the manufacturer to perform the tasks of Article 4(3) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 on its behalf; the directive itself names only the manufacturer, the importer and the distributor as economic operators and gives no role to an authorised representative.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R1020 · Art. 4(2)(c) and Art. 5; https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 3, point 12" } ], "rules": [ { "categories": [ "military-police-fire-articles", "aerospace-pyrotechnics", "toy-percussion-caps", "ammunition" ], "roles": [ "*" ], "size": "any", "result": "out-of-scope", "note": "Article 2(2) excludes pyrotechnic articles intended for non-commercial use by the armed forces, the police or fire departments in accordance with national law, articles intended for use in the aerospace industry, percussion caps intended specifically for toys within the scope of the Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC, and ammunition, defined as projectiles, propelling charges and blank ammunition used in portable firearms, other guns and artillery. The exclusion is from the whole directive, not from single requirements; other Union or national law, such as the Toy Safety Directive for the toy itself or weapons law for ammunition, still applies.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 2(2)(a), (c), (d) and (f), and Art. 3, point 5" }, { "categories": [ "marine-equipment-articles" ], "roles": [ "*" ], "size": "any", "result": "out-of-scope", "note": "Article 2(2)(b) excludes equipment falling within the scope of Directive 96/98/EC on marine equipment. That directive was replaced by the Marine Equipment Directive 2014/90/EU, which has applied since 18 September 2016, so the exclusion is read as covering equipment within the scope of Directive 2014/90/EU; such equipment carries the wheel mark instead of the CE marking. In Denmark the same exclusion is written as equipment covered by the safety requirements for ships' equipment under lov om sikkerhed til søs.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 2(2)(b); https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0090 · Art. 1 and Art. 45; https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2021/1799 · § 1, stk. 2, nr. 2" }, { "categories": [ "civil-explosives" ], "roles": [ "*" ], "size": "any", "result": "out-of-scope", "note": "Article 2(2)(e) excludes explosives falling within the scope of Directive 93/15/EEC. That directive was replaced by the Civil Explosives Directive 2014/28/EU, which has applied since 20 April 2016, so the exclusion is read as covering explosives for civil uses within the scope of Directive 2014/28/EU, which has its own conformity assessment, unique identification, licensing and transfer regime. Directive 2014/28/EU in turn excludes pyrotechnic articles covered by this directive, so the two regimes do not overlap.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 2(2)(e); https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0028 · Art. 1, Art. 2 and Art. 51" }, { "categories": [ "own-use-fireworks" ], "roles": [ "*" ], "size": "any", "result": "out-of-scope", "note": "Article 2(2)(g) excludes fireworks built by a manufacturer for his own use, approved for use exclusively on its territory by the Member State in which the manufacturer is established, and which remain on the territory of that Member State. All three conditions must hold at once; as soon as such fireworks are supplied to anyone else or cross a border they are made available on the market and the directive applies in full.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 2(2)(g) and Art. 3, points 7 and 8" }, { "categories": [ "consumer-fireworks-f1-f2", "fireworks-f3", "professional-fireworks-f4", "theatrical-t1-t2", "other-pyrotechnic-p1-p2" ], "roles": [ "manufacturer", "importer", "distributor" ], "size": "any", "result": "in-scope", "note": "Fireworks, theatrical pyrotechnic articles and other pyrotechnic articles are in scope with no company-size threshold. The manufacturer categorises the article by type of use, purpose and hazard level including noise, designs and manufactures it to the Annex I essential safety requirements, has a notified body carry out module B plus module C2, D or E, or module G, or module H for category F4 fireworks, labels the article with the registration number the body assigns, draws up the EU declaration of conformity, affixes the CE marking and applies the Article 10 labelling; importers and distributors verify that this has been done. No one may make F1 fireworks available to anyone under 12, F2 under 16, F3 under 18, or T1 and P1 under 18, and F4, T2 and P2 only to persons with specialist knowledge. In Denmark only F1 and F2 count as consumer fireworks, the age limits are 18 and 15 for F1, other P1 articles may only be sold to persons aged 18 or over, and F3, F4, T1 and T2 may only be used by approved fest- or scenefyrværkere.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 2(1), Art. 6, Art. 7, Art. 8, Art. 9, Art. 10, Art. 12, Art. 13, Art. 17, Art. 18 and Art. 20; https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2021/1799 · § 3, § 4 and § 5; https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2021/1798 · § 25 and § 28 a" }, { "categories": [ "vehicle-pyrotechnics" ], "roles": [ "manufacturer", "importer", "distributor" ], "size": "any", "result": "in-scope", "note": "Pyrotechnic articles for vehicles are components of safety devices in vehicles containing pyrotechnic substances used to activate those or other devices. They follow the same essential requirements, conformity assessment, registration number and CE marking rules, but their labelling is the shorter list of Article 11, the manufacturer information, the name and type, the registration number with the product, batch or serial number and, where necessary, safety instructions, placed on the packaging where there is no room on the article; a REACH safety data sheet drawn up for professional users must be supplied to them in the language they request. Category P1 articles for vehicles, including airbag and seat-belt pretensioner systems, may not be made available to the general public unless they have been incorporated in a vehicle or a detachable vehicle part.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 3, point 4, Art. 7(4), Art. 9 and Art. 11" }, { "categories": [ "consumer-fireworks-f1-f2", "fireworks-f3", "professional-fireworks-f4", "theatrical-t1-t2", "other-pyrotechnic-p1-p2", "vehicle-pyrotechnics" ], "roles": [ "fulfilment-provider", "other" ], "size": "any", "result": "depends", "note": "The directive gives no duties to a fulfilment service provider or an authorised representative; it recognises only the manufacturer, the importer and the distributor. Duties arise through Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, which lists the directive in Article 4(5) and requires that a pyrotechnic article be placed on the market only if an economic operator established in the Union is responsible for it. That is the manufacturer or importer where one is established in the Union; only where neither is does an authorised representative under a written mandate, and after that a fulfilment service provider, take on the Article 4(3) tasks.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R1020 · Art. 4(1), (2), (3) and (5), and Art. 5; https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 3, point 12" }, { "categories": [ "trade-fair-and-research-articles" ], "roles": [ "*" ], "size": "any", "result": "depends", "note": "Articles that do not conform may still be shown and used at trade fairs, exhibitions and demonstrations for the marketing of pyrotechnic articles, provided a visible sign states the name and date of the event and the non-conformity and non-availability for sale until brought into conformity, and appropriate safety measures are taken in accordance with the requirements of the competent authority. Non-conforming articles manufactured for research, development and testing may be moved and used freely under a visible sign stating their non-conformity and non-availability for other purposes. Neither derogation permits sale; in Denmark the use at such events must follow the national order on import, manufacture, storage, transfer, acquisition and use.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 4(3) and Art. 4(4); https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2021/1799 · § 9" }, { "categories": [ "pre-2015-articles" ], "roles": [ "*" ], "size": "any", "result": "depends", "note": "Member States may not impede the making available of pyrotechnic articles that conform to Directive 2007/23/EC and were placed on the market before 1 July 2015, and certificates issued under that directive remain valid under this one. The national authorisations that accompanied such articles have run out except for vehicle articles: authorisations for categories F1, F2 and F3 granted before 4 July 2010 and for other articles, category F4 and theatrical articles granted before 4 July 2013 lapsed at their expiry date or on 4 July 2017 at the latest, while authorisations for pyrotechnic articles for vehicles granted before 4 July 2013 run until their own expiry. New production, and any article modified so that compliance may be affected, must meet Directive 2013/29/EU.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 14 and Art. 46(1) to (5)" }, { "categories": [ "*" ], "roles": [ "*" ], "size": "any", "result": "depends", "note": "Whether the directive applies turns on whether the article contains explosive substances or an explosive mixture designed to produce heat, light, sound, gas or smoke through self-sustained exothermic chemical reactions, whether it falls under one of the seven exclusions in Article 2(2), when it was placed on the market and which role you hold in the supply chain.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 2, Art. 3 and Art. 46" } ] }, "obligations": { "manufacturer": [ { "text": "Categorise each article by its type of use, or its purpose and level of hazard including noise level, into F1, F2, F3 or F4 for fireworks, T1 or T2 for theatrical articles and P1 or P2 for other articles, and design and manufacture it to the Annex I essential safety requirements: the performance characteristics specified to the notified body, safe disposal with minimum environmental effect, correct functioning tested under realistic conditions across the ten information and property headings of point 3, the ban on detonative explosives other than black powder and flash composition with the narrow exception for P1, P2, T2 and F4, and the group-specific rules including safety distances of at least 1 m for F1, 8 m for F2 and 15 m for F3, which Annex I allows to be shorter where appropriate, a maximum noise level of 120 dB (A, imp), or an equivalent level measured by another appropriate method, at the safety distance, no bangers or flash bangers in F1 and no more than 2,5 mg silver fulminate in F1 throwdowns.", "id": "pyrod-mfr-categorise-article-type", "kind": "evidence", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "retired": "2026-09-24", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 6(1), Art. 8(1) and Annex I, points 1 to 5" }, { "text": "Categorise each article by its type of use, or its purpose and level of hazard including noise level, into F1, F2, F3 or F4 for fireworks, T1 or T2 for theatrical articles and P1 or P2 for other articles.", "id": "pyrod-mfr-categorise-article-category", "kind": "decision", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 6(1)" }, { "text": "Design and manufacture each article to the Annex I essential safety requirements for its category, including performance, safe disposal, correct functioning, the ban on detonative explosives, the minimum safety distances and the 120 dB (A, imp) noise limit.", "id": "pyrod-mfr-design-essential-safety-requirements", "kind": "evidence", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 8(1) and Annex I" }, { "text": "Draw up the technical documentation referred to in Annex II, which must allow conformity to be assessed and include an adequate analysis and assessment of the risks, a general description, design and manufacturing drawings and the explanations needed to understand them, the harmonised standards applied in full or in part or the solutions adopted instead, design calculations and examinations and test reports, and have the Article 17 conformity assessment carried out by a notified body: EU-type examination (module B) followed by conformity to type based on internal production control plus supervised product checks at random intervals (module C2), on quality assurance of the production process (module D) or on product quality assurance (module E), or conformity based on unit verification (module G), or conformity based on full quality assurance (module H) for fireworks of category F4 only.", "id": "pyrod-mfr-draw-technical-documentation", "kind": "evidence", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "technical-documentation", "retired": "2026-09-24", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 8(2), Art. 17 and Annex II, modules B, C2, D, E, G and H" }, { "text": "Draw up the Annex II technical documentation: a general description, design and manufacturing drawings with explanations, the harmonised standards or other solutions applied, design calculations, examinations and test reports.", "id": "pyrod-mfr-draw-annex-ii-documentation", "kind": "evidence", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "technical-documentation", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 8(2) and Annex II" }, { "text": "Include in the technical documentation an adequate analysis and assessment of the risks the article presents.", "id": "pyrod-mfr-analyse-assess-risks", "kind": "evidence", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "risk-analysis", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 8(2) and Annex II" }, { "text": "Have the Article 17 conformity assessment carried out by a notified body: module B followed by C2, D or E, or module G, or module H for category F4 fireworks only.", "id": "pyrod-mfr-carry-out-conformity-assessment", "kind": "procedure", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 8(2), Art. 17 and Annex II" }, { "text": "Label the article with the registration number assigned by the notified body that carried out the conformity assessment, structured as the four-digit identification number of that body, the category in upper case as F1, F2, F3, F4, T1, T2, P1 or P2, and the body's processing number, written XXXX-YY-ZZZZ, and keep records of the registration numbers of the articles you make available together with their trade name, generic type and subtype where relevant and the site of manufacture, for at least 10 years after the article was placed on the market; hand the record over to the competent authorities if you cease activity and provide it on reasoned request.", "id": "pyrod-mfr-label-article-registration", "kind": "mark", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "retired": "2026-09-24", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 9(1) and (2); https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0058 · Art. 1 and Art. 3" }, { "text": "Label the article with the registration number assigned by the notified body that carried out the conformity assessment, written XXXX-YY-ZZZZ (body number, category, processing number).", "id": "pyrod-mfr-label-registration-number", "kind": "mark", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 9(1); https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0058 · Art. 1" }, { "text": "Keep records of the registration numbers of the articles you make available, with trade name, generic type and subtype and site of manufacture, for at least 10 years after placing on the market; hand them to the authorities on reasoned request or when you cease activity.", "id": "pyrod-mfr-keep-registration-records", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 9(2); https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0058 · Art. 3" }, { "text": "Draw up the EU declaration of conformity following the model structure of Annex III with the elements of the modules used, keep it continuously updated, translate it into the languages required by the Member State where the article is placed or made available on the market and issue a single declaration where several Union acts require one, then affix the CE marking visibly, legibly and indelibly to the article, or to the packaging and accompanying documents where that is not possible or not warranted, before placing it on the market, followed by the identification number of the notified body where that body is involved in the production control phase.", "id": "pyrod-mfr-draw-declaration-conformity", "kind": "evidence", "level": "product-market", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "declaration-of-conformity", "retired": "2026-09-24", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 8(2), Art. 18, Art. 19 and Art. 20" }, { "text": "Draw up the EU declaration of conformity following Annex III, keep it continuously updated, translate it into the languages the Member State of placing or making available requires, and issue a single declaration where several Union acts apply.", "id": "pyrod-mfr-draw-eu-declaration", "kind": "evidence", "level": "product-market", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "declaration-of-conformity", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 8(2) and Art. 18" }, { "text": "Affix the CE marking visibly, legibly and indelibly to the article, or to its packaging and accompanying documents where that is not possible, before placing it on the market, followed by the notified body number where that body is involved in production control.", "id": "pyrod-mfr-affix-ce-marking", "kind": "mark", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "ce-marking", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 8(2), Art. 19 and Art. 20" }, { "text": "Label articles other than those for vehicles visibly, legibly and indelibly in the official language or languages of the Member State where the article is made available to the consumer, with at least your name, registered trade name or trade mark and postal contact address and, where you are not established in the Union, also the importer's, the name and type of the article, its registration number and its product, batch or serial number, the minimum age limits, the category, instructions for use, the net explosive content, the year of production for F3 and F4 fireworks and, where appropriate, a minimum safety distance, plus the wording required per category, from 'for outdoor use only' on F2 and F3 to 'for use only by persons with specialist knowledge' on F4 and T2; where there is not enough space the information goes on the smallest piece of packaging.", "id": "pyrod-mfr-label-articles-other", "kind": "data", "level": "product-market", "timing": "before-market", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 10(1) to (5)" }, { "text": "For pyrotechnic articles for vehicles, apply the Article 11 labelling instead, your manufacturer information, the name and type of the article, its registration number and its product, batch or serial number and, where necessary, the safety instructions, moving the information to the packaging where there is no room, and supply professional users with a REACH safety data sheet that takes account of their specific needs, in the language they request and on paper or electronically.", "id": "pyrod-mfr-apply-article-labelling", "kind": "data", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "retired": "2026-09-24", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 11(1), (2) and (3)" }, { "text": "Label pyrotechnic articles for vehicles under Article 11: your manufacturer information, the name and type of the article, its registration number, its product, batch or serial number and, where necessary, the safety instructions, on the packaging where there is no room.", "id": "pyrod-mfr-label-vehicle-articles", "kind": "data", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 11(1) and (2)" }, { "text": "Supply professional users of vehicle articles with a REACH safety data sheet that takes account of their specific needs, in the language they request, on paper or electronically.", "id": "pyrod-mfr-supply-safety-data-sheet", "kind": "evidence", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 11(3)" }, { "text": "Keep the technical documentation and the EU declaration of conformity for 10 years after the article was placed on the market, keep procedures in place for series production to remain in conformity taking account of changes in design and in the standards or other technical specifications referenced, and where the risks warrant it and the competent authorities make a duly justified request, sample-test articles made available on the market, investigate and where necessary keep a register of complaints, non-conforming articles and recalls, and keep distributors informed of that monitoring.", "id": "pyrod-mfr-keep-technical-documentation", "kind": "standing", "level": "product", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y", "retired": "2026-09-24", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 8(3) and Art. 8(4)" }, { "text": "Keep the technical documentation and the EU declaration of conformity for 10 years after the article was placed on the market.", "id": "pyrod-mfr-keep-documentation-declaration", "kind": "standing", "level": "product", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 8(3)" }, { "text": "Keep procedures in place for series production to remain in conformity, taking account of changes in design and in the referenced standards or other technical specifications.", "id": "pyrod-mfr-keep-series-production-conformity", "kind": "procedure", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 8(4)" }, { "text": "Where the risks warrant it and the competent authorities make a duly justified request, sample-test articles on the market, investigate, keep a register of complaints, non-conforming articles and recalls where necessary, and keep distributors informed.", "id": "pyrod-mfr-sample-test-register-complaints", "kind": "procedure", "level": "product", "timing": "on-event", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 8(4)" }, { "text": "Indicate your name, registered trade name or registered trade mark and a single postal contact address on the article, or on its packaging or in an accompanying document, in a language easily understood by end users and market surveillance authorities, ensure the article is accompanied by clear instructions and safety information in a language determined by the Member State concerned, immediately bring a non-conforming article into conformity, withdraw it or recall it and inform the competent national authorities of every Member State where you made it available when it presents a risk, provide the information and documentation demonstrating conformity on reasoned request, cooperate on risk-elimination measures, and be able to identify who supplied you and whom you supplied for 10 years.", "id": "pyrod-mfr-indicate-name-registered", "kind": "mark", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "identification-and-address", "retired": "2026-09-24", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 8(5) to Art. 8(9) and Art. 15" }, { "text": "Indicate your name, registered trade name or registered trade mark and a single postal contact address on the article, or on its packaging or in an accompanying document, in a language easily understood by end users and market surveillance authorities.", "id": "pyrod-mfr-indicate-name-address", "kind": "mark", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "identification-and-address", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 8(6)" }, { "text": "Ensure the article is accompanied by clear instructions and safety information in a language determined by the Member State concerned.", "id": "pyrod-mfr-supply-instructions-safety-information", "kind": "evidence", "level": "product-market", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "instructions-and-safety-information", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 8(7)" }, { "text": "Immediately bring a non-conforming article into conformity, withdraw it or recall it, and inform the competent national authorities of every Member State where you made it available when it presents a risk.", "id": "pyrod-mfr-correct-withdraw-recall", "kind": "submission", "level": "product", "timing": "on-event", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 8(8)" }, { "text": "Provide the information and documentation demonstrating conformity on reasoned request, and cooperate with the competent authorities on measures to eliminate the risks posed by your articles.", "id": "pyrod-mfr-provide-information-request", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "authority-cooperation", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 8(9)" }, { "text": "Be able to identify to the market surveillance authorities who supplied you and whom you supplied, for 10 years.", "id": "pyrod-mfr-identify-suppliers-customers", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 15" } ], "importer": [ { "text": "Place only compliant pyrotechnic articles on the market, and before placing an article on the market ensure that the manufacturer carried out the appropriate Article 17 conformity assessment procedure, drew up the technical documentation, that the article bears the CE marking and is accompanied by the required documents, and that the manufacturer applied the Article 10 or Article 11 labelling and the Article 8(6) identification and address; where you believe an article does not meet the Annex I essential safety requirements, do not place it on the market until it has been brought into conformity, and where it presents a risk inform the manufacturer and the market surveillance authorities.", "id": "pyrod-imp-place-compliant-pyrotechnic", "kind": "verification", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 12(1) and Art. 12(2)" }, { "text": "Indicate your name, registered trade name or registered trade mark and the postal address at which you can be contacted on the article or, where that is not possible, on its packaging or in a document accompanying it, in a language easily understood by end users and market surveillance authorities.", "id": "pyrod-imp-indicate-name-registered", "kind": "mark", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "identification-and-address", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 12(3)" }, { "text": "Ensure the article is accompanied by instructions and safety information in a language easily understood by consumers and other end users as determined by the Member State concerned, which in Denmark is Danish, and ensure that storage and transport conditions while the article is under your responsibility do not jeopardise its compliance with the Annex I essential safety requirements.", "id": "pyrod-imp-ensure-article-accompanied", "kind": "verification", "level": "product-market", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "instructions-and-safety-information", "retired": "2026-09-24", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 12(4) and Art. 12(5); https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2021/1799 · § 20 and § 21" }, { "text": "Ensure the article is accompanied by instructions and safety information in a language easily understood by consumers and other end users as determined by the Member State concerned, which in Denmark is Danish.", "id": "pyrod-imp-ensure-instructions-safety-information", "kind": "verification", "level": "product-market", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "instructions-and-safety-information", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 12(4); https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2021/1799 · § 20 and § 21" }, { "text": "Ensure that storage and transport conditions while the article is under your responsibility do not jeopardise its compliance with the Annex I essential safety requirements.", "id": "pyrod-imp-keep-storage-transport", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 12(5)" }, { "text": "Keep a record of all registration numbers of the articles you import together with their trade name, generic type and subtype where relevant and the site of manufacture, for at least 10 years after the article was placed on the market, make that information available to the relevant authorities on reasoned request, and transfer the record to the competent authorities if you cease your activity.", "id": "pyrod-imp-keep-record-registration", "kind": "standing", "level": "product", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 9(2); https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0058 · Art. 3" }, { "text": "Where the risks presented by an article warrant it and the competent authorities make a duly justified request, sample-test articles made available on the market, investigate and where necessary keep a register of complaints, non-conforming articles and recalls, and keep distributors informed; where an article you placed on the market does not conform, immediately take the corrective measures necessary to bring it into conformity, withdraw it or recall it, and where it presents a risk immediately inform the competent national authorities of the Member States where you made it available, with details of the non-compliance and the corrective measures.", "id": "pyrod-imp-sample-test-articles-made", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "retired": "2026-09-24", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 12(6) and Art. 12(7)" }, { "text": "Where the risks warrant it and the competent authorities make a duly justified request, sample-test articles on the market, investigate, keep a register of complaints, non-conforming articles and recalls where necessary, and keep distributors informed.", "id": "pyrod-imp-sample-test-register-complaints", "kind": "procedure", "level": "product", "timing": "on-event", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 12(6)" }, { "text": "Where an article you placed on the market does not conform, immediately take corrective measures, withdraw or recall it, and where it presents a risk immediately inform the competent national authorities of the Member States where you made it available.", "id": "pyrod-imp-correct-withdraw-recall", "kind": "submission", "level": "product", "timing": "on-event", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 12(7)" }, { "text": "Keep a copy of the EU declaration of conformity at the disposal of the market surveillance authorities for 10 years after the article was placed on the market and ensure the technical documentation can be made available to them on request, provide the information and documentation demonstrating conformity on reasoned request in a language the authority easily understands, cooperate on risk-elimination measures, and be able to identify who supplied you and whom you supplied for 10 years.", "id": "pyrod-imp-keep-copy-declaration", "kind": "standing", "level": "product", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y", "retired": "2026-09-24", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 12(8), Art. 12(9) and Art. 15" }, { "text": "Keep a copy of the EU declaration of conformity at the disposal of the market surveillance authorities for 10 years after placing on the market, and ensure the technical documentation can be made available to them on request.", "id": "pyrod-imp-keep-declaration-copy", "kind": "standing", "level": "product", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 12(8)" }, { "text": "Provide the information and documentation demonstrating conformity on reasoned request in a language the authority easily understands, and cooperate on risk-elimination measures.", "id": "pyrod-imp-provide-information-request", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "authority-cooperation", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 12(9)" }, { "text": "Be able to identify to the market surveillance authorities who supplied you and whom you supplied, for 10 years.", "id": "pyrod-imp-identify-suppliers-customers", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 15" }, { "text": "Observe the age limits and the specialist-knowledge restriction: do not make F1 fireworks available to persons under 12, F2 under 16, F3 under 18, or T1 theatrical articles and P1 other articles under 18, make F4 fireworks, T2 theatrical articles and P2 other articles available only to persons with specialist knowledge, and do not make P1 vehicle articles including airbag and seat-belt pretensioner systems available to the general public unless they are built into a vehicle or a detachable vehicle part.", "id": "pyrod-imp-observe-age-limits", "kind": "procedure", "level": "product-market", "timing": "ongoing", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 7(1), (3) and (4)" }, { "text": "If you place an article on the market under your own name or trademark, or modify an article already placed on the market in such a way that compliance with the directive may be affected, you take on the manufacturer's obligations under Article 8.", "id": "pyrod-imp-modify-article-already", "kind": "status", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 14" } ], "distributor": [ { "text": "Act with due care in relation to the requirements of the directive and, before making an article available on the market, verify that it bears the CE marking, that it is accompanied by the required documents and by instructions and safety information in a language easily understood by consumers and other end users in the Member State concerned, and that the manufacturer and the importer applied their labelling and their identification and address; where you believe an article does not meet the Annex I essential safety requirements, do not make it available until it has been brought into conformity, and where it presents a risk inform the manufacturer or the importer and the market surveillance authorities.", "id": "pyrod-dist-act-due-care", "kind": "verification", "level": "product-market", "timing": "before-market", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 13(1) and Art. 13(2)" }, { "text": "Ensure that storage and transport conditions while an article is under your responsibility do not jeopardise its compliance with the Annex I essential safety requirements.", "id": "pyrod-dist-ensure-storage-transport", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 13(3)" }, { "text": "Where an article you made available does not conform, make sure that the corrective measures necessary to bring it into conformity, withdraw it or recall it are taken, and where it presents a risk immediately inform the competent national authorities of the Member States where you made it available, with details of the non-compliance and the corrective measures; on reasoned request provide the information and documentation demonstrating conformity and cooperate on risk-elimination measures.", "id": "pyrod-dist-make-sure-corrective", "kind": "submission", "level": "product", "timing": "on-event", "retired": "2026-09-24", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 13(4) and Art. 13(5)" }, { "text": "Where an article you made available does not conform, make sure corrective measures, withdrawal or recall are taken, and where it presents a risk immediately inform the competent national authorities of the Member States where you made it available.", "id": "pyrod-dist-correct-withdraw-recall", "kind": "submission", "level": "product", "timing": "on-event", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 13(4)" }, { "text": "On reasoned request provide the information and documentation demonstrating conformity, and cooperate on risk-elimination measures.", "id": "pyrod-dist-provide-information-request", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "authority-cooperation", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 13(5)" }, { "text": "Observe the minimum age limits of 12 years for F1, 16 years for F2, 18 years for F3 and 18 years for T1 and P1, supply F4, T2 and P2 only to persons with specialist knowledge, and do not supply P1 vehicle articles to the general public unless they are built into a vehicle or a detachable vehicle part; Member States may raise these limits and may lower them for people who are undergoing or have completed vocational training.", "id": "pyrod-dist-observe-minimum-age", "kind": "procedure", "level": "product-market", "timing": "ongoing", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 7(1) to (4)" }, { "text": "In Denmark, sell consumer fireworks, which are only categories F1 and F2, to persons aged 18 or over, or 15 or over for category F1, display clear signage of those age limits, sell other pyrotechnic articles of category P1 only to persons aged 18 or over, keep assortments of consumer fireworks at or below 5 kg net explosive content per sale, avoid self-service except for the listed small F1 articles, and keep fireworks in retail sales rooms and sales points only from 15 to 31 December, with the stock in unbroken transport packaging in an adjoining approved store from 24 November to 14 December and again from 1 January to 1 February; category F3, F4, T1 and T2 articles are professional in Denmark and may only be supplied for use by approved fest- or scenefyrværkere.", "id": "pyrod-dist-sell-consumer-fireworks", "kind": "procedure", "level": "product-market", "timing": "ongoing", "source": "https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2021/1798 · § 20, stk. 2 to 5, § 24, § 25, § 26 and § 28 a; https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2021/1799 · § 3, § 4 and § 5" }, { "text": "Be able to identify to the market surveillance authorities every economic operator who supplied you with a pyrotechnic article and every economic operator to whom you supplied one, for 10 years after you were supplied and for 10 years after you supplied.", "id": "pyrod-dist-able-identify-market", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 15" }, { "text": "If you make an article available under your own name or trademark, or modify an article already placed on the market in such a way that compliance may be affected, you take on the manufacturer's obligations under Article 8.", "id": "pyrod-dist-modify-article-already", "kind": "status", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 14" } ], "fulfilment-provider": [ { "text": "Where no manufacturer, importer or authorised representative established in the Union is responsible for a pyrotechnic article, you become the economic operator established in the Union without whom the article may not be placed on the market, because the directive is one of the acts listed in Article 4(5) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and point 45 of its Annex I.", "id": "pyrod-ffp-importer-authorised-representative", "kind": "status", "level": "company", "timing": "before-market", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R1020 · Art. 4(1), Art. 4(2)(d), Art. 4(5) and Annex I point 45" }, { "text": "Verify that the EU declaration of conformity and the technical documentation have been drawn up, keep the declaration at the disposal of the market surveillance authorities for the period required by the directive, which is 10 years after the article was placed on the market, and ensure that the technical documentation can be made available to those authorities on request.", "id": "pyrod-ffp-verify-declaration-conformity", "kind": "verification", "level": "product", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "technical-documentation", "retired": "2026-09-24", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R1020 · Art. 4(3)(a); https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 8(3)" }, { "text": "Verify that the EU declaration of conformity and the technical documentation have been drawn up.", "id": "pyrod-ffp-verify-declaration-documentation", "kind": "verification", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R1020 · Art. 4(3)(a)" }, { "text": "Keep the EU declaration of conformity at the disposal of the market surveillance authorities for 10 years after the article was placed on the market, and ensure the technical documentation can be made available on request.", "id": "pyrod-ffp-keep-declaration-10-years", "kind": "standing", "level": "product", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R1020 · Art. 4(3)(a); https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 8(3)" }, { "text": "Provide the market surveillance authority, on reasoned request, with all information and documentation necessary to demonstrate the article's conformity in a language it easily understands, inform the authorities when you have reason to believe an article presents a risk, and cooperate with them, including by making sure the immediate corrective action needed to remedy non-compliance is taken or, where that is not possible, that the risks are mitigated.", "id": "pyrod-ffp-provide-market-surveillance", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "authority-cooperation", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R1020 · Art. 4(3)(b), (c) and (d)" }, { "text": "Have your name, registered trade name or registered trade mark and contact details including the postal address indicated on the article, on its packaging, on the parcel or in an accompanying document, without prejudice to the manufacturer's and importer's own identification duties under the directive.", "id": "pyrod-ffp-have-name-registered", "kind": "mark", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "identification-and-address", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R1020 · Art. 4(4)" } ], "other": [ { "text": "Act only under a written mandate from the manufacturer that at least lets you perform the tasks of Article 4(3) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 for the pyrotechnic articles covered, and provide a copy of that mandate to the market surveillance authority on request, in a Union language determined by that authority.", "id": "pyrod-oth-act-written-mandate", "kind": "evidence", "level": "company", "timing": "before-market", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R1020 · Art. 4(2)(c), Art. 5(1) and Art. 5(2)" }, { "text": "Keep the EU declaration of conformity at the disposal of the market surveillance authorities for 10 years after the article was placed on the market, ensure that the technical documentation can be made available to them on request, and verify that both have been drawn up.", "id": "pyrod-oth-keep-declaration-conformity", "kind": "standing", "level": "product", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y", "retired": "2026-09-24", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R1020 · Art. 4(3)(a); https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 8(3)" }, { "text": "Verify that the EU declaration of conformity and the technical documentation have been drawn up.", "id": "pyrod-oth-verify-declaration-documentation", "kind": "verification", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R1020 · Art. 4(3)(a)" }, { "text": "Keep the EU declaration of conformity at the disposal of the market surveillance authorities for 10 years after the article was placed on the market, and ensure the technical documentation can be made available on request.", "id": "pyrod-oth-keep-declaration-10-years", "kind": "standing", "level": "product", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R1020 · Art. 4(3)(a); https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 8(3)" }, { "text": "Provide conformity information and documentation on reasoned request in a language the authority easily understands, inform the authorities when you have reason to believe an article presents a risk, and cooperate on corrective and risk-mitigation action; your name, registered trade name or trade mark and contact details including the postal address must appear on the article, its packaging, the parcel or an accompanying document.", "id": "pyrod-oth-provide-conformity-information", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "authority-cooperation", "retired": "2026-09-24", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R1020 · Art. 4(3)(b) to (d) and Art. 4(4)" }, { "text": "Provide conformity information and documentation on reasoned request in a language the authority easily understands, inform the authorities when you have reason to believe an article presents a risk, and cooperate on corrective and risk-mitigation action.", "id": "pyrod-oth-provide-information-cooperate", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "authority-cooperation", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R1020 · Art. 4(3)(b) to (d)" }, { "text": "Have your name, registered trade name or trade mark and contact details including the postal address indicated on the article, its packaging, the parcel or an accompanying document.", "id": "pyrod-oth-indicate-name-contact", "kind": "mark", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "identification-and-address", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R1020 · Art. 4(4)" }, { "text": "Do not treat the mandate as transferring the manufacturer's own duties: the directive places the design and manufacture to the Annex I essential safety requirements, the technical documentation, the conformity assessment, the EU declaration of conformity, the CE marking, the registration number and the labelling on the manufacturer, and names only the manufacturer, the importer and the distributor as economic operators.", "id": "pyrod-oth-treat-mandate-transferring", "kind": "status", "level": "company", "timing": "before-market", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 3, point 12, Art. 8, Art. 9 and Art. 10" } ] }, "requirements": [ { "id": "pyrod-mfr-categorise-article-type", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "evidence", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "retired": "2026-09-24", "text": "Categorise each article by its type of use, or its purpose and level of hazard including noise level, into F1, F2, F3 or F4 for fireworks, T1 or T2 for theatrical articles and P1 or P2 for other articles, and design and manufacture it to the Annex I essential safety requirements: the performance characteristics specified to the notified body, safe disposal with minimum environmental effect, correct functioning tested under realistic conditions across the ten information and property headings of point 3, the ban on detonative explosives other than black powder and flash composition with the narrow exception for P1, P2, T2 and F4, and the group-specific rules including safety distances of at least 1 m for F1, 8 m for F2 and 15 m for F3, which Annex I allows to be shorter where appropriate, a maximum noise level of 120 dB (A, imp), or an equivalent level measured by another appropriate method, at the safety distance, no bangers or flash bangers in F1 and no more than 2,5 mg silver fulminate in F1 throwdowns.", "article": "Art. 6(1), Art. 8(1) and Annex I, points 1 to 5", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-mfr-categorise-article-category", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "decision", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "text": "Categorise each article by its type of use, or its purpose and level of hazard including noise level, into F1, F2, F3 or F4 for fireworks, T1 or T2 for theatrical articles and P1 or P2 for other articles.", "article": "Art. 6(1)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-mfr-design-essential-safety-requirements", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "evidence", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "text": "Design and manufacture each article to the Annex I essential safety requirements for its category, including performance, safe disposal, correct functioning, the ban on detonative explosives, the minimum safety distances and the 120 dB (A, imp) noise limit.", "article": "Art. 8(1) and Annex I", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-mfr-draw-technical-documentation", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "evidence", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "technical-documentation", "retired": "2026-09-24", "text": "Draw up the technical documentation referred to in Annex II, which must allow conformity to be assessed and include an adequate analysis and assessment of the risks, a general description, design and manufacturing drawings and the explanations needed to understand them, the harmonised standards applied in full or in part or the solutions adopted instead, design calculations and examinations and test reports, and have the Article 17 conformity assessment carried out by a notified body: EU-type examination (module B) followed by conformity to type based on internal production control plus supervised product checks at random intervals (module C2), on quality assurance of the production process (module D) or on product quality assurance (module E), or conformity based on unit verification (module G), or conformity based on full quality assurance (module H) for fireworks of category F4 only.", "article": "Art. 8(2), Art. 17 and Annex II, modules B, C2, D, E, G and H", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-mfr-draw-annex-ii-documentation", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "evidence", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "technical-documentation", "text": "Draw up the Annex II technical documentation: a general description, design and manufacturing drawings with explanations, the harmonised standards or other solutions applied, design calculations, examinations and test reports.", "article": "Art. 8(2) and Annex II", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-mfr-analyse-assess-risks", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "evidence", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "risk-analysis", "text": "Include in the technical documentation an adequate analysis and assessment of the risks the article presents.", "article": "Art. 8(2) and Annex II", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-mfr-carry-out-conformity-assessment", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "procedure", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "text": "Have the Article 17 conformity assessment carried out by a notified body: module B followed by C2, D or E, or module G, or module H for category F4 fireworks only.", "article": "Art. 8(2), Art. 17 and Annex II", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-mfr-label-article-registration", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "mark", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "retired": "2026-09-24", "text": "Label the article with the registration number assigned by the notified body that carried out the conformity assessment, structured as the four-digit identification number of that body, the category in upper case as F1, F2, F3, F4, T1, T2, P1 or P2, and the body's processing number, written XXXX-YY-ZZZZ, and keep records of the registration numbers of the articles you make available together with their trade name, generic type and subtype where relevant and the site of manufacture, for at least 10 years after the article was placed on the market; hand the record over to the competent authorities if you cease activity and provide it on reasoned request.", "article": "Art. 9(1) and (2); https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0058 · Art. 1 and Art. 3", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-mfr-label-registration-number", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "mark", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "text": "Label the article with the registration number assigned by the notified body that carried out the conformity assessment, written XXXX-YY-ZZZZ (body number, category, processing number).", "article": "Art. 9(1); https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0058 · Art. 1", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-mfr-keep-registration-records", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y", "text": "Keep records of the registration numbers of the articles you make available, with trade name, generic type and subtype and site of manufacture, for at least 10 years after placing on the market; hand them to the authorities on reasoned request or when you cease activity.", "article": "Art. 9(2); https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0058 · Art. 3", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-mfr-draw-declaration-conformity", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "evidence", "level": "product-market", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "declaration-of-conformity", "retired": "2026-09-24", "text": "Draw up the EU declaration of conformity following the model structure of Annex III with the elements of the modules used, keep it continuously updated, translate it into the languages required by the Member State where the article is placed or made available on the market and issue a single declaration where several Union acts require one, then affix the CE marking visibly, legibly and indelibly to the article, or to the packaging and accompanying documents where that is not possible or not warranted, before placing it on the market, followed by the identification number of the notified body where that body is involved in the production control phase.", "article": "Art. 8(2), Art. 18, Art. 19 and Art. 20", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-mfr-draw-eu-declaration", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "evidence", "level": "product-market", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "declaration-of-conformity", "text": "Draw up the EU declaration of conformity following Annex III, keep it continuously updated, translate it into the languages the Member State of placing or making available requires, and issue a single declaration where several Union acts apply.", "article": "Art. 8(2) and Art. 18", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-mfr-affix-ce-marking", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "mark", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "ce-marking", "text": "Affix the CE marking visibly, legibly and indelibly to the article, or to its packaging and accompanying documents where that is not possible, before placing it on the market, followed by the notified body number where that body is involved in production control.", "article": "Art. 8(2), Art. 19 and Art. 20", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-mfr-label-articles-other", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "data", "level": "product-market", "timing": "before-market", "text": "Label articles other than those for vehicles visibly, legibly and indelibly in the official language or languages of the Member State where the article is made available to the consumer, with at least your name, registered trade name or trade mark and postal contact address and, where you are not established in the Union, also the importer's, the name and type of the article, its registration number and its product, batch or serial number, the minimum age limits, the category, instructions for use, the net explosive content, the year of production for F3 and F4 fireworks and, where appropriate, a minimum safety distance, plus the wording required per category, from 'for outdoor use only' on F2 and F3 to 'for use only by persons with specialist knowledge' on F4 and T2; where there is not enough space the information goes on the smallest piece of packaging.", "article": "Art. 10(1) to (5)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-mfr-apply-article-labelling", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "data", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "retired": "2026-09-24", "text": "For pyrotechnic articles for vehicles, apply the Article 11 labelling instead, your manufacturer information, the name and type of the article, its registration number and its product, batch or serial number and, where necessary, the safety instructions, moving the information to the packaging where there is no room, and supply professional users with a REACH safety data sheet that takes account of their specific needs, in the language they request and on paper or electronically.", "article": "Art. 11(1), (2) and (3)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-mfr-label-vehicle-articles", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "data", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "text": "Label pyrotechnic articles for vehicles under Article 11: your manufacturer information, the name and type of the article, its registration number, its product, batch or serial number and, where necessary, the safety instructions, on the packaging where there is no room.", "article": "Art. 11(1) and (2)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-mfr-supply-safety-data-sheet", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "evidence", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "text": "Supply professional users of vehicle articles with a REACH safety data sheet that takes account of their specific needs, in the language they request, on paper or electronically.", "article": "Art. 11(3)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-mfr-keep-technical-documentation", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "standing", "level": "product", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y", "retired": "2026-09-24", "text": "Keep the technical documentation and the EU declaration of conformity for 10 years after the article was placed on the market, keep procedures in place for series production to remain in conformity taking account of changes in design and in the standards or other technical specifications referenced, and where the risks warrant it and the competent authorities make a duly justified request, sample-test articles made available on the market, investigate and where necessary keep a register of complaints, non-conforming articles and recalls, and keep distributors informed of that monitoring.", "article": "Art. 8(3) and Art. 8(4)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-mfr-keep-documentation-declaration", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "standing", "level": "product", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y", "text": "Keep the technical documentation and the EU declaration of conformity for 10 years after the article was placed on the market.", "article": "Art. 8(3)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-mfr-keep-series-production-conformity", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "procedure", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "text": "Keep procedures in place for series production to remain in conformity, taking account of changes in design and in the referenced standards or other technical specifications.", "article": "Art. 8(4)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-mfr-sample-test-register-complaints", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "procedure", "level": "product", "timing": "on-event", "text": "Where the risks warrant it and the competent authorities make a duly justified request, sample-test articles on the market, investigate, keep a register of complaints, non-conforming articles and recalls where necessary, and keep distributors informed.", "article": "Art. 8(4)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-mfr-indicate-name-registered", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "mark", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "identification-and-address", "retired": "2026-09-24", "text": "Indicate your name, registered trade name or registered trade mark and a single postal contact address on the article, or on its packaging or in an accompanying document, in a language easily understood by end users and market surveillance authorities, ensure the article is accompanied by clear instructions and safety information in a language determined by the Member State concerned, immediately bring a non-conforming article into conformity, withdraw it or recall it and inform the competent national authorities of every Member State where you made it available when it presents a risk, provide the information and documentation demonstrating conformity on reasoned request, cooperate on risk-elimination measures, and be able to identify who supplied you and whom you supplied for 10 years.", "article": "Art. 8(5) to Art. 8(9) and Art. 15", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-mfr-indicate-name-address", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "mark", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "identification-and-address", "text": "Indicate your name, registered trade name or registered trade mark and a single postal contact address on the article, or on its packaging or in an accompanying document, in a language easily understood by end users and market surveillance authorities.", "article": "Art. 8(6)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-mfr-supply-instructions-safety-information", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "evidence", "level": "product-market", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "instructions-and-safety-information", "text": "Ensure the article is accompanied by clear instructions and safety information in a language determined by the Member State concerned.", "article": "Art. 8(7)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-mfr-correct-withdraw-recall", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "submission", "level": "product", "timing": "on-event", "text": "Immediately bring a non-conforming article into conformity, withdraw it or recall it, and inform the competent national authorities of every Member State where you made it available when it presents a risk.", "article": "Art. 8(8)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-mfr-provide-information-request", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "authority-cooperation", "text": "Provide the information and documentation demonstrating conformity on reasoned request, and cooperate with the competent authorities on measures to eliminate the risks posed by your articles.", "article": "Art. 8(9)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-mfr-identify-suppliers-customers", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y", "text": "Be able to identify to the market surveillance authorities who supplied you and whom you supplied, for 10 years.", "article": "Art. 15", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-imp-place-compliant-pyrotechnic", "role": "importer", "kind": "verification", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "text": "Place only compliant pyrotechnic articles on the market, and before placing an article on the market ensure that the manufacturer carried out the appropriate Article 17 conformity assessment procedure, drew up the technical documentation, that the article bears the CE marking and is accompanied by the required documents, and that the manufacturer applied the Article 10 or Article 11 labelling and the Article 8(6) identification and address; where you believe an article does not meet the Annex I essential safety requirements, do not place it on the market until it has been brought into conformity, and where it presents a risk inform the manufacturer and the market surveillance authorities.", "article": "Art. 12(1) and Art. 12(2)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-imp-indicate-name-registered", "role": "importer", "kind": "mark", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "identification-and-address", "text": "Indicate your name, registered trade name or registered trade mark and the postal address at which you can be contacted on the article or, where that is not possible, on its packaging or in a document accompanying it, in a language easily understood by end users and market surveillance authorities.", "article": "Art. 12(3)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-imp-ensure-article-accompanied", "role": "importer", "kind": "verification", "level": "product-market", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "instructions-and-safety-information", "retired": "2026-09-24", "text": "Ensure the article is accompanied by instructions and safety information in a language easily understood by consumers and other end users as determined by the Member State concerned, which in Denmark is Danish, and ensure that storage and transport conditions while the article is under your responsibility do not jeopardise its compliance with the Annex I essential safety requirements.", "article": "Art. 12(4) and Art. 12(5); https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2021/1799 · § 20 and § 21", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-imp-ensure-instructions-safety-information", "role": "importer", "kind": "verification", "level": "product-market", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "instructions-and-safety-information", "text": "Ensure the article is accompanied by instructions and safety information in a language easily understood by consumers and other end users as determined by the Member State concerned, which in Denmark is Danish.", "article": "Art. 12(4); https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2021/1799 · § 20 and § 21", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-imp-keep-storage-transport", "role": "importer", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "text": "Ensure that storage and transport conditions while the article is under your responsibility do not jeopardise its compliance with the Annex I essential safety requirements.", "article": "Art. 12(5)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-imp-keep-record-registration", "role": "importer", "kind": "standing", "level": "product", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y", "text": "Keep a record of all registration numbers of the articles you import together with their trade name, generic type and subtype where relevant and the site of manufacture, for at least 10 years after the article was placed on the market, make that information available to the relevant authorities on reasoned request, and transfer the record to the competent authorities if you cease your activity.", "article": "Art. 9(2); https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0058 · Art. 3", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-imp-sample-test-articles-made", "role": "importer", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "retired": "2026-09-24", "text": "Where the risks presented by an article warrant it and the competent authorities make a duly justified request, sample-test articles made available on the market, investigate and where necessary keep a register of complaints, non-conforming articles and recalls, and keep distributors informed; where an article you placed on the market does not conform, immediately take the corrective measures necessary to bring it into conformity, withdraw it or recall it, and where it presents a risk immediately inform the competent national authorities of the Member States where you made it available, with details of the non-compliance and the corrective measures.", "article": "Art. 12(6) and Art. 12(7)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-imp-sample-test-register-complaints", "role": "importer", "kind": "procedure", "level": "product", "timing": "on-event", "text": "Where the risks warrant it and the competent authorities make a duly justified request, sample-test articles on the market, investigate, keep a register of complaints, non-conforming articles and recalls where necessary, and keep distributors informed.", "article": "Art. 12(6)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-imp-correct-withdraw-recall", "role": "importer", "kind": "submission", "level": "product", "timing": "on-event", "text": "Where an article you placed on the market does not conform, immediately take corrective measures, withdraw or recall it, and where it presents a risk immediately inform the competent national authorities of the Member States where you made it available.", "article": "Art. 12(7)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-imp-keep-copy-declaration", "role": "importer", "kind": "standing", "level": "product", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y", "retired": "2026-09-24", "text": "Keep a copy of the EU declaration of conformity at the disposal of the market surveillance authorities for 10 years after the article was placed on the market and ensure the technical documentation can be made available to them on request, provide the information and documentation demonstrating conformity on reasoned request in a language the authority easily understands, cooperate on risk-elimination measures, and be able to identify who supplied you and whom you supplied for 10 years.", "article": "Art. 12(8), Art. 12(9) and Art. 15", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-imp-keep-declaration-copy", "role": "importer", "kind": "standing", "level": "product", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y", "text": "Keep a copy of the EU declaration of conformity at the disposal of the market surveillance authorities for 10 years after placing on the market, and ensure the technical documentation can be made available to them on request.", "article": "Art. 12(8)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-imp-provide-information-request", "role": "importer", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "authority-cooperation", "text": "Provide the information and documentation demonstrating conformity on reasoned request in a language the authority easily understands, and cooperate on risk-elimination measures.", "article": "Art. 12(9)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-imp-identify-suppliers-customers", "role": "importer", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y", "text": "Be able to identify to the market surveillance authorities who supplied you and whom you supplied, for 10 years.", "article": "Art. 15", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-imp-observe-age-limits", "role": "importer", "kind": "procedure", "level": "product-market", "timing": "ongoing", "text": "Observe the age limits and the specialist-knowledge restriction: do not make F1 fireworks available to persons under 12, F2 under 16, F3 under 18, or T1 theatrical articles and P1 other articles under 18, make F4 fireworks, T2 theatrical articles and P2 other articles available only to persons with specialist knowledge, and do not make P1 vehicle articles including airbag and seat-belt pretensioner systems available to the general public unless they are built into a vehicle or a detachable vehicle part.", "article": "Art. 7(1), (3) and (4)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-imp-modify-article-already", "role": "importer", "kind": "status", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "text": "If you place an article on the market under your own name or trademark, or modify an article already placed on the market in such a way that compliance with the directive may be affected, you take on the manufacturer's obligations under Article 8.", "article": "Art. 14", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-dist-act-due-care", "role": "distributor", "kind": "verification", "level": "product-market", "timing": "before-market", "text": "Act with due care in relation to the requirements of the directive and, before making an article available on the market, verify that it bears the CE marking, that it is accompanied by the required documents and by instructions and safety information in a language easily understood by consumers and other end users in the Member State concerned, and that the manufacturer and the importer applied their labelling and their identification and address; where you believe an article does not meet the Annex I essential safety requirements, do not make it available until it has been brought into conformity, and where it presents a risk inform the manufacturer or the importer and the market surveillance authorities.", "article": "Art. 13(1) and Art. 13(2)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-dist-ensure-storage-transport", "role": "distributor", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "text": "Ensure that storage and transport conditions while an article is under your responsibility do not jeopardise its compliance with the Annex I essential safety requirements.", "article": "Art. 13(3)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-dist-make-sure-corrective", "role": "distributor", "kind": "submission", "level": "product", "timing": "on-event", "retired": "2026-09-24", "text": "Where an article you made available does not conform, make sure that the corrective measures necessary to bring it into conformity, withdraw it or recall it are taken, and where it presents a risk immediately inform the competent national authorities of the Member States where you made it available, with details of the non-compliance and the corrective measures; on reasoned request provide the information and documentation demonstrating conformity and cooperate on risk-elimination measures.", "article": "Art. 13(4) and Art. 13(5)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-dist-correct-withdraw-recall", "role": "distributor", "kind": "submission", "level": "product", "timing": "on-event", "text": "Where an article you made available does not conform, make sure corrective measures, withdrawal or recall are taken, and where it presents a risk immediately inform the competent national authorities of the Member States where you made it available.", "article": "Art. 13(4)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-dist-provide-information-request", "role": "distributor", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "authority-cooperation", "text": "On reasoned request provide the information and documentation demonstrating conformity, and cooperate on risk-elimination measures.", "article": "Art. 13(5)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-dist-observe-minimum-age", "role": "distributor", "kind": "procedure", "level": "product-market", "timing": "ongoing", "text": "Observe the minimum age limits of 12 years for F1, 16 years for F2, 18 years for F3 and 18 years for T1 and P1, supply F4, T2 and P2 only to persons with specialist knowledge, and do not supply P1 vehicle articles to the general public unless they are built into a vehicle or a detachable vehicle part; Member States may raise these limits and may lower them for people who are undergoing or have completed vocational training.", "article": "Art. 7(1) to (4)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-dist-sell-consumer-fireworks", "role": "distributor", "kind": "procedure", "level": "product-market", "timing": "ongoing", "text": "In Denmark, sell consumer fireworks, which are only categories F1 and F2, to persons aged 18 or over, or 15 or over for category F1, display clear signage of those age limits, sell other pyrotechnic articles of category P1 only to persons aged 18 or over, keep assortments of consumer fireworks at or below 5 kg net explosive content per sale, avoid self-service except for the listed small F1 articles, and keep fireworks in retail sales rooms and sales points only from 15 to 31 December, with the stock in unbroken transport packaging in an adjoining approved store from 24 November to 14 December and again from 1 January to 1 February; category F3, F4, T1 and T2 articles are professional in Denmark and may only be supplied for use by approved fest- or scenefyrværkere.", "article": "§ 20, stk. 2 to 5, § 24, § 25, § 26 and § 28 a; https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2021/1799 · § 3, § 4 and § 5", "sourceUrl": "https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2021/1798" }, { "id": "pyrod-dist-able-identify-market", "role": "distributor", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y", "text": "Be able to identify to the market surveillance authorities every economic operator who supplied you with a pyrotechnic article and every economic operator to whom you supplied one, for 10 years after you were supplied and for 10 years after you supplied.", "article": "Art. 15", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-dist-modify-article-already", "role": "distributor", "kind": "status", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "text": "If you make an article available under your own name or trademark, or modify an article already placed on the market in such a way that compliance may be affected, you take on the manufacturer's obligations under Article 8.", "article": "Art. 14", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "id": "pyrod-ffp-importer-authorised-representative", "role": "fulfilment-provider", "kind": "status", "level": "company", "timing": "before-market", "text": "Where no manufacturer, importer or authorised representative established in the Union is responsible for a pyrotechnic article, you become the economic operator established in the Union without whom the article may not be placed on the market, because the directive is one of the acts listed in Article 4(5) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and point 45 of its Annex I.", "article": "Art. 4(1), Art. 4(2)(d), Art. 4(5) and Annex I point 45", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R1020" }, { "id": "pyrod-ffp-verify-declaration-conformity", "role": "fulfilment-provider", "kind": "verification", "level": "product", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "technical-documentation", "retired": "2026-09-24", "text": "Verify that the EU declaration of conformity and the technical documentation have been drawn up, keep the declaration at the disposal of the market surveillance authorities for the period required by the directive, which is 10 years after the article was placed on the market, and ensure that the technical documentation can be made available to those authorities on request.", "article": "Art. 4(3)(a); https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 8(3)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R1020" }, { "id": "pyrod-ffp-verify-declaration-documentation", "role": "fulfilment-provider", "kind": "verification", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "text": "Verify that the EU declaration of conformity and the technical documentation have been drawn up.", "article": "Art. 4(3)(a)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R1020" }, { "id": "pyrod-ffp-keep-declaration-10-years", "role": "fulfilment-provider", "kind": "standing", "level": "product", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y", "text": "Keep the EU declaration of conformity at the disposal of the market surveillance authorities for 10 years after the article was placed on the market, and ensure the technical documentation can be made available on request.", "article": "Art. 4(3)(a); https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 8(3)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R1020" }, { "id": "pyrod-ffp-provide-market-surveillance", "role": "fulfilment-provider", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "authority-cooperation", "text": "Provide the market surveillance authority, on reasoned request, with all information and documentation necessary to demonstrate the article's conformity in a language it easily understands, inform the authorities when you have reason to believe an article presents a risk, and cooperate with them, including by making sure the immediate corrective action needed to remedy non-compliance is taken or, where that is not possible, that the risks are mitigated.", "article": "Art. 4(3)(b), (c) and (d)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R1020" }, { "id": "pyrod-ffp-have-name-registered", "role": "fulfilment-provider", "kind": "mark", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "identification-and-address", "text": "Have your name, registered trade name or registered trade mark and contact details including the postal address indicated on the article, on its packaging, on the parcel or in an accompanying document, without prejudice to the manufacturer's and importer's own identification duties under the directive.", "article": "Art. 4(4)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R1020" }, { "id": "pyrod-oth-act-written-mandate", "role": "other", "kind": "evidence", "level": "company", "timing": "before-market", "text": "Act only under a written mandate from the manufacturer that at least lets you perform the tasks of Article 4(3) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 for the pyrotechnic articles covered, and provide a copy of that mandate to the market surveillance authority on request, in a Union language determined by that authority.", "article": "Art. 4(2)(c), Art. 5(1) and Art. 5(2)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R1020" }, { "id": "pyrod-oth-keep-declaration-conformity", "role": "other", "kind": "standing", "level": "product", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y", "retired": "2026-09-24", "text": "Keep the EU declaration of conformity at the disposal of the market surveillance authorities for 10 years after the article was placed on the market, ensure that the technical documentation can be made available to them on request, and verify that both have been drawn up.", "article": "Art. 4(3)(a); https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 8(3)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R1020" }, { "id": "pyrod-oth-verify-declaration-documentation", "role": "other", "kind": "verification", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "text": "Verify that the EU declaration of conformity and the technical documentation have been drawn up.", "article": "Art. 4(3)(a)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R1020" }, { "id": "pyrod-oth-keep-declaration-10-years", "role": "other", "kind": "standing", "level": "product", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y", "text": "Keep the EU declaration of conformity at the disposal of the market surveillance authorities for 10 years after the article was placed on the market, and ensure the technical documentation can be made available on request.", "article": "Art. 4(3)(a); https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 8(3)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R1020" }, { "id": "pyrod-oth-provide-conformity-information", "role": "other", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "authority-cooperation", "retired": "2026-09-24", "text": "Provide conformity information and documentation on reasoned request in a language the authority easily understands, inform the authorities when you have reason to believe an article presents a risk, and cooperate on corrective and risk-mitigation action; your name, registered trade name or trade mark and contact details including the postal address must appear on the article, its packaging, the parcel or an accompanying document.", "article": "Art. 4(3)(b) to (d) and Art. 4(4)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R1020" }, { "id": "pyrod-oth-provide-information-cooperate", "role": "other", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "authority-cooperation", "text": "Provide conformity information and documentation on reasoned request in a language the authority easily understands, inform the authorities when you have reason to believe an article presents a risk, and cooperate on corrective and risk-mitigation action.", "article": "Art. 4(3)(b) to (d)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R1020" }, { "id": "pyrod-oth-indicate-name-contact", "role": "other", "kind": "mark", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "identification-and-address", "text": "Have your name, registered trade name or trade mark and contact details including the postal address indicated on the article, its packaging, the parcel or an accompanying document.", "article": "Art. 4(4)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R1020" }, { "id": "pyrod-oth-treat-mandate-transferring", "role": "other", "kind": "status", "level": "company", "timing": "before-market", "text": "Do not treat the mandate as transferring the manufacturer's own duties: the directive places the design and manufacture to the Annex I essential safety requirements, the technical documentation, the conformity assessment, the EU declaration of conformity, the CE marking, the registration number and the labelling on the manufacturer, and names only the manufacturer, the importer and the distributor as economic operators.", "article": "Art. 3, point 12, Art. 8, Art. 9 and Art. 10", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" } ], "requirementsHash": "31735a5652e8b4a1", "penalties": { "text": "Member States lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements by economic operators of the provisions of national law adopted pursuant to the directive and take all measures necessary to ensure that they are enforced; the penalties must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive and may include criminal penalties for serious infringements. Market surveillance authorities that have sufficient reason to believe an article presents a risk to the health or safety of persons or to other public interests the directive protects evaluate it, require the economic operator to take corrective action, withdraw the article or recall it within a period commensurate with the nature of the risk, inform the relevant notified body and, where the operator fails to act, take provisional measures to prohibit or restrict the making available, withdraw or recall the article and inform the Commission and the other Member States; a measure no Member State or the Commission objects to within three months is deemed justified, and the Union safeguard procedure settles disputed measures. Compliant articles that still present a risk can be treated the same way. Formal non-compliance, a CE marking affixed in breach of Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 or of Article 20, a missing CE marking, a missing or wrongly affixed notified body number, a missing or incorrectly drawn-up EU declaration of conformity, technical documentation that is unavailable or incomplete, absent, false or incomplete manufacturer or importer identification, or any other administrative requirement of Article 8 or Article 12 left unfulfilled, must be ended and otherwise leads to restriction, prohibition, withdrawal or recall. Since 16 July 2021 the surveillance powers come from Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, whose authorities can demand documents and supply-chain information, inspect and test products, require corrective action, prohibit the making available and have articles withdrawn, recalled or destroyed. In Denmark, executive order nr. 1799 of 9 September 2021 punishes with a fine the placing on the market or making available of non-conforming articles, missing labelling, missing documentation, a missing register of registration numbers, failure to hand that register to Sikkerhedsstyrelsen, missing notifications, missing instructions or safety information in Danish, failure to take corrective action, storage or transport that jeopardises compliance, a missing safety data sheet for vehicle articles, use of a notified body not designated by Sikkerhedsstyrelsen or another Member State, and breaches of the vehicle labelling rules, with imprisonment of up to 2 years in aggravating circumstances such as danger to safety or health, an accident with serious injury or death, repetition, systematic infringement for financial gain or attempts to evade control, and with a separate fine for intentional or grossly negligent misuse of the CE marking; corporate criminal liability applies. The product act adds orders to warn users, stop misleading marketing, remedy, stop sales, withdraw, recall or destroy, prohibitions on placing on the market and fines that rise to imprisonment of up to 2 years in aggravating circumstances, and the fireworks act (lov om fyrværkeri og andre pyrotekniske artikler, consolidated as LBK nr. 23 of 8 January 2026) punishes manufacture, assembly or import without a licence from Erhvervsstyrelsen, or from a body it authorises, and storage, transfer, acquisition or use without a permit from the municipal council, as well as the sale or use of consumer fireworks outside the permitted periods, with a fine or imprisonment of up to 2 years. Since January 2026 Sikkerhedsstyrelsen is the department Markedsovervågning of Erhvervsstyrelsen.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 39, Art. 40, Art. 41, Art. 42 and Art. 45; https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R1020 · Art. 14, Art. 16, Art. 39 and Annex I point 45; https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2021/1799 · § 59; https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2026/22 · § 2, stk. 1, nr. 10, § 9, § 14, § 16 and § 37; https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2026/23 · § 1, § 2 and § 7; https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2024/637 · § 1, nr. 4; https://erhvervsstyrelsen.dk/sikkerhedsstyrelsen-en-del-af-erhvervsstyrelsen" }, "checklist": [ "Confirm the article is a pyrotechnic article, that is it contains explosive substances or an explosive mixture designed to produce heat, light, sound, gas or smoke through self-sustained exothermic chemical reactions, and that none of the seven exclusions in Article 2(2) applies, remembering that the references to Directive 96/98/EC and Directive 93/15/EEC are read as the Marine Equipment Directive 2014/90/EU and the Civil Explosives Directive 2014/28/EU.", "Categorise the article by type of use, or purpose and level of hazard including noise level, as F1, F2, F3 or F4, T1 or T2, or P1 or P2, and check the category against the Annex I group rules on safety distance, noise level and construction (Articles 6(1) and Annex I, point 5).", "Decide your role for each article, remembering that the directive knows only manufacturers, importers and distributors, that selling under your own brand or modifying an article makes you the manufacturer, and that Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 still requires a responsible economic operator established in the Union.", "Check which harmonised standards are still cited in the Official Journal under Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/337, and plan for the fact that since 25 March 2025 there is no cited standard for F1, F2 and F3 fireworks, so conformity with Annex I must be demonstrated to the notified body without a presumption of conformity.", "Choose the conformity assessment route with a notified body: module B plus module C2, D or E, or module G, or module H for category F4 fireworks only, and compile the Annex II technical documentation with the risk analysis, drawings, standards list, calculations and test reports (Article 17 and Annex II).", "Obtain the registration number from the notified body and check that it is built as the body's four-digit identification number, the category in upper case and the body's processing number, written XXXX-YY-ZZZZ (Article 9(1) and Implementing Directive 2014/58/EU, Article 1).", "Draw up the Annex III EU declaration of conformity, as a single declaration where other Union acts also apply, keep it updated and translated as the Member States require, and affix the CE marking followed by the notified body number where that body is involved in production control (Articles 18, 19 and 20).", "Apply the full Article 10 labelling in the official language or languages of the Member State of sale, or the shorter Article 11 labelling plus the REACH safety data sheet for vehicle articles, and move the information to the smallest piece of packaging where there is no space on the article.", "Set up the age-limit and specialist-knowledge controls at every point of sale, and in Denmark apply the national tightening: consumer fireworks are only F1 and F2, the age limits are 18 and 15 for F1, P1 articles go only to buyers aged 18 or over, retail runs from 15 to 31 December and consumer use only on 31 December and 1 January.", "Keep the technical documentation and the declaration for 10 years, keep the register of registration numbers with trade name, generic type and subtype and site of manufacture for 10 years, keep supplier and customer traceability for 10 years, and set up the corrective-action and notification procedure (Articles 8(3), 9(2), 12(8), 15 and Implementing Directive 2014/58/EU, Article 3)." ], "faq": [ { "q": "When did the Pyrotechnic Articles Directive 2013/29/EU start to apply?", "a": "The recast directive was adopted on 12 June 2013, published in the Official Journal on 28 June 2013 and entered into force on 29 June 2013, the day after publication. A first, narrow transposition covered point 4 of Annex I, the rule on detonative explosives, which Member States had to publish by 3 October 2013 and apply from 4 July 2013. The main body had to be transposed by 30 June 2015 and applied from 1 July 2015, when Directive 2007/23/EC was repealed and the directly applicable articles took effect. The traceability rules of Commission Implementing Directive 2014/58/EU had to be transposed by 30 April 2015 and applied from 17 October 2016. The directive has never been amended; its six corrigenda concern other language versions and not the English text.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 47, Art. 48 and Art. 49; https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0058 · Art. 4 and Art. 5; https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "q": "What are the categories F1, F2, F3, F4, T1, T2, P1 and P2 and what are the age limits?", "a": "The manufacturer categorises every article by its type of use, or its purpose and level of hazard including noise level, and the notified body confirms the categorisation as part of the conformity assessment. Fireworks are category F1, very low hazard and negligible noise for use in confined areas including inside domestic buildings; F2, low hazard and low noise for outdoor use in confined areas; F3, medium hazard for outdoor use in large open areas with a noise level not harmful to human health; and F4, high hazard for use only by persons with specialist knowledge. Theatrical pyrotechnic articles are T1, low hazard for stage use, and T2, for use only by persons with specialist knowledge. Other pyrotechnic articles are P1, low hazard, and P2, for handling or use only by persons with specialist knowledge. The minimum ages are 12 years for F1, 16 for F2, 18 for F3 and 18 for T1 and P1; F4, T2 and P2 go only to persons with specialist knowledge. Member States may raise the limits on grounds of public order, security or health and safety, and may lower them for people undergoing or having completed vocational training.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 6(1), Art. 7(1), Art. 7(2) and Art. 7(3)" }, { "q": "Do I need a notified body under the Pyrotechnic Articles Directive?", "a": "Yes, for every pyrotechnic article in scope. The manufacturer chooses between EU-type examination (module B) followed by conformity to type based on internal production control plus supervised product checks at random intervals (module C2), on quality assurance of the production process (module D) or on product quality assurance (module E); conformity based on unit verification (module G); or conformity based on full quality assurance (module H), which is available only for fireworks of category F4. Every route involves a notified body, and it is the notified body carrying out the assessment that assigns the article's registration number and keeps the public register of the numbers it has issued. In Denmark the body must be designated by Sikkerhedsstyrelsen or by another Member State, and using a body that is not costs a fine.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 17, Art. 33(3) and Annex II; https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2021/1799 · § 37, § 44 and § 59, nr. 16" }, { "q": "How is the registration number on a pyrotechnic article built up?", "a": "Commission Implementing Directive 2014/58/EU sets the uniform numbering system. The registration number is the four-digit identification number of the notified body that issued the type-examination certificate under module B, the certificate of conformity under module G or the quality system approval under module H; the category of the article for which conformity is certified in abbreviated upper case form, F1, F2, F3, F4, T1, T2, P1 or P2; and the processing number the notified body uses for the article. It is written in the form XXXX-YY-ZZZZ. Notified bodies keep a register of the numbers they assign in the format of the annex to that implementing directive, keep the information for at least 10 years, update it regularly and publish it on the internet, and transfer it to another notified body or the competent authority if their notification is withdrawn. The implementing directive was issued under Directive 2007/23/EC and still cites its Article 9; since the repeal on 1 July 2015 those references are read as Article 17 of Directive 2013/29/EU.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0058 · Art. 1, Art. 2 and the Annex; https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 9(1), Art. 43(a), Art. 48 and Annex V" }, { "q": "Is there still a harmonised standard for consumer fireworks?", "a": "Not for categories F1, F2 and F3. Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/337 of 20 February 2025 replaced the earlier list published as Communication 2017/C 149/01 and, in its Annex II, withdrew the references to the EN 15947:2015 series for fireworks of categories F1, F2 and F3 together with the terminology standards EN ISO 14451-1:2013, EN 16256-1:2012 and EN 16261-1:2012; those references continued to confer a presumption of conformity only until 24 March 2025. CEN had adopted an EN 15947:2022 series, but the Commission told CEN in November 2023 that it would not cite parts 2 to 5 because they do not implement the essential safety requirements. The standards still cited in Annex I are the EN ISO 14451 parts 2 to 10 for vehicle articles, EN 16256 parts 2 to 5 for theatrical articles and EN 16261 parts 2 to 4 for category F4 fireworks. For F1, F2 and F3 the manufacturer must therefore demonstrate conformity with Annex I directly to the notified body.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32025D0337 · recitals 4 to 7, Art. 1, Art. 2, Annex I and Annex II" }, { "q": "Which pyrotechnic articles are outside the directive?", "a": "Article 2(2) lists seven exclusions: pyrotechnic articles intended for non-commercial use, in accordance with national law, by the armed forces, the police or fire departments; equipment falling within the scope of Directive 96/98/EC, read as the Marine Equipment Directive 2014/90/EU since 18 September 2016; pyrotechnic articles intended for use in the aerospace industry; percussion caps intended specifically for toys falling within the scope of the Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC; explosives falling within the scope of Directive 93/15/EEC, read as the Civil Explosives Directive 2014/28/EU since 20 April 2016; ammunition, meaning projectiles, propelling charges and blank ammunition used in portable firearms, other guns and artillery; and fireworks built by a manufacturer for his own use, approved for use exclusively on its territory by the Member State where the manufacturer is established and remaining on that territory. Each exclusion takes the article out of the directive as a whole, but other Union and national law still applies.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 2(2) and Art. 3, point 5; https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0090 · Art. 45; https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0028 · Art. 51" }, { "q": "Who enforces the rules on fireworks in Denmark and what may be sold and used when?", "a": "The product act lists the directive in section 2 as point 10 and names Erhvervsstyrelsen as the control authority; the tasks are carried out by Sikkerhedsstyrelsen, since January 2026 the department Markedsovervågning of Erhvervsstyrelsen, which also designates the Danish notified bodies. Executive order nr. 1799 of 9 September 2021 transposes the directive and the traceability implementing directive, and executive order nr. 1798 of the same date carries the national rules. In Denmark consumer fireworks are only categories F1 and F2; F3, F4, T1 and T2 count as professional and may only be used by approved fest- or scenefyrværkere. Consumer fireworks may be sold to persons aged 18 or over, or 15 or over for category F1, and other pyrotechnic articles of category P1 only to persons aged 18 or over. Fireworks may be present in retail sales rooms and sales points only from 15 to 31 December, and since 1 July 2024 consumers may use them only on 31 December and 1 January, while retail outlets and approved fest- or scenefyrværkere may use consumer fireworks from 27 to 30 December to demonstrate articles as part of the sale. Manufacture, assembly and import need a licence from Erhvervsstyrelsen under section 1 of the fireworks act, and storage, transfer, acquisition and use need a permit from the municipal council under its section 2; the act also fixes the retail season, 15 to 31 December, and the consumer use days, 31 December and 1 January, in sections 2(3) and 2(4).", "source": "https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2026/22 · § 2, stk. 1, nr. 10, and § 9; https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2021/1799 · § 3, § 4, § 5 and § 44; https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2021/1798 · § 20, § 25, § 28 a, § 41 and § 41 a; https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2024/730 · § 1, nr. 2, 4 and 5; https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2026/23 · § 1 and § 2" }, { "q": "How long must I keep the documentation and the traceability records?", "a": "Manufacturers keep the technical documentation and the EU declaration of conformity for 10 years after the article was placed on the market, and importers keep a copy of the declaration at the disposal of the market surveillance authorities for the same period while ensuring the technical documentation can be produced on request. Manufacturers and importers keep a record of all registration numbers of the articles they manufacture or import, together with the trade name, the generic type and subtype where applicable and the site of manufacture, for at least 10 years after the article was placed on the market, transfer the record to the competent authorities if they cease their activity and provide it on reasoned request to the competent and market surveillance authorities of any Member State. Every economic operator must be able to identify who supplied it and whom it supplied for 10 years after the supply. Notified bodies keep their register of registration numbers for at least 10 years from the date the certificate or approval was issued.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 8(3), Art. 9(2), Art. 12(8) and Art. 15; https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0058 · Art. 2(1) and Art. 3" } ], "changelog": [ { "date": "2026-09-13", "kind": "guidance", "title": "Guide rebuilt on the SPEC-62 model from the directive text", "summary": "The guide was rewritten from Directive 2013/29/EU, Commission Implementing Directive 2014/58/EU, Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/337, Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and the Danish executive orders nr. 1799/2021, nr. 1798/2021 and nr. 730/2024, the fireworks act and the product act. Four corrections were made to the earlier text: the conformity assessment routes are module B plus module C2, D or E, or module G, or module H for category F4 fireworks only, not the modules of a different directive; the registration number comes from the notified body and its format is set by Implementing Directive 2014/58/EU as the body's four-digit number, the category and the processing number, and it is the notified bodies rather than the Member States that keep the registers; the exclusions in Article 2(2) are seven and are quoted as they stand, with the references to Directive 96/98/EC and Directive 93/15/EEC read as Directive 2014/90/EU and Directive 2014/28/EU; and the age limits are stated in full, with 18 years for T1 and P1 added and the Danish tightening set out separately. The withdrawal of the harmonised standards for F1, F2 and F3 fireworks, the Danish sale and use periods and the placing of Sikkerhedsstyrelsen within Erhvervsstyrelsen are new.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 2, Art. 7, Art. 9 and Art. 17" }, { "date": "2025-10-01", "kind": "applies", "title": "Danish transition for category F3 consumer fireworks ends", "summary": "Category F3 fireworks that had been covered by the consumer fireworks rules of the 2009 Danish order could be made available to consumers until 1 October 2025 under executive order nr. 1799/2021; from that date all F3 articles are professional fireworks in Denmark and may only be supplied for use by approved fest- or scenefyrværkere.", "source": "https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2021/1799 · § 3, § 5 and § 61" }, { "date": "2025-09-19", "kind": "guidance", "title": "Commission publishes its evaluation of the directive", "summary": "The Commission's evaluation of Directive 2013/29/EU and the Civil Explosives Directive 2014/28/EU concluded that both are effective, efficient and relevant overall, while identifying the widespread availability of dangerous fireworks, circumvention of the rules through mail-order sales, the lack of an effective traceability and transfer system and insufficient animal welfare protection as key problems. The Commission said it would reflect on the results and decide whether to start a revision; no revision has been proposed.", "source": "https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/news/commission-publishes-evaluations-eu-rules-pyrotechnics-and-civil-explosives-2025-09-19_en" }, { "date": "2025-03-24", "kind": "guidance", "title": "Harmonised standards for F1, F2 and F3 fireworks stop conferring presumption of conformity", "summary": "The references listed in Annex II to Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/337, the EN 15947:2015 series for fireworks of categories F1, F2 and F3 and the terminology standards EN ISO 14451-1:2013, EN 16256-1:2012 and EN 16261-1:2012, continued to apply only until 24 March 2025. Because the Commission declined to cite the EN 15947:2022 series, there is now no harmonised standard giving a presumption of conformity for consumer fireworks, and conformity with Annex I must be demonstrated to the notified body directly.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32025D0337 · Art. 2, second paragraph, and Annex II" }, { "date": "2025-02-24", "kind": "guidance", "title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/337 replaces the list of harmonised standards", "summary": "The decision publishes a single, complete list of references to harmonised standards drafted in support of the directive, the EN ISO 14451 parts 2 to 10 for vehicle articles, EN 16256 parts 2 to 5 for theatrical articles and EN 16261 parts 2 to 4 for category F4 fireworks, and repeals Commission Communication 2017/C 149/01. It entered into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32025D0337 · Art. 1, Art. 2, Art. 3 and Annex I" }, { "date": "2024-07-01", "kind": "applies", "title": "Denmark narrows the consumer use period and raises the age limit for category P1 articles", "summary": "Lov nr. 637 of 11 June 2024 changed section 2(4) of the fireworks act so that consumer fireworks may be used only on 31 December and 1 January instead of from 27 December to 1 January, and added a penalty for selling or using consumer fireworks outside the permitted periods. Executive order nr. 730 of 12 June 2024 carried the change into order nr. 1798/2021, added a rule that other pyrotechnic articles of category P1 may be sold only to persons aged 18 or over, and allowed retail outlets and approved fest- or scenefyrværkere to use consumer fireworks from 27 to 30 December to demonstrate articles as part of the sale; executive order nr. 729 of 12 June 2024 amends order nr. 1799/2021 at the same time, extending the fine provision to breaches of its § 17 and aligning the sales rule with the new § 28 a.", "source": "https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2024/637 · § 1, nr. 1 and 4, and § 10; https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2024/730 · § 1, nr. 2, 4, 5 and 6, and § 2" }, { "date": "2021-10-01", "kind": "applies", "title": "Danish executive orders nr. 1799 and nr. 1798 of 9 September 2021 in force", "summary": "Order nr. 1799 transposes parts of Directive 2013/29/EU and Commission Implementing Directive 2014/58/EU, repeats the categories, the operator duties, the modules, the registration number, the CE marking and the Danish labelling rules, designates Sikkerhedsstyrelsen as the authority that appoints notified bodies and replaces order nr. 1423 of 16 December 2009; order nr. 1798 carries the national rules on import, manufacture, storage, transfer, acquisition and use, including the age limits, the retail period and the use period.", "source": "https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2021/1799 · § 1, § 44 and § 60; https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2021/1798 · § 20, § 25 and § 41" }, { "date": "2021-07-16", "kind": "applies", "title": "Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 replaces the market surveillance articles of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008", "summary": "Article 15(3) and Articles 16 to 29 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008, which Article 38(2) of the directive cites, are replaced, and the directive is listed as point 45 of Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1020. Article 4 of that regulation, which lists the directive in Article 4(5), requires an economic operator established in the Union for every pyrotechnic article placed on the market.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R1020 · Art. 4(5), Art. 39, Art. 44 and Annex I point 45" }, { "date": "2016-10-17", "kind": "applies", "title": "The traceability system of Implementing Directive 2014/58/EU applies", "summary": "From this date Member States apply the uniform numbering system, so every pyrotechnic article is labelled with a registration number in the form XXXX-YY-ZZZZ, notified bodies keep and publish a register of the numbers they assign for at least 10 years, and manufacturers and importers keep records of the numbers with the trade name, generic type and subtype and site of manufacture for at least 10 years after the article was placed on the market.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0058 · Art. 1, Art. 2, Art. 3 and Art. 4(1)" }, { "date": "2015-07-01", "kind": "applies", "title": "Directive 2013/29/EU applies; Directive 2007/23/EC repealed", "summary": "Member States apply the transposing measures from 1 July 2015 and the articles listed in the second paragraph of Article 49, including the scope, the categories, the age limits and the conformity assessment procedures, apply from the same date. Directive 2007/23/EC is repealed with effect from 1 July 2015; articles conforming to it and placed on the market before that date may still be made available, and certificates issued under it remain valid.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 46(1), Art. 46(5), Art. 47(1), Art. 48 and Art. 49" }, { "date": "2013-06-29", "kind": "in-force", "title": "Directive 2013/29/EU enters into force", "summary": "Adopted on 12 June 2013 as a recast of Directive 2007/23/EC aligned with the New Legislative Framework and published in OJ L 178 on 28 June 2013, the directive entered into force the day after publication. Member States had to publish the measures transposing point 4 of Annex I by 3 October 2013 and apply them from 4 July 2013, and to transpose the main body by 30 June 2015.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029 · Art. 47, Art. 48 and Art. 49" } ], "sources": [ { "label": "Directive 2013/29/EU on pyrotechnic articles as published in OJ L 178, 28 June 2013 (EUR-Lex)", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "label": "Document information, dates, corrigenda and relationships for CELEX 32013L0029 (EUR-Lex)", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029" }, { "label": "Commission Implementing Directive 2014/58/EU setting up a system for the traceability of pyrotechnic articles (EUR-Lex)", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0058" }, { "label": "Directive 2007/23/EC on the placing on the market of pyrotechnic articles, repealed from 1 July 2015 (EUR-Lex)", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32007L0023" }, { "label": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/337 on the harmonised standards for pyrotechnic articles (EUR-Lex)", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32025D0337" }, { "label": "Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 on market surveillance and compliance of products (EUR-Lex)", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R1020" }, { "label": "Directive 2014/28/EU on explosives for civil uses, which took over the exclusion in Article 2(2)(e) (EUR-Lex)", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0028" }, { "label": "Directive 2014/90/EU on marine equipment, which took over the exclusion in Article 2(2)(b) (EUR-Lex)", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0090" }, { "label": "Harmonised standards for pyrotechnic articles (European Commission, DG GROW)", "url": "https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/single-market/goods/european-standards/harmonised-standards/pyrotechnic-articles_en" }, { "label": "Commission publishes evaluations of EU rules on pyrotechnics and civil explosives, 19 September 2025 (European Commission, DG GROW)", "url": "https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/news/commission-publishes-evaluations-eu-rules-pyrotechnics-and-civil-explosives-2025-09-19_en" }, { "label": "Bekendtgørelse nr. 1799 af 9. september 2021 om krav til fyrværkeri og andre pyrotekniske artikler (Retsinformation)", "url": "https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2021/1799" }, { "label": "Bekendtgørelse nr. 1798 af 9. september 2021 om indførsel, fremstilling, opbevaring, overdragelse, erhvervelse og anvendelse af fyrværkeri og andre pyrotekniske artikler (Retsinformation)", "url": "https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2021/1798" }, { "label": "Bekendtgørelse nr. 729 af 12. juni 2024 om ændring af bekendtgørelse nr. 1799 (Retsinformation)", "url": "https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2024/729" }, { "label": "Bekendtgørelse nr. 730 af 12. juni 2024 om ændring af bekendtgørelse nr. 1798 (Retsinformation)", "url": "https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2024/730" }, { "label": "Lov nr. 637 af 11. juni 2024, which narrowed the Danish period for using consumer fireworks (Retsinformation)", "url": "https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2024/637" }, { "label": "Bekendtgørelse af lov om fyrværkeri og andre pyrotekniske artikler, LBK nr. 23 af 8. januar 2026 (Retsinformation)", "url": "https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2026/23" }, { "label": "Bekendtgørelse af lov om produkter og markedsovervågning, LBK nr. 22 af 8. januar 2026 (Retsinformation)", "url": "https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2026/22" }, { "label": "Sikkerhedsstyrelsen, en del af Erhvervsstyrelsen from January 2026 (Erhvervsstyrelsen)", "url": "https://erhvervsstyrelsen.dk/sikkerhedsstyrelsen-en-del-af-erhvervsstyrelsen" } ], "reviewer": { "name": "Conphora compliance team", "role": "Compliance editors, Conphora" }, "reviewedAt": "2026-09-24", "nextReview": "2027-03-13", "links": { "tools": [], "courses": [], "related": { "en": "/regulations/pyrod/", "dk": "/dk/eu-regulativer/pyrod/" } } }