{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1975-324/annex/division-1/division-1.9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1975-324/annex/division-1/division-1.9.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/1975/324",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive of 20 May 1975 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to aerosol dispensers (75/324/EEC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1975-324",
  "path": "annex/division/1/division/1.9",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1.9",
  "heading": "Flammable aerosols",
  "text": "For the purpose of this Directive, an aerosol is considered as ‘ non-flammable ’ , ‘ flammable ’ or ‘ extremely flammable ’ according to its chemical heat of combustion and mass content of flammable components, as follows:\n(a) The aerosol is classified as ‘ extremely flammable ’ if it contains 85 % or more flammable components and the chemical heat of combustion exceeds or is equal to 30 kJ/g;\n(b) The aerosol is classified as ‘ non-flammable ’ if it contains 1 % or less flammable components and the chemical heat of combustion is less than 20 kJ/g;\n(c) All other aerosols will be submitted to the following flammability classification procedures or shall be classified as ‘ extremely flammable ’ . The ignition distance test, the enclosed space test and the foam flammability test shall comply with point 6.3.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted by Commission Directive 2008/47/EC of 8 April 2008 amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, Council Directive 75/324/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to aerosol dispensers (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1975/324/annex/division/1/division/1.9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:47.290500+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}