# Council Directive of 20 May 1975 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to aerosol dispensers (75/324/EEC), Division 1.9: Flammable aerosols

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

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:
(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;
(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;
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1975/324/annex/division/1/division/1.9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1975-324/annex/division-1/division-1.9
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