# Commission Directive 2008/43/EC of 4 April 2008 setting up, pursuant to Council Directive 93/15/EEC, a system for the identification and traceability of explosives for civil uses (Text with EEA relevance), Article 2: Scope

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

This Directive shall not apply to the following:
(a) explosives transported and delivered unpackaged or in pump trucks for their direct unloading into the blast-hole;
(b) explosives manufactured at the blasting sites, and that are loaded immediately after being produced (in situ production);
(c) ammunitions;
(d) fuses, which are cord-like non-detonating igniting devices;
(e) safety fuses, which consist of a core of fine grained black powder surrounded by a flexible woven fabric with one or more protective outer coverings and which, when ignited, burn at a predetermined rate without any external explosive effect;
(f) cap-type primers, which consist of a metal or plastic cap containing a small amount of primary explosive mixture that is readily ignited by impact and which serve as igniting elements in small arms cartridges or in percussion primers for propelling charges.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2008/43/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2008-43/article-2
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