# 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) (Text with EEA relevance), Division 4

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

Pyrotechnic articles must not contain detonative explosives other than black powder and flash composition, except for pyrotechnic articles of categories P1, P2, T2 and fireworks of category F4 meeting the following conditions:
(a) the detonative explosive cannot be easily extracted from the pyrotechnic article;
(b) for category P1, the pyrotechnic article cannot function in a detonative manner, or cannot, as designed and manufactured, initiate secondary explosives;
(c) for categories F4, T2 and P2, the pyrotechnic article is designed and intended not to function in a detonative manner, or, if designed to detonate, it cannot as designed and manufactured initiate secondary explosives.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2013/29/annex/I/division/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2013-29/annex-I/division-4
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