{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2014-28/annex-II/division-II/division-3/division-3.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2014-28/annex-II/division-II/division-3/division-3.1.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2014/28",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2014/28/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market and supervision of explosives for civil uses (recast) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2014-28",
  "path": "annex/II/division/II/division/3/division/3.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "3.1",
  "heading": "Blasting explosives shall also comply with the following requirements:",
  "text": "(a) the proposed method of initiation must ensure safe, reliable and complete detonation or deflagration as appropriate, of the blasting explosive. In the particular case of black powder, it is the capacity as regards deflagration which shall be checked;\n(b) blasting explosives in cartridge form must transmit the detonation safely and reliably from one end of the train of cartridges to the other;\n(c) the fumes produced by blasting explosives intended for underground use may contain carbon monoxide, nitrous gases, other gases, vapours or airborne solid residues only in quantities which do not impair health under normal operating conditions.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2014/28/annex/II/division/II/division/3/division/3.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:48.285300+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."
}