# Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (Text with EEA relevance), Division 2.17.2.1

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

Any explosive while in a desensitised state shall be considered in this class unless, in that state:
(a) It is intended to produce a practical explosive or pyrotechnic effect;
(b) It has a mass explosion hazard according to test series 6 (a) or 6 (b) or the corrected burning rate according to the burning rate test described in part V, subsection 51.4 of the UN RTDG, Manual of Tests and Criteria is greater than 1 200 kg/min; or
(c) The exothermic decomposition energy is less than 300 J/g.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/1272/annex/I/division/2/division/2.17/division/2.17.2/division/2.17.2.1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1272/annex-I/division-2/division-2.17/division-2.17.2/division-2.17.2.1
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