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On June 12, 2013 the European Parliament and the Council adopted the Directive 2013/29/EU [1] on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of pyrotechnic articles. Although this Directive lays down principally rules on the accreditation of conformity assessment bodies, on the framework for the market surveillance of products and for controls on products from third countries, and on the general principles of the CE marking, it also requires identification and authorisation of what is called 'person with specialist knowledge' to handle and/or use of certain categories of articles. These categories, defined in the Directive, are category F4 fireworks, category T2 theatrical pyrotechnic articles and category P2 other pyrotechnic articles which concerns pyrotechnics usually known as articles for professional uses. The process of identification and authorisation is remained in the hands of each European Member States. We give in this paper example of the type of pyrotechnic articles concerned by these categories and we present the different approaches followed by the Member States for the identification, authorisation and training of person with specialist knowledge on their territories.

On June 12, 2013 the European Parliament and the Council adopted the Directive 2013/29/EU [1] on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of pyrotechnic articles. Although this Directive lays down principally rules on the accreditation of conformity assessment bodies, on the framework for the market surveillance of products and for controls on products from third countries, and on the general principles of the CE marking, it also requires identification and authorisation of what is called 'person with specialist knowledge' to handle and/or use of certain categories of articles. These categories, defined in the Directive, are category F4 fireworks, category T2 theatrical pyrotechnic articles and category P2 other pyrotechnic articles which concerns pyrotechnics usually known as articles for professional uses. The process of identification and authorisation is remained in the hands of each European Member States. We give in this paper example of the type of pyrotechnic articles concerned by these categories and we present the different approaches followed by the Member States for the identification, authorisation and training of person with specialist knowledge on their territories.

International audience ; On May 23, 2007 the European Parliament and the Council adopted the Directive 2007/23/EC [1] on the placing on the market of pyrotechnic articles. Following the "new approach" this Directive aims at ensuring the f ree movement of such products within the European Union (EU), improving safety of both consumers and professionals and implementing harmonized safety requirements for these articles in all Member States. Therefore a European frame for the approval of pyrotechnic articles for vehicles is now set up by introducing harmonized Essential Safety Requirements (ESR), CE marking and certification procedures. For manufacturers and importers that had to comply with a different regulation in each country to get technical approvals of their products the principle "tested once, accepted everywhere" is a great achievement. Although this EU directive will reduce the administrative burden for everybody, its substitution and application instead of the current national regulations may create difficulties at the beginning. As Notified Body and Official Laboratory in France INERIS has gained lot of experience in testing, certifying and approving explosives and pyrotechnic articles. In this paper we give an insight of the different parts of the Directive 2007/23/EC and present the frame of the CE marking and certification procedures for pyrotechnic articles for vehicles.

International audience ; On May 23, 2007 the European Parliament and the Council adopted the Directive 2007/23/EC [1] on the placing on the market of pyrotechnic articles. Following the "new approach" this Directive aims at ensuring the f ree movement of such products within the European Union (EU), improving safety of both consumers and professionals and implementing harmonized safety requirements for these articles in all Member States. Therefore a European frame for the approval of pyrotechnic articles for vehicles is now set up by introducing harmonized Essential Safety Requirements (ESR), CE marking and certification procedures. For manufacturers and importers that had to comply with a different regulation in each country to get technical approvals of their products the principle "tested once, accepted everywhere" is a great achievement. Although this EU directive will reduce the administrative burden for everybody, its substitution and application instead of the current national regulations may create difficulties at the beginning. As Notified Body and Official Laboratory in France INERIS has gained lot of experience in testing, certifying and approving explosives and pyrotechnic articles. In this paper we give an insight of the different parts of the Directive 2007/23/EC and present the frame of the CE marking and certification procedures for pyrotechnic articles for vehicles.