Directive 2013/29/EU on Pyrotechnic Articles specifies essential safety requirements regarding high levels of consumer protection, the safety of the public and environmental protection that the product must meet in order for the manufacturer to affix the CE marking.

Directive 2013/29/EU covers equipment such as fireworks, theatrical pyrotechnic articles and pyrotechnic articles for technical purposes, such as gas generators used in airbags or in seatbelt pretensioners.

It is necessary to consult the directive’s Annex I to ensure that the product complies with all the essential requirements. Directive 2013/29/EU on Pyrotechnic Articles always foresees the involvement of a Notified Body. A Notified Body verifies the compliance of a product by conducting a conformity assessment. It also ensures that the technical documentation sufficiently supports product compliance. If the Notified Body is involved in the production control phase, its identification number will follow the CE marking.

When the Notified Body is convinced of product compliance, it will issue a certificate of conformity to confirm this. The manufacturer will then draw up the Declaration of Conformity (DoC) to declare on his sole responsibility conformity to the relevant Directive. The establishment of the DoC is a legal obligation.

With regard to assessment procedures, the Directive allows for the following:

• EU-type examination and conformity to type assessment,
• EU-type examination and production quality assurance assessment,
• EU-type examination and product quality assurance assessment,
• unit verification assessment or,
• for fireworks of category F4 only, the full product quality assurance procedure.

All procedures are laid out in detail in Annex II to the Directive.

Upon successful assessment, Directive 2013/29/EU on Pyrotechnic Articles outlines different variations for a technical documentation depending on the assessment procedure chosen, as laid out in Annex II. The technical documents must enable the assessment of the conformity of the appliance with the requirements of the Directive.

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