CHAPTER 1

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Definitions
Article 3
For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions shall apply:
1. ‘pyrotechnic article’ means any article containing explosive substances or an explosive mixture of substances designed to produce heat, light, sound, gas or smoke or a combination of such effects through self-sustained exothermic chemical reactions;
2. ‘firework’ means a pyrotechnic article intended for entertainment purposes;
3. ‘theatrical pyrotechnic articles’ means pyrotechnic articles designed for indoor or outdoor stage use, including film and television productions or similar use;
4. ‘pyrotechnic articles for vehicles’ means components of safety devices in vehicles which contain pyrotechnic substances used to activate these or other devices;
5. ‘ammunition’ means projectiles and propelling charges and blank ammunition used in portable firearms, other guns and artillery;
6. ‘person with specialist knowledge’ means a person authorised by a Member State to handle and/or use on its territory category F4 fireworks, category T2 theatrical pyrotechnic articles and/or category P2 other pyrotechnic articles;
7. ‘making available on the market’ means any supply of a pyrotechnic article for distribution, consumption or use on the Union market in the course of a commercial activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge;
8. ‘placing on the market’ means the first making available of a pyrotechnic article on the Union market;
9. ‘manufacturer’ means a natural or legal person who manufactures a pyrotechnic article, or has such an article designed or manufactured, and markets that pyrotechnic article under his name or trademark;
10. ‘importer’ means any natural or legal person established within the Union who places a pyrotechnic article from a third country on the Union market;
11. ‘distributor’ means any natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer or the importer, who makes a pyrotechnic article available on the market;
12. ‘economic operators’ means the manufacturer, the importer and the distributor;
13. ‘technical specification’ means a document that prescribes technical requirements to be fulfilled by a pyrotechnic article;
14. ‘harmonised standard’ means harmonised standard as defined in point (c) of point 1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012;
15. ‘accreditation’ means accreditation as defined in point 10 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008;
16. ‘national accreditation body’ means national accreditation body as defined in point 11 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008;
17. ‘conformity assessment’ means the process demonstrating whether the essential safety requirements of this Directive relating to a pyrotechnic article have been fulfilled;
18. ‘conformity assessment body’ means a body that performs conformity assessment activities including calibration, testing, certification and inspection;
19. ‘recall’ means any measure aimed at achieving the return of a pyrotechnic article that has already been made available to the end-user;
20. ‘withdrawal’ means any measure aimed at preventing a pyrotechnic article in the supply chain from being made available on the market;
21. ‘Union harmonisation legislation’ means any Union legislation harmonising the conditions for the marketing of products;
22. ‘CE marking’ means a marking by which the manufacturer indicates that the pyrotechnic article is in conformity with the applicable requirements set out in Union harmonisation legislation providing for its affixing.