This document specifies requirements for the construction, performance, primary packaging and labelling of Roman candles and the corresponding test methods. It is applicable to fireworks which are classified as Roman candles in categories 2 and 3 in EN 14035-2.
It is not applicable to Roman candles containing pyrotechnic composition which includes any of the following substances:
— arsenic or arsenic compounds;
— mixtures containing a mass fraction of chlorates greater than 80 %;
— mixtures of chlorates with metals;
— mixtures of chlorates with red phosphorus;
— mixtures of chlorates with potassium hexacyanoferrate(II);
— mixtures of chlorates with sulfur;
— mixtures of chlorates with sulfides;
— lead or lead compounds;
— mercury compounds;
— white phosphorus;
— picrates or picric acid;
— potassium chlorate with a mass fraction of bromates greater than 0,15 %;
— sulfur with an acidity, expressed in mass fraction of sulphuric acid, greater than 0,002 %;
— zirconium with a particle size of less than 40 µm.
NOTE In EN 14035-2, Roman candles are classified as follows:
- Brief description: tube containing alternate propellant charges, pyrotechnic units and transmitting fuse(s).
- Principal effects: ejection of pyrotechnic units in succession, producing a series of visual and/or aural effects, in the air.
Schemes for type testing of Roman candles and batch testing of Roman candles are specified in annex A and annex B respectively.