ÖNORM EN 14035-18

This document specifies requirements for the construction, performance, primary packaging and labelling of hand-held fountains and the corresponding test methods. It is applicable to fireworks which are classified as hand-held fountains for outdoor use in Category 1 in EN 14035-2 and which are contained in a primary pack. It is applicable to hand-held fountains for indoor use which are classified in Category 1 in EN 14035-2 and which contain pyrotechnic composition that is based on nitrocellulose with a mass fraction of not more than 12,6 % of nitrogen. It is not applicable to hand-held fountains containing pyrotechnic composition that 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 as mass fraction of sulfuric acid, greater than 0,002 %; zirconium with a particle size of less than 40 m. NOTE In EN 14035-2, hand-held fountains are classified as follows: brief description: non-metallic case containing sparks and flame producing pyrotechnic composition and designed to be held in the hand; principal effects: emission of sparks and flames with or without aural effect other than report or whistle. Schemes for type testing of hand-held fountains and batch testing of hand-held fountains are specified in Annex A and Annex B respectively.