- accreditation
means accreditation as defined in point 10 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008;
- ammunition
means projectiles and propelling charges and blank ammunition used in portable firearms, other guns and artillery;
- conformity assessment
means the process demonstrating whether the essential safety requirements of this Directive relating to a pyrotechnic article have been fulfilled;
- conformity assessment body
means a body that performs conformity assessment activities including calibration, testing, certification and inspection;
- 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;
- economic operators
means the manufacturer, the importer and the distributor;
- firework
means a pyrotechnic article intended for entertainment purposes;
- harmonised standard
means harmonised standard as defined in point (c) of point 1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012;
- importer
means any natural or legal person established within the Union who places a pyrotechnic article from a third country on the Union market;
- 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;
- 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;
- national accreditation body
means national accreditation body as defined in point 11 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008;
- 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;
- placing on the market
means the first making available of a pyrotechnic article on the Union market;
- 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;
- pyrotechnic articles for vehicles
means components of safety devices in vehicles which contain pyrotechnic substances used to activate these or other devices;
- recall
means any measure aimed at achieving the return of a pyrotechnic article that has already been made available to the end-user;
- technical specification
means a document that prescribes technical requirements to be fulfilled by a pyrotechnic article;
- theatrical pyrotechnic articles
means pyrotechnic articles designed for indoor or outdoor stage use, including film and television productions or similar use;
- Union harmonisation legislation
means any Union legislation harmonising the conditions for the marketing of products;
- withdrawal
means any measure aimed at preventing a pyrotechnic article in the supply chain from being made available on the market;