Directive 2013/29/EU

means accreditation as defined in point 10 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008;

means projectiles and propelling charges and blank ammunition used in portable firearms, other guns and artillery;

means the process demonstrating whether the essential safety requirements of this Directive relating to a pyrotechnic article have been fulfilled;

means a body that performs conformity assessment activities including calibration, testing, certification and inspection;

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;

means the manufacturer, the importer and the distributor;

means a pyrotechnic article intended for entertainment purposes;

means harmonised standard as defined in point (c) of point 1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012;

means any natural or legal person established within the Union who places a pyrotechnic article from a third country on the Union 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;

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;

means national accreditation body as defined in point 11 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008;

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;

means the first making available of a pyrotechnic article on the Union market;

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;

means components of safety devices in vehicles which contain pyrotechnic substances used to activate these or other devices;

means any measure aimed at achieving the return of a pyrotechnic article that has already been made available to the end-user;

means a document that prescribes technical requirements to be fulfilled by a pyrotechnic article;

means pyrotechnic articles designed for indoor or outdoor stage use, including film and television productions or similar use;

means any Union legislation harmonising the conditions for the marketing of products;

means any measure aimed at preventing a pyrotechnic article in the supply chain from being made available on the market;