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.
BS EN 14035-28:2004 history
2016BS EN 15947-3:2015 Pyrotechnic articles. Fireworks, Categories F1, F2, and F3. Minimum labelling requirements
2010BS EN 15947-3:2010 Pyrotechnic articles. Fireworks, Categories 1, 2, and 3. Minimum labelling requirements
2003BS EN 14035-15:2003 Fireworks. Fountains. Specification and test methods
1988BS 7114-3:1988 British Standard Fireworks - Part 3. Methods of test for fireworks