. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ITA/9 
5 February 2008 
 (08-0545) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   ITALY
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Interior - Roma 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:    
Ministry for economic development  
Department for Market Regulation – Market Supervision and Techni cal Regulation General 
Directorate   Office F1-Technical inspectorate of industry – ex DGSPC – 00187 Rome I – Via Molise, 2  Tel: +(39) 06 47052205  
Fax: +(39) 06 47887805 
E-mail: tbt.Italia@sviluppoeconomico.gov.it
  
 vincenzo.correggia@sviluppoeconomico.gov.it     
European Commission TBT Enquiry Point  ec-tbt@cec.eu.int  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:         
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Pyrotechnic products 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Draft Ministerial 
Decree pursuant to Article 20 of Interminis terial Decree No 272 of 19 September 2002 
(Regulation implementing Legislative Decree  No 7 of 2 January 1997, laying down 
standards transposing Directive 93/15/EEC on th e harmonisation of the provisions relating 
to the placing on the market and supervision of  explosives for civil uses) – Classification of 
pyrotechnic products already recognised but not classified among explosive products in 
application of the Ministerial Decree of 4 Ap ril 1973. Technical criteria and procedures for 
the classification of pyrotechnic products in category V group C, category V group D and category V group E of Annex A to Royal Decree No 635 of 6 May 1940 on the Regulation implementing the Consolidated Text of Public  Safety Laws, as amended by Article 12 of 
Decree No 272 of 19 September 2002 (20 pages, in Italian). 
6. Description of content:   The draft consists of seven articles and an annex. The operative 
part lays down: 
- the scope; 
- procedures, competences and formalities for the recognition and classification of 
pyrotechnic articles in category 5 group C, group D and group E; G/TBT/N/ITA/9 
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  - procedure for the definitive classification of pyrotechnic articles recognised but not 
classified among explosive products pursuant to the Ministerial Decree of 4 April 1973; 
- transitional system;  
- terms for the clearance of stocks; 
- labelling of pyrotechnic articles; 
- final and transitional provisions. 
The Annex indicates the technical characteristic s and requirements for products in category 
V group C, category V group D and for amm unition for toy weapons and pyrotechnic 
articles posing a similar degree of da nger, belonging to category V group E. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   It 
is necessary to adopt the measure in order to  harmonise current legislation with Community 
legislation by classifying under Category V, group D and group E pyrotechnic products 
already recognised but not classified among explosive products pursuant to the Ministerial Decree of 4 April 1973.  The Decree, which is to be adopted using the urgency procedure, 
will exclude from articles available to under 18 year olds certain categories that are 
currently permitted and have proven, also in li ght of the principles introduced by Directive 
23/2007/EC, to pose a greater danger. 
8. Relevant documents:  - 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    March 2008 
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10. Final date for comments:   5 March 2008 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
Text on line at:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tris/index_it.htm