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| 15.10.2011 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 304/5 |
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15.10.2011

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 304/5

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Commission communication in the framework of Directive 2007/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the placing on the market of pyrotechnic articles

(Text with EEA relevance)

(Publication of titles and references of harmonised standards under the directive)

2011/C 304/04

| ESO (1) | Reference and title of the harmonised standard
  (and reference document) | Reference of superseded standard | Date of cessation of presumption of conformity of superseded standard
  Note 1 |
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| CEN | EN 15947-1:2010
  Pyrotechnic articles — Fireworks, Categories 1, 2, and 3 — Part 1: Terminology | | |
| CEN | EN 15947-2:2010
  Pyrotechnic articles — Fireworks, Categories 1, 2, and 3 — Part 2: Categories and types of firework | | |
| CEN | EN 15947-3:2010
  Pyrotechnic articles — Fireworks, Categories 1, 2, and 3 — Part 3: Minimum labelling requirements | | |
| Notice: Until that standard is reviewed and republished, Member States shall consider batteries and combinations which comply with standard EN 15947 to be in conformity with the essential safety requirements set out in Annex I to Directive 2007/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council only if, before being placed on the market, they have been clearly labelled as indicated below. For batteries and combinations to be placed on flat ground: ‘Place battery on flat ground’ or ‘Place combination on flat ground’. For batteries and combinations to be embedded into soft ground or material: ‘Insert battery upright in soft ground or other non-flammable material, e.g. sand’ or ‘Insert combination upright in soft ground or other non-flammable material, e.g. sand’. For batteries and combinations to be fixed to a post: ‘Fix battery firmly and upright to a solid post’, ‘Ensure top of battery clears post’ or ‘Fix combination firmly and upright to a solid post’, ‘Ensure top of combination clears post’. The method and means for fixing the battery or combination to a post shall be described in sufficient detail and in terminology which can be easily understood by non-professional users in accompanying instructions for use. For other batteries and combinations: (specify other safety precautions if not intended and suitable to be placed on flat ground, or to be embedded into soft ground or material or attached to a post). |
| CEN | EN 15947-4:2010
  Pyrotechnic articles — Fireworks, Categories 1, 2 and 3 — Part 4: Test methods | | |
| Notice: Until that standard is reviewed and republished, Member States shall consider batteries and combinations which comply with standard EN 15947 to be in conformity with the essential safety requirements set out in Annex I to Directive 2007/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council only if, before being placed on the market, they have been clearly labelled as indicated below. For batteries and combinations to be placed on flat ground: ‘Place battery on flat ground’ or ‘Place combination on flat ground’. For batteries and combinations to be embedded into soft ground or material: ‘Insert battery upright in soft ground or other non-flammable material, e.g. sand’ or ‘Insert combination upright in soft ground or other non-flammable material, e.g. sand’. For batteries and combinations to be fixed to a post: ‘Fix battery firmly and upright to a solid post’, ‘Ensure top of battery clears post’ or ‘Fix combination firmly and upright to a solid post’, ‘Ensure top of combination clears post’. The method and means for fixing the battery or combination to a post shall be described in sufficient detail and in terminology which can be easily understood by non-professional users in accompanying instructions for use. For other batteries and combinations: (specify other safety precautions if not intended and suitable to be placed on flat ground, or to be embedded into soft ground or material or attached to a post). |
| CEN | EN 15947-5:2010
  Pyrotechnic articles — Fireworks, Categories 1, 2, and 3 — Part 5: Requirements for construction and performance | | |
| Notice: Until that standard is reviewed and republished, Member States shall consider batteries and combinations which comply with standard EN 15947 to be in conformity with the essential safety requirements set out in Annex I to Directive 2007/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council only if, before being placed on the market, they have been clearly labelled as indicated below. For batteries and combinations to be placed on flat ground: ‘Place battery on flat ground’ or ‘Place combination on flat ground’. For batteries and combinations to be embedded into soft ground or material: ‘Insert battery upright in soft ground or other non-flammable material, e.g. sand’ or ‘Insert combination upright in soft ground or other non-flammable material, e.g. sand’. For batteries and combinations to be fixed to a post: ‘Fix battery firmly and upright to a solid post’, ‘Ensuretop of battery clears post’ or ‘Fix combination firmly and upright to a solid post’, ‘Ensure top of combination clears post’. The method and means for fixing the battery or combination to a post shall be described in sufficient detail and in terminology which can be easily understood by non-professional users in accompanying instructions for use. For other batteries and combinations: (specify other safety precautions if not intended and suitable to be placed on flat ground, or to be embedded into soft ground or material or attached to a post). |

ESO (1)

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Reference and title of the harmonised standard

(and reference document)

Reference of superseded standard

Date of cessation of presumption of conformity of superseded standard

Note 1

CEN

EN 15947-1:2010

Pyrotechnic articles — Fireworks, Categories 1, 2, and 3 — Part 1: Terminology

CEN

EN 15947-2:2010

Pyrotechnic articles — Fireworks, Categories 1, 2, and 3 — Part 2: Categories and types of firework

CEN

EN 15947-3:2010

Pyrotechnic articles — Fireworks, Categories 1, 2, and 3 — Part 3: Minimum labelling requirements

Notice: Until that standard is reviewed and republished, Member States shall consider batteries and combinations which comply with standard EN 15947 to be in conformity with the essential safety requirements set out in Annex I to Directive 2007/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council only if, before being placed on the market, they have been clearly labelled as indicated below. For batteries and combinations to be placed on flat ground: ‘Place battery on flat ground’ or ‘Place combination on flat ground’. For batteries and combinations to be embedded into soft ground or material: ‘Insert battery upright in soft ground or other non-flammable material, e.g. sand’ or ‘Insert combination upright in soft ground or other non-flammable material, e.g. sand’. For batteries and combinations to be fixed to a post: ‘Fix battery firmly and upright to a solid post’, ‘Ensure top of battery clears post’ or ‘Fix combination firmly and upright to a solid post’, ‘Ensure top of combination clears post’. The method and means for fixing the battery or combination to a post shall be described in sufficient detail and in terminology which can be easily understood by non-professional users in accompanying instructions for use. For other batteries and combinations: (specify other safety precautions if not intended and suitable to be placed on flat ground, or to be embedded into soft ground or material or attached to a post).

CEN

EN 15947-4:2010

Pyrotechnic articles — Fireworks, Categories 1, 2 and 3 — Part 4: Test methods

Notice: Until that standard is reviewed and republished, Member States shall consider batteries and combinations which comply with standard EN 15947 to be in conformity with the essential safety requirements set out in Annex I to Directive 2007/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council only if, before being placed on the market, they have been clearly labelled as indicated below. For batteries and combinations to be placed on flat ground: ‘Place battery on flat ground’ or ‘Place combination on flat ground’. For batteries and combinations to be embedded into soft ground or material: ‘Insert battery upright in soft ground or other non-flammable material, e.g. sand’ or ‘Insert combination upright in soft ground or other non-flammable material, e.g. sand’. For batteries and combinations to be fixed to a post: ‘Fix battery firmly and upright to a solid post’, ‘Ensure top of battery clears post’ or ‘Fix combination firmly and upright to a solid post’, ‘Ensure top of combination clears post’. The method and means for fixing the battery or combination to a post shall be described in sufficient detail and in terminology which can be easily understood by non-professional users in accompanying instructions for use. For other batteries and combinations: (specify other safety precautions if not intended and suitable to be placed on flat ground, or to be embedded into soft ground or material or attached to a post).

CEN

EN 15947-5:2010

Pyrotechnic articles — Fireworks, Categories 1, 2, and 3 — Part 5: Requirements for construction and performance

Notice: Until that standard is reviewed and republished, Member States shall consider batteries and combinations which comply with standard EN 15947 to be in conformity with the essential safety requirements set out in Annex I to Directive 2007/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council only if, before being placed on the market, they have been clearly labelled as indicated below. For batteries and combinations to be placed on flat ground: ‘Place battery on flat ground’ or ‘Place combination on flat ground’. For batteries and combinations to be embedded into soft ground or material: ‘Insert battery upright in soft ground or other non-flammable material, e.g. sand’ or ‘Insert combination upright in soft ground or other non-flammable material, e.g. sand’. For batteries and combinations to be fixed to a post: ‘Fix battery firmly and upright to a solid post’, ‘Ensuretop of battery clears post’ or ‘Fix combination firmly and upright to a solid post’, ‘Ensure top of combination clears post’. The method and means for fixing the battery or combination to a post shall be described in sufficient detail and in terminology which can be easily understood by non-professional users in accompanying instructions for use. For other batteries and combinations: (specify other safety precautions if not intended and suitable to be placed on flat ground, or to be embedded into soft ground or material or attached to a post).

| Note 1: | Generally the date of cessation of presumption of conformity will be the date of withdrawal (‘dow’), set by the European Standardisation Organisation, but attention of users of these standards is drawn to the fact that in certain exceptional cases this can be otherwise. |
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Note 1:

Generally the date of cessation of presumption of conformity will be the date of withdrawal (‘dow’), set by the European Standardisation Organisation, but attention of users of these standards is drawn to the fact that in certain exceptional cases this can be otherwise.

| Note 2.1: | The new (or amended) standard has the same scope as the superseded standard. On the date stated, the superseded standard ceases to give presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the directive. |
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Note 2.1:

The new (or amended) standard has the same scope as the superseded standard. On the date stated, the superseded standard ceases to give presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the directive.

| Note 2.2: | The new standard has a broader scope than the superseded standard. On the date stated the superseded standard ceases to give presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the directive. |
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The new standard has a broader scope than the superseded standard. On the date stated the superseded standard ceases to give presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the directive.

| Note 2.3: | The new standard has a narrower scope than the superseded standard. On the date stated the (partially) superseded standard ceases to give presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the directive for those products that fall within the scope of the new standard. Presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the directive for products that still fall within the scope of the (partially) superseded standard, but that do not fall within the scope of the new standard, is unaffected. |
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The new standard has a narrower scope than the superseded standard. On the date stated the (partially) superseded standard ceases to give presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the directive for those products that fall within the scope of the new standard. Presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the directive for products that still fall within the scope of the (partially) superseded standard, but that do not fall within the scope of the new standard, is unaffected.

| Note 3: | In case of amendments, the referenced standard is EN CCCCC:YYYY, its previous amendments, if any, and the new, quoted amendment. The superseded standard (column 3) therefore consists of EN CCCCC:YYYY and its previous amendments, if any, but without the new quoted amendment. On the date stated, the superseded standard ceases to give presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the directive. |
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In case of amendments, the referenced standard is EN CCCCC:YYYY, its previous amendments, if any, and the new, quoted amendment. The superseded standard (column 3) therefore consists of EN CCCCC:YYYY and its previous amendments, if any, but without the new quoted amendment. On the date stated, the superseded standard ceases to give presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the directive.

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| — | Any information concerning the availability of the standards can be obtained either from the European Standardisation Organisations or from the national standardisation bodies of which the list is annexed to the Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and Council amended by the Directive 98/48/EC. |
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Any information concerning the availability of the standards can be obtained either from the European Standardisation Organisations or from the national standardisation bodies of which the list is annexed to the Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and Council amended by the Directive 98/48/EC.

| — | Harmonised standards are adopted by the European Standardisation Organisations in English (CEN and Cenelec also publish in French and German). Subsequently, the titles of the harmonised standards are translated into all other required official languages of the European Union by the National Standards Bodies. The European Commission is not responsible for the correctness of the titles which have been presented for publication in the Official Journal. |
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Harmonised standards are adopted by the European Standardisation Organisations in English (CEN and Cenelec also publish in French and German). Subsequently, the titles of the harmonised standards are translated into all other required official languages of the European Union by the National Standards Bodies. The European Commission is not responsible for the correctness of the titles which have been presented for publication in the Official Journal.

| — | Publication of the references in the Official Journal of the European Union does not imply that the standards are available in all the Community languages. |
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Publication of the references in the Official Journal of the European Union does not imply that the standards are available in all the Community languages.

Official Journal of the European Union

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This list replaces all the previous lists published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The Commission ensures the updating of this list.

Official Journal of the European Union

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More information about harmonised standards on the Internet at

http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/european-standards/harmonised-standards/index_en.htm

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| — | CEN: Avenue Marnix 17, 1000 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË, Tel. +32 25500811; Fax +32 25500819 (http://www.cen.eu), |
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CEN: Avenue Marnix 17, 1000 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË, Tel. +32 25500811; Fax +32 25500819 (http://www.cen.eu),

| — | Cenelec: Avenue Marnix 17, 1000 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË, Tel. +32 25196871; Fax +32 25196919 (http://www.cenelec.eu), |
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Cenelec: Avenue Marnix 17, 1000 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË, Tel. +32 25196871; Fax +32 25196919 (http://www.cenelec.eu),

| — | ETSI: 650 route des Lucioles, 06921 Sophia Antipolis, FRANCE, Tel. +33 492944200; Fax +33 493654716 (http://www.etsi.eu). |
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ETSI: 650 route des Lucioles, 06921 Sophia Antipolis, FRANCE, Tel. +33 492944200; Fax +33 493654716 (http://www.etsi.eu).

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