Europees Parlement wil veiliger regels voor vuurwerk (en)

[Moontan]

Europees Parlement wil veiliger regels voor vuurwerk (en)

Met dank overgenomen van Europees Parlement (EP) i, gepubliceerd op woensdag 10 april 2013.

Fireworks could soon become safer to use thanks to new rules requiring clearer labels and instructions in the official languages of each member state where the products are for sale. On 11 April the EP's consumer protection committee will vote on the proposal, which also aims to reduce red tape for companies involved in the production and distribution of fireworks as well as make it easier for authorities to keep an eye on sales and imports.

The proposal
The new rules proposed by the European Commission aim to ensure easier market access and a higher level of protection to life and property. It would achieve this by harmonising rules on their safety and making them stricter.
In addition to fireworks, the new legislation would also apply to other pyrotechnic products, such as explosions used in film or theatre productions or the gas generators used in airbags. Products that comply with the safety rules will have a marking to show they meet all the requirements set out in the legislation. Manufacturers must keep all the documentation for 10 years.

The advantages
Firework enthusiasts will enjoy safer products as the legislation will require all articles to be categorised according to their hazard level and be set a minimum age for use. There will also be clearer labels and instructions in the official languages of all member states the products are available in.
The legislation will also allow European producers to improve their manufacturing process, while helping authorities to monitor sales, according to Zuzana Roithova i, a Czech member of the EPP group who is responsible for steering the legislation through Parliament. "A better quality will help our businesses compete in the global market ,while national market surveillance authorities will be better equipped to stop dangerous imports from third countries."

Next steps
The text was already provisionally agreed with Council representatives on 19 March, but will now need to be formally adopted by the consumer protection committee before it can be voted on in full plenary in May. If approved, it will still need to be green-lighted by the Council before it can enter into force.


http://www.europa-nu.nl/id/vj8ol7tn...vuurwerk_en?ctx=vim2by18g5sv&s0e=vhdubxdwqrzw

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/...o-vote-on-new-rules-to-make-them-safer-to-use

 

[Moontan]

Making fireworks in the EU safer

Brussels, 22 May 2013

The European Commission welcomed today’s adoption by the European Parliament of the Commission proposal to make the internal market for pyrotechnic articles leaner. Further to this vote fireworks will soon become safer to use thanks to new rules requiring clearer labels and instructions in the languages of each Member State where the products are for sale. Products that comply with the safety rules will carry the CE marking to show they meet all the requirements set out in the legislation. Manufacturers must keep all related documentation for 10 years.

The agreement paves the way for a faster adoption of less burdensome rules for a further set of product categories including non-automatic weighing instruments, measuring instruments, simple pressure vessels, lifts, explosives for civil uses, electrical equipment and equipment used in explosive atmospheres.

The initiative is part of a general effort to align industrial product rules to a common set of principles thus avoiding sectorial fragmentation and conflicting or overlapping requirements for products governed by more than one piece of legislation. More coherent rules across all product sectors will lower compliance costs for businesses, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises (IP/11/1385).

European Commission Vice President Antonio Tajani, Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship, said: "EU product legislation is now starting to take on a more uniform “look”, leading to reductions in administrative burden and costs. Common rules for industrial products allow manufacturers to have more legal certainty. They can better organise their manufacturing processes, enhance the quality and safety of products and invest in innovation. Leaner rules for more sectors will follow soon, so that the single market will be further strengthened helping businesses to grow. It is this, what we urgently need in the current crisis.”

More information on pyrotechnic articles

'New legislative framework' for marketing of products

Streamlined rules for pyrotechnic articles will make life of businesses easier

The updated rules cover products such as fireworks, pyrotechnics used in film or theatre productions, and automotive pyrotechnic articles like gas generators used in airbags or in seatbelt pre-tensioners. The new rules aim to ensure easier market access and a higher level of protection to life and property. It would achieve this by harmonising rules on their safety and making them stricter.

The new rules will make life of businesses easier:

•Clearer responsibilities for manufacturers, importers and distributors when they sell consumer products;

•Possibility for wider use of electronic means for economic operators when demonstrating compliance;

•More guarantees for consumer safety through a traceability system allowing to track down defective or unsafe products and through clearer rules and improved supervision of conformity assessment bodies;

•National market surveillance authorities will be better equipped to stop dangerous imports from third countries.

Fireworks will be categorised as follows:

Category F1: Age limit 12 years - fireworks which present a very low hazard and negligible noise level and which are intended for use in confined areas, including fireworks which are intended for use inside domestic buildings;

Category F2: Age limit 16 years - fireworks which present a low hazard and low noise level and which are intended for outdoor use in confined areas;

Category F3: Age limit 18 years - fireworks which present a medium hazard, which are intended for outdoor use in large open areas and whose noise level is not harmful to human health;

Category F4: Age limit 18 years - fireworks which present a high hazard, which are intended for use only by persons with specialist knowledge and whose noise level is not harmful to human health.

Member States may increase the age limits where justified on grounds of public order, security or health and safety. Member States may also lower the age limits for persons vocationally trained or undergoing such training.

Background

The updated rules on making pyrotechnics articles available on the market is part of a Package of nine product safety directives (including also the Directive on non-automatic weighing instruments, measuring instruments, simple pressure vessels, lifts, explosives for civil uses, electromagnetic compatibility, low voltage electrical equipment and equipment used in explosive atmospheres) proposed by the Commission and constitute the first directive of the Package adopted by the EP today. The Council signalled its agreement and will adopt the proposal finally soon.

http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-448_en.htm

http://www.europa-nu.nl/id/vj9ufdwr...x=vg9pl2emdcyl&s0e=vhdubxdwqrzw&start_tab0=20

 

[Moontan]

Aangenomen teksten
Woensdag 22 mei 2013 - Straatsburg
In het Nederlands

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+TA+P7-TA-2013-0214+0+DOC+XML+V0//NL

 

[DeejayTim]

Dit zal dus wel eens het einde van de RACT kunnen gaan betekenen binnen 4 jaar, want er staat het volgende:

rtikel 4

Vrij verkeer

1. De lidstaten mogen het op de markt aanbieden van pyrotechnische artikelen die aan de eisen van deze richtlijn voldoen, niet verbieden, beperken of belemmeren.

2. Deze richtlijn laat onverlet dat een lidstaat omwille van de openbare orde of gezondheid en veiligheid, of omwille van milieubescherming maatregelen neemt om het bezit, gebruik en/of de verkoop aan het grote publiek van vuurwerk van de categorieën F 2 en F 3, pyrotechnische artikelen voor theatergebruik en andere pyrotechnische artikelen te verbieden of te beperken.

3. De lidstaten verhinderen niet dat pyrotechnische artikelen die niet met deze richtlijn in overeenstemming zijn worden getoond en gebruikt op handelsbeurzen, tentoonstellingen en demonstraties voor het verhandelen van pyrotechnische artikelen, op voorwaarde dat een zichtbaar teken duidelijk de naam en de datum van de handelsbeurs, tentoonstelling of demonstratie vermeldt en aangeeft dat de pyrotechnische artikelen niet in overeenstemming zijn en niet verkocht mogen worden tot zij in overeenstemming zijn gemaakt. Tijdens dergelijke evenementen worden passende veiligheidsmaatregelen genomen overeenkomstig de door de bevoegde autoriteit van de desbetreffende lidstaat vastgestelde eisen.

Het 2e lid geeft alleen aan dat er per lidstaat bepaalde keuringsfamillies mogen worden verboden of niet volledig hoeven te worden verkocht aan consumenten (vanwege openbare orde of veiligheid). Dus bijvoorbeeld alleen vuurpijlen uit categorie 2, ratelbanden met flash uit categorie 3 en flashknallers uit categorie 2 bijvoorbeeld.

Overigends is dat stuk tekst al in 2007 opgesteld en geldt uiterlijk in 2017 voor alle Europese lidstaten; zie bijvoorbeeld de ontwikkelingen die nu al gaande zijn in Duitsland. Flashkruit mag daar nu gewoon t/m 2 gram in luchtvuurwerk, ratelbanden en 6 grams buskruitknallers mogen nu uit categorie 2 (wel met BP), en de Weco/Bugano- 250 grams fonteinen mogen daar nu al.