CHAPTER 1GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 2Scope

1.

This Directive shall apply to pyrotechnic articles.

2.

This Directive shall not apply to:

(a)

pyrotechnic articles intended for non-commercial use, in accordance with national law, by the armed forces, the police or fire departments;

(b)

equipment falling within the scope of Directive 96/98/EC;

(c)

pyrotechnic articles intended for use in the aerospace industry;

(d)

percussion caps intended specifically for toys falling within the scope of Directive 2009/48/EC;

(e)

explosives falling within the scope of Directive 93/15/EEC;

(f)

ammunition;

(g)

fireworks which are built by a manufacturer for his own use and approved for use exclusively on its territory by the Member State in which the manufacturer is established, and which remain on the territory of that Member State.