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Directive 2014/28/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market and supervision of explosives for civil uses (recast) (Text with EEA relevance)
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design and characteristic properties, including chemical composition, degree of homogeneity and, where appropriate, dimensions and grain size distribution;
the physical and chemical stability of the explosive in all environmental conditions to which it may be exposed;
sensitiveness to impact and friction;
compatibility of all components as regards their physical and chemical stability;
the chemical purity of the explosive;
resistance of the explosive against influence of water where it is intended to be used in humid or wet conditions and where its safety or reliability may be adversely affected by water;
resistance to low and high temperatures, where the explosive is intended to be kept or used at such temperatures and its safety or reliability may be adversely affected by cooling or heating of a component or of the explosive as a whole;
the suitability of the explosive for use in hazardous environments (e.g. firedamp atmospheres, hot masses) if it is intended to be used under such conditions;
safety features intended to prevent untimely or inadvertent initiation or ignition;
the correct loading and functioning of the explosive when used for its intended purpose;
suitable instructions and, where necessary, markings in respect of safe handling, storage, use and disposal;
the ability of the explosive, its wrapping or other components to withstand deterioration during storage until the ‘use by’ date specified by the manufacturer;
specification of all devices and accessories needed for reliable and safe functioning of the explosive.
the proposed method of initiation must ensure safe, reliable and complete detonation or deflagration as appropriate, of the blasting explosive. In the particular case of black powder, it is the capacity as regards deflagration which shall be checked;
blasting explosives in cartridge form must transmit the detonation safely and reliably from one end of the train of cartridges to the other;
the fumes produced by blasting explosives intended for underground use may contain carbon monoxide, nitrous gases, other gases, vapours or airborne solid residues only in quantities which do not impair health under normal operating conditions.
the covering of detonating cords, safety fuses, other fuses and shock tubes must be of adequate mechanical strength and adequately protect the explosive filling when exposed to normal mechanical stress;
the parameters for the burning times of safety fuses must be indicated and must be reliably met;
detonating cords must be capable of being reliably initiated, be of sufficient initiation capability and comply with requirements as regards storage even in particular climatic conditions.
detonators must reliably initiate the detonation of the blasting explosives which are intended to be used with them under all foreseeable conditions of use;
delay connectors for detonating cords must be reliably initiated;
the initiation capability must not be adversely affected by humidity;
the delay times of delay detonators must be sufficiently uniform to ensure that the probability of overlapping of the delay times of adjacent time steps is insignificant;
the electrical characteristics of electric detonators must be indicated on the packaging (e.g. no-fire current, resistance);
the wires of electric detonators must be of sufficient insulation and mechanical strength including the solidity of the link to the detonator, taking account of their intended use.
these materials must not detonate when used for their intended purpose;
propellants where necessary (e.g. those based on nitrocellulose) must be stabilised against decomposition;
solid rocket propellants, when in compressed or cast form, must not contain any unintentional fissures or gas bubbles which dangerously affect their functioning.
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