BRITISHSTANDARDBSEN14035-25:2005Fireworks—Part25:Partypoppers—SpecificationandtestmethodsTheEuropeanStandardEN14035-25:2005hasthestatusofaBritishStandardICS71.100.30 BSEN14035-25:2005ThisBritishStandardwaspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsPolicyandStrategyCommitteeon21February2006©BSI21February2006ISBN0580468585NationalforewordThisBritishStandardistheofficialEnglishlanguageversionofEN14035-25:2005.ItpartiallysupersedesBS7114-2:1988andBS7114-3:1988,whichhavebeendeclaredobsolescent.NOTEBS7114-2:1988andBS7114-3:1988arecitedinTheFireworks(Safety)Regulations1997.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedtoTechnicalCommitteeCII/47,Fireworks,whichhastheresponsibilityto:Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthiscommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.AdditionalinformationTheUnitedKingdom,asamemberofCEN,isobligedtopublishEN14035-25asaBritishStandard.However,attentionisdrawntothefactthattheUnitedKingdomvotedagainsttheapprovalofEN14035-25.ThemainreasonforthisdisapprovalisthatBSICommitteeCII/47considersthatFigure4in8.3isinaccurateandmisleadingbecausevariouselementsofthefigurearetoosmall.TheBSICommitteerecommendsthatifatransparenttemplateisusedtochecktypesizesonlabelling,thetemplateshouldbeaccuratelyproducedsothattheheightofeachcharacterandsymbolonthetemplateiswithin+0.10mmoftherelevantminimumheightspecifiedinthisstandard.Cross-referencesTheBritishStandardswhichimplementinternationalorEuropeanpublicationsreferredtointhisdocumentmaybefoundintheBSICatalogueunderthesectionentitled“InternationalStandardsCorrespondenceIndex”,orbyusingthe“Search”facilityoftheBSIElectronicCatalogueorofBritishStandardsOnline.Thispublicationdoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.Usersareresponsibleforitscorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandarddoesnotofitselfconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.—aidenquirerstounderstandthetext;—presenttotheresponsibleinternational/Europeancommitteeanyenquiriesontheinterpretation,orproposalsforchange,andkeepUKinterestsinformed;—monitorrelatedinternationalandEuropeandevelopmentsandpromulgatethemintheUK.SummaryofpagesThisdocumentcomprisesafrontcover,aninsidefrontcover,theENtitlepage,pages2to30,aninsidebackcoverandabackcover.TheBSIcopyrightnoticedisplayedinthisdocumentindicateswhenthedocumentwaslastissued.AmendmentsissuedsincepublicationAmd.No.DateCommentsEUROPEANSTANDARDNORMEEUROPÉENNEEUROPÄISCHENORMEN14035-25November2005ICS71.100.30EnglishVersionFireworks-Part25:PartyPoppers-SpecificationandtestmethodsArtificesdedivertissement-Partie25:Party-Poppers-Spécificationsetméthodesd'essaiFeuerwerkskörper-Teil25:Party-Knaller-AnforderungenundPrüfverfahrenThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon12September2005.CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEuropeanStandardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Up-to-datelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcerningsuchnationalstandardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheCentralSecretariatortoanyCENmember.ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).AversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytranslationundertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheCentralSecretariathasthesamestatusastheofficialversions.CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,Cyprus,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Poland,Portugal,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom.EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATIONCOMITÉEUROPÉENDENORMALISATIONEUROPÄISCHESKOMITEEFÜRNORMUNGManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B-1050Brussels©2005CENAllrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreservedworldwideforCENnationalMembers.Ref.No.EN14035-25:2005:EEN14035-25:2005(E)2ContentsPageForeword..........................................................................................................................................................41Scope...................................................................................................................................................62Normativereferences.........................................................................................................................73Termsanddefinitions.........................................................................................................................74Construction........................................................................................................................................74.1Shape...................................................................................................................................................74.2Materialsoffireworkcase..................................................................................................................74.3Integrity................................................................................