NightFlyer
02-23-2011, 02:55 PM
Hey guys,
This is just a little overview of fireworks sold to consumers in Germany.
Since last year we have a new classification system in Europe, which classifies all pyrotechnics in countries of the EU.
Before this, every country had its own classification system. In Germany the fireworks were categorized in four categories:
This is the OLD classification:
(class) number
Klasse I
(toy fireworks, mostly for kids: small ground fountains, spinners, sparklers…)
http://www.feuerwerk-forum.de/album/data/500/4125PB190006.JPG
Klasse II
(for "over-18": rockets (20g NEM), firecrackers - blackpowder only -, cakes up to 200g NEM load - now up too 500g - , fountains, small roman candles...)
http://www.feuerwerk-forum.de/album/data/589/2Firewall24112006.jpg
Klasse III
("garden fireworks", rockets and cakes above 200g NEM, only for people with a pyrotechnic license, these are not sold very frequently)
Klasse IV
(for professionals only! Only with a pyrotechnics license. Shells, big cakes/candles, basicly all professional items you can think of...)
http://www.feuerwerk-forum.de/album/data/512/2126Zink_Bomben_II.JPG
In Germany there are still some companies, who make their own shells.
But most of the time its imported stuff (wich is often much cheaper, but lacks in quality)
We can also buy technical fireworks (T1, somewhat similar to the 'articles of pyrotechnics'), like flares, small single shots and different fuses.
As said before, since 2010 there is a new regulation. It classifies fireworks in a way that every country of the EU has nearly the same
standards regarding import, export, classification, safety and so on…I'm gonna write more about it soon!
Germany - however - is (together with the Netherlands) a little exeption…Theoretically you could have small firecrackers with flash powder
and bigger rockets in the consumer category, but Germany applies state law here. So no flashcrackers, bigger rockets and shell-sets for us... :-(
But the greatest aspect is that you can now (since 2010) buy
500g cakes and big fountains up to 250g, which is a GOOD THING(™)!
http://www.mainfire.net/Bilder/Messe/SDC10985.JPG
More variety in effects, new brands are coming to our country from the Netherlands and Poland. So thats great…but still no bigger rockets.
In my opinion, our 20g rockets (10g for lift, 10 for effects), which are sold to the consumers, are rather poor!
This is just a basic overview, I'm gonna post more things soon…
Please visit
www.feuerwerk.net (http://www.feuerwerk.net),
the biggest fireworks site in Germany!
(check out our forum too!)
Greetings from Germany,
NightFlyer
This is just a little overview of fireworks sold to consumers in Germany.
Since last year we have a new classification system in Europe, which classifies all pyrotechnics in countries of the EU.
Before this, every country had its own classification system. In Germany the fireworks were categorized in four categories:
This is the OLD classification:
(class) number
Klasse I
(toy fireworks, mostly for kids: small ground fountains, spinners, sparklers…)
http://www.feuerwerk-forum.de/album/data/500/4125PB190006.JPG
Klasse II
(for "over-18": rockets (20g NEM), firecrackers - blackpowder only -, cakes up to 200g NEM load - now up too 500g - , fountains, small roman candles...)
http://www.feuerwerk-forum.de/album/data/589/2Firewall24112006.jpg
Klasse III
("garden fireworks", rockets and cakes above 200g NEM, only for people with a pyrotechnic license, these are not sold very frequently)
Klasse IV
(for professionals only! Only with a pyrotechnics license. Shells, big cakes/candles, basicly all professional items you can think of...)
http://www.feuerwerk-forum.de/album/data/512/2126Zink_Bomben_II.JPG
In Germany there are still some companies, who make their own shells.
But most of the time its imported stuff (wich is often much cheaper, but lacks in quality)
We can also buy technical fireworks (T1, somewhat similar to the 'articles of pyrotechnics'), like flares, small single shots and different fuses.
As said before, since 2010 there is a new regulation. It classifies fireworks in a way that every country of the EU has nearly the same
standards regarding import, export, classification, safety and so on…I'm gonna write more about it soon!
Germany - however - is (together with the Netherlands) a little exeption…Theoretically you could have small firecrackers with flash powder
and bigger rockets in the consumer category, but Germany applies state law here. So no flashcrackers, bigger rockets and shell-sets for us... :-(
But the greatest aspect is that you can now (since 2010) buy
500g cakes and big fountains up to 250g, which is a GOOD THING(™)!
http://www.mainfire.net/Bilder/Messe/SDC10985.JPG
More variety in effects, new brands are coming to our country from the Netherlands and Poland. So thats great…but still no bigger rockets.
In my opinion, our 20g rockets (10g for lift, 10 for effects), which are sold to the consumers, are rather poor!
This is just a basic overview, I'm gonna post more things soon…
Please visit
www.feuerwerk.net (http://www.feuerwerk.net),
the biggest fireworks site in Germany!
(check out our forum too!)
Greetings from Germany,
NightFlyer