Source: European Parliament
1. Article 4(2) of Directive 2013/29/EU[1] enables Member States to take measures to prohibit or restrict the possession, use and/or the sale to the general public of category F2 and F3 fireworks, theatrical pyrotechnic articles and other pyrotechnic articles, which are justified on grounds of public order, security, health and safety, or environmental protection. The directive does not allow for national restrictions on the making available on the market of professional fireworks beyond the provisions of the directive. However, the directive does not prevent Member States from restricting professional firework displays to certain areas or time periods, as long as this does not restrict or hinder the making available on the market.
2. According to Articles 6 and 7 of the directive, category F4 fireworks are intended for use only by persons with specialist knowledge and may only be made available to such persons. The prohibition of access of the general public to fireworks of category F4 is therefore mandated by the directive.
3. Article 4(2) refers to the general public only and allows Member State to prohibit not only the sale to, but also the possession and use by the general public of the articles concerned.
- [1] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013L0029.