Explosives

Council Directive 93/15/EEC of 5 April 1993 on the harmonisation of the provisions relating to the placing on the market and supervision of explosives for civil uses

• Transposition of Directive 93/15/EEC
• Publication of references ( OJ C 221 of 14.9.2006 ) of harmonised standards for the implementation of Directive 93/15/EEC (information available also on the Harmonised standards webpage)

On 21 November 2011, as part of a package  aligning nine product safety Directives to Decision EC No 768/2008 establishing a common framework for the marketing of products, the Commission proposed a recast of the Directive [338 KB] .

Commission Directive 2008/43/EC of 4 April 2008 setting up, pursuant to Council Directive 93/15/EEC, a system for the identification and traceability of explosives for civil uses, amended by Directive 2012/4/EU .

Commission Decision 2004/388/EC of 15 April 2004 on an Intra-Community transfer of explosives document, amended by Commission Decision 2010/347/EU .

• Press Release IP/04/570 of 30 April 2004

Commission Directive 2004/57/EC of 23 April 2004 on the identification of pyrotechnic articles and certain ammunition for the purposes of Council Directive 93/15/EEC on the harmonisation of the provisions relating to the placing on the market and supervision of explosives for civil uses

Questions and answers [39 KB] regarding the implementation of Directive 93/15/EEC

Evaluation of Directive 93/15/EEC: Study Report [569 KB]

Explosives Security: DG Home Affairs

Contact points

European Commission

National authorities [32 KB]

European associations and federations [8 KB]

Forum of notified bodies : Contacts [14 KB] and agreed interpretations [79 KB]

List of all notified bodies:

• Nando database (click on 'Directive' and '93/15/EEC Explosives for civil uses')
• Equipment and expertise of bodies notified recently:
  INSEMEX, Romania: Propellants and rocket propellants [17 KB] ,
  Detonators and relays [30 KB] , High Explosives [17 KB] , Detonating cords and safety fuses [19 KB]
  MINPROEKT JSC [29 KB] , Bulgaria
  TÜV Rheinland InterCert [29 KB] , Hungary