ISO 25947-5:2017 specifies requirements for the construction, performance and primary packaging of fireworks of category 1, 2 and 3 of the following types:
- aerial wheels,
- bangers,
- batteries,
- batteries requiring external support,
- Bengal flames,
- Bengal matches,
- Bengal sticks,
- Christmas crackers,
- combinations,
- combinations requiring external support,
- compound fireworks,
- crackling granules,
- double bangers,
- double flash bangers,
- flash bangers,
- flash pellets,
- fountains,
- ground movers,
- ground spinners,
- hand-held sparklers,
- jumping crackers,
- jumping ground spinners,
- mines,
- mini rockets,
- nezumi-hanabi,
- non-hand-held sparklers,
- novelty matches,
- party poppers,
- rockets,
- Roman candles,
- senko-hanabi,
- serpents,
- shot tubes,
- snaps,
- spinners,
- table bombs,
- throwdowns,
- wheels.
ISO 25947-5:2017 does not apply to articles containing pyrotechnic composition that includes any of the following substances:
- arsenic or arsenic compounds,
- hexachlorobenzene,
- mixtures containing a mass fraction of chlorates greater than 80 %,
- mixtures of chlorates with metals,
- mixtures of chlorates with red phosphorus (except when used in Christmas crackers, party poppers, snaps and throwdowns),
- mixtures of chlorates with potassium hexacyanoferrate(II),
- mixtures of chlorates with sulfur (these mixtures are allowed for friction heads only),
- mixtures of chlorates with sulfides,
- lead or lead compounds,
- mercury compounds,
- white phosphorus,
- picrates or picric acid,
- potassium chlorate with a mass fraction of bromates greater than 0,15 %,
- sulfur with an acidity, expressed in mass fraction of sulphuric acid, greater than 0,002 %,
- zirconium with a particle size of less than 40 µm.
ISO 25947-5:2017 does not apply for theatrical pyrotechnic articles which are designed for indoor or outdoor stage use, including film and television productions or similar use.