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36.04 - Fireworks, signalling flares, rain rockets, fog signals and other pyrotechnic articles. 3604.10 3604.90 - Fireworks - Other This heading covers pyrotechnic articles ca able of producing luminous, acoustic, gaseous, smoke-producing or incendiary effects, inclu$ing : (1) Pyrotechnic articles for amusement : (a) Fireworks (bombs, fuses, maroons, jets, candles, luminous torches, Ben a1 matches and lights, etc.) the purpose of which is to provide entertainment through t e acoustic, luminous or smoke-producing effects of their combustion. Firin is ensured by a firing owder, such as black powder, integrated into the article and &ed by an electric h s e Eead or a primer fuse. f, @) Pyrotechnic toys, such as caps for toy pistols (prepared in tapes, sheets, rolls or circular plastic rings), magic candles, and snaps for Christmas crackers. The combustion of these pyrotechnic toys causes only limited effects. (2) Technical devices : (a) Sound or light signalling devices, such as distress rockets for use at sea, photo-flash cartridges for the equipment of aircraft, Very flares, fog signals and torches for railways, individual distress rockets, lighting effects for cinema or television, etc., lighting devices, guide devices, pyrotechnic decoys, and smoke-producing devices (possibly coloured). Their general property is to produce a relatively long-lasting effect by light, sound or smoke. (b) Devices for agricultural or industrial use, such as anti-hail rockets, anti-hail cartridges, agricultural smoke-producers, thunder-flashes to scare animals, and smokeproducing devices to test for leaks in pipelines. This headin also includes other pyrotechnic devices not s ecified in the previous groups (e.g., life-line roc ets, lead-coated detonating cord for cutting an not for transmitting a detonation). f The heading does not include : (a) Photographic flashlight materials (heading 37.07). (b) Articles producing a IighZing effect by the phenomenon of chemilurninescence (heading 38.24). (c) Blank cartridges, containing an explosive charge, for riveting tools or for starting compression ignition internal combustion piston engines (heading 93.06).
1.- This Chapter does not cover separate chemically defined compounds other than those described in Note 2 (a) or (b) below. 2.- The expression “articles of combustible materials” in heading 36.06 applies only to : (a) Metaldehyde, hexamethylenetetramine and similar substances, put up in forms (for example, tablets, sticks or similar forms) for use as fuels; fuels with a basis of alcohol, and similar prepared fuels, in solid or semi-solid form; (b) Liquid or liquefied-gas fuels in containers of a kind used for filling or refilling cigarette or similar lighters and of a capacity not exceeding 300 cm3; and (c) Resin torches, firelighters and the like.