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Want to get fireworks from Germany? Police checks with samples, these are the rules

Are you going to Germany to buy arrows and pots? The police said that they would check randomly.

Dynamic controls

According to the Dutch Association of Pyrotechnics (BPN), at least ten percent of the fireworks fired in the Netherlands come from Germany. That is much more in the border regions. The police are going to check more often in the coming days.

“We keep dynamic traffic controls,” says police spokesman Anthony Hogeveen. ‘That means we drive around and watch cars. If they are fully loaded with fireworks, they will probably go off at the next gas station for a check. “

The Dutch may buy fireworks in Germany, but there are rules attached to this:

These are the rules:

– You can enter a maximum of 25 kilos of fireworks per car;
– You can only buy consumer fireworks. It says: “Suitable for private use”;
– The fireworks must have a Dutch user manual;
– There must be a CE mark on the fireworks;
– Do you want to import more than 25 kilos of fireworks? Then you must report this to the Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate.

Less strict requirements

German fireworks are popular because sellers have to meet less strict requirements. The pots and arrows are in the Aldi and Lidl next to the peas in the freezer, often with a sign ‘Bitte nicht rauchen’. Special sales areas with sprinkler systems are needed in the Netherlands.

Chinese roles and single shots

In the Netherlands, Chinese rolls and single shots (small tubes with an effect) can be sold for the last time this year. The fireworks industry expects a run on this. The Dutch will take on these roles for the coming years.

“Back door stays open”

What Germany is doing is not yet known. BPN is in any case not happy with this development. “We close the front door while the back door stays open. If there is demand and there is a supply across the border, people continue to buy ‘, says information officer Marcel Teunissen.

The Dutch buy fireworks for seventy million euros a year. You can buy it on December 28, 30 and 31. You can set it off during New Year’s Eve from 6 pm to 2 am. Not everywhere, that’s the way in the municipality of Groningen ten fireworks free zones set.

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‘Illegal fireworks? Just call it explosives’

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