Guidance for applicants is available from ENB that explains:

• How to apply for a CE mark and details of the information required in a submission;
• The EC modular system for assessing conformity and the combinations of modules available to applicants.

Useful References

• 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. OJ No. L 121, 15 April 1993;
• The Placing on the Market and Supervision of Transfers of Explosives Regulations 1993. Statutory Instrument No. 2714. ISBN 0 11 0357 14 0;
• Conditions for the authorisation of explosives in Great Britain. HSE Guidance booklet HS(G) 114, 1994. ISBN 0 7176 0717 8;
• Council Decision of 22 July 1993 concerning the modules for the various phases of the conformity assessment procedures and the rules for the affixing and the use of the CE conformity marking, which are intended to be used in the technical harmonization directives (93/465/EEC). OJ No. L 220, 30 August 1993;
• The Guide to the Placing on the Market and Supervision of Transfers of Explosives Regulations 1993. HSE, February 1995. ISBN 0 7176 0877 8;
• Specification for detonators for civil use. BS 7765:1994. ISBN 0 580 23182 8;
• Harmonised European standards on explosives for civil uses in support of Directive 93/15/EEC including standards in Series EN13630 (detonating cords and safety fuses); Series EN13631 (high explosives); Series EN 13763 (detonators and relays); EN13938 (propellants and rocket propellants) and Series EN 13857; CEN, Rue de Stassart 36, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium (tel: (32-2) 550 0811, fax: (32-2) 550 0819}. British Standards which implement European standards are available from BSI, 389 Chiswick High Road, London W4 4AL (tel: +44(0)20 8996 9000, fax: +44(0)20 8996 7001}.