In Germany (yet) unthinkable elsewhere, it’s a reality: A country of the EU prohibits its citizens now the new year’s eve-rocket.
Stockholm – In Germany is fierce and wrongs of the annual new year’s eve fireworks in a fight – a EU-country has already gone a step further: In Sweden, the normal citizens are not allowed to grab from the turn of the year 2019/2020 to the classic new year’s eve-rocket. The newspaper Svenska Dagbladet reported, among other things. “Last Chance on Monday,” given the title of the sheet article.
the Background is a new scheme by the competent authority for civil protection, MSB. MSB is the Ministry of defense, subordinate to and preventing crises and dangers. Now, the office has taken the new year’s fireworks in your sights.
for the new year’s eve-rocket in Sweden: Fire only with multi-part training
a complete fireworks ban it is not – but a massive intervention. Because of the collar, the classic Guide missile that is shot down on new year’s eve like, for example, made of empty champagne bottles and piles of snow.
The rockets should be allowed to be sold starting in June 2019 and only people with special permission slip. To obtain it, must be completed several training units in a total of 18 different Places in the country.
the goal is to minimize accidents with Süperbetin these fireworks variety, said MSB staff Mikael Ekberg, the Stockholm newspaper Mitt I. Just the rod rockets were over-represented in the accident statistics to date.
“Hej då fireworks”: Sweden adopt a piece of new year’s eve-fireworks
For Sweden, it has been banned, the first step away from the fireworks: as early as 2002, were firecrackers, 2014 for “heavy missiles”. The current measure supports meanwhile, even the Association of Swedish fireworks industry – already last year we have decided to ban such missiles from the range.
Here is also a debate about restrictions on new year’s eve-fireworks – however, in the not-so-drastic extent. The German environmental aid Association called for last a From for pounding in inner cities. A survey showed that a majority of Germans would favour a measure. Two branches of large retail chains have taken already now the traditional fireworks from the range.
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