This document defines various terms relating to the design, construction, primary packaging and testing of theatrical pyrotechnic articles and specifies their generic types. It defines the procedures for placing generic types, subtypes or individual items of theatrical pyrotechnic articles into the appropriate Categories, T1 or T2 and lists them. It specifies minimum labelling requirements for the article and primary packaging and for the instructions for use. Specific test methods for theatrical pyrotechnic articles of the generic types are defined.