Authorizations for professional pyrotechnicians

The applicant must notify the Danish Safety Technology Authority in writing before pursuing the profession of certified pyrotechnician. The notification must contain:

1. Information on any insurance agreements or other forms of collective protection associated with the practitioner’s professional liability.
2. Evidence that the applicant is a citizen of an EU or EEA country or a country with which the EU has entered into an agreement giving access to pursue regulated professions.
3. Attestation or other evidence that the applicant is established in a EU or EEA country or a country with which the EU has entered into an agreement giving access to pursue regulated professions.
4. Evidence of professional qualifications.
5. Evidence that the applicant has not been found guilty of a criminal offence which constitutes a danger of them misusing their profession.

If you wish to carry out activity as a certified pyrotechnician in Denmark on a temporary basis, you should simply notify the Danish Safety Technology Authority of this. You must use the form for notification of temporary and occasional pursuit of professional activity as a certified pyrotechnician on the basis of foreign professional qualifications. The guidelines Recognition of certified pyrotechnicians on the basis of foreign professional qualifications tell you which documents you must upload with your notification to the Danish Safety Technology Authority.

If you wish to work permanently as a certified pyrotechnician in Denmark you must apply for authorization from the Danish Safety Technology Authority. You must use the same form. The guidelines Recognition of certified pyrotechnicians on the basis of foreign professional qualifications tell you which documents you must enclose with your application to the Danish Safety Technology Authority. 
 

The application must contain:

1. Proof of the applicant’s nationality.
2. Copies of attestations of professional competence or of the evidence of formal qualifications giving access to pursue the profession of certified pyrotechnician or equivalent professions.
3. Documentation of the applicant’s professional experience as a certified pyrotechnician.
4. Documentation proving that the applicant is not prohibited from pursuing their profession in the applicant’s country of origin at the time of application.
5. Evidence that the applicant has not been found guilty of a criminal offence which constitutes a danger of them misusing their profession.
6. Documentation proving the applicant is of legal age.

Please note that approval/recognition of qualifications does not entail the right to use professional fireworks. For this right you must be authorized separately for each individual event. You must apply for this authorization from the municipal council for the municipality in which the fireworks are to be used.

To the Danish Safety Technology Authority

Applications which must be sent to the Danish Safety Technology Authority can be submitted electronically via this website.

You can also send your application to Sikkerhedsstyrelsen by letter or e-mail. See contact details below.

To the municipalities

Applications which must be sent to the municipalities can be submitted to the relevant municipality by post, fax or e-mail. You can find contact details for the Danish municipalities at www.borger.dk or www.kl.dk.

Competent authority

Danish Safety Technology Authority
Esbjerg Brygge 30
DK-6700 Esbjerg
Denmark

Tel.: +45 33 73 20 00

E-mail: sik@sik.dk

The decision on whether or not to issue an authorization will be made as soon as possible after the complete application is received.

Temporary and occasional pursuit of profession:

If you have not heard from the Danish Safety Technology Authority within one month of us receiving your notification, you may pursue your profession in Denmark on a temporary or occasional basis for up to one year following this notification. After one year a new notification is required.

Establishing a business:

The Danish Safety Technology Authority has to give you a reasoned response to your application within three months of us receiving your application. This deadline may be extended by one month if difficulties arise that may lead to a delay.

The authorization will not be regarded as having been granted if the Danish Safety Technology Authority has not replied within the set time.

If the Danish Safety Technology Authority decides to reject your application for authorization as a certified pyro technician, the authority will send you a reasoned notification.

Decisions taken by the Danish Safety Technology Authority on authorization cannot be referred to another administrative authority. A rejected personal authorization may, however, be brought before the Danish Company Appeals Board in certain cases. This is possible if authorization was rejected on the basis of the applicant having demonstrated, while in another position or profession, behavior providing grounds for the assumption that the authorized economic activity will not be operated responsibly.

The deadline for submitting an appeal is four weeks from the date on which the decision was announced. The appeal should be submitted in writing to the Danish Company Appeals Board.

See contact details below:

Danish Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs
Danish Company Appeals Board
Secretariat Kampmannsgade 1
DK-1780 Copenhagen V
Denmark