Overview
- Officers are conducting extra inspections at Dutch–German crossings, including Wyler near Nijmegen, and have already confiscated large amounts of fireworks this morning.
- Shops just over the border are drawing heavy traffic, with waits of more than an hour reported at a store in Emmerich, Germany.
- Only category F1 and part of F2 fireworks are allowed for consumers in the Netherlands, while F3 and F4 remain restricted to trained, licensed professionals.
- To be transported legally into the Netherlands, fireworks must carry a CE mark and include Dutch-language instructions.
- Sales opened Monday and run through New Year’s Eve, and local reporting suggests this could be the last season in its usual form.