Legal Regulations on Handling and Storing Airbags and Retractors

Legal regulations on handling and storing airbags and emergency tensioning retractors


All subsequently listed legal requirements refer to the Federal Republic of Germany. The respective legal regulations that apply in foreign countries are to be observed.

Airbag and emergency tensioning retractor units are pyrotechnical objects belonging to class T1. Their handling, transport and storage fall under the "Gesetz uber explosionsgefahrliche Stoffe" (German body of lawn concerning explosive materials). Only a limited number of clans T1 pyrotechnical objects maybe stored in a building which is used for commercial purposes. According to appendix 6 of the annex to the 2nd explosive directive, the maximum storage volumes listed in the following are permitted in a commercially used building under consideration of certain regulations (such as, e.g. a steal cabinet) without special approval by the responsible authority:

- Work room: 10 kg net
- Storage room (general storage room): 100 kg net

The net mass of the explosive material contained is the respective component for which the legal explosive permit has been granted must be determined in order to calculate the mass actually stored:

- Each driver airbag: 0.1 kg
- Each front passenger airbag: 0.3 kg
- Each sidebag: 0.05 kg
- Each emergency tensioning retractor: 0.001 kg
- Each windowbag: 0.004 kg

Airbags and emergency tensioning retractors must not be stored in the direct vicinity of easily/highly flammable and fire-inducing materials.

Note: Acquiring,transport. storage. installation and removal as well as scrapping may only be performed by trained personnel in observance of all applicable safety regulations. Transport inside the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle is strictly prohibited!

Always stow the replacement units in their original packaging in the trunk or load compartment of a motor vehicle in a secure fashion so as to prevent them from sliding around.