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Unique Identifier (UI)

A mandatory traceable code on each commercial detonator sold in the UK and EU post-2013, required by the Explosives for Civil Use Directive (2014/28/EU) and UK Explosives Regulations 2014. Enables manufacturer-to-end-user tracing of individual detonator units recovered from post-blast scenes.

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