ZAGREB, Dec 20 (Hina/CW) – On Friday, the Croatian parliament amended the relevant legislation banning the use of firecrackers in the F2 and F3 categories in order to protect people’s lives and reduce casualties and injuries, especially of minors. The amendments, in addition to the previous ban on firecrackers in category F3, prohibit the sale, purchase, possession and use of category F2 firecrackers to citizens for personal use. According to the Act, other noisy pyrotechnics may only be used from 27 December to 1 January. All F2 and F3 category pyrotechnic devices were previously banned to be used throughout the year apart from those dates.