This document provides principles and requirements for safe handling and storage of solid biofuels pellets in commercial and industrial applications. It uses a risk based approach to determine what safety measures should be considered. This document covers the handling and storage process of pellets in the following applications; at a pellet production plant from the outlet of the cooler unit until loaded for transportation at a commercial distributor from the receiving station until loaded for transportation and at an industrial end-user from the receiving station until fed into the fuel preparation or combustion process. Although unloading and loading of e.g. vessels, trains or trucks are included, the safety issues following the loading and transport itself are not. This document also gives specific guidance on detection and suppression systems and preparatory measures to enable safe and efficient firefighting operations. Guidance on the management of fire and explosion incidents is also specified.