10.1 The following approaches to complying with
certain of the data requirements of the Convention, listed in this
section, are deemed to be in conformity therewith.
10.2 A single approval number may be assigned
to each owner for all existing containers in a single application
for approval which could be entered on line 1 of the plate.
10.3 The example given in line 1 of the model
Safety Approval Plate (see appendix to annex
I of the Convention) should not be construed so as to require
the inclusion of the date of approval in the approval reference.
10.4 The appendix to annex
I of the Convention can be interpreted so as to allow the use
of the owner's ISO alphanumeric identification codes, on either new
or existing containers. This may be done even if the manufacturer's
serial number is available, as long as the applicant keeps a record
correlating his identification numbers with the manufacturer's serial
numbers.
10.5 Where marking of the end-wall or side-wall
strength on the plate is not required (e.g. a container with an end-wall
or side-wall strength equal to 0.4P or 0.6P,
respectively) a blank space need not be retained on the Safety Approval
Plate for such marking but can be used instead to meet other data
requirements of the Convention, e.g. subsequent date marks.
10.6 Where end-wall or side-wall strength is required
to be marked on the Safety Approval Plate, this should be done as
follows:
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in the English language:
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END-WALL STRENGTH
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SIDE-WALL STRENGTH
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in the French language:
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RESISTANCE DE LA PAROl D'EXTREMITE
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RESISTANCE DE LA PAROl LATERALE.
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10.7 In cases where a higher or lower wall strength
is to be marked on the Safety Approval Plate, this can be done briefly
by referring to the formula related to the payload P.
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Example: SIDE-WALL STRENGTH O.5P
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10.8 With respect to the material characteristics
of the Safety Approval Plate (see appendix to annex
I of the Convention), each Administration, for purposes of
approving containers, may define permanent, non-corrosive and fireproof in its own way or simply require
that Safety Approval Plates be of a material which it considers meets
this definition (e.g. a suitable metal).
10.9 Regulation 1 of annex
I requires that the Safety Approval Plate be affixed adjacent
to any approval plate issued for official purposes. To comply with
this requirement, when practicable, the CSC Safety Approval Plate
may be grouped with the data plates required by other international
conventions and national requirements on one base plate. The base
plate should be conveniently located on the container. One example
of such a grouped data plate is given opposite.
10.10 For the purposes of this Convention, the
word weight is considered to be equivalent to the word mass, and therefore can be used on the Safety Approval Plate.
When the 1993 amendments to the annexes to the Convention come into
force, the word MASS should replace WEIGHT on
plates fitted to containers after the amendments come into force.