Chapter 5.2
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Maritime Safety Committee - Resolution MSC.262(84) – Adoption of Amendments to the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code – (Adopted on 16 May 2008) - Annex – Amendments to the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code - Part 5 - Chapter 5.2

Chapter 5.2

  5.2.1.5.2 Replace paragraph with “In the case of excepted packages marking the proper shipping name is not required.”

  5.2.1.6 Replace section with:

  “5.2.1.6.1 Packages containing marine pollutants meeting the criteria of 2.10.3 shall be durably marked with the marine pollutant mark with the exception of single packagings and combination packagings containing inner packagings with:

  • contents of 5 l or less for liquids; or

  • contents of 5 kg or less for solids.

  5.2.1.6.2 The marine pollutant mark shall be located adjacent to the markings required by 5.2.1.1. The provisions of 5.2.1.2 and 5.2.1.4 shall be met.

  5.2.1.6.3 The marine pollutant mark shall be as shown below. For packagings, the dimensions shall be at least 100 mm × 100 mm, except in the case of packages of such dimensions that they can only bear smaller marks.

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  5.2.1.7 Delete “open” before “cryogenic receptacles intended for the transport of”

  5.2.1.7.1(a) Insert “except for cryogenic receptacles” after “pressure receptacles”

  5.2.1.8 Insert new section:

  “5.2.1.8 Excepted quantity mark

  5.2.1.8.1 Packages containing excepted quantities of dangerous goods shall be marked according to 3.5.4.”

  5.2.2.1.12.1 Replace “Except as provided for large freight containers and tanks in accordance with 5.3.1.1.5.1” with “Except when enlarged labels are used in accordance with 5.3.1.1.5.1”

  5.2.2.1.12.2.4 Replace “See 2.7.6.1.1 and 2.7.6.1.2” with “The number determined in accordance with 5.1.5.3.1 and 5.1.5.3.2”

  5.2.2.2.1.1 Replace “They shall have a line of the same colour as the symbol, 5 mm inside the edge and running parallel with it.” with “They shall have a line 5 mm inside the edge and running parallel with it. In the upper half of a label the line shall have the same colour as the symbol and in the lower half it shall have the same colour as the figure in the bottom corner.”

  5.2.2.2.1.2 Replace “ISO 7225:1994” with “ISO 7225:2005” (twice)

  5.2.2.2.1.3 Replace with “With the exception of divisions 1.4, 1.5 and 1.6 of class 1, the upper half of the label shall contain the pictorial symbol and the lower half shall contain the class number 1, 2, 3, 4, 4.1, 5.2, 6, 7, 8 or 9 as appropriate. The label may include text such as the UN number, or words describing the hazard class (e.g., “flammable”) in accordance with 5.2.2.2.1.5 provided the text does not obscure or detract from the other label elements.”

  5.2.2.2.1.4 Replace “Except for divisions 1.4, 1.5 and 1.6, labels for class 1 show in the lower half” with “In addition, except for divisions 1.4, 1.5 and 1.6, labels for class 1 shall show in the lower half, above the class number,”

 Replace “Labels for divisions 1.4, 1.5 and 1.6 show in the upper half the division number and in the lower half the” with “Labels for divisions 1.4, 1.5 and 1.6 shall show in the upper half the division number and in the lower half the class number and the”

  5.2.2.2.1.6.3 Renumber as “5.2.2.2.1.6.4

 Insert “the class 5.2 label, where the symbol may be shown in white; and”

  Consequential amendments:

  5.2.2.2.2 Replace “5.2.2.2.1.6.3” with “5.2.2.2.1.6.4” for class 2.1

  5.2.2.2.1.6.2 Delete “and” after “… where they may be shown in white;”


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