Chapter 5.2 – Marking and labelling of packages including IBCs
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Chapter 5.2 – Marking and labelling of packages including IBCs

Parent topic: Part 5 – Consignments Procedures

5.2.1 Marking of packages including IBCs

5.2.1.5 Special marking provisions for class 7

  5.2.1.5.2 Replace existing paragraph with the following:

  • "The marking of excepted packages shall be as required by 5.1.5.4.1.".

  5.2.1.5.8 Replace existing paragraph with the following:

  • "5.2.1.5.8 In all cases of international transport of packages requiring competent authority design or shipment approval, for which different approval types apply in the different countries concerned by the shipment, marking shall be in accordance with the certificate of the country of origin of the design.".

5.2.1.6 Special marking provisions for marine pollutants

  5.2.1.6.1 Replace existing paragraph with the following:

  • "5.2.1.6.1 Packages containing marine pollutants meeting the criteria of 2.9.3 shall be durably marked with the environmentally hazardous substance mark with the exception of single packagings and combination packagings where such single packagings or inner packagings of such combination packagings have:

    – a net quantity of 5 l or less for liquids; or
    – a net mass of 5 kg or less for solids.".

  5.2.1.6.3 The marine pollutant mark is amended as follows:

5.2.1.7

  5.2.1.7 Replace "ISO 780:1985" with "ISO 780:1997".

  5.2.1.7.1 (d) Delete "or" at the end.

  5.2.1.7.1 (e) Add "or" at the end.

  5.2.1.7.1 Add a new subparagraph (f) with the following:

  • “(f) dangerous goods in hermetically sealed inner packagings each containing not more than 500 ml.".

5.2.1.9 Limited quantity mark

  5.2.1.9 A new section "5.2.1.9 – Limited quantity mark" is added as follows:

  • "5.2.1.9 Limited quantity mark

    • 5.2.1.9.1 Packages containing dangerous goods in limited quantities shall be marked according to 3.4.5. The provisions of 5.2.1.2.1 and 5.2.1.2.2 shall be met.".

5.2.2.1.12 Special provisions for the labelling of radioactive material

  5.2.2.1.12.2.2 In the second sentence, insert "(or mass of each fissile nuclide for mixtures when appropriate)" after "the mass of fissile material".

  5.2.2.1.12.5 Amend to read as follows:

  • "5.2.2.1.12.5 In all cases of international transport of packages requiring competent authority design or shipment approval, for which different approval types apply in the different countries concerned by the shipment, labelling shall be in accordance with the certificate of the country of origin of design.".

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