Guidelines for the use of RID/ADR/ADN 5.4.0.2 (use of electronic data exchange)

At its 107th session, the Working Party on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (WP.15) requested that the following guidelines for the use of subsection 5.4.0.2 of RID/ADR/ADN be published in order to facilitate their use on a voluntary and consistent basis.

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Guidance on the application of GHS criteria to petroleum substances (updated in 2019)

The updated 2019 IPIECA GHS guidance includes a detailed discussion of a “weight of evidence” (WoE) approach and presents a stepwise path to determining the best data to be used for classification decisions. An updated classification flowchart utilizes a three-tiered approach in which substance-specific toxicity data are considered first, followed by read-across data and then data for hazardous constituents.

Given the expanding international market in chemical substances and mixtures, a global system of classification and labelling was proposed at the 1992 Earth Summit by the International Labour Organization (ILO), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and many other governments and stakeholders. In response, the United Nations developed the ‘Globally Harmonised System’ (GHS) which is a single worldwide system for classifying and communicating the hazardous properties of industrial and consumer substances and mixtures.

The oil and gas industry, represented by IPIECA, was the first sector to present guidance on its products to the UN Sub-Committee of Experts on GHS (UNSCEGHS) in 2010. The guidance document, The application of Globally Harmonized System (GHS) criteria to petroleum substances, has now been revised to include new research on the hazards of petroleum-related substances and constituents.

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IPIECA
International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association

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UN Manual of Tests and Criteria Seventh revised edition Amd 1

Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods – Manual of Tests and Criteria

Published: June 2019

The “Manual of Tests and Criteria” contains criteria, test methods and procedures to be used for the classification of dangerous goods according to the provisions of the “United Nations Recommendations on the
Transport of Dangerous Goods, Model Regulations”, as well as of chemicals presenting physical hazards according to the “Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS)”.

It therefore also supplements national or international regulations which are derived from the Model Regulations or the GHS.
Originally developed by the Economic and Social Council’s Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, which adopted a first version in 1984, the Manual of Tests and Criteria has been regularly updated and amended. Currently, the updating is done under the auspices of the Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of
Chemicals, which replaced the original committee in 2001.

At its ninth session (7 December 2018), the Committee adopted a set of amendments to the sixth revised edition of the Manual as amended by Amendment 1.  These amendments, include, inter alia:

– A full review of the text of the Manual to facilitate its use in the context of the GHS;
– A new test under test series 8, to determine the sensitiveness of a candidate ammonium nitrate emulsion or suspension or gel, intermediate for blasting explosive, to the effect of intense localised thermal ignition under high confinement (sub-section 18.8);
– New provisions addressing classification of polymerizing substances for transport;
– Stability tests for nitrocellulose mixtures (new Appendix 10); and
– A compilation of classification results on industrial nitrocellulose in accordance with Chapter 2.17 of the GHS which can be used for the classification of industrial nitrocellulose based products (new Appendix 11).

In addition, noting that the work to facilitate the use of the Manual in the context of the GHS had been completed, the Committee considered that the reference to the “Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods” in the title of the Manual was no longer appropriate, and decided that from now on, the Manual should be entitled “Manual of Tests and Criteria”.

The seventh revised edition takes account of these amendments, which were circulated as document ST/SG/AC.10/46/Add.2.

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Instructions in Writing (Tremcards) ADR 2019

The official models of Instructions in Writing (Tremcards) ADR 2019

Annex Article tremcards the release date, we will update the models attached to the official release on the UNECE website.

Update 05.01.2020

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Dangerous Goods check list / Documentation 61th IATA DGR 2020

Addendum to the 61st Edition

The IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR) manual is the global reference for shipping dangerous goods by air and the only standard recognized by airlines. IATA is “THE” industry standard for shipping dangerous goods by air. The IATA DGR is the most complete, up-to-date, and user-friendly reference manual trusted by the industry for over 50 years. Whether you’re a shipper, manufacturer, freight forwarder, ground handler, or airline, the IATA Book will keep you up to date with all the latest regulations, providing all the information you need.

Effective from 1st January 2020

– A global reference for shipping dangerous goods by air, and the only standard recognized by the global Airline industry.
– Everything you need to prepare dangerous goods shipments in compliance with international air transport regulations.
– The industry’s most trustworthy cargo sources to help you classify, pack, mark, label, document shipments of dangerous goods, and ensure they are safe to travel.

The 61st edition of the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations incorporates all amendments made by the IATA Dangerous Goods Board and includes addenda issued by ICAO to the content of the 2019-2020 edition of the Technical Instructions.

Users of the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations are asked to note the following amendments and corrections to the 61st Edition, effective from 1 January 2020.
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GHS Rev. 8 Luglio 2019 (Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals)

Sistema mondiale armonizzato di classificazione ed etichettatura delle sostanze chimiche (GHS): Ottava edizione riveduta

Il GHS affronta la classificazione delle sostanze chimiche per i tipi di pericolo e vuole armonizzare tali tipi di pericoli, comprese etichette e schede di sicurezza.

Esso mira a garantire che le informazioni sui rischi fisici e la tossicità da sostanze chimiche siano le migliori possibili per l a tutela della salute umana e l’ambiente durante la manipolazione, trasporto e uso.

Il GHS fornisce anche una base per l’armonizzazione di norme e regolamenti sulle sostanze chimiche a livello nazionale, regionale e mondiale.

Questa ottava edizione rivista del GHS contiene varie disposizioni nuove o rivedute, tra cui, tra l’altro:

[alert]- nuovi criteri di classificazione, elementi di comunicazione dei pericoli, logiche decisionali e indicazioni per le sostanze chimiche sotto pressione;
– nuove disposizioni per l’uso di dati in vitro/ex vivo e metodi non sperimentali per valutare la corrosione e l’irritazione cutanea;
– emendamenti vari per chiarire i criteri di classificazione per la tossicità specifica per organi bersaglio;
– dichiarazioni precauzionali riviste e ulteriormente razionalizzate e una revisione editoriale delle sezioni 2 e 3 dell’allegato 3;
– nuovi esempi di pittogrammi precauzionali per trasmettere la frase precauzionale “Tenere fuori dalla portata dei bambini”;
– un nuovo esempio nell’allegato 7 relativo all’etichettatura di set o kit; e
– guida per l’identificazione dei pericoli di esplosione della polvere e la necessità di valutazione dei rischi, prevenzione, mitigazione e comunicazione dei pericoli.[/alert]

Fonte: UNECE 2019

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UN Model Regulations 21A Revised edition (2019)

At its ninth session (7 December 2018), the Committee adopted a set of amendments to the Model Regulations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, concerning, inter alia, electric storage systems (including lithium batteries installed in cargo transport units and defective batteries), explosives, infectious waste of Category A, waste gas cartridges, harmonization with the 2018 Edition of IAEA’s Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material, listing of dangerous goods, update of LC50 values for some toxic gases and use of in vitro skin corrosion methods for classification.

This twenty-first revised edition of the Recommendations takes account of all the amendments which were circulated as document ST/SG/AC.10/46/Add.1.

Volume I (EN/FR)

Volume I (EN/FR)

Official UN publications can also be obtained through the UN Bookshop and official distributors.

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Fonte: UNECE

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