Dangerous Goods by Road
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Portable tanks and MEGCs manufactured before 1 January 2012, that conform to the marking
requirements of 6.7.2.20.1, 6.7.3.16.1, 6.7.4.15.1 or 6.7.5.13.1 applicable up to 31 December 2010, as
relevant, may continue to be used if they comply with all other relevant requirements of ADR
applicable as from 1 January 2011 including, when applicable, the requirement of 6.7.2.20.1 (g) for
marking the symbol "S" on the plate when the shell or the compartment is divided by surge plates into
sections of not more than 7 500 litres capacity.
Portable tanks manufactured before 1 January 2014 need not be marked with the portable tank
instruction as required in 6.7.2.20.2, 6.7.3.16.2 and 6.7.4.15.2 until the next periodic inspection and
test.
Tank-containers and MEGCs designed and constructed in accordance with standards applicable at the
time of their construction (see 6.8.2.6 and 6.8.3.6) according to the provisions of ADR which were
applicable at that time may still be used unless restricted by a specific transitional measure.
Tank-containers constructed before 1 July 2011 in accordance with the requirements of 6.8.2.2.3 in
force up to 31 December 2010 but which do not, however, conform to the requirements of 6.8.2.2.3,
third paragraph, concerning the position of the flame trap or flame arrester may still be used.
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Tank-containers constructed before 1 July 2013 in accordance with the requirements in force up to
31 December 2012, but which do not, however, meet the marking provisions of 6.8.2.5.2 or 6.8.3.5.6
applicable as from 1 January 2013, may continue to be marked in accordance with the requirements
applicable up to 31 December 2012 until the next periodic inspection after 1 July 2013.
Portable tanks and MECGs manufactured before 1 January 2014 need not comply with the
requirements of 6.7.2.13.1 (f), 6.7.3.9.1 (e), 6.7.4.8.1 (e) and 6.7.5.6.1 (d) concerning the marking of
the pressure relief devices.
For substances where TP38 or TP39 is assigned in column (11) of Table A of Chapter 3.2, the
portable tank instruction prescribed in ADR applicable up to 31 December 2012 may continue to be
applied until 31 December 2018.
For UN No. 2381, the tank code specified in column (12) of Table A of Chapter 3.2 applicable up to
31 December 2012 may continue to be applied until 31 December 2018 for tank-containers
constructed before 1 July 2013.
Tank-containers constructed before 1 January 2012 in accordance with the requirements in force up to
31 December 2012, but which do not however conform to the requirements of 6.8.2.6 relating to
standards EN 14432:2006 and EN 14433:2006 applicable as from 1 January 2011, may still be used.
Tank containers for refrigerated liquefied gases constructed before 1 July 2017 in accordance with the
requirements in force up to 31 December 2016 but which do not conform to the requirements of
6.8.3.4.10, 6.8.3.4.11 and 6.8.3.5.4 applicable from 1 January 2017 may continue to be used until the
next inspection after 1 July 2017. Until this time, to meet the requirements of 4.3.3.5 and 5.4.1.2.2(d),
the actual holding times may be estimated without recourse to the reference holding time.
Tank-containers constructed before 1 July 2017 in accordance with the requirements in force up to 31
December 2016 but which do not however conform to the requirements of 6.8.2.1.23 applicable as
from 1 January 2017 may still be used.