Genetically modified microorganisms and organisms

Genetically modified microorganisms not meeting the definition of infectious substance shall be
classified according to section 2.2.9.

Medical or clinical wastes

Medical or clinical wastes containing Category A infectious substances shall be assigned to UN No.
2814 or UN No. 2900 as appropriate. Medical or clinical wastes containing infectious substances in
Category B shall be assigned to UN No. 3291.
NOTE: Medical or clinical wastes assigned to number 18 01 03 (Wastes from human or animal
health care and/or related research – wastes from natal care, diagnosis, treatment or prevention of
disease in humans – wastes whose collection and disposal is subject to special requirements in order
to prevent infection) or 18 02 02 (Wastes from human or animal health care and/or related research –
wastes from research, diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease involving animals – wastes whose
collection and disposal is subject to special requirements in order to prevent infection) according to
the list of wastes annexed to the Commission Decision 2000/532/EC4 as amended, shall be classified
according to the provisions set out in this paragraph, based on the medical or veterinary diagnosis
concerning the patient or the animal.

infectious substances shall be assigned to UN No. 3291. For the assignment, international, regional or
national waste catalogues may be taken into account.
NOTE 1: The proper shipping name for UN No. 3291 is "CLINICAL WASTE, UNSPECIFIED,
N.O.S." or "(BIO) MEDICAL WASTE, N.O.S". or "REGULATED MEDICAL WASTE, N.O.S.".
NOTE 2: Notwithstanding the classification criteria set out above, medical or clinical wastes
assigned to number 18 01 04 (Wastes from human or animal health care and/or related research –
wastes from natal care, diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease in humans – wastes whose
collection and disposal is not subject to special requirements in order to prevent infection) or
18 02 03 (Wastes from human or animal health care and/or related research – wastes from research,
diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease involving animals – wastes whose collection and
disposal is not subject to special requirements in order to prevent infection) according to the list of
wastes annexed to the Commission Decision 2000/532/EC5 as amended, are not subject to the
provisions of ADR.

Decontaminated medical or clinical wastes which previously contained infectious substances are not
subject to the provisions of ADR unless they meet the criteria for inclusion in another class.

Medical or clinical wastes assigned to UN No. 3291 are assigned to packing group II.

Infected animals

Unless an infectious substance cannot be consigned by any other means, live animals shall not be used
to consign such a substance. A live animal which has been intentionally infected and is known or
suspected to contain an infectious substance shall only be carried under terms and conditions
approved by the competent authority.
NOTE: The approval of the competent authorities shall be issued on the basis of the relevant rules
for the carriage of live animals, taking into consideration dangerous goods aspects. The authorities
that are competent to lay down these conditions and rules for approval shall be regulated at national
level.
If there is no approval by a competent authority of a Contracting Party to ADR, the competent
authority of a Contracting Party to ADR may recognize an approval issued by the competent authority
of a country that is not a Contracting Party to ADR.
Rules for the carriage of livestock are, for example, contained in Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005
of 22 December 2004 on the protection of animals during transport (Official Journal of the European
Union No L 3 of 5 January 2005) as amended.

 

Animal material affected by pathogens of Category A or by pathogens which would be assigned to
Category A in cultures only, shall be assigned to UN 2814 or UN 2900 as appropriate. Animal
material affected by pathogens of Category B, other than those which would be assigned to Category
A if they were in cultures, shall be assigned to UN 3373.

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Live vertebrate or invertebrate animals shall not be used to carry an infectious agent unless the agent
cannot be carried by other means or unless this carriage has been approved by the competent authority
(see 2.2.62.1.12.1).

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Class 7 Radioactive material

Definitions

Radioactive material means any material containing radionuclides where both the activity
concentration and the total activity in the consignment exceed the values specified in 2.2.7.2.2.1 to
2.2.7.2.2.6.

Contamination

Contamination means the presence of a radioactive substance on a surface in quantities in excess of
0.4 Bq/cm2 for beta and gamma emitters and low toxicity alpha emitters, or 0.04 Bq/cm2 for all other
alpha emitters.
Non-fixed contamination means contamination that can be removed from a surface during routine
conditions of carriage.
Fixed contamination means contamination other than non-fixed contamination.
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