Dangerous Goods by Road
A plate made of non-corroding metal shall be durably attached to every packaging in a readily
accessible place. The method of attaching the plate must not impair the strength of the packaging.
The following particulars, at least, shall be marked on the plate by stamping or by any other
equivalent method:
- Approval number;
- Manufacturer's serial number;
- Maximum working pressure (gauge pressure);
- Test pressure (gauge pressure);
- Contents: uranium hexafluoride;
- Capacity in litres;
- Maximum permissible filling mass of uranium hexafluoride;
- Tare mass;
- Date (month, year) of the initial test and the most recent periodic test;
- Stamp of the expert who performed the tests.
Approvals of package designs and materials
The approval of designs for packages containing 0.1 kg or more of uranium hexafluoride requires that:
(a) Each design that meets the requirements of 6.4.6.4 shall require multilateral approval;
(b) Each design that meets the requirements of 6.4.6.1 to 6.4.6.3 shall require unilateral approval
by the competent authority of the country of origin of the design, unless multilateral approval is
otherwise required by ADR.
Each Type B(U) and Type C package design shall require unilateral approval, except that:
(a) A package design for fissile material, which is also subject to 6.4.22.4, 6.4.23.7, and 5.1.5.2.1
shall require multilateral approval; and
(b) A Type B(U) package design for low dispersible radioactive material shall require multilateral
approval.
Each Type B(M) package design, including those for fissile material which are also subject to the
requirements of 6.4.22.4, 6.4.23.7, and 5.1.5.2.1 and those for low dispersible radioactive material,
shall require multilateral approval.
Each package design for fissile material which is not excepted by any of the paragraphs 2.2.7.2.3.5 (a)
to (f), 6.4.11.2 and 6.4.11.3 shall require multilateral approval.
The design for special form radioactive material shall require unilateral approval. The design for low
dispersible radioactive material shall require multilateral approval (see also 6.4.23.8).
The design for a fissile material excepted from "FISSILE" classification in accordance with
2.2.7.2.3.5 (f) shall require multilateral approval.
Alternative activity limits for an exempt consignment of instruments or articles in accordance with
2.2.7.2.2.2 (b) shall require multilateral approval.
Any design that requires unilateral approval originating in a country Contracting Party to ADR shall
be approved by the competent authority of this country; if the country where the package design has
been designed is not a Contracting Party to ADR, carriage is possible on condition that:
(a) A certificate has been supplied by this country, proving that the package design satisfies the
technical requirements of ADR, and that this certificate is validated by a competent authority
of an ADR Contracting Party;
(b) If no certificate and no existing package design approval by a country Contracting Party to
ADR has been supplied, the package design is approved by the competent authority of an ADR
Contracting Party.
For designs approved under the transitional measures see 1.6.6.
Applications and approvals for radioactive material carriage
(Reserved)
An application for approval of shipment shall include:
(a) The period of time, related to the shipment, for which the approval is sought;
(b) The actual radioactive contents, the expected modes of carriage, the type of vehicle, and the
probable or proposed route; and
(c) The details of how the precautions and administrative or operational controls, referred to in
the certificate of approval for the package design, if applicable, issued under 5.1.5.2.1 (a) (v),
(vi) or (vii), are to be put into effect.
An application for approval of shipments under special arrangement shall include all the
information
necessary to satisfy the competent authority that the overall level of safety in carriage is at
least equivalent to that which would be provided if all the applicable requirements of ADR had been
met.
The application shall also include:
(a) A statement of the respects in which, and of the reasons why, the shipment cannot be made in
full accordance with the applicable requirements of ADR; and
(b) A statement of any special precautions or special administrative or operational controls
which are to be employed during carriage to compensate for the failure to meet the applicable
requirements of ADR.