Dangerous Goods by Road
generic and "not otherwise specified" proper shipping names that are assigned to special provision
274 or 318 in column (6) of table a in chapter 3.2 shall be supplemented with the technical name of
the goods unless a national law or international convention prohibits its disclosure if it is a controlled
substance. for explosives of class 1, the dangerous goods description may be supplemented by
additional descriptive text to indicate commercial or military names. technical names shall be entered
in brackets immediately following the proper shipping name. an appropriate modifier, such as
"contains" or "containing" or other qualifying words such as "mixture", "solution", etc. and the
percentage of the technical constituent may also be used. for example: "un 1993 flammable
liquid, n.o.s. (contains xylene and benzene), 3, ii".