Design, manufacture and use of large packagings for the transportation of dangerous goods, classes 3, 4, 5, 6.1, 8, and 9

Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB)
Standards Development Organisation:
Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB)
Working Program:
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Designation Number:
CAN/CGSB-43.145
Standard Type:
National Standard of Canada - Domestic
Standard Development Activity:
New Edition
ICS code(s):
55.020
Status:
Proceeding to development
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Scope:

This standard sets out the requirements for designing, manufacturing and marking of UN standardized large packagings and for selecting and using large packagings for the transportation of dangerous goods of Class 3, 4, 5, 6.1, 8 and 9. This standard consists of two parts and two annexes.

Part I contains the requirements for the design, manufacture and marking of UN standardized large packagings.

Part II contains the requirements for the selection and use of large packagings for the transportation of dangerous goods of Class 3, 4, 5, 6.1, 8 and 9.

Annex A sets out the minimum requirements for the completion of a UN standardized large packaging design report submitted to the Director.

Annex B, Part 1 contains a list of packing instruction numbers for dangerous goods.

Annex B, Part 2 contains the detailed packing instruction information.

NOTE 1 Requirements on the packaging, handling, offering for transport and transport of Explosives (Class 1) may be found in the CAN/CGSB-43.151 standard.

NOTE 2 Requirements on the packaging, handling, offering for transport and transport of used Aerosols (Class 2) may be found in the CAN/CGSB-43.123 standard.

Project need:

The purpose of the project is to update the standard to align definitions with UN recommendations.

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