1. Main regulatory texts
Packaging designed to contain dangerous goods must ensure the safety of people and property while being handled, transported, stored...
As the most fragile constraints are those of transport (shocks, vibrations, handling and manipulation), reference will be made to the various texts in force applicable to transport by land, sea and air. Packaging designed to contain dangerous goods must :
withstand all mechanical and physico-chemical stresses;
retain its contents;
be compatible with its content;
preserve other goods ;
be appropriate to the hazards presented.
A synthesis of these rules, combined with an effort to standardize them, has enabled the...
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Main regulatory texts
Classifications and codifications
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Standardization
Association Française de Normalisation AFNOR http://www.boutique.afnor.fr
- Exigences et méthodes d'essais pour emballages refermables (ISO 8317 - Avril 2003) - NF EN 28317 - janv. 1993
- Emballages à l'épreuve des enfants. Exigences et méthodes d'essai pour emballages non refermables pour les produits non pharmaceutiques....
Regulations
IMDG Code IMO International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code. Periodic updates.
ICAO Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air. Doc 9284-AN/905.
ADR European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road.
RID UN Regulations concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail....
Organizations (non-exhaustive list)
International Maritime Organization IMO http://www.imo.org/index.htm
United Nations United Nations http://www.un.org/
Approved laboratories
Bureau de Vérifications Techniques (BVT)
All types of packaging and small containers. Aerosols, drop tests, leak tests, internal pressure tests, static compression tests, chemical compatibility tests, permeability tests, flash point tests for flammable liquids, professional training.
SNCF test center
The Center is authorized to test and inspect...
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