Anno: 2015

These recommendations have been developed in the light of technical progress, the advent of new substances and materials, the exigencies of modern transport systems and, above all, the requirement to ensure the safety of people, property and the environment. They are addressed to governments and international organisations concerned with the regulation of the transport of dangerous goods.

The Model Regulations cover the classification of dangerous goods, their listing, the use, construction, testing and approval of packagings and portable tanks, as well as consignment procedures such as marking, labelling, placarding and documentation.

This nineteenth revised edition contains various new and revised provisions concerning, inter alia, the transport of viscous liquids; gases; polymerizing substances; internal combustion engines or machinery powered by flammable liquids or gases; electric vehicles; lithium batteries and ammonia dispensing systems..

ST/SG/AC.10/1/Rev.19
Complete set of two volumes
Sales No. 15.VIII.1
ISBN 978-92-1-139154-1
Price: US$ 160
Languages: E, F (A, C, R, S forthcoming)

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Previous editions and CD-ROM of this publication are also available: bibliographic information on all editions and language versions

For more information on these recommendations, visit the UN Model Regulations section of the UNECE Transport Division Website.

The GHS addresses classification of chemicals by types of hazard and proposes harmonized hazard communication elements, including labels and safety data sheets.
It aims at ensuring that information on physical hazards and toxicity from chemicals be available in order to enhance the protection of human health and the environment during the handling, transport and use of these chemicals.

The GHS also provides a basis for harmonization of rules and regulations on chemicals at national, regional and worldwide level.

The sixth revised edition of the GHS contains various new or revised provisions including, inter alia, a new hazard class for desensitized explosives and a new hazard category for pyrophoric gases; miscellaneous provisions intended to clarify the criteria for some hazard classes (explosives, specific target organ toxicity following single exposure, aspiration hazard and hazardous to the aquatic environment); additional information to be included in the Safety Data Sheets (section 9); revised and further rationalized precautionary statements and a new example in Annex 7 addressing labelling of small packagings.

ST/SG/AC.10/30/Rev.6
Sales No. E.15.II.E.5
ISBN: 978-92-1-117087-0
eISBN: 978-92-1-057320-7
Languages: EN

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