Chapter 2.9 – Miscellaneous dangerous goods substances and articles (Class 9) and environmentally hazardous substances
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Chapter 2.9 – Miscellaneous dangerous goods substances and articles (Class 9) and environmentally hazardous substances

Parent topic: Part 2 – Classification

2.9.1 Definitions

  2.9.1.2 The existing paragraph is deleted.

2.9.2 Assignment to class 9

  2.9.2.1 Subparagraphs .3 and .4 are deleted.

  2.9.2.2 Insert a new paragraph 2.9.2.2 with the following:

  • "2.9.2.2 The substances and articles of Class 9 are subdivided as follows:

    Substances which, on inhalation as fine dust, may endanger health
    2212 BLUE ASBESTOS (crocidolite) or
    2212 BROWN ASBESTOS (amosite, mysorite)
    2590 WHITE ASBESTOS (chrysotile, actinolite, anthophyllite, tremolite)
       
    Substances evolving flammable vapour
    2211 POLYMERIC BEADS, EXPANDABLE, evolving flammable vapour
    3314 PLASTICS MOULDING COMPOUND in dough, sheet or extruded rope form evolving flammable vapour
       
    Lithium batteries
    3090 LITHIUM METAL BATTERIES (including lithium alloy batteries)
    3091 LITHIUM METAL BATTERIES CONTAINED IN EQUIPMENT (including lithium alloy batteries) or
    3091 LITHIUM METAL BATTERIES PACKED WITH EQUIPMENT (including lithium alloy batteries)
    3480 LITHIUM ION BATTERIES (including lithium ion polymer batteries)
    3481 LITHIUM ION BATTERIES CONTAINED IN EQUIPMENT (including lithium ion polymer batteries) or
    3481 LITHIUM ION BATTERIES PACKED WITH EQUIPMENT (including lithium ion polymer batteries)
       
    Life-saving appliances
    2990 LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES, SELF-INFLATING
    3072 LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES NOT SELF-INFLATING containing dangerous goods as equipment
    3268 AIR BAG INFLATORS or
    3268 AIR BAG MODULES or
    3268 SEAT-BELT PRETENSIONERS
       
    Substances and articles which, in the event of fire, may form dioxins
    This group of substances includes:
    2315 POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS, LIQUID
    3432 POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS, SOLID
    3151 POLYHALOGENATED BIPHENYLS, LIQUID or
    3151 POLYHALOGENATED TERPHENYLS, LIQUID
    3152 POLYHALOGENATED BIPHENYLS, SOLID or
    3152 POLYHALOGENATED TERPHENYLS, SOLID
       
    Examples of articles are transformers, condensers and apparatus containing those substances.
       
    Substances transported or offered for transport at elevated temperatures
    3257 ELEVATED TEMPERATURE LIQUID, N.O.S., at or above 100°C and below its flashpoint (including molten metal, molten salts, etc.)
    3258 ELEVATED TEMPERATURE SOLID, N.O.S., at or above 240°C
       
    Environmentally hazardous substances
    3077 ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE, SOLID, N.O.S.
    3082 ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE, LIQUID, N.O.S.
       
    These entries are used for substances and mixtures which are dangerous to the aquatic environment that do not meet the classification criteria of any other class or another substance within Class 9. These entries may also be used for wastes not otherwise subject to the provisions of this Code but which are covered under the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal and for substances designated to be environmentally hazardous substances by the competent authority of the country of origin, transit or destination which do not meet the criteria for an environmentally hazardous substance according to the provisions of this Code or for any other hazard Class. The criteria for substances which are hazardous to the aquatic environment are given in section 2.9.3.
       
    Genetically modified micro-organisms (GMMOs) and genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
    3245 GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICRO-ORGANISMS or
    3245 GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS
    GMMOs and GMOs which do not meet the definition of toxic substances (see 2.6.2) or infectious substances (see 2.6.3) shall be assigned to UN 3245.
    GMMOs or GMOs are not subject to the provisions of this Code when authorized for use by the competent authorities of the countries of origin, transit and destination.
    Genetically modified live animals shall be transported under terms and conditions of the competent authorities of the countries of origin and destination.
       
    Other substances or articles presenting a danger during transport, but not meeting the definitions of another class:
    1841 ACETALDEHYDE AMMONIA
    1845 CARBON DIOXIDE, SOLID (DRY ICE)
    1931 ZINC DITHIONITE (ZINC HYDROSULPHITE)
    1941 DIBROMODIFLUOROMETHANE
    1990 BENZALDEHYDE
    2071 AMMONIUM NITRATE BASED FERTILISER
    2216 FISH MEAL (FISH SCRAP), STABILIZED
    2807 MAGNETIZED MATERIALfootnote
    2969 CASTOR BEANS or
    2969 CASTOR MEAL or
    2969 CASTOR POMACE or
    2969 CASTOR FLAKE
    3166 ENGINE, INTERNAL COMBUSTION or
    3166 VEHICLE, FLAMMABLE GAS POWERED or
    3166 VEHICLE, FLAMMABLE LIQUID POWERED or
    3166 ENGINE, FUEL CELL, FLAMMABLE GAS POWERED or
    3166 ENGINE, FUEL CELL, FLAMMABLE LIQUID POWERED or
    3166 VEHICLE, FUEL CELL, FLAMMABLE GAS POWERED or
    3166 VEHICLE, FUEL CELL, FLAMMABLE LIQUID POWERED
    3171 BATTERY-POWERED VEHICLE or
    3171 BATTERY-POWERED EQUIPMENT
    3316 CHEMICAL KIT or
    3316 FIRST AID KIT
    3334 AVIATION REGULATED LIQUID, N.O.S.footnote
    3335 AVIATION REGULATED SOLID, N.O.S.footnote
    3359 FUMIGATED CARGO TRANSPORT UNIT
    3363 DANGEROUS GOODS IN MACHINERY or
    3363 DANGEROUS GOODS IN APPARATUS
    3496 BATTERIES, NICKEL-METAL HYDRIDE".

2.9.3 Environmentally hazardous substances (aquatic environment)

2.9.3.1 General definitions

  2.9.3.1.1 The definition of "Substance" is replaced by the following:

  • "Substance means chemical elements and their compounds in the natural state or obtained by any production process, including any additive necessary to preserve the stability of the product and any impurities deriving from the process used, but excluding any solvent which may be separated without affecting the stability of the substance or changing its composition".

2.9.3.2 Definitions and data requirements

  2.9.3.2.2 In the second sentence, before the word "freshwater", insert the words "it has been agreed that".

  2.9.3.2.3 Replace second and third sentence with the following:

  • "These species are considered as surrogate for all aquatic organisms and data on other species such as Lemna, may also be considered if the test methodology is suitable".

  2.9.3.2.5 In the third sentence, delete the word "aquatic".

  2.9.3.2.5 The fourth sentence is replaced by the following:

  • "These are fresh water tests and thus the use of the results from OECD Test Guideline 306, which is more suitable for marine environments, has also been included".

2.9.3.4 Mixtures classification categories and criteria

  2.9.3.4.3.2 In the first paragraph, the last sentence is replaced by the following:

  • "When chronic (long term) toxicity data (NOEC) are also available, they shall be used as well".

  2.9.3.4.4.1 In the first sentence, replace the words "this data" with "these data".

  2.9.3.4.5.1 In the first sentence, the words "classification of its ingredients" are replaced with "concentrations of its classified ingredients".

  2.9.3.4.5.2 The first sentence is replaced with the following:

  • "Mixtures may be made of a combination of both ingredients that are classified (as Acute 1 and/or Chronic 1, 2) and those for which adequate test data are available."

and in the second sentence replace "toxicity data is available" with "toxicity data are available".

  2.9.3.4.6.1.1 In the last sentence, the words "and it is not necessary therefore to undergo the further classification procedure" are replaced with "; therefore, it is not necessary to pursue the classification procedure further".

  2.9.3.4.6.4.1 The first sentence is replaced with the following:

  • "Category acute 1 ingredients with toxicities well below 1 mg/⋉ may influence the toxicity of the mixture and are given increased weight in applying the summation method."

and the second sentence is replaced by the following:

  • "When a mixture contains ingredients classified as acute 1 or chronic 1, the tiered approach described in 2.9.3.4.6.2 and 2.9.3.4.6.3 shall be applied using a weighted sum by multiplying the concentrations of acute 1 ingredients by a factor, instead of merely adding up the percentages".

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