Chapter I – Regulations common to all systems of approval

  1 After the heading of chapter I, the following text is inserted:

• General Provisions

• The following definitions shall be applied for the purpose of this annex:

• The letter g means the standard acceleration of gravity; g equals 9.8 m/s².

• The word load, when used to describe a physical quantity to which units may be ascribed, signifies mass.

• Maximum operating gross mass or Rating or R means the maximum allowable sum of the mass of the container and its cargo. The letter R is expressed in units of mass. Where the annexes are based on gravitational forces derived from this value, that force, which is an inertial force, is indicated as Rg.

• Maximum permissible payload or P means the difference between maximum operating gross mass or rating and tare. The letter P is expressed in units of mass. Where the annexes are based on the gravitational forces derived from this value, that force, which is an inertial force, is indicated as Pg.

• Tare means the mass of the empty container, including permanently affixed ancillary equipment.

  Regulation 1 – Safety Approval Plate

  2 Subparagraph 1(b) of regulation 1 is amended as follows:

• (b) On each container, all maximum operating gross mass markings shall be consistent with the maximum operating gross mass information on the Safety Approval Plate.

  3 Subparagraph 2(a) is amended as follows:

• (a) The plate shall contain the following information in at least the English or French language:

• ''CSC SAFETY APPROVAL''

• Country of approval and approval reference

• Date (month and year) of manufacture

• Manufacturer's identification number of the container or, in the case of existing containers for which that number is unknown, the number allotted by the Administration

• Maximum operating gross mass (kg and lbs)

• Allowable stacking load for 1.8 g (kg and lbs)

• Transverse racking test force (newtons);

  4 At the end of paragraph 3, a new text is added as follows:

• , at or before their next scheduled examination or before any other date approved by the Administration, provided this is not later than 1 July 2015.

  5 After the existing paragraph 4, a new paragraph 5 is added as follows:

• 5 A container, the construction of which was completed prior to 1 July 2014, may retain the Safety Approval Plate as permitted by the Convention prior to that date as long as no structural modifications occur to that container.