Resolution MSC.205(81)
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME DANGEROUS GOODS (IMDG)
CODE
(adopted
on 18 May 2006)
THE
MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEE,
RECALLING
Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization concerning
the functions of the Committee,
NOTING
resolution MSC.122(75) by which it adopted the International Maritime Dangerous
Goods Code (hereinafter referred to as "the IMDG Code"), which has
become mandatory under chapter VII of the International Convention for the
Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended (hereinafter referred to as "the
Convention"),
NOTING
ALSO article VIII(b) and regulation VII/1.1 of the Convention concerning the
amendment procedure for amending the IMDG Code,
HAVING
CONSIDERED, at its eighty-first session, amendments to the IMDG Code, proposed
and circulated in accordance with article VIII(b)(i) of the Convention,
1.
ADOPTS, in accordance with article VIII(b)(iv) of the Convention, amendments to
the IMDG Code, the text of which is set out in the Annex to the present
resolution;
2.
DETERMINES, in accordance with article VIII(b)(vi)(2)(bb) of the Convention,
that the said amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted on 1 July 2007,
unless, prior to that date, more than one third of the Contracting Governments
to the Convention or Contracting Governments the combined merchant fleets of
which constitute not less than 50% of the gross tonnage of the world’ s
merchant fleet, have notified their objections to the amendments;
3.
INVITES Contracting Governments to the Convention to note that, in accordance
with article VIII(b)(vii)(2) of the Convention, the amendments shall enter into
force on 1 January 2008 upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2
above;
4.
AGREES that Contracting Governments to the Convention may apply the
aforementioned amendments in whole or in part on a voluntary basis as from 1
January 2007;
5.
REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in conformity with article VIII(b)(v) of the
Convention, to transmit certified copies of the present resolution and the text
of the amendments contained in the Annex to all Contracting Governments to the
Convention;
6.
FURTHER REQUESTS the Secretary-General to transmit copies of this resolution
and its Annex to Members of the Organization, which are not Contracting
Governments to the Convention.
Annex.
AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME DANGEROUS GOODS (IMDG) CODE
(RESOLUTION MSC.122(75))
1.1.3.2.3
Insert the following new first sentence "Doses to persons shall be below
the relevant dose limits".
At
the end of the second sentence, replace: "and doses to persons shall be
below the relevant dose limits", with "within the restriction that
the doses to individuals be subject to dose constraints.".
1.1.3.2.4
Replace "the radiation hazards involved and" with "radiation
protection including".
Replace
"to ensure restriction of their exposure and that" with "to
restrict their occupational exposure and the exposure".
1.1.3.2.5
In the French version, replace "dose effective" with "dose
efficace". Delete indent .1 and renumber .2 and .3 as .1 and .2.
1.1.3.4.1
Insert "of radioactive material" after "which
consignments". Delete "applicable to radioactive material" at
the end.
1.1.3.4.2
Delete "international", in the last sentence.
1.2.1
In the definition of "Elevated temperature substance", amend
"61°C" to read "60°C". In the definition of
"Remanufactured IBCs", amend "6.5.4.1.1" to read
"6.5.6.1.1".
1.2.3
Add the following abbreviations in alphabetical order:
"ASTM -
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor
Drive, P.O. Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA, 19428-2959, United States of
America);"
"CGA -
Compressed Gas Association (CGA, 4221 Walney Road, 5th Floor, Chantilly VA
20151-2923, United States of America);"
"EN -
(standard) means a European standard published by the European Committee for
Standardization (CEN) (CEN – 36 rue de Stassart, B-1050 Brussels,
Belgium);"
"IAEA -
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA, P.O. Box 100 – A -1400 Vienna,
Austria);"
"ICAO -
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO, 999 University Street,
Montreal, Quebec H3C 5H7, Canada);"
"IMO -
International Maritime Organization (IMO, 4 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SR,
United Kingdom);"
"ISO -
(standard) an international standard published by the International
Organization for Standardization (ISO - 1, rue de Varembe, CH-1204 Geneva 20,
Switzerland);"
"UNECE -
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE, Palais des Nations, 8-14
avenue de la Paix, CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland);"
and
delete the current abbreviations and text against IAEA, IMO, ISO and UN ECE and
provide addresses of other organizations.
1.4.3.1
For class 6.2, insert "(UN Nos. 2814 and 2900)" after "Category
A". For class 7, replace "type B or type C" with "Type B(U)
or Type B(M) or Type C". Delete the last paragraph.
1.4.3.5
Add a new paragraph after 1.4.3.4 to read as follows:
"1.4.3.5
For radioactive material, the provisions of this chapter are deemed to be
complied with when the provisions of the Convention on Physical Protection of
Nuclear Material and of IAEA INFCIRC/225 (Rev.4) are applied".
2.0.2.4
Amend "2.5.3.3.2" to read "2.5.3.3".
2.1.3.5
Insert the following new paragraphs:
"2.1.3.5
Assignment of fireworks to hazard divisions
2.1.3.5.1
Fireworks shall normally be assigned to hazard divisions 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, and 1.4
on the basis of test data derived from Test Series 6 of the United Nations
Manual of Test and Criteria. However, since the range of such articles is very
extensive and the availability of test facilities may be limited, assignment to
hazard divisions may also be made in accordance with the procedure in
2.1.3.5.2.
2.1.3.5.2
Assignment of fireworks to UN Nos.0333, 0334, 0335 or 0336 may be made on the
basis of analogy, without the need for Test Series 6 testing, in accordance
with the default fireworks classification table in 2.1.3.5.5. Such assignment
shall be made with the agreement of the competent authority. Items not
specified in the table shall be classified on the basis of test data derived
from Test Series 6 of the United Nations Manual of Test and Criteria.
NOTE: The addition of other
types of fireworks to column 1 of the table in 2.1.3.5.5 shall only be made on
the basis of full test data submitted to the UN Sub-Committee of Experts on the
Transport of Dangerous Goods for consideration.
2.1.3.5.3
Where fireworks of more than one hazard division are packed in the same package
they shall be classified on the basis of the highest hazard division unless
test data derived from Test Series 6 of the United Nations Manual of Test and
Criteria indicate otherwise.
2.1.3.5.4
The classification shown in the table in 2.1.3.5.5 applies only for articles
packed in fibreboard boxes (4G).
2.1.3.5.5
Default fireworks classification table*
______________
* This table contains a list of firework
classifications that may be used in the absence of Test Series 6, of the United
Nations Manual of Test and Criteria, data (see 2.1.3.5.2).
NOTE 1: References to
percentages in the table, unless otherwise stated, are to the mass of all
pyrotechnic composition (e.g., rocket motors, lifting charge, bursting charge
and effect charge).
NOTE 2: "Flash
composition" in this table refers to pyrotechnic compositions containing
an oxidizing substance, or black powder, and a metal powder fuel that are used
to produce an aural report effect or used as a bursting charge in fireworks
devices.
NOTE 3: Dimensions in mm
refers to:
- for spherical and peanut
shells the diameter of the sphere of the shell;
- for cylinder shells the
length of the shell;
- for a shell in mortar,
Roman candle, shot tube firework or mine the inside diameter of the tube
comprising or containing the firework;
- for a bag mine or cylinder
mine, the inside diameter of the mortar intended to contain the mine.
|
Type
|
Includes:
/ Synonym: |
Definition
|
Specification
|
Classification
|
|
Shell, spherical or
cylindrical |
Spherical display shell:
aerial shell, colour shell, dye shell, multi-break shell, multi-effect shell,
nautical shell, parachute shell, smoke shell, star shell; report shell:
maroon, salute, sound shell, thunderclap, aerial shell kit |
Device with or without
propellant charge, with delay fuse and bursting charge, pyrotechnic unit(s)
or loose pyrotechnic composition and designed to be projected from a mortar |
All report shells |
1.1G |
|
Colour shell: ≥ 180
mm |
1.1G |
|||
|
Colour shell: < 180 mm
with > 25% flash composition, as loose powder and/ or report effects |
1.1G |
|||
|
Colour shell: < 180 mm
with ≤ 25% flash composition, as loose powder and/ or report effects |
1.3G |
|||
|
Colour shell: ≤ 50
mm, or ≤ 60 g pyrotechnic composition, with ≤ 2% flash
composition as loose powder and/ or report effects |
1.4G |
|||
|
Peanut shell |
Device with two or more
spherical aerial shells in a common wrapper propelled by the same propellant
charge with separate external delay fuses |
The most hazardous
spherical aerial shell determines the classification |
||
|
Preloaded mortar, shell in
mortar |
Assembly comprising a
spherical or cylindrical shell inside a mortar from which the shell is
designed to be projected |
All report shells |
1.1G |
|
|
Colour shell: ≥ 180
mm |
1.1G |
|||
|
Colour shell: > 50 mm
and < 180 mm |
1.2G |
|||
|
Colour shell: ≤ 50
mm, or < 60 g pyrotechnic composition, with ≤ 25% flash composition
as loose powder and/ or report effects |
1.3G |
|||
|
Type
|
Includes:
/ Synonym: |
Definition
|
Specification
|
Classification
|
|
Shell, spherical or
cylindrical (cont’d) |
Shell of shells
(spherical) (Reference to percentages for shell of shells are to the gross
mass of the fireworks article) |
Device without propellant
charge, with delay fuse and bursting charge, containing report shells and
inert materials and designed to be projected from a mortar |
> 120 mm |
1.1G |
|
|
|
Device without propellant
charge, with delay fuse and bursting charge, containing report shells ≤
25g flash composition per report unit, with ≤ 33% flash composition and
≥ 60% inert materials and designed to be projected from a mortar |
≤ 120 mm |
1.3G |
|
|
|
Device without propellant
charge, with delay fuse and bursting charge, containing colour shells and/or
pyrotechnic units and designed to be projected from a mortar |
> 300 mm |
1.1G |
|
|
|
Device without propellant
charge, with delay fuse and bursting charge, containing colour shells ≤
70mm and/or pyrotechnic units, with ≤ 25% flash composition and ≤
60% pyrotechnic composition and designed to be projected from a mortar |
> 200 mm and ≤
300 mm |
1.3G |
|
|
|
Device with propellant
charge, with delay fuse and bursting charge, containing colour shells ≤
70 mm and/or pyrotechnic units, with ≤ 25% flash composition and
≤ 60% pyrotechnic composition and designed to be projected from a
mortar |
≤ 200 mm |
1.3G |
|
Battery/ combination |
Barrage, bombardos, cakes,
finale box, flowerbed, hybrid, multiple tubes, shell cakes, banger batteries,
flash banger batteries |
Assembly including several
elements either containing the same type or several types each corresponding
to one of the types of fireworks listed in this table, with one or two points
of ignition |
The most hazardous
firework type determines the classification |
|
|
Type
|
Includes:
/ Synonym: |
Definition
|
Specification
|
Classification
|
|
Roman candle |
Exhibition candle, candle,
bombettes |
Tube containing a series
of pyrotechnic units consisting of alternate pyrotechnic composition,
propellant charge, and transmitting fuse |
≥ 50 mm inner
diameter, containing flash composition, or <50 mm with >25% flash
composition |
1.1G |
|
|
|
|
≥ 50 mm inner
diameter, containing no flash composition |
1.2G |
|
|
|
|
< 50 mm inner diameter
and ≤25% flash composition |
1.3G |
|
|
|
|
≤ 30 mm inner
diameter, each pyrotechnic unit ≤ 25 g and ≤ 5% flash composition
|
1.4G |
|
Shot tube |
Single shot Roman candle,
small preloaded mortar |
Tube containing a
pyrotechnic unit consisting of pyrotechnic composition, propellant charge
with or without transmitting fuse |
≤ 30 mm inner
diameter and pyrotechnic unit > 25 g, or > 5% and ≤ 25% flash
composition |
1.3G |
|
|
|
|
≤ 30 mm inner
diameter, pyrotechnic unit ≤ 25 g and ≤ 5% flash composition |
1.4G |
|
Rocket |
Avalanche rocket, signal
rocket, whistling rocket, bottle rocket, sky rocket, missile type rocket,
table rocket |
Tube containing
pyrotechnic composition and/or pyrotechnic units, equipped with stick(s) or
other means for stabilization of flight, and designed to be propelled into
the air |
Flash composition effects
only |
1.1G |
|
Flash composition > 25%
of the pyrotechnic composition |
1.1G |
|||
|
> 20 g pyrotechnic
composition and flash composition ≤ 25 % |
1.3G |
|||
|
≤ 20 g pyrotechnic
composition, black powder bursting charge and ≤ 0.13 g flash
composition per report and ≤ 1 g in total |
1.4G |
|
Type
|
Includes:
/ Synonym: |
Definition
|
Specification
|
Classification
|
|
Mine |
Pot-au-feu, ground mine, bag
mine, cylinder mine |
Tube containing propellant
charge and pyrotechnic units and designed to be placed |
> 25% flash
composition, as loose powder and/ or report effects |
1.1G |
|
|
|
on the ground or to be
fixed in the ground. The principal effect is ejection of all the pyrotechnic
units in a single burst producing a widely dispersed visual and/or aural
effect in |
≥ 180 mm and ≤
25% flash composition, as loose powder and/ or report effects |
1.1G |
|
|
|
the air or: Cloth or paper
bag or cloth or paper cylinder containing propellant charge and pyrotechnic |
< 180 mm and ≤
25% flash composition, as loose powder and/ or report effects |
1.3G |
|
|
|
units, designed to be
placed in a mortar and to function as a mine |
≤ 150 g pyrotechnic
composition, containing ≤ 5% flash composition as loose powder and/ or
report effects. Each pyrotechnic unit ≤ 25 g, each report effect <
2g ; each whistle, if any, ≤ 3 g |
1.4G |
|
Fountain |
Volcanos, gerbs, showers,
lances, |
Non-metallic case
containing pressed or |
≥ 1 kg pyrotechnic
composition |
1.3G |
|
|
Bengal fire, flitter
sparkle, cylindrical fountains, cone fountains, illuminating torch |
consolidated pyrotechnic
composition producing sparks and flame |
< 1 kg pyrotechnic
composition |
1.4G |
|
Sparkler |
Handheld sparklers,
non-handheld sparklers, wire sparklers |
Rigid wire partially
coated (along one end) with slow burning pyrotechnic composition |
Perchlorate based
sparklers: > 5 g per item or > 10 items per pack |
1.3G |
|
|
|
with or without an
ignition tip |
Perchlorate based
sparklers: ≤ 5 g per item and ≤ 10 items per pack; Nitrate based
sparklers: ≤ 30 g per item |
1.4G |
|
Bengal stick |
Dipped stick |
Non-metallic stick
partially coated (along one end) with slow-burning pyrotechnic |
Perchlorate based items:
> 5 g per item or > 10 items per pack |
1.3G |
|
Type
|
Includes:
/ Synonym: |
Definition
|
Specification
|
Classification
|
|
|
|
composition and designed
to be held in the hand |
Perchlorate based items:
≤5 g per item and ≤ 10 items per pack; nitrate based items:
≤ 30 g per item |
1.4G |
|
Low hazard fireworks and
novelties |
Table bombs, throwdowns,
crackling granules, smokes, fog, snakes, glow worm, serpents, snaps, party
poppers |
Device designed to produce
very limited visible and/ or audible effect which contains small amounts of
pyrotechnic and/ or explosive composition |
Throwdowns and snaps may
contain up to 1.6 mg of silver fulminate; snaps and party poppers may contain
up to 16 mg of potassium chlorate/ red phosphorous mixture; other articles
may contain up to 5 g of pyrotechnic composition, but no flash composition |
1.4G |
|
Spinner |
Aerial spinner,
helicopter, chaser, ground spinner |
Non-metallic tube or tubes
containing gas- or spark-producing pyrotechnic composition, with or without
noise producing composition, with or without aerofoils attached |
Pyrotechnic composition
per item > 20 g, containing ≤ 3% flash composition as report
effects, or whistle composition ≤ 5 g |
1.3G |
|
|
|
|
Pyrotechnic composition
per item ≤ 20 g, containing ≤ 3% flash composition as report
effects, or whistle composition ≤ 5 g |
1.4G |
|
Wheels |
Catherine wheels, Saxon |
Assembly including drivers
containing pyrotechnic composition and provided with a means of attaching it
to a support so that it can rotate |
≥ 1 kg total
pyrotechnic composition, no report effect, each whistle (if any) ≤ 25 g
and ≤ 50 g whistle composition per wheel |
1.3G |
|
< 1 kg total
pyrotechnic composition, no report effect, each whistle (if any) ≤ 5 g
and ≤ 10 g whistle composition per wheel |
1.4G |
|
Type
|
Includes:
/ Synonym: |
Definition
|
Specification
|
Classification
|
|
Aerial wheel |
Flying Saxon, UFO’s,
rising crown |
Tubes containing
propellant charges and sparks- flame- and/ or noise producing pyrotechnic
compositions, the tubes being fixed to a supporting ring |
> 200 g total
pyrotechnic composition or > 60 g pyrotechnic composition per driver,
≤ 3% flash composition as report effects, each whistle (if any) ≤
25 g and ≤ 50 g whistle composition per wheel |
1.3G |
|
|
|
|
≤ 200 g total
pyrotechnic composition and ≤ 60 g pyrotechnic composition per driver,
≤ 3% flash composition as report effects, each whistle (if any) ≤
5 g and ≤ 10 g whistle composition per wheel |
1.4G |
|
Selection pack |
Display selection box,
display selection pack, garden selection box, indoor selection box;
assortment |
A pack of more than one
type each corresponding to one of the types of fireworks listed in this table
|
The most hazardous
firework type determines the classification |
|
|
Firecracker |
Celebration cracker,
celebration roll, string cracker |
Assembly of tubes (paper
or cardboard) linked by a pyrotechnic fuse, each tube intended to produce an
aural effect |
Each tube ≤ 140 mg
of flash composition or ≤ 1 g black powder |
1.4G |
|
Banger |
Salute, flash banger, lady
cracker |
Non-metallic tube
containing report composition intended to produce an aural effect |
> 2 g flash composition
per item |
1.1G |
|
≤ 2 g flash
composition per item and ≤ 10 g per inner packaging |
1.3G |
|||
|
≤ 1 g flash
composition per item and ≤ 10 g per inner packaging or ≤ 10 g
black powder per item |
1.4G |
|||
2.2.2.2
Delete "are transported at a pressure not less than 280 kPa at 20°C, or as
refrigerated liquids, and which".
2.2.2.5
Add a new paragraph to read as follows:
"2.2.2.5
Gases of class 2.2, other than refrigerated liquefied gases, are not subject to
the provisions of this Code if they are transported at an absolute pressure
less than 280 kPa at 20°C.".
2.3.1.2
Amend "61°C" to read "60°C".
2.3.2.5
First indent; amend "61°C" to read "60°C".
2.3.2.6
In the hazard grouping based on flammability table, amend "61" to
read "60".
2.4.2.3.1.1.2
Amend to read as follows:
".2 they
are oxidizing substances according to the classification procedure for class
5.1 (see 2.5.2) except that mixtures of oxidizing substances which contain 5.0%
or more of combustible organic substances shall be subjected to the classification
procedure defined in Note 3;".
Add
a new NOTE 3 to read as follows:
"NOTE 3: Mixtures of
oxidizing substances meeting the criteria of class 5.1 which contain 5.0% or
more of combustible organic substances, which do not