ADR packing instruction P136

Heading in ADR: “P136 PACKING INSTRUCTION”

Explosive articles in plastics or textile bags, inner boxes or partitions of the outer, inside boxes or drums.

Class 1 packing instruction: it sets out which inner, intermediate and outer packagings may be combined for the explosives assigned to it, and 4.1.1, 4.1.3 and the explosives rules of 4.1.5 apply on top. Inners are plastics or textile bags, fibreboard, plastics or wood boxes, or dividing partitions in the outer packaging.

Permitted packagings
TypeCodePacking groupsMax capacity (L)Max net mass (kg)
boxes (outer) — inner: inner: bags (plastics, textile), boxes (fibreboard, plastics, wood) or dividing partitions in the outer packaging; intermediate: not necessary4A, 4B, 4N, 4C1, 4C2, 4D, 4F, 4G, 4H2———
drums (outer) — inner: inner: bags (plastics, textile), boxes (fibreboard, plastics, wood) or dividing partitions in the outer packaging; intermediate: not necessary1A1, 1A2, 1B1, 1B2, 1N1, 1N2, 1D, 1G, 1H1, 1H2———

Refers to: 4.1.1; 4.1.3; 4.1.5.

Carried by 4 Table A entries

UN 0055 · UN 0379 · UN 0446 · UN 0447

Source: ADR 2025 (ECE/TRANS/352), Volume II, section 4.1.4.1, P136, page 71.

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