ADR packing instruction P207

Heading in ADR: “P207 PACKING INSTRUCTION”

Aerosols (UN 1950): PG II drums or boxes, or rigid outers up to 55 kg (fibreboard) / 125 kg (other); aerosols kept from moving or discharging.

Covers UN 1950. Aerosols may go either in drums or boxes meeting packing group II performance, or in rigid outer packagings with a maximum net mass of 55 kg for fibreboard and 125 kg for other materials, for which 4.1.1.3 need not be met. Whichever option is used, the packaging must stop the aerosols moving excessively and discharging by accident during normal carriage. General rules 4.1.1 and 4.1.3 apply.

Limits
ValueApplies when
55 kgmaximum net mass, fibreboard rigid outer packaging
125 kgmaximum net mass, other rigid outer packaging
Permitted packagings
TypeCodePacking groupsMax capacity (L)Max net mass (kg)
drums1A1, 1A2, 1B1, 1B2, 1N1, 1N2, 1H1, 1H2, 1D, 1GII——
boxes4A, 4B, 4N, 4C1, 4C2, 4D, 4F, 4G, 4H1, 4H2II——
rigid outer packagings, fibreboard———55
rigid outer packagings, other than fibreboard———125
special packing provisions referencedPP87, RR6

Refers to: 4.1.1; 4.1.3; 4.1.1.3.

Carried by 12 Table A entries

UN 1950

Source: ADR 2025 (ECE/TRANS/352), Volume II, section 4.1.4.1, P207, page 104.

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