ADR special provision 296
Life-saving appliances (UN 2990 self-inflating, UN 3072 not): permitted contents listed; small gas-only packs up to 40 kg gross are outside ADR.
Covered here are life-saving appliances, for example life rafts, self-inflating slides and personal flotation devices. UN 2990 is for self-inflating appliances and UN 3072 for those that do not self-inflate. The appliances may contain the dangerous goods listed in (a) to (f). Appliances in strong rigid outer packagings of no more than 40 kg gross in total are exempt from ADR when their only dangerous goods are Class 2 group A or O gases in receptacles of at most 120 ml fitted just to activate the appliance.
| Value | Applies when |
|---|---|
| 3.2 g | maximum explosives per appliance, UN 2990 power device cartridges |
| 40 kg | maximum total gross mass of the outer packaging for the exemption |
| 120 ml | maximum capacity of each gas receptacle for the exemption |
Conditions
- (a) Class 1 signal devices, which may include smoke and illumination flares, in packagings that stop accidental activation.
- (b) UN 2990 only: power device cartridges (Division 1.4, group S) to drive the self-inflation, limited to 3.2 g of explosives per appliance.
- (c) Class 2 compressed or liquefied gases of group A or O as defined in 2.2.2.1.3.
- (d) Class 8 electric storage batteries, and Class 9 lithium or sodium ion batteries.
- (e) First aid or repair kits holding small amounts of dangerous goods, for example Class 3, 4.1, 5.2, 8 and 9 substances.
- (f) Strike anywhere matches in packagings that stop accidental activation.
Refers to: 2.2.2.1.3.
Carried by 2 Table A entries
Source: ADR 2025 (ECE/TRANS/352), Volume I, section 3.3.1, special provision 296, page 620.
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