ADR special provision 345

Gas in open cryogenic glass vacuum-insulated receptacles of 1 litre or less is outside ADR when each is cushioned in an outer packaging.

The gas is exempt from ADR when held in open cryogenic receptacles of at most 1 litre made with double glass walls and an evacuated (vacuum insulated) space between them. Each receptacle must travel in an outer packaging with suitable cushioning or absorbent material protecting it from impact.

Limits
ValueApplies when
1 litremaximum receptacle capacity

Carried by 1 Table A entry

UN 1977

Source: ADR 2025 (ECE/TRANS/352), Volume I, section 3.3.1, special provision 345, page 625.

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