ADR special provision 640K

SP 640 letter K: "Special provision 640K" for ADR tanks; marks UN 1202 gas oil/diesel/light heating oil, flash-point ≤ 60 °C.

Special provision 640 links the column (2) characteristics to different tank codes within a packing group; for carriage in ADR tanks the transport document adds "Special provision 640" with the column (6) letter — here 640K — unless the tank meets at least the most stringent requirements for the UN number and packing group. In Table A, 640K is on UN 1202 (gas oil, diesel fuel or light heating oil), Class 3, packing group III, flash-point 60 °C or lower.

Limits
ValueApplies when
60 °C flash-pointnot above this (Table A entry carrying 640K)
documents"Special provision 640K" in the transport document, ADR tank carriage only, unless the tank meets the most stringent requirements.

Note. 3.3.1 prints no separate text for the letter K; the criterion is read from the UN 1202 Table A row (Volume I page 348).

Refers to: special provision 640; 3.2.

Carried by 1 Table A entry

UN 1202

Source: ADR 2025 (ECE/TRANS/352), Volume I, section 3.3.1, special provision 640 (letter K), page 649.

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