ADR special provision 645

The column (3b) classification code may be used only with prior written competent-authority approval (classification approval certificate).

Before carriage, use of the classification code shown in column (3b) needs approval from the competent authority of an ADR Contracting Party. The approval is a written classification approval certificate with a unique reference (see 5.4.1.2.1 (g)). Where the division was assigned by the default procedure of 2.2.1.1.7.2, the authority may ask for verification with test series 6 data (Manual of Tests and Criteria, Part I, Section 16).

documentsWritten classification approval certificate with a unique reference.

Refers to: 5.4.1.2.1; 2.2.1.1.7.2.

Carried by 5 Table A entries

UN 0333 · UN 0334 · UN 0335 · UN 0336 · UN 0337

Source: ADR 2025 (ECE/TRANS/352), Volume I, section 3.3.1, special provision 645, page 649.

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