Provisional agenda for the thirty-seventh session. Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, Model Regulations, sixteenth revised edition

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1 Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals UN/SCETDG/37/INF.2/Rev.1 Sub-Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods 21 June 2010 Thirty-seventh session Geneva, June 2010 Item 1 of the provisional agenda Adoption of the agenda Provisional agenda for the thirty-seventh session List of documents under agenda item 1. Adoption of the agenda ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/73 ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/73/Add.1 UN/SCETDG/37/INF.1 UN/SCETDG/37/INF.2 UN/SCETDG/37/INF.30 Provisional agenda for the thirty-seventh session List of documents List of documents List of documents under agenda item Provisional timetable Background documents ST/SG/AC.10/1/Rev.16 ST/SG/AC.10/11/Rev.5 ST/SG/AC.10/30/Rev.3 ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/70 ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/72 Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, Model Regulations, sixteenth revised edition Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, Manual of Tests and Criteria, fifth revised edition The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS), third revised edition Report of the Sub-Committee on its thirty-fifth session Report of the Sub-Committee on its thirty-sixth session 2. Explosives and related matters ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/18 + UN/SCETDG/37/INF.50 (SAAMI) Division 1.4S limited quantities

2 ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/29 + UN/SCETDG/37/INF.28 (USA) + UN/SCETDG/37/INF.35 (UK) ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/31 (USA) + UN/SCETDG/37/INF.34 (UK) ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/40 (UK and USA) ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/8 + UN/SCETDG/37/INF.5 (Italy) ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2009/11 (Working group) + UN/SCETDG/37/INF.54 (Germany) UN/SCETDG/37/INF.40 (Canada) UN/SCETDG/37/INF.41 (Canada) + UN/SCETDG/37/INF.58 (Spain) Criteria for excluding articles from Class 1 A proposed new DDT Test and Criteria for flash compositions Proposed modifications to Test Series 7 Packing methods (use of metals other than steel or aluminium) Test results on desensitized explosives Additional criteria for 1.4 classification On the use of the minimum burning pressure test as an alternative Series 8 Test UN/SCETDG/37/INF.42 (Canada) UN/SCETDG/37/INF.47 (Netherlands) UN/SCETDG/37/INF.52 (Secretariat) On the use of the ARC technique as an alternative to Series 3 Test 3(c) and Series 8 Test 8(a) Large-scale behaviour of fireworks Request for consultative status by the Australian Explosives Industry and Safety Group Incorporated (AEISG) 3. Listing, classification and packing ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/4 + UN/SCETDG/37/INF.27 (Norway) New UN number + test results for krill meal ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/6 (Germany) Mercury (UN 2809): Subsidiary risk 6.1 ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/11 (ICCA) Alternative outer packaging for Packing Instruction P802 ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/13 (ITCO) Portable tank special provision TP 37 Extension of date ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/14 (UK) + UN/SCETDG/37/INF.49 (Sweden) ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/28 (USA) + UN/SCETDG/37/INF.38 (Secretariat) ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/37 (ICCA) ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/38 + UN/SCETDG/37/INF.14 (ICCA) Fuels in machinery and equipment Portable tanks instructions for Division 4.3 liquids Portable tanks for chemicals under pressure Proposal for classification criteria and packing requirements for chemicals under pressure 2

3 ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/42 (Secretariat) ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/21 (FEA) UN/SCETDG/37/INF.15 + UN/SCETDG/37/INF.32 (ISO) UN/SCETDG/37/INF.21 (EIGA) Miscellaneous proposals Packaging for aerosols UN/SCETDG/37/INF.59 (Germany) Special provision P200 Materials compatibility requirements for gases in pressure receptacles Proposals to update references to ISO standards 4. Electric storage systems ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/7 + UN/SCETDG/37/INF.56 (Germany) Transport of used or damaged lithium batteries ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/15 (Germany) Amendment to Special Provision 240 ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/34 (PRBA) Packagings for large lithium batteries ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/35 (PRBA) Amendments to Special Provision 310 ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/30 (United States of America) ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/33 + UN/SCETDG/37/INF.36 (kfi) ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/5 + UN/SCETDG/37/INF.17 (USFCC) + UN/SCETDG/37/INF.26 (IEC) ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/16 (USFCC) ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/36 + UN/SCETDG/37/INF.57 (PRBA and RECHARGE) Sodium batteries: Amendment to Special Provision 239 Transport requirements for ultracapacitors (Electric Double Layer Capacitors) Fuel cells containing dangerous goods Battery-powered vehicles UN/SCETDG/37/INF.9 (Secretariat) Special provision 338 Transport of used cells or batteries for disposal or recycling 5. Miscellaneous proposals of amendments to the Model Regulations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/8 + UN/SCETDG/37/INF.5 (Italy) ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/26 (UK, Sweden and IATA) + UN/SCETDG/37/INF.16 (CEPE) + UN/SCETDG/37/INF.29 (USFCC) ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/1 + UN/SCETDG/37/INF.3 + UN/SCETDG/37/INF.44 (Spain) ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/2 (Sweden) Requirements for packagings Packing instructions concerning the use of packagings Revision of various specialist packing instructions in the Model Regulations Amendment to Stacking load on large packaging 3

4 ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/12 (Germany, Netherlands and UK) ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/19 (CGA, EIGA and ITCO) ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/20 (ISO) ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/22 (IATA) ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/23 (EIGA) ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/24 (EIGA) ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/32 (USA) ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/39 + UN/SCETDG/37/INF.8 + UN/SCETDG/37/INF.8/Corr.1 (IDGCA) ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/43 (EIGA) + UN/SCETDG/37/INF.60 (Sweden) ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2009/16/Rev.1 (Germany) + UN/SCETDG/36/INF.21 (UK) + UN/SCETDG/36/INF.42 (CGA) + ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/9 (Germany and UK) UN/SCETDG/37/INF.23 (IATA) UN/SCETDG/37/INF.24 (IATA) UN/SCETDG/37/INF.25 (IATA) UN/SCETDG/37/INF.48 (DGAC) Transport of coolant/conditioning units Dynamic longitudinal impact testing of UN MEGCs, section of the Manual of Tests and Criteria Proposals to update references to ISO standards Special Provision 297 related to carbon dioxide, solid (dry ice) Proposal to clarify Provisions for labels of cylinders for Class 2 Proposal to include the requirements for pressure relief valve examination and testing in P203 Vibration test for large packagings Possible use of flexible bulk containers (FBCs) for the transport of dangerous goods Marking of UN numbers on packages Salvage pressure receptacles Classification of Class 3 viscous liquids in packing group III Use of term conveyance in Special Provisions 289 and 356 Technical (pathogen) name requirements for Category A infectious substances Permissive use of the EHS mark UN/SCETDG/37/INF.61 (Switzerland) Used Health Care Products 6. Electronic data interchange (EDI) for documentation purposes No document has been submitted under this agenda item 4

5 7. Cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/3 (IAEA) + UN/SCETDG/37/INF.10 (AISE, CEFIC, CEPE, EIGA, FEA, FECC, FIATA, IRU and ITCO) + ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/25 (IATA) UN/SCETDG/37/INF.4 + UN/SCETDG/37/INF.4/Add.1 (IAEA) ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/27 (UK) UN/SCETDG/37/INF.13 (UK) Guidance for the security in transport of radioactive material Revision of the IAEA Safety Regulations (TS-R-1) and implementation of guidance for the security in transport of radioactive material Special Provision 290 and limited quantities PATRAM2010 Symposium hosted by the Department for Transport (DfT) of the United Kingdom in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and the World Nuclear Transport Institute (WNTI) 8. Global harmonization of transport of dangerous goods regulations with the Model Regulations ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/41 (Secretariat) UN/SCETDG/37/INF.37 (EFMA) Chapter 3.4 Dangerous goods packed in limited quantities New Special Provision for Potassium/Sodium Nitrates: Decisions Taken by the IMO UN/SCETDG/37/INF.43 (Secretariat) Assignment of Special Provision 223 UN/SCETDG/37/INF.46 (Netherlands) Classification of potassium nitrate, sodium nitrate and mixtures thereof 9. Guiding principles for the Model Regulations UN/SCETDG/37/INF.18 (CEFIC) Assignment of SP Issues relating to the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/10 + UN/SCETDG/37/INF.7 (Netherlands) + UN/SCETDG/37/INF.11 (AISE) + UN/SCETDG/37/INF.33 (CEFIC) + UN/SCETDG/37/INF.39 (UK) ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2010/17 (UK and FEA) Alignment with GHS, Proposal of amendment to Chapter 2.8 Hazard communication for supply and use of aerosols 5

6 ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/2009/11 (Working group) + UN/SCETDG/37/INF.54 (Germany) UN/SCETDG/37/INF.12 (Secretariat) UN/SCETDG/37/INF.31 (Secretariat) UN/SCETDG/37/INF.51 (Secretariat) Test results on desensitized explosives GHS classification of dangerous goods most commonly carried: comparison between transport classification and EU CLP Regulation (Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008) UN Test O.1: Test for oxidizing solids Amendments to Chapter 2.5 of the GHS : Gases under pressure 11. Other business UN/SCETDG/37/INF.6 (IVODGA) UN/SCETDG/37/INF.19 (FEA) UN/SCETDG/37/INF.20 (FEA) UN/SCETDG/37/INF.22 (Secretariat) UN/SCETDG/37/INF.45 (RPMASA) UN/SCETDG/37/INF.52 (Secretariat) UN/SCETDG/37/INF.53 (Secretariat) UN/SCETDG/37/INF.55 Change of organisation name Aerosols (UN 1950) Maximum internal pressure at 50 C Aerosols (UN 1950) Plastic aerosols Impact of the speed in pronouncing speeches on the quality of the interpretation services provided to official UN meetings Second international transport and environment conference to be held in Durban, South Africa 8-11 March 2011 Request for consultative status by the Australian Explosives Industry and Safety Group Incorporated (AEISG) Membership of the sub-committees (Switzerland and Russian Federation) Invitation by the Swiss delegation 12. Adoption of the report 6