In 2017, the revised regulations for the transport of dangerous goods will come into force (ADR 2017). Companies need to pay particular attention to the reges when transporting lithium batteries. The new regulations will in principle take effect from January 2017, but will only become binding on 1 July.
From that date, companies are required to label and package lithium batteries. The batteries have a UN number 9A and carry a battery symbol. When transporting a battery, it must comply with UN 38.3 testing requirements. Small lithium batteries are also given their own marking in ADR.
The changes to the ADR cover a total of over 90 pages. These include changes to the requirements for written instructions. Other requirements also come into play when transporting internal combustion engines. These are no longer exempted from ADR regulations. Internal combustion engines must be labelled with three separate UN numbers.
Testing and certification company DEKRA advises companies to apply the new regulations soon already. "For some new regulations, a transition period has been set up. But at least make sure you start working with the new regulations before summer 2017," says Thomas Schneider, hazardous goods expert at DEKRA.
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