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liquids, toxic substances, and corrosives. UN3166 now covers only “Vehicle” entries and
•Nine new UN numbers: “Engines”now fall undernewUN3528,UN3529and
UN3530 entries.
• Polyester resin kits have been separated into two
3527 Polyester Resin Kit, Solid Base Material
entries: UN3269 “POLYESTER RESIN KIT, liquid base
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material” and new UN3527 “POLYESTER RESIN KIT,
3528 Engine, Internal Combustion, Flammable solid base material”.
Liquid Powered Or Engine, Fuel Cell, • Polymerizing substances of Class 4.1 have been
Flammable Liquid Powered Or Machinery, assigned to new entries UN3531, UN3532, UN3533
Internal Combustion, Flammable Liquid and UN3534. SP188 now requires a standardized
Powered Or Machinery, Fuel Cell, Flammable lithium battery mark for excepted shipments of
Liquid Powered lithium cells and batteries.
3529 Engine, Internal Combustion, Flammable Gas • SP312, 363, 961 and 962 have been revised;
PoweredOrEngine,Fuel Cell,Flammable Gas SP380 and 385 have been added; and SP970 has
PoweredOrMachinery,InternalCombustion, been removed due to the separation of the proper
Flammable Gas Powered Or Machinery, Fuel shipping name entries for Engines and Vehicles.
Cell, Flammable Gas Powered • SP236 now includes Class 4.1 solid base materials
for polyester resin kits.
3530 Engine, Internal Combustion Or Machinery,
• SP310 the lithium battery prototype and low
Internal Combustion
production packaging requirements have been
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3533 Polymerizing Substance, Solid, Temperature
edition, effective 1 January 2018, can be viewed at
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The Land Transport Rule 45001 was amended and came
into force on 1 October 2016.
• New packing instructions added. P005 for the new
Engine proper shipping names under UN3528, Dangerous Goods or Hazardous Substances
UN3529andUN3530;P412forthenewUN3527 There is often confusion about what exactly the terms
“POLYESTER RESIN KIT, solid base material”; and dangerous goods and hazardous substances refer to.
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instruction LP200 for Aerosols. Dangerous goods refers to dangerous goods
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