UNITED

NATIONS	ST

Secretariat	Distr.

GENERAL

ST/SG/AC.10/1998/13

17 September 1998

Original: ENGLISH
COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON THE

TRANSPORT OF DANGEROUS GOODS

(Twentieth session,

Geneva, 7-16 December l998,

agenda item 2 (d))

WORK OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS

ON THE TRANSPORT OF DANGEROUS GOODS

New proposals

List of currently assigned self-reactive substances

Proposal to add 4 substances to the list in 2.4.2.3.2.4.

Transmitted by the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC)

The four self-reactive substances listed hereunder meet the criteria of respectively UN No. 3226 type D and E as illustrated in the documents annexed. Exemptions for the transport of these products have already been granted in Germany and in the United States of America without any negative consequences. It is proposed to add these products to the list of currently assigned self-reactive substances in 2.4.2.3.2.4. in order to permit their transport in the appropriate conditions.

GE.98-

Proposal

Add the following four lines in the table of currently assigned self-reactive substances in 2.4.2.3.2.4.:

No.	Self-reactive Substance	Concentra- tion (%)	Packing method	Control tempera- ture (°C)	Emergency tempera- ture (°C)	UN generic entry	Remarks
1	2-DIAZO-1-NAPHTHOL-4- 5-SULPHONIC ACID ESTER, or 2-DIAZO-1- NAPHTOL-5-SULPHONIC ACID ESTER, or MIXTURES THEREOF	< 100%	OP7	./.	./.	3226	./.
2	2,5-DIETHOXY-4-(4- MORPHOLINYL)-, BENZENEDIAZONIUM SULPHATE	100%	OP7	./.	./.	3226	./.
3	4-(DIMETHYLAMINO)- BENZENEDIAZONIUM TRICHLOROZINCATE (-1)	100%	OP8	./.	./.	3226	./.
4	2,5-DIBUTOXY-4-(4- MORPHOLINYL)- BENZENEDIAZONIUM TETRACHLOROZINCATE (2:l)	100%	OP8	./.	./.	3226	./.

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