UN 3245: GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICROORGANISMS
UN 3245 (GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICROORGANISMS) belongs to ADR class 9 (Miscellaneous dangerous substances and articles). Tunnel restriction code: E.
Entry 1
Names of this entry
- GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICROORGANISMS
- GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS
Entry 2
Names of this entry
- GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICROORGANISMS in refrigerated liquid nitrogen
- GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS in refrigerated liquid nitrogen
What the table fields mean
- Hazard identification number (Kemler)
- The first digit is the main hazard (2 gas, 3 flammable liquid, 4 flammable solid, 5 oxidising, 6 toxic, 8 corrosive, 9 miscellaneous), the next digits are additional hazards, a repeated digit (e.g. 33) means an intensified hazard, an X before the number means a dangerous reaction with water.
- Transport category
- The transport category (0 to 4) sets the multiplier: according to ADR Check, category 1: multiplier 50, category 2: multiplier 3, category 3: multiplier 1, category 4: multiplier 0 (no limit), and category 0 means the exemption does not apply. Points are the net quantity (kg or L) times the multiplier.
- Multiplier for the 1000-point limit
- Points are the net quantity (kg or L) times the multiplier; a load total not exceeding 1000 points falls within the ADR 1.1.3.6 exemption.
- Limited quantity (LQ)
- The largest quantity per inner packaging for which carriage can use the limited-quantity rules.
- Excepted quantity (EQ)
- A code indicating the limits for excepted quantities; its content is given in the text of ADR.
- Packing instructions
- Packing instruction codes (e.g. P, IBC, R) indicate which packagings are permitted.
- Special packing provisions
- Codes (e.g. PP, BB) add requirements to the packing instruction.
- Mixed packing
- Codes (MP) say how this substance may be packed together with others in one outer packaging.
- Carriage, loading and unloading
- The codes indicate provisions on carriage, loading and unloading.
- Operation of the vehicle
- Codes (e.g. S2, S20) indicate additional operating provisions for carriage.
The content of the packing codes and the carriage provisions is in ADR, chapters 4.1 and 7.
Special provisions
- 219: Genetically modified microorganisms (GMMOs) and genetically modified organisms (GMOs) packed and marked in accordance with packing instruction P904 of 4.1.4.1 are not subject to any other requirements of ADR.
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If GMMOs or GMOs meet the criteria for inclusion in Class 6.1 or 6.2 (see 2.2.61.1 and 2.2.62.1) the requirements in ADR for the carriage of toxic substances or infectious substances apply. - 637: Genetically modified microorganisms and genetically modified organisms are those which are not dangerous for humans and animals, but which could alter animals, plants, microbiological substances and ecosystems in such a way as cannot occur naturally.
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Genetically modified microorganisms and genetically modified organisms are not subject to the requirements of ADR when authorized for use by the competent authorities of the countries of origin, transit and destination *). Live vertebrate or invertebrate animals shall not be used to carry these substances classified under this UN number unless the substance can be carried in no other way. For the carriage of easily perishable substances under this UN number appropriate information shall be given, e.g.: "Cool at +2 °/+4 °C" or "Carry in frozen state" or "Do not freeze". __________ *) See in particular Part C of Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms and repealing Council Directive 90/220/EEC (Official Journal of the European Communities, No. L 106, of 17 April 2001, pp. 8-14), which sets out the authorization procedures for the European Community.
Tools
Limited quantities (LQ) · 1000-point calculator · Load compatibility
Data: ADR Check (adr.exportsy.pl). Basis: European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR). For guidance only, it does not replace the text of the Agreement or the assessment of a dangerous goods safety adviser (DGSA).