Guidance

Multilateral agreement M318 (web version)

Published 17 May 2019

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Multilateral Agreement M318 under section 1.5.1.1 of ADR.

Concerning the carriage of gases of class 2 in refillable pressure receptacles authorised by the United States of America Department of Transportation in relation to 1.1.4.2.

Part 1: Import

Refillable pressure receptacles authorised by the United States of America Department of Transportation and constructed and tested in accordance with Part 178, Specifications for Packagings of Title 49, Transportation, of the Code of Federal Regulations accepted for carriage in a transport chain in accordance with 1.1.4.2 may be carried from the location of the temporary storage at the end point of the transport chain to the end user.

The consignor for the ADR carriage shall include the following entry in the transport document: “Carriage in accordance with Multilateral Agreement M318 Part 1.”

Part 2: Export of gases and empty uncleaned pressure receptacles

Refillable pressure receptacles authorised by the United States of America Department of Transportation and constructed and tested in accordance with Part 178, Specifications for Packagings of Title 49, Transportation, of the Code of Federal Regulations may be carried only for the purpose of exporting to countries which are not Contracting States/Parties of ADR provided the following provisions are met:

  1. The filling of the pressure receptacle is in accordance with the relevant requirements of the Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America.

  2. The pressure receptacles shall be marked and labelled in accordance with Chapter 5.2 of ADR.

  3. The consignor for the ADR carriage shall include the following entry in the transport document:

“Carriage in accordance with Multilateral Agreement M318 Part 2.”

This agreement shall be valid until 1 June 2023 for the carriage on the territories of those ADR Contracting Parties signatory to this agreement. If it is revoked before then by one of the signatories, it shall remain valid until the above mentioned date only for carriage on the territories of those ADR Contracting Parties signatory to this agreement which have not revoked it.

Done in London on 18 April 2019

The competent authority for ADR in the United Kingdom

Roh Hathlia

Head of Dangerous Goods Division Department for Transport United Kingdom

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