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UN CERTIFICATION
PROCEDURE FOR UTILISATION OF CERTIFIED PACKAGES
- UN certification, which is mandatory now was introduced by the Director General of Shipping,Govt. of India,Primarily for the packages used by Indian Express for carriage of dangerous goods by sea from India.
- Similar compulsion has been introduced for transportation by air.The packagings certified for utilisaton for transport of Dangerous Goods by air shall be checked by the shippers before these are actually used for the purpose.The certified packagings shall have UN marking as indicated in the Certificates,so that only certified packaging are loaded on aircraft.
- After satisfactory perfomance of the sample packages,the certificate is issued by the Indian Institute of Packaging to manufacturer/dealer of packages for manufacturing any number of packages.
- Validity period mentioned in the certificate means the period during which the manufacturing of the packages (with same specifications) is permitted.However,the packages produced during the validity period can be supplied to the exporters or users of packages beyond the expiry date,but within an additional period of 10 days only.
- Depending upon the category of the manufacturers of the packages , the validity period of their certificates,the extended period beyond the expiry date during which the certified packages can be utilized by the the exporters (subject to passing the TYPE TESTING as per IMDG CODE, VOLUME-I or Technical Instructions of ICAO)and maximum period within which packages should reach the importers are indicated below:
I. General CATEGORY (NON - ISO 9000) MANUFACTURERS
*Validity period: 6 months
*Extended period of use : 3 months
(Based on Type Testing)
*Maximum period within which the packages should reach the destination : 9 months from the date of issue of the certificate
II. ISO-9000 CERTIFIED MANUFACTURERS
*Validity period : 12 months
*Extended period of use : 6 months
(Based on Type Testing)
*Maximum period within which the packages should reach the destination:18 months from the issue of the certificate.
III. SHIPPERS FABRICATING PACKAGES FOR THEIR OWN USE
*Validity period : 6 months
*Extended period of use : 6 months
(Based on Type Testing)
*Maximum period within which the packages should reach the destination:12 months from the date of issue of the certificate
- Click Here To Download The Form.
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