Certifications 2

Update July 2017
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14. Transport Regulation
The listed transport rules apply to bloc batteries, batteries assembled in trays as well as to single battery cells. To select the
transport condition applying to the individual case, please identify the means of transport (sea, air, land) and identify the
respective type of your battery (wet, wet non-spill able).
14.1 Rules applying to “Batteries, wet, filled with acid”
14.1.1 Land transport according to ADR / RID
Special Provision 598: New and spent batteries are not subject to other requirements of ADR/RID if they meet the
requirements described in Special Provision 598. These requirements are met if Batteries are:
 packed and secured in a way that they cannot slip, fall or be damaged;
 provided with carrying devices, unless they are suitably stacked, e.g. on pallets;
 free of any dangerous traces of acid on the outside;
 protected against short circuits.
If the requirements of Special Provision 598 are not fulfilled, the transport of new and spent batteries has to meet ADR/RID
requirements as follows:
 Hazard class: 8
 UN-No.: 2794
 Proper shipping Name: BATTERIES, WET, FILLED WITH ACID
 Packaging group: none
 Hazard label: 8
 ADR Tunnel restriction code: E
14.1.2 Sea transport according to IMDG Code
 Hazard class: 8
 UN-No.: 2794
 Proper shipping Name: BATTERIES, WET, FILLED WITH ACID
 Packaging group: none
 EmS: F-A, S-B
 Packaging Instruction: P801
 Hazard label: 8
14.1.3 Air transport according to IATA-DGR
 Class: 8
 UN-No.: 2794
 Proper shipping Name: BATTERIES, WET, FILLED WITH ACID
 Hazard Class: 8
 Packaging Instruction: 870