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ACL | The Approved Carriage List |
ACLG | Approved Classification and Labelling Guide (under CHIP) |
ACOP | Approved Code of Practice |
ADN | Draft European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways |
ADN Framework Directive | Proposal for a Council Directive on the approximation of laws of Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by inland waterway |
ADNR | Regulations for the Carriage of Dangerous Substances on the Rhine |
ADR | The European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road |
ADR Framework Directive | Council Directive 94/55/EC on the approximation of laws of Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by road |
AIT | Auto-Ignition Temperature - temperature at which the vapours will ignite in air without an ignition source. |
ASL | Approved Supply List |
ATR | Approved Tank Requirements |
AVR | Approved Vehicle Requirements |
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BCF | Bioconcentration factor |
BOD | Biochemical Oxygen Demand |
BP | Boiling Point |
Bq | Becquerel (unit of radioactivity) |
BS | British Standard |
BSI | British Standards Institution |
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CAA | Civil Aviation Authority |
Carc | Carcinogen |
CAS | Chemical Abstracts Series number |
Cat | Category (used in relation to carcinogens, mutagens and repro-toxics) |
CD | Consultative Document |
CDGCPL2 | The Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Classification, Packaging and Labelling) and Use of Transportable Pressure Receptacles Regulations 1996 |
CDGRail2 | The Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail Regulations 1996 |
CDGRoad | The Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Regulations 1996 |
CEFIC | European Council of Chemical Manufacturers' Federation |
CEN | Comité Europeén de Normalisation (European Committee for Standardisation) |
CER2 | The Carriage of Explosives by Road Regulations 1996 |
CHIP3 | Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations 2002 |
CIA | Chemical Industries Association |
CIM | Uniform Rules concerning the Contract for International Carriage of Goods by Rail (Appendix B to COTIF) |
CLER | The Classification and Labelling of Explosives Regulations 1983 |
CMR | Convention Marchandise Routier (legally recognised convention regulating conditions of international carriage by road) |
CMRs | Carcinogenic, Mutagenic and Repro-toxic substances |
COD | Chemical Oxygen Demand |
Contact Sensitizer | substance that will induce an allergic response following skin contact. |
COSHH | Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations |
COTIF | Convention concerning the International Carriage of Goods by Rail |
CRC | Child Resistant Closure |
Critical Temperature | the temperature above which a pure gas cannot be liquefied, regardless of the degree of compression. |