United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transportation

United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labehng of Chemicals... 

The Committee agreed that the new harmonized flammability test under development by the United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods should be used when available. The Committee also noted that further collaborative work is required for the determination of droplet size for aerosol products. In addition, the Committee decided that differentiation between residual and space sprays should be maintained. 

International shipment of compressed gases by air is covered by ICAO, which follows the recommendations of the United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods. These air transportation regulations are published for ICAO in the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air [5]. ICAO is located at 1000 Sherbrooke Street West, Suite 400, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2R2. 

U. N. Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, "Flowchart Scheme for Organic Peroxide Transmitted by the Rapporteurs from the Netherlands", United Nations Secretariat, ST/SG/AC.10/C. 2/R. 198, 4 January (1980)... 

In the Priorities for Action of the IFCS in the year 2000, the target year 2008 was set for implementation of a harmonised system, and this was endorsed by the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002. The system adopted in late 2002 was revised in 2005 and 2006 (UNECE 2007). Responsibility rests with the United Nations Economic and Social Council Sub-Committee of Experts on the GHS under the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). The target of full GHS implementation by 2008 has not been reached, but implementation is well underway. Major actors have set deadlines, such as the United States (transportation 2010) and the European Union (2010 for classification of substances and 2015 for mixtures). 

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