Packing group

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The term packaging group ( VG or VPG ) means a classification of substances and objects as dangerous goods under transport law :

  • Packing group I: Substances with high risk
  • Packing group II: Substances with medium risk
  • Packing group III: substances with low risk

With the packaging group certain requirements are applied to the packaging of dangerous products defined (X-encoded Y-coded, Z-coded).

swell

  1. ↑ European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road - ADR 2011; Chapter 1.2; Definitions and units of measure

literature

  • Uwe Hildach / Wolfgang Spohr / Jürgen Werny: Basic course. Initial training for dangerous goods vehicle drivers , 13th edition, Munich 2011, Verlag Heinrich Vogel, ISBN 978-3-574-23205-3 , p. 35