23/30464876 DC

This standard 23/30464876 DC BS EN 12972 AMD1. Tanks for transport of dangerous goods. Testing, inspection and marking of metallic tanks is classified in these ICS categories:

• 13.300 Protection against dangerous goods
• 23.020.20 Vessels and containers mounted on vehicles

This document specifies testing, inspection and marking for the type approval, initial inspection, periodic inspection, intermediate inspection and exceptional check of metallic tanks (shell and equipment) of fixed tanks (tank vehicles), demountable tanks, tank-wagons, portable tanks and tank containers for the transport of dangerous goods. This document is not applicable to battery-vehicles and battery-wagons comprising cylinders, tubes, pressure drums, bundles of cylinders, and multiple element gas containers (MEGCs), independent of whether the elements are receptacles or tanks.