Label model No. | Division or Category | Symbol and symbol colour | Background | Figure in bottom corner (and figure colour) | Specimen labels | Note |
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Class 1 hazard: Explosive substances or articles | ||||||
1 | Divisions 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 | Exploding bomb: black | Orange | 1 (black) | | ** Place for division – to be left blank if explosive is the subsidiary hazard * Place for compatibility group – to be left blank if explosive is the subsidiary hazard |
1.4 | Division 1.4 | 1.4: black Numerals shall be about 30 mm in height and be about 5 mm thick (for a label measuring 100 mm × 100 mm) | Orange | 1 (black) | | * Place for compatibility group |
1.5 | Division 1.5 | 1.5: black Numerals shall be about 30 mm in height and be about 5 mm thick (for a label measuring 100 mm × 100 mm) | Orange | 1 (black) | | * Place for compatibility group |
1.6 | Division 1.6 | 1.6: black Numerals shall be about 30 mm in height and be about 5 mm thick (for a label measuring 100 mm × 100 mm) | Orange | 1 (black) | | * Place for compatibility group |
Label model No. | Division or Category | Symbol and symbol colour | Background | Figure in bottom corner (and figure colour) | Specimen labels | Note |
Class 2 hazard: Gases | ||||||
2.1 | Flammable gases | Flame: black or white (except as provided for in 5.2.2.2.1.6 d) | Red | 2 (black or white) (except as provided for in 5.2.2.2.1.6 d) | | - |
2.2 | Non-flammable, non-toxic gases | Gas cylinder: black or white | Green | 2 (black or white) | | - |
2.3 | Toxic gases | Skull and crossbones: black | White | 2 (black) | | - |
Label model No. | Division or Category | Symbol and symbol colour | Background | Figure in bottom corner (and figure colour) | Specimen labels | Note |
Class 3 hazard: Flammable liquids | ||||||
3 | - | Flame: black or white | Red | 3 (black or white) | | - |
Label model No. | Division or Category | Symbol and symbol colour | Background | Figure in bottom corner (and figure colour) | Specimen labels | Note |
Class 4.1 hazard: Flammable solids, self-reactive substances, polymerizing substances and solid desensitized explosives | ||||||
4.1 | - | Flame: black | White with 7 vertical red stripes | 4 (black) | | - |
Class 4.2 hazard: Substances liable to spontaneous combustion | ||||||
4.2 | - | Flame: black | Upper half white, lower half red | 4 (black) | | - |
Class 4.3 hazard: Substances which, in contact with water emit flammable gases | ||||||
4.3 | - | Flame: black or white | Blue | 4 (black or white) | | - |
Label model No. | Division or Category | Symbol and symbol colour | Background | Figure in bottom corner (and figure colour) | Specimen labels | Note |
Class 5.1 hazard: Oxidizing substances | ||||||
5.1 | - | Flame over circle: black | Yellow | 4.1 (black) | | - |
Class 5.2 hazard: Organic peroxides | ||||||
5.2 | - | Flame: black or white | Upper half red, lower half yellow | 5.2 (black) | | - |
Label model No. | Division or Category | Symbol and symbol colour | Background | Figure in bottom corner (and figure colour) | Specimen labels | Note |
Class 6.1 hazard: Toxic substances | ||||||
6.1 | - | Skull and crossbones: black | White | 6 (black) | | - |
Class 6.2 hazard: Infectious substances | ||||||
6.2 | - | Three crescents superimposed on a circle: black | White | 6 (black) | | The lower half of the label may bear the inscriptions: "INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCE" and "In the case of damage or leakage immediately notify Public Health Authority" in black colour |
Label model No. | Division or Category | Symbol and symbol colour | Background | Figure in bottom corner (and figure colour) | Specimen labels | Note |
Class 7 hazard: Radioactive material | ||||||
7A | Category I – WHITE | Trefoil: black | White | 7 (black) | | Text (mandatory), black in lower half of label: "RADIOACTIVE" "CONTENTS .." "ACTIVITY ..." One red vertical bar shall follow the word: "RADIOACTIVE" |
7B | Category II – YELLOW | Trefoil: black | Upper half yellow with white border, lower half white | 7 (black) | | Text (mandatory), black in lower half of label: "RADIOACTIVE" "CONTENTS ..." "ACTIVITY ..." In a black outlined box: "TRANSPORT INDEX"; Two red vertical bars shall follow the word: "RADIOACTIVE" |
7C | Category III – YELLOW | Trefoil: black | Upper half yellow with white border, lower half white | 7 (black) | | Text (mandatory), black in lower half of label: "RADIOACTIVE" "CONTENTS ..." "ACTIVITY ..." In a black outlined box: "TRANSPORT INDEX"; Three red vertical bars shall follow the word: "RADIOACTIVE" |
7E | Fissile material | White | 7 (black) | | Text (mandatory): black in upper half of label: "FISSILE"; In a black outlined box in the lower half of label: "CRITICALITY SAFETY INDEX" | |
Label model No. | Division or Category | Symbol and symbol colour | Background | Figure in bottom corner (and figure colour) | Specimen labels | Note |
Class 8 hazard: Corrosive substances | ||||||
8 | - | Liquids, spilling from two glass vessels and attacking a hand and a metal: black | Upper half white, lower half black with white border | 8 (white) | | - |
Label model No. | Division or Category | Symbol and symbol colour | Background | Figure in bottom corner (and figure colour) | Specimen labels | Note |
Class 9 hazard: Miscellaneous dangerous substances and articles, including environmentally hazardous substances | ||||||
9 | - | 7 vertical stripes in upper half: black | White | 9 underlined (black) | | - |
9A | - | 7 vertical stripes in upper half: black; battery group, one broken and emitting flame in lower half: black | White | 9 underlined (black) | | - |