12. Glossary

Combined packaging

The term "combination packaging" is used when several inner receptacles are placed in an outer "packaging" approved for this use. A "combination packaging" will bear the code corresponding to the type of outer "packaging".

Composite packaging

Composite" packaging consists of an inner container made of plastic, glass, porcelain or stoneware and an outer packaging made of another material. Once assembled, the inner receptacle and its outer packaging form an indivisible whole, the inner receptacle not being designed to ensure, on its own, the function of retention and resistance to approval tests.

Packaging group

Subdivisions of the various hazard classes

Dangerous goods

A material or object whose physical...