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1. (a) A Safety Approval Plate conforming to the specifications set out in the Appendix to this Annex shall be permanently affixed to every approved container at a readily visible place, adjacent to any other approval plate issued for official purposes, where it would not be easily damaged.
(b) On each container, all maximum operating gross mass markings shall be consistent with the maximum operating gross mass information on the Safety Approval Plate.
(c) The owner of the container shall remove the Safety Approval Plate on the container if: - the container has been modified in a manner which would void the original approval and the information found on the Safety Approval Plate, or
- the container is removed from service and is not being maintained in accordance with the Convention, or
- if the approval has been withdrawn by the Administration.
- the container has been modified in a manner which would void the original approval and the information found on the Safety Approval Plate, or
- the container is removed from service and is not being maintained in accordance with the Convention, or
- if the approval has been withdrawn by the Administration.
2. (a) The plate shall contain the following information in at least the English or French language: “CSC SAFETY APPROVAL” Country of approval and approval reference Date (month and year) of manufacture Manufacturer’s identification number of the container or, in the case of existing containers for which that number is unknown, the number allotted by the Administration Maximum operating gross mass (kg and lbs) Allowable stacking load for 1.8 g (kg and lbs) Transverse racking test force (newtons)
(b) A blank space should be reserved on the Plate for insertion of end-wall and/or side-wall strength values (factors) in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Regulation and Annex II, tests 6 and 7. A blank space should also be reserved on the Plate for the first and subsequent maintenance examination dates (month and year) when used.
3. Where the Administration considers that a new container satisfies the requirements of the present Convention in respect of safety and if, for such container, the end-wall and/or side-wall strength values (factor) are designed to be greater or less than those stipulated in Annex II, such values shall be indicated on the Safety Approval Plate. Where the stacking or racking values are less than 192,000 kg or 150 kN, respectively, the container shall be considered as having limited stacking or racking capacity and shall be conspicuously marked, as required under the relevant standards, at or before their next scheduled examination or before any other date approved by the Administration, provided this is not later than 1 July 2015.
4. The presence of the Safety Approval Plate does not remove the necessity of displaying such labels or other information as may be required by other regulations which may be in force.
5. A container, the construction of which was completed prior to 1 July 2014, may retain the Safety Approval Plate as permitted by the Convention prior to that date as long as no structural modifications occur to that container.