UN number definition

UN number means the four-figure identification number of the substance or article taken from the UN Model Regulations;
UN number means the four-digit number assigned by the United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals to identify an article or substance or a particular group of articles or substances;
UN number means the four-digit number assigned by the United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods to identify a substance or a particular group of substances.

Examples of UN number in a sentence

  • At the time of quoting (RFQ) the supplier will be required to identify whether any of the offered commodities are classified as “hazardous goods” as per UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and provide hazardous goods information (UN number; proper shipping name; class or division; and sub-risk if any).

  • Identification shall include aircraft identification number, NEW, or quantity of other hazardous materials, hazard class/division proper shipping name, United Nations (UN) number, and Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA)/Estimated Time of Departure (ETD).

  • Prior to departure, the Government will furnish the pilot in command a written briefing to include the following information: proper shipping name, UN number, and hazard class and division; quantity in terms of weight or volume; location of the hazardous item in the aircraft; NEW for UN hazard class and division 1.1., 1.2., or 1.3.; passenger authorization; cabin smoking restrictions; and special handling instructions.

  • It is the legal responsibility of the Customer to inform us if the goods are classified as dangerous goods as in so; they must inform us of the UN number and packing group.

  • However, several consecutive lines may be used for the same UN number, if substances belonging to the same UN number have different names (e.g. individual isomers of a group of substances), different chemical properties, different physical properties and/or different transport conditions.


More Definitions of UN number

UN number means United Nations Serial Number, which shall be one of the 4-digit numbers devised by the United Nations and specified in the Approved Carriage List as a means of identification for petroleum-spirit;
UN number means the HCA four figure identification number in the UN Transport of Dangerous Goods Model regulations, as may be updated from time to time;
UN number means the four digit identification number assigned to the article or substance under the United Nations system for transport and storage of dangerous goods as stated in the Model Regulation on the Transport of Dangerous Goods published vide ST/SG/ AC.10/1/Rev 12 in ISBN 92 -1-13974-5;
UN number means United Nations Serial Number, that is to say, one of the four digit numbers devised by the United Nations and specified in the Approved Carriage List as a means of identification for dangerous goods, and any reference to the letters “UN” followed by a number, in relation to certain dangerous goods, means the particular UN number for those goods specified in the Approved Carriage List;
UN number means the four-digit identification number assigned to an HCA in the UN Transport of Dangerous Goods: Model Regulations, as may be updated from time to time;
UN number means United Nations Serial Number, that is to say, one of the four digit numbers devised by the United Nations and specified in the Approved Carriage List as a means of identification for dangerous goods;
UN number means United Nations Serial Number, that is to say, one of the four digit numbers devised by the United Nations and, in the case of explosives, allocated by the Health and Safety Executive or the Secretary of State for Defence to an explosive article or explosive substance as a means of identification;