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Directive 2009/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the… ANNEX II

Directive 2009/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the… ANNEX II

ANNEX IISupplementary provisions

ANNEX II TYPE OF CARGO CLASSIFICATION Category  ( 1 ) Code 1 digit Code 2 digits Description Tonnage Number Liquid bulk 1 1X Liquid bulk goods (no cargo unit) X   11 Liquefied gas X   12 Crude oil X   13 Oil products X   19 Other liquid bulk goods X   Dry bulk 2 2X Dry bulk goods (no cargo unit) X   21 Ores X   22 Coal X   23 Agricultural products (e.g. grain, soya, tapioca) X   29 Other dry bulk goods X   Containers 3 3X Large containers X  ( 2 ) X 31 20 ft freight units X  ( 2 ) X 32 40 ft freight units X  ( 2 ) X 33 Freight units > 20 ft and < 40 ft X  ( 2 ) X 34 Freight units > 40 ft X  ( 2 ) X Roll-on roll-off (self-propelled) 5 5X Mobile self-propelled units X X 51 Road goods vehicles and accompanying trailers X  ( 2 ) X 52 Passenger cars, motorcycles and accompanying trailers/caravans   X  ( 3 ) 53 Passenger buses   X  ( 3 ) 54 Trade vehicles (including import/export motor vehicles) X X  ( 3 ) 56 Live animals on the hoof X X  ( 3 ) 59 Other mobile self-propelled units X X Roll-on roll-off (non-self-propelled) 6 6X Mobile non-self-propelled units X X 61 Unaccompanied road goods trailers and semi-trailers X  ( 2 ) X 62 Unaccompanied caravans and other road, agricultural and industrial vehicles   X  ( 3 ) 63 Rail wagons, shipborne port-to-port trailers, and shipborne barges engaged in goods transport X  ( 2 ) X 69 Other mobile non-self-propelled units X X Other general cargo (including small containers) 9 9X Other cargo, not elsewhere specified X   91 Forestry products X   92 Iron and steel products X   99 Other general cargo X   ( 1 )   These categories are consistent with United Nations ECE Recommendation No 21. ( 2 )   The quantity recorded is the gross weight of the goods including packaging but excluding the tare weight of containers and ro-ro units. ( 3 )   Only total number of units.

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