prEN 12972

Tanks for the transport of dangerous goods - Testing, inspection and marking of metallic tanks prEN 12972

General information

30.99   CD approved for registration as DIS   Jul 31, 2026

CEN

CEN/TC 296 Tanks for the transport of dangerous goods

European Norm

Scope

This document specifies testing, inspection and marking for the type approval, initial inspection, periodic inspection, intermediate inspection and exceptional check of metallic tanks (shell and equipment) of fixed tanks (tank vehicles), demountable tanks, tank-wagons, portable tanks and tank containers for the transport of dangerous goods.
This document is not applicable to battery-vehicles and battery-wagons comprising cylinders, tubes, pressure drums, bundles of cylinders, and multiple element gas containers (MEGCs), independent of whether the elements are receptacles or tanks.

Related legislation

Legislation related to this standard

2008/68/EC

Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the council of 24 September 2008 on the inland transport of the dangerous goods

Life cycle

PREVIOUSLY

PUBLISHED
EN 12972:2018+A1:2024

NOW

IN_DEVELOPMENT
prEN 12972
30.99 CD approved for registration as DIS
Jul 31, 2026




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