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BASEL SÖZLEŞMESİ                                                                                                                      THE BASEL CONVENTION
       ANNEX III
       LIST OF HAZARDOUS CHARACTERISTICS


        UN Class                Code                    Characteristics                     UN Class                Code                    Characteristics

        1                       H1                      Explosive:                          4.1                     H4.1                    Flammable solids:
                                                        An  explosive  substance  or                                                        Solids,  or  waste  solids,  other
                                                        waste is a solid or liquid subs-                                                    than  those  classed  as  explo-
                                                        tance or waste (or mixture of                                                       sives, which under conditions
                                                                                                                                            encountered  in  transport  are
                                                        substances  or  wastes)  which
                                                        is in itself capable by chemical                                                    readily  combustible,  or  may
                                                        reaction  of  producing  gas  at                                                    cause or contribute to fire th-
                                                        such a temperature and pres-                                                        rough friction.
                                                        sure and at such a speed as to
                                                        cause damage to the surroun-
                                                        dings.


                                                                                            4.2                     H4.2                    Substances or wastes liable to
        3                       H3                      Flammable liquids:
                                                        The  word  “flammable”  has                                                         spontaneous combustion:
                                                        the same meaning as “inflam-                                                        Substances  or  wastes  which
                                                        mable”. Flammable liquids are                                                       are liable to spontaneous he-
                                                        liquids, or mixtures of liquids,                                                    ating under normal conditions
                                                                                                                                            encountered  in  transport,  or
                                                        or liquids containing solids in
                                                        solution  or  suspension  (for                                                      to heating up on contact with
                                                        example, paints, varnishes, la-                                                     air,  and  being  then  liable  to
                                                        cquers, etc., but not including                                                     catch fire.
                                                        substances or wastes otherwi-
                                                        se  classified  on  account  of
                                                        their dangerous characteristi-
                                                        cs) which give off a flammable
                                                        vapour at temperatures of not       4.3                     H4.3                    Substances  or  wastes  which,
                                                        more than 60.5ºC, closed-cup                                                        in  contact  with  water  emit
                                                        test, or not more than 65.6ºC,                                                      flammable gases:
                                                        open-cup  test.  (Since  the  re-                                                   Substances  or  wastes  which,
                                                        sults  of  open-cup  tests  and                                                     by interaction with water, are
                                                        of  closed-cup  tests  are  not                                                     liable  to  become  spontaneo-
                                                        strictly  comparable  and  even                                                     usly flammable or to give off
                                                        individual results by the same                                                      flammable gases in dangerous
                                                        test  are  often variable,  regu-                                                   quantities.
                                                        lations varying from the abo-
                                                        ve figures to make allowance
                                                        for such differences would be
                                                        within the spirit of this defini-
                                                        tion.)




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