Chapter II
CLASSIFICATION AND LIST OF DANGEROUS GOODS
Article 4. Classification of dangerous goods
1. Depending on their chemical and physical properties, dangerous goods are classified into nine classes which are subdivided into groups as follows:
Class 1.
Group 1.1: Explosives.
Group 1.2: Industrial explosive substances and materials.
Class 2.
Group 2.1: Flammable gases.
Group 2.2: Non-flammable, non-toxic gases.
Group 2.3: Toxic gases.
Class 3. Flammable liquids and desensitized liquid explosives.
Class 4.
Group 4.1: Flammable solids, self-reactive substances and solid desensitized explosives.
Group 4.2: Substances liable to spontaneous combustion.
Group 4.3. Substances which, in contact with water, emit flammable gases.
Class 5.
Group 5.1: Oxidizing substances. Group 5.2: Organic peroxides. Class 6.
Group 6.1: Toxic substances.
Group 6.2. Infectious substances.
Class 7: Radioactive materials.
Class 8: Corrosive substances.
Class 9: Miscellaneous dangerous substances and articles.
2. Packagings and tanks containing dangerous goods which have not yet been cleansed inside and outside after dangerous goods are removed are also considered dangerous goods of corresponding types.
Article 5. Lists of dangerous goods
1. Lists of dangerous goods are classified by classes and groups, together with their United Nations numbers and danger codes specified in Appendix I to this Decree (not printed herein).
2. The Ministry of Industry and Trade shall specify the list of goods of group 1.2. class 1 stated in Article 4 of this Decree (industrial explosive substances and materials).
3. The Ministry of Science and Technology shall specify the list of goods of class 7 stated in Article 4 of this Decree (radioactive substances).
4. The danger of each substance in the goods will be denoted with a danger code containing 2 or 3 digits specified in Appendix II to this Decree (not printed herein).
Article 6. Modification and supplementation of lists of dangerous goods
The Government shall decide on the modification or supplementation of lists of dangerous goods at the proposal of the Minister of Transport.