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identification on each longitudinal side; container must be markedon all four sides. Before the transportation of a consignment withdangerous goods, it is therefore important for a customer to checkin the chapter 5.3 of RID, whether the transport means/transportunit to be tranpsported complies with RID conditions and whetherthe used labels for particular dangerous goods in the table 3.2-A areappropriate for the specified UN number.In reality, we often come across the labels, which besides thedisplayed pattern according to RID, also contain additional lettering.Also, this is accepted by RID, but these optional data must be incompliance with 5.2.2.2.1.5 of RID. Yet, nowhere in RID can we findany shades of blue, red, yellow and green colour, which should beused on the label. The exception is orange colour; its coordinatesof colour scale are exactly defined in RID, together with descriptionof orange labels. So there is nothing left, just to roughly select andget close to the displayed colour according to the patterns in RID.One principle remains valid – symbols, numbers and edges must beidentical in colour (either black or white in cases allowed for in RID).The most frequent solution of labels used in the past was the stickingpaper, but the experiences proved that this solution was not sufficient.Wagon label displayed on this paper did not often resist the weatherand climate conditions and wagon labelled this way did not arriveat the destination station with specified label. Such cases can beconsidered a breach of consignor´s duties, since the consignor didnot ensure wagon labelling for the entire transport journey. Moreover,a duty of the original consignee occurs to re-label e.g. the rail tanker, ifhe sends it back empty and uncleaned to the original consignor.Therefore, after all the experiences gained also from our foreign coworkers,we recommend our customers that they use the sticking foils.Their service life and resistance is much higher. The ideal solution is thetables with displayed label pattern for hazard identification, which area part of the wagon, or permanent marking shown on the tank body.For use of labels for shunting, similar principles as for labels forhazard identification are valid. Their use is specified in the table 3.2-A,for particular UN numbers. These are often used to label the wagonstransporting e.g. substances of class 1 or 2, but also other dangeroussubstances and items. If there are more patterns prescribed in thetable 3.2-A of RID, it would be suitable to place them onto the wagonright directly next to each other.Meaning and use of orange markingOrange marking provides exact identification of transporteddangerous substance. This marking is used for transport means andtransport units, in which there are dangerous goods loosely loaded.It can be a board, a sticking foil, coating or in any other equal wayunder condition that it is resistant to weather impacts and permanentmarking is provided during the entire transport journey. Size, colour,dimensions and height of numbers are exactly specified by RIDRegulations (5.3.2 RID).Orange boards must be reflective and must be of dimensionsspecified in RID (see the figure). Boards cannot get loose underthe impact of direct fire, during the period of 15 minutes. Boardscan be replaced by sticking foil, colour coating or any other equalway, however the conditions specified in 5.3.2.2 RID must remainunchanged, with an exception of fire-resistance.The colour shade of orange marking is exactly specified in the chapter5.3 of RID (see 5.3.2.2.1) by colourity coordinates. On the basis of theabove-mentioned facts, it is up to the customer´s decision, what formof the orange label he will choose, under condition that he accepts thecolour shade of orange prescribed in RID.Labels for hazard identification as well as orange marking must beplaced on the wagon not only during the transportation of loads, butalso when transported empty and uncleaned, containing the rests ofdangerous goods.Ingrid KRAJCÁROVÁOperations and transportation Section36/37