This European Standard 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, rail tank wagons, portable tanks and tank containers for the transport of dangerous goods.
This European Standard is not applicable to - receptacles including gas cylinders,
- 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, and
- intermediate bulk containers (IBCs).
DIN EN 12972:2007 Referenced Document
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DIN EN 12972:2007 history
2023DIN EN 12972/A1:2023-02 Tanks for transport of dangerous goods - Testing, inspection and marking of metallic tanks; German and English version EN 12972:2018/prA1:2023 / Note: Date of issue 2023-01-06*Intended as an amendment to DIN EN 12972 (2018-09).
2018DIN EN 12972:2018-09 Tanks for transport of dangerous goods - Testing, inspection and marking of metallic tanks; German version EN 12972:2018 / Note: To be amended by DIN EN 12972/A1 (2023-02).
2018DIN EN 12972:2018 Tanks for transport of dangerous goods - Testing, inspection and marking of metallic tanks
1970DIN EN 12972 E:2017-09 Tanks for transport of dangerous goods - Testing, inspection and marking of metallic tanks
2017DIN EN 12972 E:2017 Draft Document - Tanks for transport of dangerous goods - Testing, inspection and marking of metallic tanks; German and English version prEN 12972:2017
2015DIN EN 12972:2015 Tanks for transport of dangerous goods - Testing, inspection and marking of metallic tanks; German version EN 12972:2015
2007DIN EN 12972:2007 Tanks for transport of dangerous goods - Testing, inspection and marking of metallic tanks English version of DIN EN 12972:2007-04