Agriculture — the season does not wait for paperwork
Fertilisers, plant protection products, ammonia and diesel for machinery — farms and agri-dealers move dangerous goods more often than they think. In spring all of it travels at once and in a hurry. We arrange the flows so the field gets its goods and the inspector gets the right papers.
The 2020 Beirut port disaster began with ordinary ammonium nitrate — the same product that sits in the warehouses of agri-dealers, which is why it has thresholds and rules of its own.
This is what you already ship
Typical dangerous goods of the industry — with the real Table A entries. Tap any card to open the full UN page in our reference.
Class 5.1UN 2067, AMMONIUM NITRATE BASED FERTILIZER
Ammonium nitrate based fertiliser — big bags in season
LQ 5 kg
Class 5.1UN 1942, AMMONIUM NITRATE with not more than 0.2 % combustible substances, including any organic substance calculated as carbon, to the exclusion of any other added substance
Ammonium nitrate — thresholds of its own, ask us
LQ 5 kg
Class 2UN 1005, AMMONIA, ANHYDROUS
Anhydrous ammonia — fertiliser chains, farm refrigeration
LQ 0
Class 6.1UN 2902, PESTICIDE, LIQUID, TOXIC, N.O.S.
Liquid pesticides — plant protection before spraying
LQ 0 / 100 ml / 5 L
Class 3UN 1202, GAS OIL or DIESEL FUEL or HEATING OIL, LIGHT
Diesel fuel — refuelling machinery in the fields
LQ 5 L
Class 9UN 3082, ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE, LIQUID, N.O.S.
Environmentally hazardous liquids — agrochemicals, adjuvants
LQ 5 L
Three ways your goods can travel
The same product can go as limited quantities, under the 1.1.3.6 partial exemption or in full ADR — the classification and the packaging decide.
Limited quantities (LQ)
Small inner packagings within the column 7a limit, up to 30 kg gross — the goods travel with the LQ diamond, free of most other ADR provisions (Chapter 3.4).
Partial exemption (1.1.3.6)
Below the transport category threshold per transport unit — no orange plates, no written instructions, no ADR driver certificate (the list in 1.1.3.6.2).
Full ADR
Above the thresholds the goods travel under the full set of rules — transport document, plates and labels, equipment, trained crew and every participant duty.
The same pesticide travels three ways — retail bottles may fit under LQ with the diamond, a pallet of jerricans for a cooperative may fit under 1.1.3.6, and an IBC for the agri-depot ships in full ADR with an ADR driver.
Who answers for what
ADR splits the duties among the participants of the carriage. These are the roles your company typically holds — with the exact ADR paragraphs.
Consignee
Accepts the goods without undue delay and verifies after unloading that the ADR requirements concerning him are met.
Unloader
Compares the transport document with what actually arrived before unloading.
Consignor
Hands over only consignments that conform to ADR — classified, authorized, in approved packagings, with the transport documents furnished to the carrier.
Carrier
Checks before departure that the documents are on board, the vehicle and load show no defects or leaks, the plates and equipment are in place.
For each of these roles the company needs an appointed safety adviser (1.8.3.1) — ours works on subscription.
About the DGSAWhat a mistake costs
Fertiliser season does not wait — the sums below are what national law charges for a mistake.
Sanctions are national — checks are European
Every ADR country sets its own fines for dangerous goods violations. Roadside checks follow one European standard — Directive (EU) 2022/1999 with a common list of infringements by risk category. Open your country to see the authorities and the exact amounts.
Find your countryAnd beyond the fines
- A vehicle stopped at a roadside check — with your customer waiting for the delivery
- An incident with an untrained crew — and an insurer reading the file closely
- Violations on record — and inspections coming back more often
What the law expects from you
ADR duties come first — and your industry carries its own EU rules on top.
Under ADR
- Classify every product before it is handed over for carriage
- Train everyone who touches dangerous goods (Chapter 1.3)
- Appoint a safety adviser — carriers, consignors, loaders, packers alike
- Mark, document and equip every consignment correctly
EU rules of the industry
Fertilising Products — Regulation (EU) 2019/1009
Rules for placing fertilising products on the EU market. Ammonium nitrate products have thresholds and checks of their own — which of them touch your range, ask us.
Plant protection — Regulation (EC) 1107/2009
Authorisation of plant protection products for the market. Market approval and carriage rules are two different regimes — the supplier SDS is the bridge between them.
The industry in numbers
Is this about you?
If even one line matches your operation — it is worth a conversation.
- In spring fertilisers leave the depot for the farms every day
- Plant protection products travel in your own vans and pick-ups
- Diesel goes out to machinery in the fields in IBCs
- Ammonium nitrate is in the range, and nobody has asked about its thresholds
- Nobody on the farm is formally appointed as the safety adviser
Our solutions
The farm receives more than it ships — our system covers both directions of the yard.
Cargo instruction with the transport document entry
Classification, the carriage regime and the ready transport document entry — for a specific cargo.
from €50 / document
A consultant on subscription
A certified safety adviser, the appointment notice and the platform — from €50 a month plus €10 per consignment.
ADRplus One
Train the team
Chapter 1.3 courses online, in your languages — at your own pace, with certificates.
Course is being updated
ADR compliance audit
A remote compliance audit with a report — where you stand and what to fix first.
€290
Questions from the industry
Have a different question?
Contact the consultantWe are a farm, not a carrier — does ADR concern us at all?
It does. Whoever loads and moves dangerous goods for their own needs is a participant in carriage with duties of their own. Agriculture has exemptions of its own, but their limits must be known exactly — we go through your flows and show what is free and what is not.
Does ammonium nitrate really have special rules?
Yes. Ammonium nitrate and fertilisers based on it have thresholds and conditions of their own, and they depend on the composition of the specific product. Do not guess from the bag — send the supplier documents and we tell you exactly what applies to your warehouse and your runs.
Plant protection products travel in factory packaging — is that not enough?
Factory packaging by itself does not release you from ADR. Retail sizes may fit under LQ, but LQ has requirements of its own — the diamond, the limits, trained people. Larger packagings travel under the general rules with documents and marking.
Where do we start?
Send the list of what you move — fertilisers, plant protection, fuel. We prepare the cargo instruction with the transport document entry from €50 per document, and the subscription from €50 plus €10 per carriage covers the adviser, the platform and the training of your people.
Tell us how your goods move
Within one working day you get a clear answer — what applies to you, what does not, and what it costs to be in order.