Chemicals — compliance starts at the loading ramp
Few industries touch as many ADR classes as chemistry. One distributor in one week can ship flammable solvents, oxidizers, toxics and corrosives — each with its own packing group, packaging and papers. We keep that whole spread in order.
Flammable liquids alone are 48% of all dangerous goods on EU roads — and a wrong packing group is what an inspector spots in minutes.
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 8UN 1830, SULPHURIC ACID with more than 51 % acid
Sulphuric acid — electrolytes, pickling baths
LQ 1 L
Class 8UN 1824, SODIUM HYDROXIDE SOLUTION
Caustic soda solution — CIP washing, neutralisation
LQ 1 L / 5 L
Class 5.1UN 2014, HYDROGEN PEROXIDE, AQUEOUS SOLUTION with not less than 20 % but not more than 60 % hydrogen peroxide
Hydrogen peroxide — disinfection, bleaching
LQ 1 L
Class 8UN 1791, HYPOCHLORITE SOLUTION
Hypochlorite solution — sanitation, water treatment
LQ 1 L / 5 L
Class 2UN 1005, AMMONIA, ANHYDROUS
Anhydrous ammonia — refrigeration, fertiliser chains
LQ 0
Class 9UN 3082, ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE, LIQUID, N.O.S.
Environmentally hazardous liquids — biocides, additives
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 hypochlorite travels three ways — one-litre bottles go as LQ with the diamond, a pallet of 20 l jerricans may fit under 1.1.3.6, and an IBC 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.
Consignor
Hands over only consignments that conform to ADR — classified, authorized, in approved packagings, with the transport documents furnished to the carrier.
Filler
Fills only authorized tanks in sound condition, observes the filling degree, checks the closures for leaks and the marking of the tank.
Packer
Follows the packing and mixed-packing conditions and, when preparing packages for carriage, the marking and labelling requirements.
Loader
Checks packagings for damage before handing over, observes the mixed-loading prohibitions and the separation from foodstuffs.
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
An acid IBC without the entry or an untrained loader — the sums below are what national law charges for it.
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
REACH — Regulation (EC) 1907/2006
Registration and safety data sheets. Section 14 of the SDS is where supply law meets transport law — the starting point of every classification.
CLP — Regulation (EC) 1272/2008
Classification and labelling for the market. CLP pictograms and ADR classes are two systems for one product — and they do not match one to one.
Seveso III — Directive 2012/18/EU
Major accident prevention. A warehouse above the thresholds lives under a second regime on top of ADR — storage and carriage are checked by different authorities.
The industry in numbers
Is this about you?
If even one line matches your operation — it is worth a conversation.
- Your SDS binder keeps growing, and nobody opens section 14 before dispatch
- Acids, alkalis or peroxides leave your ramp in jerricans or IBCs
- Formulations change, but the transport classification is years old
- Drivers of your carriers ask for papers your office cannot produce
- Nobody in the company is formally appointed as the safety adviser
Our solutions
Your strength is chemistry — the carriage rules are ours. From one instruction to the whole system.
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 consultantThe SDS already shows a UN number — is that not enough?
Section 14 is the starting point, not the answer. Packing group variants, special provisions and tunnel codes are often missing, sheets age, and the responsibility for the classification stays with the consignor. We verify against Part 2 and Table A — as part of the ADR transport document service.
We are a distributor, not a manufacturer — does this concern us?
Directly. The one who hands goods over for carriage is the consignor with the full set of duties — classification, documents, packagings, training. The manufacturer answers for their SDS — and for your shipments, you answer.
We already report under Seveso — is ADR not covered by that?
No. Seveso governs the site, ADR governs the movement — two regimes with different authorities, thresholds and documents. Compliance in one does not transfer to the other.
Where do we start?
Send the product list — we prepare the cargo instruction with the transport document entry from €50 per document and show which regime each flow falls into. From there the subscription 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.