Special provision 271

Lactose or glucose or similar materials, may be used as a phlegmatizer provided that the substance contains not less than 90 %, by mass, of phlegmatizer. The competent authority may authorize these mixtures to be classified in Class 4.1 on the basis of a test series 6(c) of Section 16 of Part I of the Manual of Tests and Criteria on at least three packages as prepared for carriage. Mixtures containing at least 98 %, by mass, of phlegmatizer are not subject to the requirements of ADR. Packages containing mixtures with not less than 90 %, by mass, of phlegmatizer need not bear a label conforming to model No. 6.1.