1、 ISO 2013 Global distribution of reference materials Distribution gnrale des matriaux de rfrence TECHNICAL REPORT ISO/TR 11773 First edition 2013-02-15 Reference number ISO/TR 11773:2013(E) ISO/TR 11773:2013(E)ii ISO 2013 All rights reserved COPYRIGHT PROTECTED DOCUMENT ISO 2013 All rights reserved.
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4、age Foreword iv Introduction v 1 Scope . 1 2 Abbreviated terms 1 3 Custom regulations 1 4 Critical issues for RM transportation 2 4.1 Observations and recommendations . 2 4.2 Case study 5 5 Other aspects for RM distribution 6 6 Conclusions 7 Annex A (informative) Further sources of information 8 Bib
5、liography 9 ISO/TR 11773:2013(E) Foreword ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through ISO technical committees. Each member body inte
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10、idered to be no longer valid or useful. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. ISO/TR 11773 was prepared by the ISO Committee on Reference M
11、aterials (ISO REMCO).iv ISO 2013 All rights reserved ISO/TR 11773:2013(E) Introduction In discussions within ISO/REMCO and with its stakeholders, both reference material producers (RMPs) and reference material users (laboratories in universities and research institutes; regulators and control agenci
12、es; industrial laboratories; proficiency testing providers; metrology, standardization and accreditation bodies) complain about problems with the free circulation of reference materials (RMs). Their worldwide availability is hindered as a consequence of obstacles related to their transport, export a
13、nd/or import in certain countries. This concerns certified reference materials (CRMs), which are qualified and accompanied by special certificates stating information on certified characteristics of the material, 12and non-certified RMs used for proficiency testing or other interlaboratory compariso
14、ns and collaborative studies, respectively. The underlying reason for this is that RMs are mostly treated and legislated by authorities as bulk amounts of their matrix substance (human, animal or plant material, chemical substance, explosive, drug, etc.) and not as a (sometimes legally) mandatory to
15、ol needed to perform correct measurements, which are frequently the basis for regulatory or other society-relevant decisions. Thereby, it is often ignored that the content of potentially toxic material present in the RM is often insignificantly low 1) , the volume of RMs containing flammable and/or
16、toxic solvents is generally small, mostly less than 30 ml 2) , RMs of biological origin (plant, animal, human) are neither entering the food chain, nor are they used in clinical treatments, RMs are exclusively used for measurement or testing purposes, and therefore the issue that they may contain pa
17、thogens or not is of limited concern when appropriate laboratory precautions are obeyed 3) . Moreover, inconsistencies in legal restrictions may make the use of certain extremely important CRMs very difficult or even impossible. For instance, some important ATCC (American Type Culture Collection) CR
18、Ms for mammalian cell lines are regulated by the “Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora” (CITES), despite the fact they are cultivated by means of cell culture media and therefore play no role at all in the protection of animals. 1) RMs classified as hazardo
19、us materials such as narcotic drugs, explosives, poisons and other dangerous substances only contain amounts of substances or solutions of them in concentrations which are such that these substances can neither be considered as dangerous nor they can be misused as narcotic drugs, explosives or poiso
20、ns. In case of the latter it has to be checked if the chemicals or biological materials are considered as dual-use goods for which additional import/export regulations apply. The dual-use regulation does not provide any exemption for most listed materials, even not for very small quantities. 2) Many
21、 RMs consist of mg-level, g-level or even lower amounts of substances in solution. For instance, it was possible in Germany to make an additional decree to ADR, the “Gefahrgut-Ausnahmeverordnung” (Hazardous material exception decree) with exceptions e.g. for materials of the ADR-classes 3 (Flammable
22、 liquid materials), 6.1 (Toxic materials) and 8 (Corrosive materials) up to 5 kg or 5 l. 3) Biological CRMs are generally processed in a form which is inappropriate for consumption. ISO 2013 All rights reserved v Global distribution of reference materials 1 Scope This Technical Report contains an in
23、ventory of problems and recommendations related to the transport, import and export of non-nuclear, non-radioactive reference materials, specifically for the packaging, labelling, and documenting of the shipments in order to comply with legal requirements. It does not explain detailed rules such as
24、for labelling according to the Globally Harmonized System (GHS). 2 Abbreviated terms ADR European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road AES Automated Export System ATCC American Type Culture Collection CITES Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species
25、 of Wild Fauna and Flora CRM Certified Reference Material ECHA European Chemicals Agency FAPAS Food Analysis Performance Assessment Scheme GHS Globally Harmonized System IATA International Air Transport Association ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization LQ Limited Quantity RM Reference Mater
26、ial RMP Reference Material Producer SDS Safety Data Sheet TSCA Toxic Substances Control Act UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe 3 Custom regulations 3.1 On 1 January 2002, a general customs tariff number 3822.00 was introduced for “certified reference materials”. This was generally c
27、onsidered as an important step in the facilitation of the global use of CRMs. However, experiences in recent years have shown that this number and its meaning are still not fully known by producers, distributors and users, and that some confusion still exists on the correct interpretation of both th
28、e text of customs tariff number 3822.00 itself and of the explanatory notes published by the World Customs Organization related to it. TECHNICAL REPORT ISO/TR 11773:2013(E) ISO 2013 All rights reserved 1 ISO/TR 11773:2013(E) 3.2 In the European Union, the customs aspects are further specified by the
29、 following. For the purpose of heading 3822 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2031/2001 of 6 August 2001 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, the expression “certified reference materials” means “reference
30、 materials which are accompanied by a certificate which indicates the values of the certified properties, the methods used to determine these values, and the degree of certainty associated with each value and which are suitable for analytical, calibrating or referencing purposes”. 3.3 Moreover, it i
31、s specified that with the exception of the products in Chapter 28 or Chapter 29, for the classification of certified reference materials, heading 3822 shall take precedence over any other heading in the nomenclature. 3.4 In other words, a CRM is a well characterized and documented analysis or measur
32、ement sample in the form of: a pure substance (certified for its purity and/or contained impurities), or a standard solution of one or more pure substances (certified for its content), or a matrix material (transformed into a stabilized form) certified for major constituents and/or trace constituent
33、s, or a material, object or artefact certified for specific physical properties which is conceived to be used to calibrate, validate, control or monitor measurement procedures and/or processes. 3.5 According to information from the relevant services of the European Commission, the customs tariff num
34、ber 3822.00 must be used for all CRMs corresponding to the above definition, but considering the exception mentioned in 3822.00 regarding products falling under Chapters 28 and 29. Consequently, CRMs which are pure (organic, inorganic, elemental) substances or solutions thereof, i.e. many CRMs being
35、 used as calibrants, belong to the exceptions to 3822.00. 3.6 Therefore, an important question to answer is how far the use of a (globally accepted) dedicated customs tariff number for CRMs has an impact on the transport, import, export regulations and restrictions at the global level. Can samples w
36、hich are considered as a “CRM according to the customs definition” be imported into countries having a ban or imposing quarantine or sterilization treatments to food, feed, products of animal or plant origin, soils and sediments, waste, etc. as being clearly differentiated from the products targeted
37、 in the legislation? be exported freely without requiring specific licences from the receiving laboratory or country? be transported without considering the certified component always as a bulk amount of its constituents, and consequently as a transport of dangerous goods? 4 Critical issues for RM t
38、ransportation 4.1 Observations and recommendations 4.1.1 Labelling 4.1.1.1 The UNECE GHS (Globally Harmonized System) rules for classification and labelling should be followed. 4.1.1.2 For the European Union, the classification, labelling and packaging of materials are defined in Regulation 1272/200
39、8 EC.2 ISO 2013 All rights reserved ISO/TR 11773:2013(E) 4.1.1.3 The label on the material must be the same as what is mentioned on pro-forma invoices, SDS (safety data sheets), etc. 4.1.1.4 It is recommended not to list the certified analytes on the label, in order to avoid misunderstandings. A lab
40、el “Milk powder” together with a product-specific CRM code should be sufficient, whereas a label “Dioxins in milk powder (high level)” asks for problems, even if the level of dioxins is below the legal limits for human consumption. 4.1.2 Transport issues 4.1.2.1 For transport by air, the IATA rules
41、apply. They lay down, in detail, packaging requirements for dangerous goods. While the rules are clearly defined, a plethora of airline and country specific exceptions makes shipment a non-trivial task. For instance, different specialized packing may be required for corrosive materials such as acids
42、 4.1.2.2 Not all courier services allow transport of dangerous goods. This affects dry-ice transports, as dry ice is classified as dangerous goods. Moreover, prohibitive costs of some couriers do not allow door- to-door shipment, but only door-to-airport shipment. 4.1.2.3 Even if the concentrations
43、 of dangerous substances in reference materials are in most cases so small that nothing would happen during transport if the package was destroyed, they are sometimes declared as dangerous goods. Again appropriate labelling is crucial for the proper understanding by the carriers, etc. Fortunately, I
44、ATA/ICAO and ADR harmonized their regulations concerning limited/excepted quantities. For instance, in former times methanol was classified in the ADR more restrictively than in the IATA/ICAO. Now methanol with the UN Number 1230 is classified into the newly created harmonized class E2 which allows,
45、 on the road and in the air, the excepted/limited quantity of 30 g/30 ml for the inner packaging and 500 g/500 ml for the outer packaging. 4.1.2.4 Remote islands can cause delays in the shipment. For example, some islands off the coast of the British Isles or in Indonesia are only accessible by ferr
46、ies, which do not run daily, delaying transport of potentially degradable material. 4.1.2.5 Shipments should be scheduled in a way that arrival of refrigerated materials on Fridays is avoided. This reduces the danger that materials remain at room temperature over the weekend. 4.1.2.6 Parcels for coo
47、led transport should have a label “store at x C” on the outside to facilitate rapid transfer to suitable storage conditions. 4.1.2.7 Some courier services refuse the acceptance of certain types of boxes. 4.1.3 Export/import issues 4.1.3.1 In some cases, a component of a RM (such as a molecular seque
48、nce) may be covered partially by intellectual property rights, preventing its import into specific countries. 4.1.3.2 Other materials may only be exported once, for instance because of security regulations. This limits the possibility for their redistribution. In addition, if the materials are proce
49、ssed in another country than the one where the RMP is located, transport to the storage may already constitute an import, which precludes further distribution. 4.1.3.3 To prevent problems with export customs authorities, one may use “EZT Online” or “TARIC” available under http:/ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/dds2/taric/taric_consultation.jsp .This is an electronic customs tariff. After entering the 8 first digits of the customs tariff number and the export ISO 2013 All rights reserved 3 ISO/TR 11773:2013(E) country, it gives not
