BRITISHSTANDARDBSEN1089-2:2002Transportablegascylinders—Gascylinderidentification(excludingLPG)—Part2:PrecautionarylabelsTheEuropeanStandardEN1089-2:2002hasthestatusofaBritishStandardICS13.300;23.020.30 CopyrightBritishStandardsInstitutionReproducedbyIHSunderlicensewithBSI-UncontrolledCopyDocumentprovidedbyIHSLicensee=BureauVeritas/5959906001,11/09/200420:26:47MSTQuestionsorcommentsaboutthismessage:pleasecalltheDocumentPolicyGroupat303-397-2295.--`,,`,,```,````,`,,,``,`,`,,`-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---BSEN1089-2:2002ThisBritishStandard,havingbeenpreparedunderthedirectionoftheEngineeringSectorPolicyandStrategyCommittee,waspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsPolicyandStrategyCommitteeon19September2002©BSI19September2002ISBN058040417XNationalforewordThisBritishStandardistheofficialEnglishlanguageversionofEN1089-2:2002.ItsupersedesBSEN1089-2:1997whichiswithdrawn.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedbyTechnicalCommitteePVE/3,Gascontainers,toSubcommitteePVE/3/7,Gascylinder(receptacle)operations,whichhastheresponsibilityto:Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthissubcommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.Cross-referencesTheBritishStandardswhichimplementinternationalorEuropeanpublicationsreferredtointhisdocumentmaybefoundintheBSICatalogueunderthesectionentitled“InternationalStandardsCorrespondenceIndex”,orbyusingthe“Search”facilityoftheBSIElectronicCatalogueorofBritishStandardsOnline.Thispublicationdoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.Usersareresponsibleforitscorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandarddoesnotofitselfconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.—aidenquirerstounderstandthetext;—presenttotheresponsibleinternational/Europeancommitteeanyenquiriesontheinterpretation,orproposalsforchange,andkeeptheUKinterestsinformed;—monitorrelatedinternationalandEuropeandevelopmentsandpromulgatethemintheUK.SummaryofpagesThisdocumentcomprisesafrontcover,aninsidefrontcover,theENtitlepage,pages2to12,aninsidebackcoverandabackcover.TheBSIcopyrightdatedisplayedinthisdocumentindicateswhenthedocumentwaslastissued.AmendmentsissuedsincepublicationAmd.No.DateCommentsCopyrightBritishStandardsInstitutionReproducedbyIHSunderlicensewithBSI-UncontrolledCopyDocumentprovidedbyIHSLicensee=BureauVeritas/5959906001,11/09/200420:26:47MSTQuestionsorcommentsaboutthismessage:pleasecalltheDocumentPolicyGroupat303-397-2295.--`,,`,,```,````,`,,,``,`,`,,`-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---EUROPEANSTANDARDNORMEEUROPÉENNEEUROPÄISCHENORMEN1089-2August2002ICS13.300;23.020.30SupersedesEN1089-2:1996EnglishversionTransportablegascylinders-Gascylinderidentification(excludingLPG)-Part2:PrecautionarylabelsBouteillesàgaztransportables-Identificationdelabouteilleàgaz(àl'exclusionduGPL)-Partie2:EtiquettesinformativesOrtsbeweglicheGasflaschen-Gasflaschen-Kennzeichnung(ausgenommenFlüssiggasLPG)-Teil2:GefahrzettelThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon29April2002.CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEuropeanStandardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Up-to-datelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcerningsuchnationalstandardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember.ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).AversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytranslationundertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusastheofficialversions.CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom.EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATIONCOMITÉEUROPÉENDENORMALISATIONEUROPÄISCHESKOMITEEFÜRNORMUNGManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B-1050Brussels©2002CENAllrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreservedworldwideforCENnationalMembers.Ref.No.EN1089-2:2002ECopyrightBritishStandardsInstitutionReproducedbyIHSunderlicensewithBSI-UncontrolledCopyDocumentprovidedbyIHSLicensee=BureauVeritas/5959906001,11/09/200420:26:47MSTQuestionsorcommentsaboutthismessage:pleasecalltheDocumentPolicyGroupat303-397-2295.--`,,`,,```,````,`,,,``,`,`,,`-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---EN1089-2:2002(E)2ContentspageForeword......................................................................................................................................................................3Introduction.................................................................................................................................................................41Scope..............................................................................................................................................................52Designandcontentofprecautionarylabels...............................................................................................53Applicationofprecautionarylabels.......................................................