New IATA Rules for Paint and Coatings Industry : Products Finishing

Special Provision A192

Good short article from www.pfonline.com about the new special provision related to paint.

New IATA Rules for Paint and Coatings Industry : Products Finishing

This will definitely make the shipping of paint and paint related materials easier, without compromising safety.

A192—is a new special provision that is assigned to Paint, Paint related material, Paint, corrosive,
flammable, Paint related material, corrosive, flammable, Paint, flammable, corrosive, Paint related
material, flammable, corrosive, Printing ink and Printing ink related material. The special provision
allows the shipper to just use the “related material” proper shipping name on the Shipper's Declaration and the package marking when substances assigned to the standard entry and to the “related material” entry are in the same package.  

By citing this SP, a shipper may one use one Proper Shipping Name to describe the contents, if all the commodities are from the same UN Number (UN1263).  This will apply to the Declaration as well as the markings on the package.