The general packing requirements of 4; 1 except 1.1.20 must be met.

Consignments must be prepared in such a manner that they arrive at their destination in good condition and present no hazard to persons or animals during transport.

Consignments must be packed in steel drums (1A2), aluminium drums (1B2) other metal drums (1N2), plywood drums (1D), fibre drums (1G), plastic drums (1H2), steel jerricans (3A2), aluminium jerricans (3B2), plastic jerricans (3H2), steel boxes (4A), aluminium boxes (4B), wooden boxes (4C1, 4C2), plywood boxes (4D), reconstituted wood boxes (4F) or fibreboard boxes (4G), plastic boxes (4H1, 4H2), other metal boxes (4N),. Packagings must meet Packing Group II requirements.

The packaging tests may be those appropriate for solids when there is sufficient absorbent material to absorb the entire amount of liquid present and the packaging is capable of retaining liquids.

In all other circumstances, the packaging tests must be those appropriate for liquids.

Packagings intended to contain sharp objects such as broken glass and needles must be resistant to puncture and retain liquids under the performance test conditions for the packaging.

For the transport of this consignments in refrigerated liquefied nitrogen the requirements of refrigerated liquefied nitrogen also have to be met.