Is Excepted Quantity the same as Limited Quantity?
Excepted Quantity and Limited Quantity are different ADR simplifications with different quantity, packaging and marking requirements.
No. Excepted Quantity and Limited Quantity are different ADR simplifications. Both concern dangerous goods in smaller quantities, but they differ in requirements, quantity limits, packaging and marking.
Limited Quantity, abbreviated as LQ, concerns limited quantities per inner packaging and package. This regulation is often used for products such as aerosols, paints, varnishes, adhesives or cleaning agents. Excepted Quantity, abbreviated as EQ, concerns even smaller quantities and has its own packaging, quantity and marking requirements.
For a transport request, it is important that the sender clearly states whether the goods are to be transported as a fully ADR-regulated shipment, as Limited Quantity, as Excepted Quantity, under the 1000-point rule or under another ADR simplification. GLOBALSPED plans the transport based on this information.