Canada Road & Rail Transport - Consignor Responsibility for Safety Marks

Before importing dangerous goods or allowing a carrier in Canada to take possession of dangerous goods for transport, the consignor must display or ensure the display of the required safety marks on each small and large means of containment that contains the dangerous goods. In addition, the consignor is responsible at this time for providing to the carrier the safety marks for the dangerous goods that the consignor is offering for transport or importing and that are to be transported in a large means of containment.

The consignor is not required to provide the safety marks if they are already displayed on the large means of containment. He or she is also not required to provide the safety marks if they are not the correct ones to display because of the presence of other dangerous goods in the large means of containment.

When the consignor provides the large means of containment, the consignor is responsible for displaying the safety marks. When the carrier provides the large means of containment, the consignor provides the carrier with the appropriate safety marks.

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