SUBPART A
General
The requirements presented in this Part shall be applicable
to all international operations of civil aircraft. In cases of extreme urgency
or when other forms of transport are inappropriate or full compliance with the
prescribed requirements is contrary to the public interest, Egyptian Civil
Aviation Authority may grant exemptions from these provisions provided that in
such cases every effort shall be made to achieve an overall level of safety in
transport which is equivalent to the level of safety provided by these
provisions.
For overflight, if none of the criteria for granting an
exemption are relevant, and exemption may be granted based solely on whether it
is believed that an equivalent level of safety in air transport has been
achieved.
These Regulations shall not apply to dangerous goods of a
type specified in the Technical Instructions or IATA DG Regulations which are:
(a)Articles and equipment required to be carried on an
aircraft for the purpose of the good order of the flight in accordance with
normal practice whether or not such articles and equipment are required to be
carried or intended to be used on that particular flight;
(b)Solely intended for the use of passengers or crew members
or for sale to the passengers or crew members of the aircraft during the flight
in question;
(c)To provide veterinary aid or a humane killer for an animal
during flight; and
(d)To provide medical aid to a person or persons during
flight.
(e)Where articles and substances intended as
replacements for those described in (a) and (b) above or which have been
removed for replacement are carried on an aircraft, they shall be transported
in accordance with the provisions of this procedure except as permitted in the Technical
Instructions and published in IATA DG Regulations.
The goods specified in sub-paragraphs (c) and (d) above shall
only be carried if: they are or may be required for use during the flight; they
are or may be required for use during a subsequent flight by the same aircraft
and it will not be practicable to load the goods on the aircraft in the
intervening period before the commencement of that subsequent flight; and they
were used or might have been required for use during a previous flight by the same
aircraft and it has not been practicable to unload them from the aircraft since
that flight.
(f)Dangerous goods in Excepted Quantities as specified in the
Technical Instructions or IATA DG Regulations, may be exempt from the marking,
labelling and documentation requirements of this Regulation.
Subject to the provisions of this subpart, nothing in this Part shall apply to any aircraft operation involving the spraying or dropping of articles/substances involved in agricultural, horticultural, forestry, pollution or disaster control.
The standards of Annex 18 to the Convention of International
Civil Aviation, as amended, “The safe transport of dangerous goods by air”, and
the associated ICAO Doc.9284-AN/905, “Technical Instructions for the safe
transport of dangerous goods by air” and its supplement shall constitute the
rules of this Part.
Air operators should also comply with the standard practices
of transport of dangerous goods by air specified in the IATA DG Regulations,
and shall comply with all state variations published when operating to the
respective state.
For flights to/from or through the
Air operators and shippers involved in the activities of air transport of dangerous goods must establish appropriate processes of acceptance for surface transport of dangerous goods prepared in accordance with the Technical Instructions as published in the IATA DG Regulations to or from aerodromes.
175.9 Definitions , Abbreviations, Synonyms
(a)Definitions
Aircraft
Operator:
Is the person, organisation or enterprise (including a
lessee) engaged in or offering to engage in aircraft operations.
Carrier:
Means any
person, organisation or government undertaking the carriage of dangerous goods
by any means of transport. The term includes both carriers for hire and reward
(known as common or contract carriers in some countries) and carriers on own
account (known as private carriers in some countries).
Cargo Aircraft:
Means any aircraft, other than a
passenger aircraft, which is carrying goods or property.
Consignment:
One or more packages of dangerous goods accepted by an
operator from one shipper at one time and at one address, receipted for in one lot and
moving to one consignee at one destination address.
Crew Member:
Is a person assigned by an operator to duty on an
aircraft during a flight duty period.
Dangerous goods accident. An occurrence associated
with and related to the transport of dangerous goods by air which results in
fatal or serious injury to a person or major property damage.
Dangerous goods:
Articles or substances which are capable of posing a
risk to health, safety, property or the environment and
which are shown in the list of dangerous goods in the
Technical Instructions or which are classified according to those
Instructions.
Dangerous goods accident.
An occurrence associated with and related to the
transport of dangerous goods by air which results in fatal or serious injury to a person or major property
damage.
Dangerous goods incident.
An occurrence, other than a dangerous goods accident,
associated with and related to the transport of dangerous goods by air, not
necessarily occurring on board an aircraft, which results in injury to a
person, property damage, fire, breakage, spillage, leakage of fluid or
radiation or other evidence that the integrity of the packaging has not been
maintained. Any occurrence relating to the transport of dangerous goods which
seriously jeopardizes the aircraft or its occupants is also deemed to
constitute a dangerous goods incident.
Dangerous Goods Transport Document
(Also known as
Shipper's Declaration) means a document, not a waybill, which is required to
accompany a consignment of dangerous goods.
Delivery
Service:
The surface carriage of inbound shipment from the
airport/destination to address of consignee
or that of his designated agent or to the custody of the appropriate government
agency when required, including any incidental surface carriage between airports.
Exception:
A provision in this ECAR Part which excludes a
specific item of dangerous good from the
requirements normally applicable to that item.
Exemption:
An authorization issued by ECAA or an appropriate
national authority providing relief from the provisions of this publication.
Flight crew member:
Is a licensed crew member charged with duties
essential to the operation of an aircraft during a flight duty period.
Ground Handling Agency:
Is that airport service contracted by an airline to
act on it's behalf in fulfilling airport requirements outlined in ECAA and
airline regulations.
ID Number
Temporary Identification number (ID) assigned to an
article or substance for which no UN number has been assigned
IATA DG Regulations:
Means the current edition of the IATA Dangerous Goods
Regulations as promulgated by the IATA.
Incompatible. Describing dangerous goods which, if
mixed, would be liable to cause a dangerous evolution of heat or gas or produce
a corrosive substance.
Munitions of War:
Are any type of explosives and arms including
ammunition.
Operator:
Is a person, organisation or enterprise engaged in or
offering to engage in an aircraft operation.
Overpack
:
An enclosure used by a single shipper to contain one
or more packages and to form one handling unit for convenience of handling and
stowage.
Package. The complete product of the packing operation
consisting of the packaging and its contents prepared for transport.
Package (Non-Radioactive Material):
The complete product of the packing operation
consisting of the packaging and its contents prepared for transport.
Package (Radioactive Material Only):
Is the packaging with its radioactive contents as
presented for transport.
Packaging :
Receptacles and any other components or materials
necessary for the receptacle to perform its containment function.
Passenger aircraft:
An aircraft that carries any person other than a crew
member, an operator’s employee in an official capacity, an authorized
representative of an appropriate national authority or a person accompanying a
consignment or other cargo.
Person:
Means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation,
company, association, joint-stock association or governmental entity. It
includes a trustee, receiver, assignee, or similar representative of any of
them.
Pilot-in-command:
The pilot designated by the operator, or in the case of general aviation, the owner, as being in command and charged with the safe conduct of a flight.
Shipment:
Means the specific movement of a consignment from
origin to destination.
Shipper:
Is the person/organisation held ultimately responsible
for the shipment of any dangerous goods by air.
State of
The State in the territory of which the cargo was
first loaded on an aircraft.
State of
The country on whose register the aircraft is entered.
State of the Operator:
The country in which the operator has his principal
place of business or, if he has no such place of business, his permanent
residence.
Surface Transport:
The surface carriage of any shipment from/to the
airport, including any incidental surface carriage between airports.
Serious injury:
An injury which is sustained by a person in an
accident and which:
(a) Requires hospitalization for more than 48
hours, commencing within seven days from the date the injury was received; or
(b) Results
in a fracture of any bone (except simple fractures of fingers, toes or nose);
or
(c) Involves
lacerations which cause severe haemorrhage, nerve, muscle or tendon damage; or
(d) Involves injury
to any internal organ; or
(e) Involves
second or third degree burns, or any burns affecting more than 5 per cent of
the body surface; or
(f) Involves
verified exposure to infectious substances or injurious radiation.
Technical Instructions:
Means the English language edition of the Technical
Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air (Doc 9284-AN/905)
as approved and published by decision of the Council of the International Civil
Aviation Organisation
Unit load device:
Any type of freight container, aircraft container,
aircraft pallet with a net, or aircraft pallet
With a net over an igloo:
UN number:
The four-digit number assigned by the United Nations
Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods to identify a
substance or a particular group of substances.
(b) Abbreviations
ARE
CAAA Central
Administration for Aviation Accidents
DG Dangerous
Goods
DGR Dangerous
Goods Regulations
GDDG General
Directorate Dangerous Goods
ECAA Egyptian
Civil Aviation Authority
ECAR Egyptian
Civil Aviation Regulations
IATA International
Air Transport Association
ICAO International
Civil Aviation Organisation
MoCA Ministry
of Civil Aviation
ULD Unit
Load Device
Terms used in this Part Synonyms
Commander Pilot
in Command, PIC
DGD SD,
Shippers Declaration Dangerous Goods