Agreement on the international carriage of perishable foodstuffs (ATP)

Agreement on the international carriage of perishable foodstuffs and on the special equipment to be used for such carriage (ATP)

ATP Agreement 2022 - Version of the ATP valid from 1 June 2022

The Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be Used for such Carriage (ATP) done at Geneva on 1 September 1970 entered into force on 21 November 1976.

The Agreement and its annexes have been regularly amended and updated since their entry into force by the Working Party on the Transport of Perishable Foodstuffs (WP.11) of the Economic Commission for Europe’s Inland Transport Committee.

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CONTENTS

AGREEMENT ON THE INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE OF PERISHABLE FOODSTUFFS AND ON THE SPECIAL EQUIPMENT TO BE USED FOR SUCH CARRIAGE (ATP)

Annex 1

Definitions of and standards for special equipment for the carriage of perishable foodstuffs
1. Insulated equipment
2. Refrigerated equipment
3. Mechanically refrigerated equipment
4. Heated equipment
5. Mechanically refrigerated and heated equipment
6. Transitional measures
7. Definitions

Annex 1, Appendix 1

Provisions relating to the checking of insulated, refrigerated, mechanically refrigerated, heated or mechanically refrigerated and heated equipment for compliance with the standards

Annex 1, Appendix 2

Methods and procedures for measuring and checking the insulating capacity and the efficiency of the cooling or heating appliances of special equipment for the carriage of perishable foodstuffs
1. Definitions and general principles
2. Insulating capacity of equipment
3. Effectiveness of thermal appliances of equipment
4. Procedure for measuring the effective refrigerating capacity Wo of a unit when the evaporator is free from frost
5. Checking the insulating capacity of equipment in service
6. Verifying the effectiveness of thermal appliances of equipment in service
7. Procedure for measuring the capacity of mechanical multi-temperature refrigeration units and dimensioning multi-compartment equipment
8. Test reports

Models of test reports
MODEL No. 1 A
MODEL No. 1 B
MODEL No. 2 A
MODEL No. 2 B
MODEL No. 3
MODEL No. 4 A
MODEL No. 4 B
MODEL No. 4 C
MODEL No. 5
MODEL No. 6
MODEL No. 7
MODEL No. 8
MODEL No. 9
MODEL No. 10
MODEL No. 11
MODEL No. 12
MODEL No. 13
MODEL No. 14

9. Procedure for measuring the capacity of liquefied gas units and dimensioning the equipment that uses these units

Annex 1, Appendix 3

A. Model form of certificate of compliance of the equipment, as prescribed in Annex 1, Appendix 1, paragraph 3
B. Certification plate of compliance of the equipment, as provided for in Annex 1, Appendix 1, paragraph 3

Annex 1, Appendix 4

Distinguishing marks to be affixed to special equipment

Annex 2

SELECTION OF EQUIPMENT AND TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS TO BE OBSERVED FOR THE CARRIAGE OF QUICK (DEEP)-FROZEN AND FROZEN FOODSTUFFS

Annex 2, Appendix 1

MONITORING OF AIR TEMPERATURE FOR TRANSPORT OF QUICK-FROZEN PERISHABLE FOODSTUFFS

Annex 2, Appendix 2
Procedure for the sampling and measurement of temperature for carriage of chilled, frozen and quick-frozen perishable foodstuffs

A. General considerations
B. Sampling
C. Temperature measurement of perishable foodstuffs
D. General specifications for the measuring system
E. Allowable tolerances in the measurement of temperature

Annex 3

SELECTION OF EQUIPMENT AND TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS TO BE OBSERVED FOR THE CARRIAGE OF CHILLED FOODSTUFFS 

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