SIST EN ISO 17508:2026

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-februar-2026
Embalaža - Transportna embalaža za nevarno blago - Preskušanje združljivosti
polietilena, fluoriranega polietilena in koekstrudirane plastike (ISO 17508:2025)
Packaging - Transport packaging for dangerous goods - Compatibility testing of
polyethylene, fluorinated polyethylene and co-extruded plastic (ISO 17508:2025)
Verpackung - Verpackungen zur Beförderung gefährlicher Güter -
Verträglichkeitsprüfung von Polyethylen, fluoriertem Polyethylenen und koextrudiertem
Kunststoff (ISO 17508:2025)
Emballages - Emballages de transport pour marchandises dangereuses - Essais de
compatibilité du polyéthylène, du polyéthylène fluoré et du plastique coextrudé (ISO
17508:2025)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 17508:2025
ICS:
13.300 Varstvo pred nevarnimi Protection against dangerous
izdelki goods
55.020 Pakiranje in distribucija blaga Packaging and distribution of
na splošno goods in general
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN ISO 17508
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
October 2025
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 13.300; 55.020
English Version
Packaging - Transport packaging for dangerous goods -
Compatibility testing of polyethylene, fluorinated
polyethylene and co-extruded plastic (ISO 17508:2025)
Emballages - Emballages de transport pour Verpackung - Verpackungen zur Beförderung
marchandises dangereuses - Essais de compatibilité du gefährlicher Güter - Kompatibilitätsprüfung von
polyéthylène, du polyéthylène fluoré et du plastique Polyethylen, fluoriertem Polyethylenen und
coextrudé (ISO 17508:2025) koextrudiertem Kunststoff (ISO 17508:2025)
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 11 October 2025.

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Contents Page
European foreword . 3

European foreword
This document (EN ISO 17508:2025) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 122
"Packaging" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 261 “Packaging” the secretariat of
which is held by AFNOR.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by April 2026, and conflicting national standards shall be
withdrawn at the latest by April 2026.
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According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,
Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of
North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the
United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 17508:2025 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 17508:2025 without any modification.

International
Standard
ISO 17508
First edition
Packaging — Transport
2025-10
packaging for dangerous
goods — Compatibility testing
of polyethylene, fluorinated
polyethylene and co-extruded
plastic
Reference number
ISO 17508:2025(en) © ISO 2025
ISO 17508:2025(en)
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 2
4 Apparatus . 2
5 Test liquids . 4
5.1 PFL-FR 2344 .4
5.2 PFL-FR 2323 .4
6 Test requirements . 5
6.1 General .5
6.2 Procedure D — Resistance to absorption .6
6.2.1 Principle .6
6.2.2 Selection and preparation of the test bottles .6
6.2.3 Determination of the tare mass .6
6.2.4 Filling the test bottles .6
6.2.5 Storage of the test bottles .6
6.2.6 Determination of the absorption .7
6.3 Procedure E – Determination of the tensile impact strength .7
6.3.1 Principle .7
6.3.2 Selection and preparation of the test bottles .7
6.3.3 Filling the test bottles .7
6.3.4 Deformation of the test bottles .7
6.3.5 Storage of the test bottles .7
6.3.6 Test specimens for determination of the tensile impact strength .7
6.3.7 Determination of the tensile impact strength .8
7 Test report . 9
Bibliography .10

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ISO 17508:2025(en)
Foreword
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Performance requirements and tests for means of packaging, packages and unit loads, in collaboration with the
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Introduction
This document was developed to provide requirements and test procedures which are aligned with the
[1]
United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods — Model Regulations , referred
to as “UN Recommendations” throughout this document. This document can be used in the evaluation of the
chemical compatibility of packaging and intermediate bulk containers (IBC) made from plastics material,
with multilayer structures. This document provides a test method for the compatibility testing of packaging/
IBC made of polyethylene, fluorinated polyethylene and co-extruded plastics.
[1]
According to paragraphs 6.1.5.2.4 and 6.5.6.3 of the UN Recommendations, the chemical compatibility for
packaging and IBC made from plastics material is required for packaging of dangerous goods.
Plastics packaging/IBC material can be attacked by the chemical contents in the package. Such effects are
caused by different mechanisms such as environmental stress cracking (ESC), chemical degradation or
swelling or a combination of this.
The UN Recommendations and the associated modal regulations require that all packaging/IBCs be assessed
for compatibility with the substances which they are to contain. The UN text makes special reference to
plastics packaging/IBCs for liquids. The procedure therein contains details of testing for six months at
ambient temperature with the liquid to be carried.
According 6.1.5.2.4 or 6.5.6.3 of the UN Recommendations, the compatibility can be verified using other
procedures if these are at least equivalent to the above procedure and are recognized by the competent
authority.
For example, References [2] and [3] permit, as an alternative, the method based on the concept of accelerated
conditioning and test liquids (ISO 13274).
The UN Recommendations are given legal entity not only to ADR and RID but also to:
— The International Civil Aviation Organisations Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous
[4]
Goods by Air (ICAO Tis) (worldwide) ; and
[5]
— The International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG Code) (worldwide).
This document provides requirements and test procedures which are aligned with the compatibility
provisions for plastics packaging and IBCs to contain liquids as set out in:
— The European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR)
[2]
(covering most of Europe) ; and
— Regulations concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail (RID) (covering most of
[3]
Europe, parts of North Africa and the Middle East).
Note The test methods described in RID are called test procedure A (swelling), test procedure B (stress-cracking)
and test procedure C (molecular degradation). The procedures given in this document is an alternative option
to RID and in logical continuation referred to as test procedure D (resistance to absorption) and test procedure E
(determination of the tensile impact strength).

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International Standard ISO 17508:2025(en)
Packaging — Transport packaging for dangerous goods
— Compatibility testing of polyethylene, fluorinated
polyethylene and co-extruded plastic
1 Scope
This document specifies test methods for the determination of the chemical compatibility of packaging/ IBC
made from polyethylene (PE), fluorinated polyethylene and co-extruded plastics. It covers the determination
of adequate plastics compatibility against the following processes of deterioration:
— softening due to absorption (swelling);
— stress cracking;
— combinations thereof.
This document is applicable to:
— drums and jerricans made from plastics;
— composite packaging (plastics) with inner receptacle made from plastics;
— rigid plastics IBCs (types 31H1 and 31H2);
— composite IBCs with rigid plastics inner receptacles (type 31HZ1);
used for the transport of liquid dangerous goods.
Proof of adequate plastics compatibility obtained using the test procedures specified in this document is
only applicable to the above packaging and IBC types of the following materials and material specifications:
— packaging and IBCs made from PE;
— packaging and IBCs made from PE, whose internal surfaces are fluorinated; and
— packaging and IBCs which are coextrusion blow moulded and have walls with the following multilayer
structure (from inside to outside):
— polyamide (PA), bonding agents, PE, or
— ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH), bonding agents, PE.
Note Packaging and IBCs made from PE and packaging and IBCs made from PE with fluorinated internal surfaces,
deteriorate additionally due to molecular degradation reactions with the corresponding packaged substances. For
this, the chemical compatibility can also be verified by the type tests described in ISO 13274:2013, Annex B, B.2.3,
using the standard liquid nitric acid (55 %) or appropriate original packaged substances. Packaging made from Coex
PE/PA and Coex PE/EVOH is not resistant to polar acid molecularly degrading substances such as nitric acid, with the
result that a corresponding method is not considered for
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