PALLET ASSESSMENT CARD: EPAL and EUR pallets markings until 31.07.2013 VERSION 5 / October 2013
ECR Poland recommends to use and exchange EPAL and EUR pallets, including those made before August 2013, provided they meet technical and quality criteria specified in UIC-Leaflet 435-2, based on EN 13698-1 norm. E U R p a l l e t s m a r k i n g s (EPAL licence) - till 31.07.2013 Markings on the blocks
Country
lewy
œrodkowy
prawy
Licence valid
Control staple on new pallets' middle block
PL
Poland *
000-0-00
from 05/2004
yes
LT
Lithuania *
yes
000-0-00 LV
Latvia *
yes
000-0-00 D
Germany *
000-0-00
from 01/2005
yes
TR
Turkey *
yes
000-0-00
B
Belgium
B
000-0-00
SNCF
France
F
000-0-00
ES
Spain 000-0-00
Ireland
BRB
Portugal
CP
EUR PALLET (EPAL licence) - untill 31.07.2013 from 09/2000
yes
from 02/1999
yes
E U R p a l l e t s m a r k i n g s (railway licensed) - until 2013 from 10/1999
Country
IRL
SI
000-0-00
Switzerland
SBB
CH
000-0-00
Great Britain
BRB
GB
000-0-00
I
Italy
000-0-00
Klamra na œrodkowym wsporniku nowych palet
from 01/2005
yes
Croatia from 10/2005
yes Czech Republic
from 01/1994
yes Denmark yes Finland
from 01/2009
Norway
from 06/2006
Slovakia
from 01/2007
Sweden
from 01/2001
yes
* ISPM15 phytosanitary treatment marking on the middle block is compulsory from 1.01.2010. Before that date, middle blocks of EUR pallets manufactured under EPAL licence had a [DB] marking followed by:
000-0-00
Licence valid
yes
These are most commonly found pallets. For the complete list please check www.epal-pallets.de/uk/produkte/poolbahnen.php
XX
(left or middle)
Austria
PT
000-0-00
SZ
Block markigns
yes
000-0-00
Slovenia
yes
XX - country of origin symbol: Austria - A, Belarus - BY or GUS, Bulgaria - B, Denmark - DK, Estonia - EE, Germany - D, Greece - GR, Hungary - H, Latvia - LT, Lithuania - LT, Netherlands - NL, Poland - PL, Romania - RO, Russia - RUS, Slovakia - SK, Turkey - TR, Ukraine - UA.
Hungary
yes
There are EUR pallets with other markings as well. The list can be found on: www.epal-pallets.org, www.epal.org.pl. Informacje aktualne na 2013.08.31.
Informacje aktualne na 2012.02.01.
© ECR Poland 2013