This document specifies testing, inspection and marking for the type approval, initial inspection,periodic inspection, intermediate inspection and exceptional check of metallic tanks (shell andequipment) of fixed tanks (tank vehicles), demountable tanks, tank-wagons, portable tanks and tankcontainers for the transport of dangerous goods.This document is not applicable to battery-vehicles and battery-wagons comprising cylinders, tubes,pressure drums, bundles of cylinders, and multiple element gas containers (MEGCs), independent ofwhether the elements are receptacles or tanks.