The Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable
Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be Used for such
Carriage (ATP) is intended to ensure that deep-frozen and chilled
foodstuffs are transported efficiently, safely and hygienically and
do not pose a danger to human health. It also helps countries avoid
the wastage of food through spoilage caused by poor temperature
control during carriage. The ATP Agreement provides common
standards for temperature-controlled transport equipment such as
road vehicles, railway wagons and sea containers (for sea journeys
under 150 km) and the tests to ensure the insulating capacity of
the equipment and the effectiveness of thermal appliances. New ATP
equipment is required to undergo a test of its K coefficient, to
prove that the heat escape from the inside to the outside of the
body meets the values defined by ATP. All 50 Contracting Parties to
the Agreement - including non-UNECE countries (Morocco, Tunisia and
Saudi Arabia) - are required to recognize ATP certificates for
equipment that conforms to the standards issued by the competent
authorities of other Contracting Parties. The ATP lists the
products that can be carried under ATP and sets the warmest
possible temperature of the load. Fruit and vegetables unless
processed are as yet outside the scope of ATP. ATP applies if the
point at which the goods are loaded and unloaded are in two
different States and the point at which they are unloaded is
situated in the territory of a Contracting Party. In other words it
applies even if the State where the goods are loaded is not a
Contracting Party. Some countries also use the ATP as the basis for
their domestic legislation for temperature-controlled transport.
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