Informations

The ATP competent authority produced notes and brochure information for professionals facing issues in transport under controlled-temperature.

These documents are validated by the French administration (DGAl) and by the professionals through the CTS (Commissions Technique Specialised Transport).They are available to answer all questions related to French, European and international regulation of temperature-controlled transport of perishable foodstuff.

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Accord ATP
version of 1 June 2022

r�glementation chaine du froid petits conteneurs

ATP Brochure (in english)

ATP certificate renewal brochure (in french)

ATP certification for small containers (in french)

D�rogation r�glementation transport frigorifique

Transport de denrees refrigerees et ambiantes

ATP marking positioning

Note No1: derogation of obligation (in French)

Note No2: mixed transport of chilled and ambient products (in French)

Drop-in groupe frigorifique de transport

Marquage groupe frigorifique de transport FGAS

Puissance frigorifique groupe de transport ATP

No16-001: refrigerant changing conditions in a transport unit in service (in French)

Note No16-002: marking requirements for refrigerated transport units as part of the F-GAS (in French)

Note No16-003 : cooling capacity of bi-temperature refrigeration units (in French)

Renouvellement v�hicule frigorifique de + 12 ans

Renouvellement agr�ment citerne frigorifique

Transferts avec l'�tranger de v�hicules frigorifiques

Note No16-004 : Renewal arrangements of the certificate of technical compliance at 12 years (in French)

Note No16-005: procedures to be applied by the official stations for the renewal of certificates of tanks at 6 years (in French)

Note No16-006-en :procedures to be applied for transfers with foreign countries (in English)

d�livrance des attestations de conformit� technique pour des prototypes en cours d�essais

Traitement demande de d�rogations attestation ATP

Note information ADR transport frigorifique cryogénique

Note No16-007-en: procedures to be applied to to prototypes under test (in English)

Note No16-008: processing of applications for derogations (in French)

Note No17-001: ADR regulations applicable to temperature-controlled transport using cryogenic liquids and solids

tests complémentaires pour engins multitempératures

Note No17-002 : Additional tests for multi-temperature equipment not equipped with heating system (in English)

Note No17-003 : information on the possibility of applying for a definitive ATP certificate before the registration of a new vehicle (in French)

Note No18-001 : Constructive arrangements of multi-temperature equipment IR-FRC-FRC (in French)
(Cancels and replaces note 18-001 (June 2018))

Dimensionnement cloisons multi temperature

Note No18-002 : Information Note on equivalence of thermal insulation (in French)

Note N°2018-003 : specific provisions for removable walls (in French)

Note N°2018-004 : calculation of wall positioning in a multitemperature equipment (in French)

Note N°2019-001 : Marking of height loading limits

Note N°2019-002 : Requests for ATP technical compliance certificates

Note N°2020-001 : Rules to be observed for the assembly of built-in refrigerated units and / or fitted with deflectors (in French)

Note N°2020-002 : Possibility of using on French territory, in vehicles copies of the original ATP certificates (in French)

Note N°2020-003 : Note on the installation of charging sockets for pallet trucks in isothermal cells(in French)

Note N°2020-004 : Note on Note on the Transport and storage of CO2 refrigerated packaging in refrigerated trucks and cold rooms (in English)

Note info ATP montage groupe frigorifique sous chassis

Note info ATPN modalités mesure épaisseur parois

Note N°2021-001 : Recommendations to be observed for the assembly of so-called "sub-frame" refrigeration units (in French)

Note N°2022-001 : Methods of measuring wall thickness (in French)

Note N°2022-002 : Test report management procedures for multiple energy source refrigeration technologies (in French)

Vérification des enrgeistreurs selon le réglement CE 37/2005

$Principales infraction transport frigorifique$

image plaquette modalite changement fluides frigorigenes

Technical Guide - Periodic verification of temperature recorders in accordance with EC Regulation 37/2005 and 13486:2023 Standard (in French)

Temperature-controlled carriage of perishable foodstuffs: main law violations (in English)

Refrigerant change conditions in an in-service transport unit (in French)

Note d’information sur les interdictions d’utilisation des fluides couverts par le règlement F-Gas

Summary of the 2024 measurement campaign for the thicknesses of the side walls of the ATP prototype machines

Note d’information sur les évolutions des étiquetages des équipements et bouteilles contenant du fluide frigorigène fluoré dans le cadre de la révision du règlement F-Gas

Note N°2025-001 : Information note on prohibitions on the use of fluids covered by the F-Gas regulation

Note N°2025-002 : Summary of the 2024 measurement campaign for the thicknesses of the side walls of the ATP prototype machines

Note N°2025-003 : Information note on changes to the labelling of equipment and cylinders containing fluorinated refrigerants refrigerant as part of the revision of the F-Gas regulation.


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	.Link to the list of temperature recorders validated by the Ministry of Agriculture

	News

	December 2022 Information Note on Test Report Management for Multiple Energy Source Refrigeration Technologies (in French) +infos

	September 2022 Note on methods of measuring wall thickness (in French) +infos

	September 2021 Note on recommendations to be observed for the assembly of so-called "sub-frame" refrigeration units (in French) +infos

	December 2020 Note on the Transport and storage of CO₂ refrigerated packaging in refrigerated trucks and cold rooms +infos

	December 2020 Information note on the installation of charging sockets for pallet trucks in isothermal cells (in French) +infos

	February 2020 Information note on the rules to be observed for the assembly of built-in refrigerated units and / or fitted with deflectors (in French) +infos

	February 2020 Information note on the possibility of using on French territory, in vehicles copies of the original ATP certificates (in French) +infos

	February 2019 Information note on the requests for ATP technical compliance certificates and marking of equipment (in French) +infos

	February 2019 Information note on the marking of height loading limits (in French) +infos

	September 2018 Information note on the calculation of wall positioning in a multitemperature equipment (in French) +infos

	September 2018 Information note on the specific provisions for removable walls (in French) +infos

	September 2018 Information Note on Constructive arrangements of multi-temperature equipment IR-FRC-FRC (in French) New Version +infos

	May 2018 An engineer from Cemafroid Chairman of the CERTE subcommittee +infos

	March 2018 Information Note on equivalence of thermal insulation (in French) +infos

	March 2018 Information Note on Constructive arrangements of multi-temperature equipment IR-FRC-FRC (in French) +infos

	February 2018 Brochure on how to change the refrigerant in a transport group in service (drop-in) +infos

	November 2017 Information Note on the possibility of applying for a definitive ATP certificate before the registration of a new vehicle +infos

	October 2017 Information Note on additional tests for multi-temperature equipment not equipped with heating system +infos

	June 2017 A new protocol for temperature control of refrigerated food stuff during delivery / receptions +infos

	February 2017 Information Note on ADR regulations applicable to temperature-controlled transport using cryogenic liquids and solids (in French) +infos

	October 2016 Information Note on Procedures to be Applied for Transfers with Foreign Countries (in English) +infos

	October 2016 Information Note on Procedures to be Applied to Prototypes under Test (in English) +infos

	June 2016 Main law violations of the temperature-controlled carriage of perishable foodstuffs +infos

	April 2016 DGAl (French Food administration) updates the rules for tests centers and manufacturers +infos

	January 2016 Food - The utility of the cold chain to reduce food losses +infos

	November 2015 Food - Reinforced controls for Christmas and New year holidays +infos

	November 2015 Evolutions of the rules for carriage of perishable foodstuff : Returns on the update of the rules of the ATP +infos

	September 2015 New version of ATP agreement +infos

	September 2015 the french ministry of Agriculture established a working group on "Packaging for the transport of perishable foodstuffs" driven by Cemafroid +infos

	May 2015 Meeting of official test stations (ATP tests) - Back on the 2015 CERTE meeting which brings together all representatives of official ATP test stations +infos

	March 2015 Publication of the new french standard NF EN 16440-1 on test methods on refrigeration equipment for isothermal transport +infos

	February 2015 Publication of french decree of 2 february 2015 repealing the decree of 20 July 1998 and redefining the concept of "local distribution" +infos