Class 9 label: miscellaneous dangerous goods, including the lithium battery label (black stripes)

The package contains dangerous goods that fit no other class: lithium batteries (fully regulated ones carry the 9A label), dry ice, airbag modules, asbestos, environmentally hazardous substances (UN 3077 and UN 3082) and magnetised material (an air-transport rule).

Who puts it on the box

The sender (consignor).

How to read it

Look for the UN number and name nearby to see what is inside. A parcel with small batteries under the exemption carries the battery mark (the hatched rectangle) instead of the 9A label.

What it does not promise

It does not promise the hazard is minor — “miscellaneous” means it fits no other class, not that it is harmless — and on a battery label it does not promise the batteries were tested or undamaged.

A mark on a parcel is the sender’s statement about what is inside and how it should be handled. It is not a certificate that the parcel is packed safely, that anyone handled it as marked, or that your carrier accepts it: for what you may send, read the carrier’s own terms.

What it looks like: A white diamond with seven black vertical stripes in the top half and an underlined 9 at the bottom. The class 9A lithium battery label adds a group of batteries, one broken and burning, in the bottom half.
Regulation: ADR 2025, 5.2.2.2.2, label models No. 9 and 9A; UN Model Regulations 5.2.2.2.2
Kind of mark: A dangerous-goods mark or label from the UN Model Regulations, applied in Europe by ADR (road) and its sister agreements for rail and waterways, and on the same pattern by the US 49 CFR. It says the package holds dangerous goods.
Also called: Class 9 label; Miscellaneous label; Lithium battery label 9A; Striped label

Other marks with the same shape

Sources

Each document was fetched and read on the date shown. Written in our own words; quotations are the documents’ wording.

Regulator guidance — Health and Safety Executive (UK regulator for the carriage of dangerous goods): Carriage of dangerous goods manual — Consignment procedures: marking and labelling of packages (ADR 5.2) — Package labels are the “hazard diamonds” of ADR 5.2.2 with the class number; specimen labels are in ADR 5.2.2.2.2 and sizes in 5.2.2.2.1.1; the consignor is responsible for marking and labelling. Checked 2026-09-27.
Law adopting the same mark — US Government Publishing Office (govinfo), 49 CFR, edition of 1 October 2024: 49 CFR Part 172 Subpart E — Labeling (§§ 172.400–172.450, the hazard class labels) — §§ 172.446–172.447: the CLASS 9 label, white with seven black vertical stripes on the top half and an underlined 9, and the LITHIUM BATTERY label. Labels are at least 100 mm on each side with an inner border about 5 mm inside the edge (§ 172.407). Checked 2026-09-27.
Full quotation of the regulation — Tadiran Batteries GmbH, technical notice LTN-065-70-H: ADR 2025 — Transport regulations for road and rail transport, overview (quotes ADR 2025 special provision 188 and 5.2.1.9 in full) — ADR 2025 summary for lithium batteries: class 9, hazard label 9A (5.2.2); packages under special provision 188 carry the battery mark of 5.2.1.9 instead. Checked 2026-09-27.