An item of equipment as defined by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) for transport purposes. It must be of: a permanent character and accordingly strong enough to be suitable for repeated use. specially designed to facilitate the carriage of goods, by one or more modes of transport without intermediate reloading fitted with devices permitting its ready handling, particularly from one mode of transport to another. so designed as to be easy to fill and empty. having an internal volume of 1 m3 or more. The term container includes neither vehicles nor conventional packing