UNITED NATIONS MECHANISMS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND HARMONIZATION OF TRANSPORT OF DANGEROUS GOODS REGULATIONS Olivier Kervella Chief, Dangerous Goods and Special Cargoes Section Transport Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

ECOSOC COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON THE TDG AND ON THE GHS (1) 36 Members: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Iran (Islamic Rep. of), Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Russian Federation, Senegal, Serbia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, Ukraine, United States of America and Zambia

ECOSOC COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON THE TDG AND ON THE GHS (2) Sub-Committee of Experts on the TDG (27 Members): Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, India, Iran (Islamic Rep. of), Italy, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States of America Sub-Committee of Experts on the GHS (32 Members): Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iran (Islamic Rep. of), Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Senegal, Serbia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine,United Kingdom, United States of America, Zambia

ECOSOC COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON THE TDG AND ON THE GHS (3) + OBSERVER COUNTRIES (No voting rights) Intergovernmental organizations (15): IMO, ICAO, WHO, ILO, OTIF, etc. NGOs (40): - Chemical/petroleum/gas industry: CEFIC, EIGA, AEGPL, FEA - Transport: FIATA, IATA, IRU, UIC - Packaging/tanks: ECMA, ICDM, ISO - Vehicles: OICA, CLEPA

ECOSOC COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON THE TDG AND ON THE GHS (4) Working cycle: 2 years Biennium starts odd years (2005, 2007, 2009,…) TDG Sub-Committee meets twice a year (July, December) GHS Sub-Committee meets twice a year Committee meets only once at end of biennium (December 2006, 2008, …)

ECOSOC COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON THE TDG AND ON THE GHS (5) Committee endorses recommendations of Sub-Committees: “Orange Book”: Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods “Purple Book”: GHS

ECOSOC COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON THE TDG AND ON THE GHS (6) GHS SUB-COMMITTEE GLOBALLY HARMONIZED SYSTEM OF CLASSIFICATION AND LABELLING OF CHEMICALS “PURPLE BOOK” Scope: Harmonization - Transport - Workplace safety - Environment - Consumers protection Implementation: Goal 2008

ECOSOC COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON THE TDG AND ON THE GHS (7) TDG SUB-COMMITTEE UN MODEL RECOMMENDATIONS “ORANGE BOOK” (7 parts) 1. General Classification List of Dangerous Goods Use of packagings/Gas receptacles/Tanks Consignment procedures (Labelling, Marking, Documents) Construction, testing and approval of packagings/tanks Operation

ECOSOC COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON THE TDG AND ON THE GHS (8) UN MODEL REGULATIONS addressed to Governments National regulations International Organizations International regulations - IMO IMDG Code - ICAO ICAO Technical Instructions (IATA: IATA Regulations) - UNECE RID/ADR/ADN - European Union Directives

UN ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE WP.15 Road ADR INLAND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE (ITC) WORKING PARTY ON THE TRANSPORT OF DANGEROUS GOODS (WP.15) WP.15/OTIF (RID/AR/ADN Joint meeting) (WP.15/AC.1) WP.15/CCNR (WP.15/AC.2) Road/Rail/ Inland Waterways ADR/RID/ADN ADN/ADNR UN ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE

WP.15/AC.1 (Joint Meeting): Twice a year (March/Sept) 2006 and March 2007: Specific European issues RID/ADR/ADN Sept. 2007: Harmonization RID/ADR/ADN with UN 2006 WP.15: Twice a year (May, November) 2006/2007: Specific ADR issues Nov 2007: End of 2 year cycle Adopts set of amendments to ADR for entry into force 1/1/2009 WP.15/AC.2: Once a year (January) 2007/2008: Specific ADN issue Jan 2008: End of 2 year cycle Adopts set of amendments to ADN for application 1/1/2009

ADR/RID/ADN SCOPE International transport STRUCTURE National transport (RID/ADR annexed to EC Directives) STRUCTURE Part 1: Specific to European legislative context Parts 2-6: Same as UN Model Regulations adapted to European context and supplemented e.g.: UN tanks: worldwide RID/ADR tanks: Europe only Part 7: Specific to European legislative context Parts 8-9: Specific to mode of transport (ADR/ADN)

ADR AGREEMENT: Done on 30 September 1957 Entered into force on 29 January 1968 43 Contracting Parties ANNEXES A AND B: Regularly amended since 1968 Now amended every two years on the basis of UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods Latest edition in force since 1 January 2007

ADR Applicable to international transport by road Annexes A and B may be used by any country for application through national law to domestic traffic (mandatory for all EU countries through directive 94/55/EC)

Agreement proper: main articles (1) ADR Agreement proper: main articles (1) Article 2 Dangerous goods barred from carriage by Annex A not accepted for international transport (very few; only extremely dangerous goods) Other dangerous goods authorized subject to compliance with conditions of Annexes A and B (very wide range of goods of commercial importance)

Agreement proper: main articles (2) ADR Agreement proper: main articles (2) Article 4 Each Contracting Party retain the right to regulate or prohibit, for reasons OTHER than safety during carriage, the entry of dangerous goods on its territory The Contracting Parties retain the right to arrange, by special bilateral or multilateral agreements, authorizations of carriage of forbidden dangerous goods or of carriage under LESS stringent conditions on their territories

ADR SPECIAL AGREEMENTS (1) Bilateral agreements Until 1994, 3581 bilateral agreements Concluded between 2 Contracting Parties

ADR SPECIAL AGREEMENTS (2) Multilateral agreements Since 1994, directive 94/55/EC - Annexes A and B applicable to domestic traffic in EU - No bilateral agreements acceptable by EU policy (EU approximation of laws) - Only multilateral agreements open to all EU countries

ADR SPECIAL AGREEMENTS (3) Multilateral agreements Multilateral agreements valid for 5 years only 186 “M” agreements since 1994

OTHER NOTIFICATIONS BY UNECE ADR OTHER NOTIFICATIONS BY UNECE List/addresses of competent authorities Transport restrictions Accident reports Website

SAME SYSTEM BUT NOT YET IN FORCE ADN SAME SYSTEM BUT NOT YET IN FORCE 6 Contracting Parties (Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Russian Federation) Need one more for entry into force (Probably 2007 or 2008) Annexed Regulations regularly updated nevertheless (last version ADN 2007) Administrated by UNECE with support from CCNR

RID ANNEX C to the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) Administrated by the secretariat of the Intergovernmental Organization for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF)

COOPERATION Close cooperation ECOSOC Committee UNECE IMO ICAO OTIF CCNR European Commission to ensure proper harmonization of all international instruments and dates of application

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