Agreement Dangerous Goods by Road
– the conditions laid down in Annex B, in particular as regards the construction, equipment and operation of the vehicle carrying the goods concerned. The agreement itself is short and simple. The key article is the second, which stipulates that with the exception of certain excessively dangerous goods, other dangerous goods may be transported internationally in road vehicles provided that they meet: The categories of dangerous goods according to ADR are as follows: Class 1 Explosive substances and articles Gases of class 2, including compressed gases and vapours, liquefied and pressurized Flammable gases (e.B. butane, Propane, acetylene) Non-flammable and non-toxic, probably suffocation (p.B. nitrogen, CO2) or oxidizing agent (e.B.g. oxygen) Toxic (e.g. Chlorine, phosgene) Class 3 Flammable liquids Class 4.1 Flammable solids, self-reactive substances and desensitized solid explosives Class 4.2 Spontaneously flammable substances Class 4.3 Substances emitting flammable gases in contact with water Class 5.1 Oxidizing substances Class 5.2 Organic peroxides Class 6.1 Toxic substances Class 6.2 Infectious substances Class 7 Radioactive substances Class 8 Corrosive substances Class 9 Miscellaneous hazardous substances and articles – the the conditions laid down in Annex A for the goods concerned, in particular as regards their packaging and labelling; and ADR requires the appointment of a Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor (DGSA) for persons involved in the transport, packaging, loading, filling or unloading of dangerous goods by road. The Annexes consist of nine chapters containing the following content 1.General provisions: terminology, general requirements 2.Classification: classification of dangerous goods 3.Dangerous goods list, sorted by UN number, with references to specific requirements of Chapters 3 to 9; specific provisions and exemptions for dangerous goods packed in limited quantities 4.Provisions on packaging and refuelling 5.Transit procedures, labelling and marking of containers and vehicles. 6.Design and testing of packagings, intermediate bulk containers (IBCs), bulk packagings and tanks 7.Conditions of carriage, loading, unloading and handling 8.Vehicle crews, equipment, operation and documentation 9.Construction and registration of vehicles The agreement itself is short and simple, and its main article is Article 2.
This article stipulates that dangerous substances, with the exception of certain exceptionally dangerous substances, may generally be transported internationally in wheeled vehicles, provided that two groups of conditions are met: it was concluded in Geneva on 30 September 1957 under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and entered into force on 29 January 1968. The Agreement was amended in New York on 21 August 1975 (Article 14(3)), although these amendments did not enter into force until 19 April 1985. A new amended ADR 2011 entered into force on 1 January 2011. Annexes A and B have been regularly amended and updated since the entry into force of ADR. Accordingly, the amendments with a view to their entry into force on 1 January 2015 were accompanied by a revised consolidated version in the form of document ECE/TRANS/242, vols. I and II. The RID Safety Committee and WP.15 administer the European Agreements on The Regulation of the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail (RID) and road (ADR). They meet twice a year to further harmonize the provisions of the two agreements. The aim is to establish the necessary coherence between motorway and rail transport and to promote international harmonisation. The UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods serve as the basis for the RID/ADR agreements. However, RID and ADR also contain specific requirements for signatory parties. Since large majorities of voters of the United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods signed the RID and ADR Conventions, the work of the joint RID/ADR meeting increasingly led to proposals for the revision of the UN Recommendations.
The classes of dangerous goods according to ADR are as follows: Annex A: General provisions and provisions relating to dangerous articles and substances Part 1 General provisions Part 2 Classification Part 3 List of dangerous goods, special provisions and exceptions for limited and excepted quantities Part 4 Provisions relating to packaging and refuelling Part 5 Transit procedures Part 6 Design and import requirements testing of packagings, intermediate bulk containers (IBCs), bulk packagings, tanks and bulk containers Part 7 Provisions on conditions of carriage, loading, unloading and handling The agreement itself is short and simple, and its main article is article 2. This section stipulates that dangerous substances, with the exception of certain dangerous substances, may generally be transported internationally in wheeled vehicles, provided that two groups of conditions are met: 1.Annex A regulates the goods concerned, in particular their packaging and labels. 2.Annex B regulates the construction, equipment and use of vehicles for the transport of dangerous substances. In 2016, 49 States are parties to ADR: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tunisia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Since 1 January 2021: 2021 edition (ECE/TRANS/300, Vol.I and II and Corr.1 and Corr.2). This edition contains the amendments in force since 1 January 2021. ADR, formerly the European Convention of 30. September 1957 on the International Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road, is a 1957 United Nations treaty that regulates the transboundary transport of dangerous substances. « ADR » is derived from the French name of the treaty: European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road).
From 1 January 2021, the treaty will be renamed agreements on the international transport of dangerous goods by road, as the word « European » in its original name may give the impression that the treaty is only open to the accession of European states. Annexes A and B have been regularly amended and updated since the entry into force of ADR. In accordance with the amendments that entered into force on 1 January 2021, a revised consolidated version was published in the form of document ECE/TRANS/300, vols. I and II (ADR 2021). The adro Secretariat has defined a classification system for large tunnels in Europe. [4] « Categorization [is] based on the assumption that there are three major hazards in tunnels that can cause many casualties or serious damage to the tunnel structure. » It is the responsibility of each national authority to classify its tunnels accordingly. Classes range from A (less restrictive) to E (more restrictive). For example, from 2010 [Update], in the UK, the tunnel that led from the A299 to Ramsgate port was the least restrictive, while the most restrictive was several tunnels in east London, including the Limehouse Link Tunnel, the Rotherhithe Tunnel, the Blackwall Tunnel and the East India Dock Link Tunnel. [5] The structure complies with the United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, the Model Regulations, the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (International Maritime Organization), the Technical Instructions for the Safe Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Air (International Civil Aviation Organization) and the Rules for the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail (the is as follows: Part 8 Requirements for vehicle crews, equipment, operation and documentation Part 9 Requirements for the construction and approval of vehicles Each entry in the different categories is assigned a four-digit UN number. As a general rule, the hazard class(es) of a substance cannot be derived from its UN number: they must be searched in a table. An exception is Class 1 substances, whose UN number always begins with a 0. UN numbers range from UN0001 to approximately UN3600 and are assigned by the United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods.
ADR and RID mean the European Agreements concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail (RID) and road (ADR) and the joint meeting of the RID Safety Committee and the Working Party on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (WP.15). United Nations Publications Customer Servicec/o National Book Network15200 NBN WayPO Box 190Blue Ridge Summit, PA 17214USAPhone: 1-888-254-4286Fax: 1-800-338-4550email: unpublications@nbnbooks.com The latest version of ADR is ADR (2019). It can be downloaded free of charge from the UNECE website below. . PhMSA represents the United States at these meetings, where the United States has full voting rights. PHMSA is participating in the joint meeting to advise U.S. shippers on applicable European requirements and to ensure that the U.S. is involved in the development of these requirements, which will likely be proposed for adoption in the UN recommendations once adopted. . The Convention concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) was concluded in Geneva on 30 September 1957 under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and entered into force on 29 January 1968. .