Commission Decision of 13 October 2005 amending Decision 2005/180/EC on authorising Member States to adopt certain derogations pursuant to Council Directive 96/49/EC with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by rail (notified under document number C(2005) 3555) (Only the English text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2005/777/EC) (c. 777)

ANNEX U.K. Derogations for Member States on small quantities of certain dangerous goods

THE UNITED KINGDOM U.K.

RA-SQ 15.2 (amended) U.K.

Subject

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Movement of nominally empty fixed tanks not intended as transport equipment (N2).

Reference to the Annex to the Directive

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Parts 5 and 7.

Content of the Annex to the Directive

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Requirements concerning consignment procedures, carriage, operation and vehicles.

Reference to the national legislation

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The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2004: Regulation 5(14).

Content of the national legislation

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Comments

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Movement of such fixed tanks is not carriage of dangerous goods in the normal sense, and RID provisions cannot in practice be applied. As the tanks are ‘nominally empty’, the amount of dangerous goods actually contained in them is by definition extremely small.

RA-SQ 15.4 (amended) U.K.

Subject

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To allow different ‘maximum total quantity per transport unit’ for Class 1 goods in Categories 1 and 2 of table in 1.1.3.1.

Reference to the Annex to the Directive

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1.1.3.1.

Content of the Annex to the Directive

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Exemptions related to the nature of the transport operation.

Reference to the national legislation

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The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2004: Regulation 3(7)(b).

Content of the national legislation

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To lay down rules regarding exemptions for limited quantities and mixed loading of explosives.

Comments

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To allow different limited quantity limits and mixed loading multiplication factors for Class 1 goods, namely ‘50’ for Category 1 and ‘500’ for Category 2. For the purpose of calculating mixed loads, the multiplication factors are to read ‘20’ for Transport Category 1 and ‘2’ for Transport Category 2.

RA-SQ 15.5 (amended) U.K.

Subject

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Adoption of RA-SQ 6.6.

Reference to the Annex to the Directive

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5.3.1.3.2.

Content of the Annex to the Directive

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Relaxation of placarding requirement for piggyback carriage.

Reference to the national legislation

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The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2004: Regulation 7(12).

Content of the national legislation

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The placarding requirement does not apply in cases where the vehicle placards are clearly visible.

Comments

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This has always been a UK national provision.