Commission Directive 2004/110/EC of 9 December 2004 adapting for the sixth time to technical progress Council Directive 96/49/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by rail (Text with EEA relevance) (c. 110)

Commission Directive 2004/110/EC

of 9 December 2004

adapting for the sixth time to technical progress Council Directive 96/49/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by rail

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 96/49/EC of 23 July 1996 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by rail(1), and in particular Article 8 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The Annex to Directive 96/49/EC refers to the Regulation concerning the international carriage of dangerous goods by rail (RID), as applicable from 1 July 2003.

(2) The RID is updated every two years. Consequently, the next amended version shall be applicable as from 1 January 2005, with a transitional period up to 30 June 2005.

(3) It is therefore necessary to amend the Annex to Directive 96/49/EC.

(4) The measures provided for in this Directive are in conformity with the opinion of the Committee on the transport of dangerous goods referred to in Article 9 of Directive 96/49/EC,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

(1)

OJ L 235, 17.9.1996, p. 25. Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 2004/89/EC (OJ L 293, 16.9.2004, p. 14).