[F1RO–bi–PT–1 U.K.
Subject: Transport documentation for UN 1965
Reference to Annex I, Section I.1, to Directive 2008/68/EC: 5.4.1.
Content of the Annex to the Directive: Requirements for transport documentation.
Content of the national legislation: The proper shipping name to be indicated in the transport document, as provided for in Section 5.4.1 of the RPE ( Regulamento Nacional de Transporte de Mercadorias Perigosas por Estrada ), for commercial butane and propane gases covered by the collective heading ‘UN No 1965 hydrocarbon gas mixture, liquefied, n.o.s.’, transported in cylinders, may be replaced by other trade names as follows:
‘ UN 1965 Butane ’ in the case of mixtures A, A01, A02 and A0, as described in subsection 2.2.2.3 of the RPE, transported in cylinders;
‘ UN 1965 Propane ’ in the case of mixture C, as described in subsection 2.2.2.3 of the RPE, transported in cylinders.
Initial reference to the national legislation: Despacho DGTT 7560/2004, 16 April 2004 , under Article 5, No 1, of Decreto-Lei No 267-A/2003 of 27 October .
Comments: The importance of making it easier for economic operators to fill in transport documents for dangerous goods is recognised, provided that the safety of these operations is not affected.
Expiry date: 30 June 2021]
Textual Amendments
F1 Substituted by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1241 of 28 August 2020 authorising Member States to adopt certain derogations pursuant to Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the inland transport of dangerous goods (notified under document C(2020) 5797) (Text with EEA relevance).