Commission Decision
of 26 June 2007
amending for the second time Decision 2005/263/EC authorising Member States to adopt certain derogations pursuant to Council Directive 94/55/EC with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by road
(notified under document number C(2007) 2587)
(Only the Danish, English, Finnish, Portuguese and Swedish texts are authentic)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2007/447/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Whereas:
Pursuant to Article 6(9) of Directive 94/55/EC, Member States must give the Commission advance notification of their derogations for the first time by 31 December 2002 or up to two years after the last date of application of the amended versions of the Annexes to the Directive.
Commission Directive 2006/89/EC adapted for the sixth time Annexes A and B to Directive 94/55/EC. By virtue of that Directive, Member States have to bring into force the necessary national legislation no later than 1 July 2007, as the last date of application referred to in Article 6(9) of Directive 94/55/EC is 30 June 2007.
Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Portugal and the United Kingdom notified the Commission by 31 December 2006 that they wished to adopt new derogations and to amend their existing derogations in Annexes I and II to Decision 2005/263/EC. The Commission has examined these notifications for compliance with the conditions laid down in Article 6(9) of Directive 94/55/EC and has approved them. Those Member States should therefore be authorised to adopt the derogations in question.
It is therefore necessary to amend the Annexes to Decision 2005/263/EC.
The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the transport of dangerous goods set up under Article 9 of Directive 94/55/EC,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: