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Council Directive 94/55/EC of 21 November 1994 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by road (repealed)
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Provisions of Annex A to the European Agreement on the international carriage of dangerous goods by road (ADR), as applicable with effect from 1 January 2007 , it being understood that ‘ contracting party ’ is replaced by ‘ Member State ’ .
The text of the amendments of the 2007 version of Annex A to the ADR will be published as soon as it is available in all official languages of the Community.]
Provisions of Annex B to the European Agreement on the international carriage of dangerous goods by road (ADR), as applicable with effect from 1 January 2007 , it being understood that ‘ contracting party ’ is replaced by ‘ Member State ’ .
The text of the amendments of the 2007 version of Annex B to the ADR will be published as soon as it is available in all official languages of the Community.]
Textual Amendments
The national transport operations referred to in Article 1(2)(c) are as follows:
explosive substances and articles in Class 1, where the quantity of explosive substance contained per transport unit exceeds:
1 000 kg for division 1.1, or
3 000 kg for division 1.2, or
5 000 kg for divisions 1.3 and 1.5;
the following substances in tanks or in tank containers of a total capacity exceeding 3 000 litres:
substances in Class 2: gas assigned to the following risk groups: F, T, TF, TC, TO, TFC, TOC;
substances in Classes 3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1 and 8: substances not listed under (b) or (c) in those classes or listed therein but having a hazard code with three or more significant digits (not including any zero);
the following packages of Class 7 (radioactive materials): packages of fissile materials, packages of type B (U), package of type B (M).
The special provision applicable to Article 5(2) [F3is Chapter 1.9 in Annex A] .
The special provision applicable to Article 5(3)(b) is Marginal 211 128 of Annex B.
The special provision applicable to Article 6(4) [F3consists of the definitions of ‘ cylinder ’ , ‘ tube ’ , ‘ pressure drum ’ , ‘ cryogenic vessel ’ and ‘ cylinder rack ’ given in section 1.2.1 of Annex A] .
The special provisions applicable to Article 6(10) and (12) [F3are those in Chapter 1.5 in Annex A] .]
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