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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1996 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by rail (repealed)
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The amendments necessary to adapt the Annex to scientific and technical progress in the fields covered by this Directive, in particular to take account of amendments to the RID, shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 9.
1. The Commission shall be assisted by the ‘Committee on the transport of dangerous goods’ set up under Article 9 of Directive 94/55/EC. (1)
2. Where reference is made to this Article, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.
The period referred to in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.
3. The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.]
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1.Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive before 1 January 1997. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference on the occasional of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States.
2.Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of the provisions of national law which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive.
This Directive shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
[F1 OJ L 319, 12.12.1994, p. 7 . Directive as last amended by Directive 2000/61/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ( OJ L 279 of 1.11.2000, p. 40 ).]
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