Decision 2020/1421 - EU position as regards amendments to the Annexes to the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) and to the Regulations annexed to the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways (ADN) - Main contents
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Council Decision (EU) 2020/1421 of 1 October 2020 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union as regards amendments to the Annexes to the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) and to the Regulations annexed to the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways (ADN)| Legal instrument | Decision |
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| Number legal act | Decision 2020/1421 |
| Original proposal | COM(2020)472  |
| CELEX number i | 32020D1421 |
| Document | 01-10-2020; Date of adoption |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 09-10-2020; OJ L 329 p. 1-3 |
| Effect | 01-10-2020; Entry into force Date of document See Art 4 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
9.10.2020 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 329/1 |
COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2020/1421
of 1 October 2020
on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union as regards amendments to the Annexes to the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) and to the Regulations annexed to the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways (ADN)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 91, in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) |
The European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) entered into force on 29 January 1968. The European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways (ADN) entered into force on 28 February 2008. |
(2) |
The Union is not a Contracting Party to the ADR or to the ADN. |
(3) |
All Member States are Contracting Parties to and apply the ADR, and 13 Member States are Contracting Parties to and apply the ADN. |
(4) |
Pursuant to Article 14 of the ADR, any Contracting Party can propose one or more amendments to the Annexes to that Agreement. The Working Party on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (WP.15) can adopt amendments to the Annexes to the ADR. Pursuant to Article 20 of the ADN, the Safety Committee and Administrative Committee can adopt amendments to the Regulations annexed to the ADN. |
(5) |
The amendments adopted during the 2018–2020 biennium by WP.15 and the ADN Administrative Committee on the transport of dangerous goods by road and inland waterways were notified to the ADR and ADN Contracting Parties on 1 July 2020. |
(6) |
It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union’s behalf as regards those amendments to the ADR and the ADN, as those acts will be capable of decisively influencing the content of Union law, namely Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (1). That Directive lays down requirements for the transport of dangerous goods by road, rail or inland waterways within or between Member States by referring to the ADR and the ADN. Article 4 of Directive 2008/68/EC provides that the transport of dangerous goods between Member States and third countries shall be authorised in so far as it complies with the requirements of the ADR, the Regulation concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail (RID) set out in Appendix C to the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) and the ADN, unless otherwise indicated in the Annexes to that Directive. Moreover, under Article 8 of Directive 2008/68/EC, the Commission is empowered to adapt Section I.1 of Annex I and Section III.1 of Annex III to that Directive to scientific and technical progress, in particular to take account of amendments to the ADR, the RID and the ADN. |
(7) |
The amendments adopted concern technical standards or uniform technical prescriptions, with the objective of ensuring the safe and efficient transport of dangerous goods whilst taking into account scientific and technical progress in the sector and the development of new substances and articles that pose a danger during their transport. The development of the transport of dangerous goods by road and inland waterways, both within the Union and between the Union and its neighbouring countries, is a key component of the common transport policy and ensures the proper functioning of all industrial branches producing or making use of goods classified as dangerous under the ADR and the ADN. |
(8) |
Technical consensus on the amendments to the Annexes to... |
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