Decision (EU) 2018/768 establishing the position to be adopted at the 55th session of the Committee of Experts for the Carriage of Dangerous Goods of the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail

The Regulations concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail (RID) aim to regulate the international transport of dangerous goods by rail between the Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) Member States that apply RID rules. The Committee of Experts for the Carriage of Dangerous Goods ('RID Expert Committee') is set up under the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) in order to decide on the amendments to RID.

On 9 March 2018 the European Commission published a proposal for a Council Decision establishing the position to be taken on the Union's behalf in the OTIF RID Expert Committee due to take place on 30 May 2018 in connection with the envisaged adoption of certain amendments to the technical and administrative provisions contained in the Annex to Appendix C to the Convention. The Council adopted a Decision on 22 May 2018.

The purpose of the amendments is to update the existing provisions concerning the safety obligations of the participants as regards the carriage of dangerous goods packed in limited quantities, checklist for filling and emptying of liquefied gas tank-wagons, placarding and protective distance, certain hazard identification numbers, carriage of dangerous goods as hand luggage or registered luggage, etc. The envisaged act will be legally binding on the parties to the agreement from 1 January 2019.

EUR-Lex: COM(2018)111: Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken at the 55th session of the Organisation for International Carriage by Rail Committee of Experts for the Carriage of Dangerous Goods https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2018:111:FIN

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