Report on the application by the Member States of Council Directive 95/50/EC on uniform procedures for checks on the transport of dangerous goods by road

Council Directive 95/50/EC on uniform procedures for checks on the transport of dangerous goods by road was adopted on 6 October 1995 and Member States had to bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with it by 1 January 1997.

Directive 95/50/EC provides that each Member State has to send the Commission for each calendar year not later than twelve months after the end of that year a report on the application of the Directive. The Directive also provides that the Commission has to send to the European Parliament and the Council at least every three years a report on the application of the Directive by the Member States.

The report from the Commission is based on the annual reports received from the Member States. This is the sixth report on the application of Council Directive 95/50/EC in the Member States and it covers years 2012-2014. The first report covered years 1997-1998, the second report years 1999-2002, the third report years 2003-2005, the fourth report years 2006-2007 and the fifth report years 2008-2011.