WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.771
19December 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-5617)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: FRANCE
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofPublic Works, Transport andHousing
Directorate ofLand Transport
Transport ofDangerous Goods Mission DTT/MD
Arche Sud-Paris laDéfense
92055 PARIS LADEFENSE Cédex
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification shall be
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Transport ofdangerous
goods oninland waterways
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Regulation onthe
Transport ofDangerous Goods onInland Waterways (Called theADNR Order)
6. Description ofcontent:
- Chapter 1setsouttheADNR Regulations anditsAnnexes A,B1andB2forthe
transport ofdangerous goods oninland waterways inFrance, whether domestic
orinternational transport. Inthespirit ofaEuropean directive, itprovides for
therecognition ofcertain decisions, marks orauthorizations taken ordelivered
bythecompetent authorities ofmember States oftheEuropean Union andStates
signatory totheRhine Convention, including fordomestic transport;
- Chapter 2contains measures which complete theADNR inareas subject to
national competence;
- Chapter 3setsouttheprovisions onlyapplicable inFrance andrecognized as
necessary forthetime being (provisions oftheRegulations ongaspressure
equipment);
- Chapter 4specifies theprovisions concerning authorized bodies;
- Chapter 5contains various provisions, including those specific totheRhine, as
wellastransitional provisions.
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7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable: The
provisions onthetransport ofdangerous goods oninland waterways arecurrently
governed bytheOrder of15April 1945 asamended (RTMD).
TheRTMD isnolonger aligned withother modal regulations (theADR Order
forroad transport, theRIDOrder forrailtransport) andcanvirtually nolonger be
applied totheclassification ofgoods, theirpackaging andlabelling.
The ADNR alone caneffectively beapplied attheinternational level,
particularly withregard tothecertification ofvessels. French boatmen transporting
dangerous goods ontheRhine orinternationally arealready well aware ofthe
ADNR Regulations, which apply toallmember States oftheCentral Commission forthe
Navigation oftheRhine (CCNR). Until now, France hasonlyapplied theADNR for
goods coming from orgoing totheRhine. Like other European countries where the
Rhine plays animportant role, thisdraft Order makes theADNR fully applicable to
domestic transport andinternational transport ofdangerous goods.
8. Relevant documents:
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Firsthalfof1998
10. Final dateforcomments: 25January 1998
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body: (CINORTECH)
Mrs. Vaquier (AFNOR)
Tour Europe
92049 PARIS LADEFENSE