Commission Directive 2001/6/EC of 29 January 2001 adapting for the third time to technical progress Council Directive 96/49/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by rail (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-01-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: approximation of laws, international transport, rail transport, safety standard, transport of dangerous goods, transport safety

L 30/42

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

1.2.2001

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2001/6/EC

of 29 January 2001

adapting for the third time to technical progress Council Directive 96/49/EC on the approximation
of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by rail

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to 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 (1), as last
amended by European Parliament and Council Directive 2000/
62/EC (2), and in particular Article 8 thereof,

Whereas:

The Annex to Directive 96/49/EC contains the Regula-
tions concerning the international carriage of dangerous
goods by rail, usually known as ‘the RID’, as applicable
from 1 July 1999.

The RID is updated every two years and therefore an
amended version will be in force as from 1 July 2001
with a transitory period until 31 December 2002, except
of dangerous goods of class 7 (radioactive material), for
which the transitory period will end on 31 December
2001.

therefore necessary to amend the Annex to

is

It
Directive 96/49/EC.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Party” and “the States or the railways” will be replaced
by “Member State”

NB: The consolidated text of the 2001 version of the RID
will be published as soon as the text is available in all
languages of the Community.’
the official

Article 2

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations
and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this
Directive concerning dangerous goods of class 7 by 31
December 2001 and concerning dangerous goods of other
classes by 31 December 2002 at the latest. They shall forthwith
inform the Commission thereof.

those provisions,

When Member States adopt
they shall
contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by
such a reference on the occasion of their official publication.
Member States shall determine how such reference is to be
made.

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.

The measures provided for in this Directive are in
accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the
transport of dangerous goods provided by Article 9 of
Directive 96/49/EC,

Article 3

This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

The Annex to Directive 96/49/EC is replaced by the following:

‘ANNEX
Regulations concerning the international carriage of
dangerous goods by rail (RID), appearing as Annex I to
Appendix B to COTIF, as applicable with effect from 1
July 2001, on the understanding that “Contracting

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 29 January 2001.

For the Commission

Loyola DE PALACIO

Vice-President

(1) OJ L 235, 17.9.1996, p. 25.
(2) OJ L 279, 1.11.2000, p. 44.