Commission Directive 2001/7/EC of 29 January 2001 adapting for the third time to technical progress Council Directive 94/55/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by road (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-01-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: approximation of laws, road transport, safety standard, technological change, transport of dangerous goods, transport safety

1.2.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 30/43

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2001/7/EC

of 29 January 2001

adapting for the third time to technical progress Council Directive 94/55/EC on the approximation
of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by road

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

2. Annex B is replaced by the following:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 94/55/EC of 21 November
1994 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States
with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by road (1), as
last amended by European Parliament and Council Directive
2000/61/EC (2), and in particular Article 8 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

The Annexes A and B to Directive 94/55/EC contain the
Annexes A and B to the European Agreement
concerning the international carriage of dangerous
goods by road, usually known as ‘the ADR’ as applicable
from 1 July 1999.

The ADR 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.

is therefore necessary to amend the Annexes to

It
Directive 94/55/EC.

The measures provided for in this Directive are in
accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the
transport of dangerous goods,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Annexes to Directive 94/55/EC are amended as follows:

1. Annex A is replaced by the following:

‘ANNEX A

Provisions of Annex A to the European Agreement
concerning the international carriage of dangerous
goods by road (ADR) as in force from 1 July 2001,
“Member State” being substituted for “Contracting
Party”

NB: The consolidated text of the 2001 version of Annex A
to the ADR will be published as soon as the text is
available
the
the official
Community.’

languages of

in all

(1) OJ L 319, 12.12.1994, p. 7.
(2) OJ L 279, 1.11.2000, p. 40.

‘ANNEX B

Provisions of Annex B to the European Agreement
concerning the international carriage of dangerous
goods by road (ADR) as in force from 1 July 2001,
“Member State” being substituted for “Contracting
Party”

NB: The consolidated text of the 2001 version of Annex B
to the ADR will be published as soon as the text is
available
the
the official
Community.’

languages of

in all

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.

Article 3

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

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 January 2001.

For the Commission

Loyola DE PALACIO

Vice-President