Commission Directive 2003/29/EC of 7 April 2003 adapting for the fourth 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: 2003-04-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: approximation of laws, rail transport, safety standard, technological change, transport of dangerous goods, transport safety

8.4.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 90/47

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2003/29/EC

of 7 April 2003

adapting for the fourth time to technical progress Council Directive 96/49/EC on the approxima-
tion 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 Directive 2001/6/EC (2), and in particular Article 8
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

The Annex to Directive 96/49/EC refers to the Regula-
tion concerning the international carriage of dangerous
goods by rail, generally known as the RID, as applicable
with effect from 1 July 2001.

The RID is updated every two years. Consequently, the
amended version will be in force with effect from 1
January 2003, with a transitional period up to 30 June
2003.

It is therefore necessary to amend the Annex to Directive
96/49/EC.

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

terms
January 2003,
“contracting party” and “the States or the railways” will be
replaced by the term “Member State”.

it being understood that

the

The text of the amendments of the 2003 version of the
RID will be published as soon as it is available in all official
languages of the Community.’

Article 2

The Member States shall bring into force the laws, the
1.
regulations and administrative provisions necessary to conform
with this Directive no later than 1 July 2003. They shall forth-
with inform the Commission thereof.

When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain
a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such
reference on the occasion of their official publication. The
methods of making such a reference shall be laid down by the
Member States.

2.
The Member States shall notify to the Commission the
text of the provisions of internal law which they adopt in the
field governed by this Directive.

Article 3

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 4

Article 1

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

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

‘ANNEX

the
carriage of
Regulation concerning
(RID) appearing in Annex I to
dangerous goods by rail
Appendix B to the Convention concerning International
Carriage by Rail (COTIF), as applicable with effect from 1

international

Done at Brussels, 7 April 2003.

For the Commission

Loyola DE PALACIO

Vice-President

(1) OJ L 235, 17.9.1996, p. 25.
(2) OJ L 30, 1.2.2001, p. 42.