Commission Directive 2004/89/EC of 13 September 2004 adapting for the fifth 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: 2004-09-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: approximation of laws, rail transport, safety standard, technological change, transport of dangerous goods, transport safety

L 293/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

16.9.2004

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2004/89/EC

of 13 September 2004

adapting for the fifth 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
Community,

establishing the European

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), and in
particular Article 8 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

The Annex to Directive 96/49/EC refers to the Regu-
lation
of
concerning
Dangerous Goods by Rail
(RID), as applicable with
effect from 1 July 2003.

International

Carriage

the

The RID is normally updated every two years, the latest
update being in force from 1 January 2003, with a tran-
sitional period up to 30 June 2003.

Exceptionally the RID was updated again after one year
the amended version entered into force on
so that
1 January 2004.

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

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

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

The text of the amendments of the 2004 version of the RID
will be published as soon as it is available in all official
languages of the Community.’

Article 2

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations
and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this
latest. They shall
Directive by 1 October 2004 at
forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those
provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and
this Directive.

the

When Member States adopt those provisions, 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
text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in
the field covered by this Directive.

Article 3

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

Article 4

Article 1

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 September 2004.

concerning

‘Regulation
of
International Carriage
the
Dangerous Goods by Rail
(RID) appearing in Annex I to
Appendix B to the Convention concerning International
Carriage by Rail (COTIF), as applicable with effect from 1
terms
it being understood
January 2004,

that

the

For the Commission

Loyola DE PALACIO
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 235, 17.9.1996, p. 25. Directive as

last amended by

Commission Directive 2003/29/EC (OJ L 90, 8.4.2003, p. 47).