Commission Directive 2004/111/EC of 9 December 2004 adapting for the fifth 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 roadText with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-12-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: application of EU law, approximation of laws, exchange of information, international transport, road transport, transport of dangerous goods

10.12.2004

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2004/111/EC

of 9 December 2004

adapting for the fifth 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,

1. Annex A is replaced by the following:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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), and
in particular Article 8 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Annexes A and B to Directive 94/55/EC refer to Annexes
A and B to the European Agreement concerning the
international carriage of dangerous goods by road,
(ADR), as applicable from 1 July 2003.

The ADR is updated every two years. Consequently, an
amended version shall apply as from 1 January 2005,
with a transitional period up to 30 June 2005.

It is therefore necessary to amend Annexes A and B to
Directive 94/55/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 94/55/EC,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

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

(1) OJ L 319, 12.12.1994, p. 7. Directive as

last amended by

Commission Directive 2003/28/EC (OJ L 90, 8.4.2003, p. 45).

‘Provisions of Annex A to the European Agreement on the
international carriage of dangerous goods by road (ADR), as
it being
applicable with effect
understood that contracting party is replaced by Member
State.

from 1 January 2005,

The text of the amendments of the 2005 version of Annex
A to the ADR will be published as soon as it is available in
all official languages of the Community.’

2. Annex B is replaced by the following:

‘Provisions of Annex B to the European Agreement on the
international carriage of dangerous goods by road (ADR), as
it being
applicable with effect
understood that contracting party is replaced by Member
State.

from 1 January 2005,

The text of the amendments of the 2005 version of Annex B
to the ADR 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
Directive by 1 July 2005 at the latest. They shall forthwith
communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions
and a correlation table between those provisions and this
Directive.

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.

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

Article 3

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 9 December 2004.

For the Commission

Jacques BARROT
Member of the Commission