2007/447/EC: Commission Decision of 26 June 2007 amending for the second time Decision 2005/263/EC authorising Member States to adopt certain derogations pursuant to Council Directive 94/55/EC with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by road (notified under document number C(2007) 2587) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2007-06-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Portugal, United Kingdom, approximation of laws, derogation from EU law, transport of dangerous goods

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 26 June 2007

amending for the second time Decision 2005/263/EC authorising Member States to adopt certain
derogations pursuant to Council Directive 94/55/EC with regard to the transport of dangerous
goods by road

(notified under document number C(2007) 2587)

(Only the Danish, English, Finnish, Portuguese and Swedish texts are authentic)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/447/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 6(9) thereof,

(5)

(6)

Whereas:

94/55/EC and has approved them. Those Member
States should therefore be authorised to adopt the dero-
gations in question.

is therefore necessary to amend the Annexes

It
Decision 2005/263/EC.

to

The measures provided for
in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the
transport of dangerous goods set up under Article 9 of
Directive 94/55/EC,

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Pursuant to Article 6(9) of Directive 94/55/EC, Member
States must give the Commission advance notification of
their derogations for the first time by 31 December 2002
or up to two years after the last date of application of the
amended versions of the Annexes to the Directive.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Decision 2005/263/EC is hereby amended as follows:

Article 1

By Commission Decision 2005/263/EC of 4 March 2005
authorising Member States to adopt certain derogations
to Directive 94/55/EC with regard to the
pursuant
road (2),
the
transport
the
Commission authorised Member States to adopt
derogations listed in Annexes I and II to that Decision.

dangerous

goods

by

of

Commission Directive 2006/89/EC adapted for the sixth
time Annexes A and B to Directive 94/55/EC. By virtue
of that Directive, Member States have to bring into force
the necessary national
legislation no later than 1 July
2007, as the last date of application referred to in
Article 6(9) of Directive 94/55/EC is 30 June 2007.

Denmark, Finland,
Ireland, Portugal and the United
Kingdom notified the Commission by 31 December
2006 that they wished to adopt new derogations and
to amend their existing derogations in Annexes I and II
to Decision
has
examined these notifications for compliance with the
laid down in Article 6(9) of Directive
conditions

The Commission

2005/263/EC.

1. Annex I shall be amended as set out in Annex I to this

Decision.

2. Annex II shall be amended as set out in Annex II to this

Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Denmark, Ireland,
the Republic of Finland, the Republic of Portugal and the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Done at Brussels, 26 June 2007.

For the Commission

Jacques BARROT
Vice-President

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

last amended by

Commission Directive 2006/89/EC (OJ L 305, 4.11.2006, p. 4).
(2) OJ L 85, 2.4.2005, p. 58. Decision as amended by Decision

2005/903/EC (OJ L 328, 15.12.2005, p. 62).

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ANNEX I

Derogations for Member States on small quantities of certain dangerous goods

In Annex I to Decision 2005/263/EC, the following derogations are to be read as follows:

DENMARK

RO-SQ 2.1 (amended)

Subject: Road transport of packagings or articles containing wastes or residues of dangerous goods collected from
households and certain enterprises for the purpose of disposal.

Reference to the Annex to the Directive: Part 2, 3, 4.1, 5.2, 5.4 and 8.2.

Content of the Annex to the Directive: Principles for classification, special provisions, packing provisions, marking and
labelling provisions, transport document and training.

Reference to the national legislation: Bekendtgørelse nr. 437 af 6. juni 2005 om vejtransport af farligt gods, § 4 stk. 3.

Content of the national legislation: Inner packagings or articles containing waste or residues of dangerous goods collected
from households or certain enterprises may be packed together in outer packagings. The contents of each inner packaging
and/or each outer packaging must not exceed set mass or volume limits. Derogations from the provisions concerning
classification, packaging, marking and labeling, documentation and training.

Comments: It is not possible to carry out an accurate classification and apply all ADR provisions when wastes or residual
amounts of dangerous goods are collected from households and certain enterprises for the purpose of disposal. The waste
is typically contained in packagings which have been sold in retail sale.

IRELAND

RO-SQ 7.4 (amended)

Subject: Exemption from some of the provisions of the ADR on the packaging, marking and labelling of small quantities
(below the limits in 1.1.3.6) of time-expired pyrotechnic articles of classification codes 1.3G, 1.4G and 1.4S of Class 1 of
the ADR, bearing the respective substance identification numbers UN 0092, UN 0093, UN 0191, UN 0195, UN 0197,
UN 0240, UN 0312, UN 0403, UN 0404 or UN 0453 for carriage to the nearest military barracks for disposal.

Reference to the Annex to the Directive: 1.1.3.6, 4.1, 5.2 and 6.1.

Content of the Annex to the Directive: Disposal of out-of-date pyrotechnics.

the national

legislation: The provisions of the ADR on the packaging, marking and labelling of expired
Content of
pyrotechnic articles bearing the UN numbers UN 0092, UN 0093, UN 0403 or UN 0404 for carriage to the nearest
military barracks do not apply provided the general packaging provisions of the ADR are complied with and additional
information is included in the transport document. This applies only to local transport, to the nearest military barracks, of
small quantities of these time-expired pyrotechnics for safe disposal.

Reference to the national legislation: Regulation 82(10) of the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Regulations 2004.

Comments: The carriage of small quantities of time-expired marine emergency flares, especially from pleasure boat owners
and ship chandlers, to military barracks for safe disposal has created difficulties, particularly in relation to packaging
requirements. The derogation is for small quantities (below those specified in 1.1.3.6) for local transport.

THE UNITED KINGDOM

RO-SQ 15.4 (amended)

Subject: Exemption from the requirement
equipment (E4).

for vehicles carrying low-level radioactive material

to carry fire-fighting

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Reference to the Annex to the Directive: 8.1.4.

Content of the Annex to the Directive: Requirement for vehicles to carry fire-fighting appliances.

Reference to the national legislation: The Radioactive Material (Road Transport) Regulations 2002, Regulation 5(4)(d).

Content of the national legislation: Removes requirement to carry fire extinguishers when carrying only excepted packages
(UN 2908, 2909, 2910 and 2911).

Restricts the requirement where only a small number of packages are carried.

Comments: Carriage of fire-fighting equipment is in practice irrelevant to the transport of UN 2908, 2909, 2910 and
2911, which are often carried in small vehicles.

RO-SQ 15.11 (amended)

Subject: Alternative to display of orange plates for small consignments of radioactive material in small vehicles.

Reference to the Annex to the Directive: 5.3.2.

Content of the Annex to the Directive: Requirement for orange plates to be displayed on small vehicles carrying radioactive
material.

Reference to the national legislation: The Radioactive Material (Road Transport) Regulations 2002, Regulation 5(4)(d).

Content of the national legislation: Permits any derogation approved under this process. The derogation requested is:

Vehicles must either:

(a) be placarded in accordance with the applicable provisions of ADR paragraph 5.3.2; or

(b) in the case of a vehicles carrying not more than ten packages containing non-fissile or fissile excepted radioactive
material and where the sum of the transport indexes of these packages does not exceed 3, may alternatively carry a
notice complying with the requirements laid down in national legislation.

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ANNEX II

Derogations for Member States on local transport limited to their territory

In Annex II to Decision 2005/263/EC, the following derogations are added:

DENMARK

RO-LT 2.2

Subject: Adoption of RO-LT 14.6

Reference to the national legislation: Bekendtgørelse nr. 437 af 6. juni 2005 om vejtransport af farligt gods, as amended

RO-LT 2.3

Subject: Adoption of RO-LT 15.1

Reference to the national legislation: Bekendtgørelse nr. 437 af 6. juni 2005 om vejtransport af farligt gods, as amended.

PORTUGAL

RO-LT 12.1

Subject: Transport documentation for UN 1965

Reference to the Annex to the Directive: 5.4.1.

Content of the Annex to the Directive: Requirements for transport documentation.

Reference to the national legislation: Despacho DGTT 7560/2004, 16 April 2004, under Article 5, No 1, of Decreto-Lei
No 267-A/2003 of 27 October.

Content of the national legislation: The proper shipping name to be indicated in the transport document, as provided for in
Section 5.4.1 of the RPE (Regulamento Nacional de Transporte de Mercadorias Perigosas por Estrada), for commercial
butane and propane gases covered by the collective heading ‘UN No 1965 hydrocarbon gas mixture, liquefied, n.o.s.’,
transported in cylinders, may be replaced by other trade names as follows:

— ‘UN 1965 Butane’ in the case of mixtures A, A01, A02 and A0, as described in Subsection 2.2.2.3 of the RPE,

transported in cylinders;

— ‘UN 1965 Propane’ in the case of mixture C, as described in Subsection 2.2.2.3 of the RPE, transported in cylinders.

Comments: The importance of making it easier for economic operators to fill in transport documents for dangerous goods
is recognised, provided that the safety of these operations is not affected.

RO-LT 12.2

Subject: Transport documentation for empty uncleaned tanks and containers.

Reference to the Annex to the Directive: 5.4.1.

Content of the Annex to the Directive: Requirements for transport documentation

Reference to the national legislation: Despacho DGTT 15162/2004, 28 July 2004, under Article 5, No 1, of Decreto-Lei
No 267-A/2003, of 27 October.

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Content of the national legislation: For the return journeys of empty tanks and containers that have transported dangerous
goods, the transport document referred to in Section 5.4.1 of the RPE may be replaced by the transport document issued
for the immediately preceding journey made to deliver the goods.

Comments: The obligation that the transport of empty tanks and containers that have contained dangerous goods be
accompanied by a transport document in accordance with the RPE causes, in certain cases, practical difficulties, which can
be kept to the minimum without prejudice to safety.

FINLAND

RO-LT 13.4

Subject: Adoption of RO-LT 14.10

Reference to the national legislation: To be specified in forthcoming legislation.

UNITED KINGDOM

RO-LT 15.3

Subject: Adoption of RO-LT 14.12

Reference to the national
Regulations 2007 Part 1.

legislation: The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment

RO-LT 15.4

Subject: Collection of used batteries for disposal or recycling.

Reference to the Annex of the Directive: Annexes A and B.

Content of the Annex to the Directive: Special Provision 636

Reference to the national legislation: The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment 2007
part 1.

Content of the national legislation: Permits the following alternative conditions for Special Provision 636 of Chapter 3.3:

Used lithium cells and batteries (UN 3090 and UN 3091) collected and presented for carriage for disposal between the
consumer collecting point and the intermediate processing facility, together with other non-lithium cells or batteries (UN
2800 and UN 3028), are not subject to the other provisions of ADR if they meet the following conditions:

— They shall be packed in IH2 drums or 4H2 boxes conforming to the packing group II performance level for solids;

— Not more than 5 % of each package shall be lithium and lithium ion batteries;

— The maximum gross mass of each package shall not exceed 25 kg;

— The total quantity of packages per Transport Unit shall not exceed 333 kg;

— No other dangerous goods may be carried.

Comments: Consumer collection points are usually in retail outlets and it is not practical to train large numbers of people
to sort and package used batteries in accordance with ADR. The UK system would operate under guidelines set by the UK
Waste and Resources Action Programme and would involve the supplying suitable ADR compliant packaging and
appropriate instructions.