Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2025/149 of 15 November 2024 amending the Annexes to Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council to take into account scientific and technical progress
Date: 2024-11-15
Institutions: Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission
Subjects: ADN agreement, ADR agreement, international agreement, intra-EU transport, rail transport, scientific progress, technological change, transport of dangerous goods, transport safety




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2025/149


24.1.2025







            COMMISSION DELEGATED DIRECTIVE (EU) 2025/149
of 15 November 2024
         
amending the Annexes to Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council to take into account scientific and technical progress
(Text with EEA relevance)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 2008 on the inland transport of dangerous goods (1), and in particular Article 8(1) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Section I.1 of Annex I, Section II.1 of Annex II and Section III.1 of Annex III to Directive 2008/68/EC refer to provisions set out in international agreements on the inland transport of dangerous goods by road, rail and inland waterways.












(2)


The provisions of those international agreements are updated every two years. Their last amended versions apply as from 1 January 2025, with a transitional period until 30 June 2025.












(3)


Directive 2008/68/EC should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:



Article 1

Amendments

Directive 2008/68/EC is amended as follows:






1.


in Annex I, Section I.1 is replaced by the following:
‘I.1.   ADR
Annexes A and B to the ADR, as applicable with effect from 1 January 2025, it being understood that “contracting party” is replaced by “Member State” as appropriate.’;










2.


in Annex II, Section II.1 is replaced by the following:
‘II.1   RID
The Annex to the RID, as applicable with effect from 1 January 2025, it being understood that “RID Contracting State” is replaced by “Member State” as appropriate.’;










3.


in Annex III, Section III.1 is replaced by the following:
‘III.1.   ADN
The Regulations annexed to the ADN, as applicable with effect from 1 January 2025, as well as Article 3, points (f) and (h) and Article 8(1) and (3) of the ADN, it being understood that “contracting party” is replaced by “Member State” as appropriate.’.






Article 2

Transposition


1.   Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 30 June 2025. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
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

Entry into force

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

Addressees

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.




Done at Brussels, 15 November 2024.


For the Commission


The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 260, 30.9.2008, p. 13, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2008/68/oj.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir_del/2025/149/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)