CELEX: 51989PC0602
Language: en
Date: 1990-01-16
Title: AMENDMENT TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE ON VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR CERTAIN DRIVERS OF VEHICLES CARRYING DANGEROUS GOODS BY ROAD

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                         COM (89) 602 final
                                                          Brussels,16  January 1990
                           Amendment to the proposal for a Council Directive cm
                                       vocational training far certain
                                   drivers of vehicles carrying dangerous
                                                goods by road
                                  (presented by the Oomoission pursuant to
          -3a                         Article 149(3) of the BBC Treaty)
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On 17 June 1988 the Commission sent the Council a proposal for a Directive
on vocational training for certain drivers of vehicles carrying dangerous
goods by road.1
The aim of the proposal was to require appropriate vocational
qualifications for all drivers of vehicles carrying dangerous goods, in
domestic or international traffic, on the basis of uniform criteria.
At its plenary session in January 1989 the European Parliament approved the
proposal from the Commission subject to certain amendments, which in
general are acceptable, i.e. with the exception of Amendment No 1; as the
Commission had the opportunity of making clear to the Assembly, an attempt
to require vocational training for drivers conveying dangerous goods for
the Member States' armed forces or security forces appears to us to be
premature at this point. This requirement might have delayed the adoption
of the Directive by the Council.
1 0QMC38) 339 final, 12 June 1988.
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                   Amendment to the proposal for a Council Directive on
                              vocational training for certain
                          drivers of vehicles carrying dangerous
                                       goods by road
                  (Submitted to the Council by the Commission pursuant to
                             Article 149(3) of the BBC Treaty)
                   Tne proposal for a Council Directive of 17 June 1986,
                             the subject of 0CU(88) 339 final,
                               is hereby amended as follows:
           Original text              Amended, tfflrt
            Article 4(2)              Article 4(2)
2. Member States may grant the        2. Member States may grant the certificate
certificate of competence to drivers  of competence to drivers who request it for
who request it for the first time     the first time without their being obliged
without their being obliged to prove  to prove that they comply with the
that they comply with the provisions  provisions of paragraph 1, on condition
of paragraph 1, on condition that     that such drivers can prove that they have
such drivers can prove that they      engaged in the occupation of drivers of
have engaged in the occupation of     vehicles carrying dangerous goods without
drivers of vehicles carrying          interruption and without any serious
dangerous goods without interruption  flocflflflnt being attelhitfthlfi to tîifln fox at
for at least five years preceding     least five years preceding the date of
the date of entry into force of this  entry into force of this Directive.
Directive.
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Original test
                                     Amended text
                                     Article 5a (new)
                                     Refresher courses gha.11 he nranpnl gory tjhen:
                                     lal this Directive is supplemented to a
                                           substantial extent by new provisions:
                                     Ùù.   new dangerous substances or wastes are
                                           added to Annexes 1. la and lb to this
                                           Directive:
                                     Ic_l the drlvei*. for whatsoever reason, has
                                           not performed rwrriage of goods
                                           falling within the scope of tals
                                           Directive for a period of At, lea/ft two
                                           years.
Article 7(2)                         Article 7(2)
                                     2. Member States shall communicate to the
                                     Commissi on the texts of the main provisions
2. Member States shall communicate   of national law which they adopt in the
to the Commission the texts of the   field governed by this Directive.
main provisions of national law      Certificates issued by Member States
which they adopt in the field        pursuant to Article 1 of this Directive
governed by this Directive. In       ghA.11 h e p r e p a r e d In a/ran^A-noe w i t h a.
particular, each Member State shall  «tanda-Td model           The Commission shall
provide the Commission with          forthwith forward this information to the
specimens of the certificates or     other Member States.
equivalent documents which it adopts
with a view to implementing
Article 1 of this Directive. The
Commission shall forthwith forward
this information to the other Member
States.
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Original text                         Argended t e y h
Annex la                              Add:
                                      - Discharged batteries
                                      Amendment No 6
Annex 2                               Annex 2
Subjects covered by Article 4 of      Subjects covered by Article 4 of this
this Directive                        Directive
The knowledge required in order to    The knowledge required in order to qualify
qualify for a certificate of          for a certificate of competence must cover
competence must cover at least the    at least the following subjects:
following subjects:
(a) general requirements concerning   (a) general requirements concerning the
     the transport of dangerous             transport of dangerous goods and, means
    goods;                                  of prevention and fire-fighting:
(b) main types of hazard;             (b) main types of hazard;
(c) preventive and safety measures    (c) preventive and safety measures
    appropriate to the various types        appropriate to the various types of
     of hazard;                             hazard;
(d) what to do after an accident      (d) what to do after an accident (first
     (first aid, road safety, basic         aid and communication, road safety,
    knowledge about the use of              basic knowledge about the use of
     protective equipment, etc.);           protective equipment, etc.):
(e) labelling and marking to          (e) labelling and marking to Indicate
     indicate danger;                       danger;
(f ) what a vehicle driver should and (f ) what a vehicle driver should and
     should not do during the               should not do during the carriage of
     carriage of dangerous goods;           dangerous goods, jp partio^ar
                                            knowledge of the rules relating to the
                                            permitted blood alcohol level during
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Original text                        Amended text
(g) the purpose and method of        (g) the purpose and method of operation of
    operation of technical equipment      technical equipment on vehicles;
    on vehicles;
                                     (h) the behaviour in vehicles carrying
(h) the behaviour in vehicles             tanks and tank-containers on road,
    carrying tanks and                    including movement of load;
    tank-containers on road,
    including movement of load;      (i) prohibitions on mixed loading in the
                                          same vehicle or container;
(i) prohibitions on mixed loading in
    the same vehicle or container;   (j) handling and stowage of packages;
(j) handling and stowage of          (k) precautions to be taken during loading
    packages;                             and unloading of dangerous goods;
(k) precautions to be taken during   111 the rules relating to the cleaning and
    loading and unloading of              wa/ftlng of tftft trajisport unit;
    dangerous goods;
                                     Iml documents relating to the load;
                                     Inl parKIng andflupflrvlfilonof the
                                          transport unit.
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