Commission Directive 2001/7/EC of 29 January 2001 adapting for the third 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)

Commission Directive 2001/7/EC
of 29 January 2001
adapting for the third 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
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
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), as last amended by European Parliament and Council Directive 2000/61/EC(2), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Annexes A and B to Directive 94/55/EC contain the Annexes A and B to the European Agreement concerning the international carriage of dangerous goods by road, usually known as "the ADR" as applicable from 1 July 1999.
(2) The ADR is updated every two years and therefore an amended version will be in force as from 1 July 2001 with a transitory period until 31 December 2002, except of dangerous goods of class 7 (radioactive material), for which the transitory period will end on 31 December 2001.
(3) It is therefore necessary to amend the Annexes to Directive 94/55/EC.
(4) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the transport of dangerous goods,