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Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 2008 on the inland transport of dangerous goods (Text with EEA relevance)

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. Article 1.Scope

  3. Article 2.Definitions

  4. Article 3.General provisions

  5. Article 4.Third countries

  6. Article 5.Restrictions on grounds of transport safety

  7. Article 6.Derogations

  8. Article 7.Transitional provisions

  9. Article 8.Adaptations

  10. Article 9.Committee procedure

  11. Article 10.Transposition

  12. Article 11.Amendment

  13. Article 12.Repeals

  14. Article 13.Entry into force

  15. Article 14.Addressees

  16. Signature

    1. ANNEX I

      TRANSPORT BY ROAD

      1. I.1. ADR

      2. I.2. Additional transitional provisions

        1. 1. Member States may maintain derogations adopted on the basis of...

        2. 2. Within its territory each Member State may authorise the use...

        3. 3. Within its territory each Member State in which the ambient...

        4. 4. Within its territory each Member State may maintain national provisions...

        5. 5. Each Member State may, for transport operations performed by vehicles...

        6. 6. Member States may maintain national restrictions on the transport of...

      3. I.3. National derogations

        1. Based on Article 6(2)(a) of this Directive

          1. BE Belgium

            1. RO–a–BE–1

            2. RO–a–BE–2

            3. RO–a–BE–3

          2. DE Germany

            1. RO–a–DE–1

            2. RO–a–DE–2

            3. RO–a–DE–3

            4. RO–a–DE–5

          3. DK Denmark

            1. RO–a–DK–1

            2. RO–a–DK–2

          4. FI Finland

            1. RO–a–FI–1

            2. RO–a–FI–2

            3. RO–a–FI–3

          5. FR France

            1. RO–a–FR–1

            2. RO–a–FR–2

            3. RO–a–FR–3

            4. RO–a–FR–4

          6. IE Ireland

            1. RO–a–IE–1

            2. RO–a–IE–2

            3. RO–a–IE–3

            4. RO–a–IE–4

            5. RO–a–IE–5

          7. LT Lithuania

            1. RO–a–LT–1

          8. UK United Kingdom

            1. RO–a–UK–1

            2. RO–a–UK–2

            3. RO–a–UK–3

            4. RO–a–UK–4

            5. RO–a–UK–5

            6. RO–a–UK–6

            7. RO–a–UK–7

            8. RO–a–UK–8

            9. RO–a–UK–9

        2. Based on Article 6(2)(b)(i) of this Directive

          1. BE Belgium

            1. RO–bi–BE–1

            2. RO–bi–BE–2

            3. RO–bi–BE–3

            4. RO–bi–BE–4

            5. RO–bi–BE–5

            6. RO–bi–BE–6

            7. RO–bi–BE–7

            8. RO–bi–BE–8

          2. DE Germany

            1. RO–bi–DE–1

            2. RO–bi–DE–2

            3. RO–bi–DE–3

          3. DK Denmark

            1. RO–bi–DK–1

          4. EL Greece

            1. RO–bi–EL–1

            2. RO-bi–EL–2

          5. ES Spain

            1. RO–bi–ES–1

          6. FI Finland

            1. RO–bi–FI–1

          7. FR France

            1. RO–bi–FR–1

            2. RO–bi–FR–2

            3. RO–bi–FR–3

            4. RO–bi–FR–4

          8. IE Ireland

            1. RO-bi–IE–1

            2. RO–bi–IE–2

            3. RO–bi–IE–3

            4. RO–bi–IE–4

            5. RO–bi–IE–5

            6. RO–bi–IE–6

            7. RO–bi–IE–7

          9. LT Lithuania

            1. RO–bi–LT–1

            2. RO–bi–LT–2

          10. NL The Netherlands

            1. RO–bi–NL–1

            2. RO–bi–NL–2

            3. RO–bi–NL–3

            4. RO–bi–NL–4

            5. RO–bi–NL–5

            6. RO–bi–NL–6

            7. RO–bi–NL–7

            8. RO–bi–NL–8

            9. RO–bi–NL–9

            10. RO–bi–NL–10

            11. RO–bi–NL–11

            12. RO–bi–NL–12

          11. SE Sweden

            1. RO–bi–SE–1

            2. RO–bi–SE–2

            3. RO–bi–SE–3

            4. RO–bi–SE–4

            5. RO–bi–SE–5

            6. RO–bi–SE–6

            7. RO–bi–SE–7

            8. RO–bi–SE–9

            9. RO–bi–SE–10

            10. RO–bi–SE–11

            11. RO–bi–SE–12

          12. UK United Kingdom

            1. RO–bi–UK–1

            2. RO–bi–UK–2

            3. RO–bi–UK–3

    2. ANNEX II

      TRANSPORT BY RAIL

      1. II.1. RID

      2. II.2. Additional transitional provisions

        1. 1. Member States may maintain derogations adopted on the basis of...

        2. 2. Within its territory each Member State may authorise the use...

        3. 3. Within its territory each Member State may authorise the use...

        4. 4. Within its territory each Member State in which the ambient...

        5. 5. Within its territory each Member State may maintain national provisions...

        6. 6. Each Member State may, for transport operations performed by wagons...

        7. 7. For transport via the Channel Tunnel, France and the United...

        8. 8. A Member State may maintain and adopt provisions for its...

        9. 9. Member States may maintain national restrictions on the transport of...

      3. II.3. National derogations

        1. Based on Article 6(2)(a) of this Directive

          1. DE Germany

            1. RA–a–DE–2

          2. FR France

            1. RA–a–FR–1

            2. RA–a–FR–2

            3. RA–a–FR–3

            4. RA–a–FR–4

            5. RA–a–FR–5

            6. RA–a–FR–6

          3. SE Sweden

            1. RA–a–SE–1

          4. UK United Kingdom

            1. RA–a–UK–1

            2. RA–a–UK–2

            3. RA–a–UK–3

            4. RA–a–UK–4

        2. Based on Article 6(2)(b)(i) of this Directive

          1. DE Germany

            1. RA–bi–DE–1

            2. RA–bi–DE–2

          2. SE Sweden

            1. RA–bi–SE–1

    3. ANNEX III

      TRANSPORT BY INLAND WATERWAY

      1. III.1. ADN

      2. III.2. Additional transitional provisions

        1. 1. Member States may maintain restrictions on the transport of substances...

        2. 2. Certificates, in accordance with Annex III, Section III.1 (8.1), issued...

      3. III.3. National derogations

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