European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road

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The European Agreement on the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (abbreviation ADR , from Accord européen relatif au transport international des marchandises Dangereuses par Route ), which was concluded in Geneva on September 30, 1957, contains special provisions for road transport with regard to packaging, Load securing and labeling of dangerous goods .

history

The ADR was concluded in Geneva on September 30, 1957 under the guidance of the UNECE and came into force on January 29, 1968. The signatory states included France and Germany. The ADR initially became effective through implementation in the respective national law. Today all EU states are also ADR signatories, the ADR is legally valid through an EU regulation. According to an agreement of the contracting states of May 13, 2019, the “European” will not be used in the official name from January 1, 2021; it is then only called the Agreement on the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) .

The ADR is updated every two years to reflect the latest technical and legal findings. The ADR 2019 is currently available. It is largely compliant with the Model Regulations of the UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods of the United Nations , which are currently valid in revision 21 (2019) and are less detailed. They are maintained in particular by the UNECE together with the EU.

Contracting States

There are currently the following 52 ADR member states:
Albania, Andorra, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Croatia, Latvia, Liechtenstein , Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Morocco, Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Sweden, Switzerland, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Tajikistan , Turkey, Tunisia, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Hungary, Uzbekistan, United Kingdom, Belarus and Cyprus.

Currently, the last state to join the agreement was Uzbekistan on January 24, 2020.

function

ADR certificate (issued in Austria)

The ADR regulates among other things

  • the classification of the goods to be transported as dangerous goods and the associated safety measures
  • Labeling (marking) and documentation as transport document and written instruction of a dangerous goods transport
  • the construction and testing regulations for containers, tanks and vehicles for the transport of dangerous goods
  • Exemptions from complying with the rules of ADR
  • multimodal transport of dangerous goods (road, rail, ship or plane)

The ADR requires, among other things, that

  • in many cases the driver must have a dangerous goods driving license. A so-called ADR card has existed since 2013, the content of which corresponds to the previously required ADR certificate.
  • all those involved in handling and transport must prove their knowledge of the dangerous goods regulations.
  • companies that transport dangerous goods must have a dangerous goods officer .

Structure of the ADR

The ADR consists of Annexes A and B which are divided into nine parts. Appendix A consists of parts 1 to 7 and Appendix B consists of parts 8 and 9. Each part is divided into chapters and each chapter into sections and subsections:

  • Volume I.
    • Convention (Articles 1-17)
    • Appendix A Regulations on dangerous substances and objects
      • Part 1 General Regulations
      • Part 2 classification : Dangerous goods class ( ADR classes )
      • Part 3 List of dangerous goods, special provisions and exemptions in connection with the transport of dangerous goods packed in limited quantities
  • Volume II
    • Appendix A General rules and regulations for dangerous substances and objects (cont.)
      • Part 4 Use of packaging, bulk packaging ( IBC ), bulk packaging and tanks
      • Part 5 regulations for shipping
      • Part 6 Construction and test regulations for packaging, bulk packaging (IBC), bulk packaging and tanks
      • Part 7 Regulations for the transport, loading, unloading and handling
    • Appendix B Regulations for the transport equipment and the execution of the transport
      • Part 8 Regulations for the vehicle crews, the equipment, the operation of the vehicles and the documentation
      • Part 9 regulations for the construction and approval of vehicles

Safety obligations, documentation and instruction

The central content of the ADR is the documentation of the transport process, clarification of the safety obligations of those involved and instruction of the persons involved, from the sender to the packer and carrier and the recipient of the shipment, to the emergency chain in the event of damage.

Labelling

The ADR requires the dangerous goods labeling of transport packaging and vehicle with the danger labels, and on vehicles also the danger sign (orange warning sign) with the danger number (Kemler number) and the UN number .

Personal protective equipment

This is stated in the written instructions . Every member of the vehicle crew must carry personal protective equipment with them. Personal protective equipment includes:

  • eye protection equipment (e.g. protective goggles)
  • a pair of protective gloves
  • a portable lighting device
  • a safety vest
  • an emergency escape mask (only required for dangerous goods classes 2.3 and 6.1).

vehicles

Vehicles that are to be used to transport hazardous substances usually require a separate ADR approval. Then different vehicle classes are defined, which differ depending on the materials to be transported in the technical requirements (e.g. with regard to electrics, braking system, fire extinguishing system etc.) and the equipment to be carried (warning signs, fire extinguishers etc.). The vehicles are divided into the following classes:

  • EX / II and EX / III (explosives)
  • FL (flammable gases or liquids)
  • OX (hydrogen peroxide, is no longer shown on new registration certificates, the vehicles fall under the category FL)
  • AT (tank or battery vehicles that do not correspond to the other classes)
  • MEMU ("mobile explosive manufacturing unit", vehicles for processing explosives)
ADR sample.jpg

Each of these vehicles receives an ADR registration certificate, the validity of which is to be extended annually as part of a technical inspection. In addition to the vehicle class-specific control with regard to the technical requirements according to ADR, the technical examination of the basic vehicle corresponds to the scope of a general inspection . Consequently, according to ADR, only those persons are entitled to extend the ADR certificate who are also responsible for carrying out the main inspection ( test engineers from an officially recognized monitoring organization or officially recognized experts or inspectors from the technical test centers).

See also

Counterparts to ADR for other modes of transport:

Other labeling systems for dangerous goods:

  • Tunnel restriction code - regulates which dangerous goods are allowed to pass through a tunnel and shows this with traffic signs.

Web links

Commons : ADR Hazard Symbols  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ↑ Germany: 25th ADR Amendment Ordinance of October 25, 2016 ( Federal Law Gazette II p. 1203 with annex).
  2. ^ UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods - Model Regulations Twenty-first revised edition . Published: June 2019 . In: www.unece.org . United Nations Economic Commission for Europe , accessed January 5, 2020.
  3. ^ United Nations Treaty Collection. Retrieved June 21, 2017 (English).
  4. ↑ since February 24, 2011
  5. ↑ Uzbekistan joins the ADR. February 27, 2020, accessed on April 16, 2020 (German).
  6. ↑ In particular ADR 1.3 instruction of persons who are involved in the transport of dangerous goods and 1.4 safety obligations of those involved
  7. ↑ ADR 2017, part 9