Hazardous Goods Transport Act (Germany)
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Law on the transport of dangerous goods |
| Short title: | Hazardous Goods Transport Act |
| Abbreviation: | GGBefG |
| Type: | Federal law |
| Scope: | Federal Republic of Germany |
| Legal matter: | Traffic law |
| References : | 9241-23 |
| Original version from: | August 6, 1975 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 2121 ) |
| Entry into force on: | August 13, 1975 |
| New announcement from: | July 7, 2009 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 1774 , ber.p. 3975 ) |
| Last change by: |
Art. 13 G of December 12, 2019 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 2510, 2512 ) |
| Effective date of the last change: |
January 1, 2020 (Art. 18 G of December 12, 2019) |
| GESTA : | N012 |
| Please note the note on the applicable legal version. | |
The Hazardous Goods Transport Act (GGBefG) is the basic law for the transport of dangerous goods by rail , magnetic levitation , road , water and air vehicles in the Federal Republic of Germany .
It regulates the scope of the dangerous goods regulations in general, specifies the authorizations and the possibilities of intervention of the federal authorities and the amount of the fines for administrative offenses .
For example, the term "transport" according to this law includes not only the transport itself, but also preparatory and final activities (packing and unpacking of the goods, loading and unloading).
The following is a list of the paragraphs of the Hazardous Goods Transport Act (as amended on January 1, 2010):
- § 1 scope
- § 2 Definitions
- § 3 Authorizations
- § 4 (dropped out)
- § 5 Responsibilities
- § 6 General Exceptions
- § 7 Immediate Measures
- § 7a hearing
- § 7b Advisory Board
- § 8 Measures by the competent authorities
- § 9 Monitoring
- § 9a Administrative assistance and data protection
- § 10 Administrative Offenses
- Section 11 Penal provisions
- § 12 costs
- § 13 (amendment of other laws)
- § 14 (dropped out)
- § 15 (dropped out)
literature
- Hartenstein / Reuschle, manual of the specialist lawyer for transport and forwarding law . 1st edition. Verlag Luchterhand, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-472-06196-0 , chap. 18: Dangerous goods transport law.
