3. How are these international regulations applied at European level?
The European version of the Orange Book is drawn up by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). The European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR), signed in Geneva on September 30, 1957, came into force on January 29, 1968. It comprises the Memorandum of Understanding itself, and two technical annexes:
Annex A, relating to dangerous goods, their packaging and labelling;
Annex B, relating to the construction of equipment containing dangerous goods, and to the equipment and circulation of vehicles carrying these goods.
Originally designed to regulate trade between countries, Annexes A and B of the ADR have now been adopted by all 27 EU member states for their domestic transport (
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How are these international regulations applied at European level?
How have European regulations been transposed into French law?
Regulations
Directive 2008/68/CE du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 24 septembre 2008 on the inland transport of dangerous goods
Websites
CEE-ONU This site brings together all the UN recommendations on the transport of dangerous goods by road and inland waterways, as well as the pdf files of the ADR and ADN (in the "our activities" section, then "transport", then "dangerous goods", then "legal instruments and recommendations").
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