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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) · European Union

Subject: Carriage of items containing certain low-hazard radioactive material such as clocks, watches, smoke detectors, compass dials. Reference to Annex II, Section II.1, to this Directive: Most requirements of the RID. Content of the Annex to the Directive: Requirements concerning the carriage of Class 7 material. Content of the national legislation: Total exemption from the provisions of the national regulations for certain commercial products containing limited quantities of radioactive material. Initial reference to the national legislation: Packaging, Labelling and Carriage of Radioactive Material by Rail Regulations 1996, reg. 2(6) (as amended by Schedule 5 of the Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Regulations 1999). Comments: This derogation is a short-term measure, which will no longer be required when similar amendments to the IAEA regulations are incorporated into the RID. Expiry date: 30 June 2015.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-29 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.