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Subject: Carriage of certain items containing low-hazard radioactive material, such as clocks, watches, smoke detectors, compass dials (E1). Reference to Annex I, Section I.1, to this Directive: Most requirements of the ADR. 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. (A luminous device intended to be worn by a person; in any one vehicle or railway vehicle no more than 500 smoke detectors for domestic use with an individual activity not exceeding 40 kBq; or in any one vehicle or railway vehicle no more than five gaseous tritium light devices with an individual activity not exceeding 10 GBq.) Initial reference to the national legislation: The Radioactive Material (Road Transport) Regulations 2002: Regulation 5(4)(d). The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2004: Regulation 3(10). Comments: This derogation is a short-term measure, which will no longer be required when similar amendments to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) regulations have been incorporated into the ADR. Expiry date: 30 June 2015. Subject: Exemption from the requirement to carry a transport document for certain quantities of dangerous goods (other than Class 7) as defined in 1.1.3.6 (E2). Reference to Annex I, Section I.1, to this Directive: 1.1.3.6.2 and 1.1.3.6.3. Content of the Annex to the Directive: Exemptions from certain requirements for certain quantities per transport unit. Content of the national legislation: Transport document is not required for limited quantities, except where these form part of a larger load. Initial reference to the national legislation: The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2004: Regulation 3(7)(a). Comments: This exemption is suited to national transport, where a transport document is not always appropriate in cases where local distribution is involved. Expiry date: 30 June 2015. Subject: Exemption from the requirement for vehicles carrying low-level radioactive material to carry firefighting equipment (E4). Reference to Annex I, Section I.1, to this Directive: 8.1.4. Content of the Annex to the Directive: Requirement for vehicles to carry firefighting appliances. Content of the national legislation: Removes requirement to carry fire extinguishers when carrying only excepted packages (UN 2908, 2909, 2910 and 2911). Restricts the requirement where only a small number of packages are carried. Initial reference to the national legislation: The Radioactive Material (Road Transport) Regulations 2002: Regulation 5(4)(d). Comments: Carriage of firefighting equipment is in practice irrelevant to the transport of UN 2908, 2909, 2910, UN 2911, which may often be carried in small vehicles. Expiry date: 30 June 2015. Subject: Distribution of goods in inner packagings to retailers or users (excluding those of classes 1, 4.2, 6.2 and 7) from local distribution depots to retailers or users and from retailers to end users (N1). Reference to Annex I, Section I.1, to this Directive: 6.1. Content of the Annex to the Directive: Requirements for the construction and testing of packaging. Content of national legislation: Packaging is not required to have been allocated an RID/ADR or UN mark or to be otherwise marked if it contains goods as set out in Schedule 3. Initial reference to the national legislation: The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2004: Regulation 7(4) and Regulation 36 Authorisation Number 13. Comments: The requirements of the ADR are inappropriate for the final stages of carriage from a distribution depot to a retailer or user or from a retailer to an end user. The purpose of this derogation is to allow the inner receptacles of goods for retail distribution to be carried on the final leg of a local distribution journey without an outer packaging. Expiry date: 30 June 2015. Subject: To allow different ‘maximum total quantity per transport unit’ for Class 1 goods in categories 1 and 2 of table in 1.1.3.6.3 (N10). Reference to Annex I, Section I.1, to this Directive: 1.1.3.6.3 and 1.1.3.6.4. Content of the Annex to the Directive: Exemptions related to quantities carried per transport unit. Content of the national legislation: Lays down rules regarding exemptions for limited quantities and mixed loading of explosives. Initial reference to the national legislation: Carriage of Explosives by Road Regulations 1996, reg. 13 and Schedule 5; reg. 14 and Schedule 4. Comments: To allow different quantity limits for Class 1 goods, namely ‘50’ for Category 1 and ‘500’ for category 2. For the purpose of calculating mixed loads, the multiplication factors to read ‘20’ for Transport Category 1 and ‘2’ for Transport Category 2. Previously a derogation under Article 6(10) of Directive 94/55/EC. Expiry date: 30 June 2015. Subject: Increase of maximum net mass of explosive articles permissible in EX/II vehicles (N13). Reference to Annex I, Section I.1, to this Directive: 7.5.5.2. Content of the Annex to the Directive: Limitations on quantities carried for explosive substances and articles. Content of the national legislation: Limitations on quantities carried for explosive substances and articles. Initial reference to the national legislation: Carriage of Explosives by Road Regulations 1996, reg. 13, Schedule 3. Comments: UK Regulations allow a maximum net mass of 5000 kg in Type II vehicles for Compatibility Groups 1.1C, 1.1D, 1.1E and 1.1J. Many articles of Class 1.1C, 1.1D, 1.1E and 1.1J being moved in Europe are large or bulky and exceed about 2,5 m in length. They are primarily explosive articles for military use. The limitations on the construction for EX/III vehicles (which are required to be closed vehicles) make it very difficult to load and unload such articles. Some articles would require specialist loading and unloading equipment at both ends of the journey. In practice, this equipment rarely exists. There are few EX/III vehicles in use in the UK and it would be extremely onerous on industry to require further specialist EX/III vehicles to be constructed to carry this type of explosive. In the UK military explosives are mostly carried by commercial carriers and are thus unable to take advantage of the exemption for military vehicles in the Framework Directive. To overcome this problem, the UK has always permitted the carriage of up to 5000 kg of such articles on EX/II vehicles. The present limit is not always sufficient because an article may contain more than 1000 kg of explosive. Since 1950 there have been only two incidents (both in the 1950s) involving blasting explosives with a weight above 5000 kg. The incidents were caused by a tyre fire and a hot exhaust system setting fire to the sheeting. The fires could have occurred with a smaller load. There were no fatalities or injuries. There is empirical evidence to suggest that correctly packaged explosive articles would be unlikely to ignite due to impact, e.g. from vehicle collisions. Evidence from military reports and from trials data on missile impact tests shows that it needs an impact velocity in excess of that created by the 12 metre drop test to bring about the ignition of cartridges. Present safety standards would not be affected. Expiry date: 30 June 2015. Subject: Exemption from supervision requirements for small quantities of certain Class 1 goods (N12). Reference to Annex I, Section I.1, to this Directive: 8.4 and 8.5 S1(6). Content of the Annex to the Directive: Supervision requirements for vehicles carrying certain quantities of dangerous goods. Content of the national legislation: Provides for safe parking and supervision facilities but does not require that certain Class 1 loads be supervised at all times as required in the ADR 8.5 S1(6). Initial reference to the national legislation: Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Regulations 1996, reg. 24. Comments: The supervision requirements of the ADR are not always feasible in a national context. Expiry date: 30 June 2015. Subject: Easing of restrictions on transporting mixed loads of explosives, and explosives with other dangerous goods, in wagons, vehicles and containers (N4/5/6). Reference to Annex I, Section I.1, to this Directive: 7.5.2.1 and 7.5.2.2. Content of the Annex to the Directive: Restrictions on certain types of mixed loading. Content of the national legislation: National legislation is less restrictive regarding mixed loading of explosives, providing such carriage can be accomplished without risk. Initial reference to the national legislation: Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Regulations 1996, reg. 18. Comments: The UK wishes to permit some variations on the rules for mixing explosives with other explosives and for explosives with other dangerous goods. Any variation will have a quantity limitation on one or more constituent parts of the load and would only be permitted provided that ‘all reasonably practicable measures have been taken to prevent the explosives being brought into contact with, or otherwise endangering or being endangered by, any such goods’. Examples of variations the UK may want to permit are: Explosives allocated on classification to UN Numbers 0029, 0030, 0042, 0065, 0081, 0082, 0104, 0241, 0255, 0267, 0283, 0289, 0290, 0331, 0332, 0360 or 0361 may be carried in the same vehicle with dangerous goods allocated on classification the UN Number 1942. The quantity of UN 1942 permitted to be carried shall be limited by deeming it to be an explosive of 1.1D. Explosives allocated on classification to UN Numbers 0191, 0197, 0312, 0336, 0403, 0431 or 0453 may be carried in the same vehicle with dangerous goods (except flammable gases, infectious substances and toxic substances) in transport category 2 or dangerous goods in transport category 3, or any combination of them, provided the total mass or volume of dangerous goods in transport category 2 does not exceed 500 kg or litres and the total net mass of such explosives does not exceed 500 kg. Explosives of 1.4G may be carried with flammable liquids and flammable gases in transport category 2 or non-flammable, non-toxic gases in transport category 3, or in any combination of them in the same vehicle, provided the total mass or volume of dangerous goods when added together does not exceed 200 kg or litres and the total net mass of explosives does not exceed 20 kg. Explosive articles allocated on classification to UN Numbers 0106, 0107 or 0257 may be carried with explosive articles in Compatibility Group D, E or F for which they are components. The total quantity of explosives of UN Numbers 0106, 0107 or 0257 shall not exceed 20 kg. Expiry date: 30 June 2015. Subject: Alternative to display of orange plates for small consignments of radioactive material in small vehicles. Reference to Annex I, Section I.1, to this Directive: 5.3.2. Content of the Annex to the Directive: Requirement for orange plates to be displayed on small vehicles carrying radioactive material. Content of the national legislation: Permits any derogation approved under this process. The derogation requested is: Vehicles must either: be placarded according to the applicable provisions of 5.3.2 of the ADR; or in the case of vehicles of less than 3500 kg weight, carrying fewer than 10 packages containing non-fissile or fissile excepted radioactive material and where the sum of the transport indexes of these packages does not exceed 3, they may alternatively carry a notice conforming to the requirements of paragraph 2. For the purposes of paragraph 1, the notice to be displayed in a vehicle while it is carrying radioactive material shall conform to the following: it shall be not less than 12 cm square. All lettering on the notice shall be black, bold and legible. All lettering shall also be embossed or stamped. The capital letters in the word ‘RADIOACTIVE’ shall be not less than 12 mm high and all other capital letters shall be not less than 5 mm high; it shall be fireproof to the extent that the words on the notice shall remain legible after exposure to a fire involving the vehicle; it shall be securely posted in the vehicle in a position where it is plainly visible to the driver but does not obstruct his view of the road, and shall be exhibited only when the vehicle is carrying radioactive material; it shall be in an agreed form and shall state the name, address and telephone number for use in emergencies. Initial reference to the national legislation: The Radioactive Material (Road Transport) Regulations 2002: Regulation 5(4)(d). Comments: The derogation is required for limited movements of small quantities of radioactive material, primarily single patient doses of radioactive materials between local hospital facilities, where small vehicles are used and the ability to affix even small orange placards is limited. Experience has shown that for these vehicles the fixing of orange placards is problematic and they are difficult to retain under normal conditions of transport. The vehicles will be marked with placards identifying the contents in accordance with 5.3.1.5.2 of the ADR (and normally 5.3.1.7.4) clearly identifying the hazard. In addition, a fireproof notice carrying relevant emergency information will be attached in a clearly visible location. In practice, more safety information will be available than under the requirements of 5.3.2 of the ADR. 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.