RO–a–UK–1

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.

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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.