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(16) In view of the level of investment required in this sector, Member States should be permitted to retain on a temporary basis certain specific national provisions concerning the construction requirements relating to means of transport and equipment and concerning transport through the Channel Tunnel. Member States should also be permitted to maintain and adopt provisions for the transport of dangerous goods by rail between Member States and States which are contracting parties to the Organisation for Cooperation of Railways (OSJD) until the rules set out in Annex II to the Agreement on International Goods Transport by Rail (SMGS) and the provisions of Annex II, Section II.1, to this Directive, and thereby the RID, have been harmonised. Within 10 years of the entry into force of this Directive, the Commission should assess the consequences of these provisions and, if necessary, submit appropriate proposals. Such provisions should be listed in this Directive as ‘additional transitional provisions’.

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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.