ECE/TRANS/185 (Vol.

I)

Economic Commission for Europe

Committee on Inland Transport

applicable as from 1 January 2007

European Agreement
Concerning the International Carriage
of Dangerous Goods by Road

Volume I

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 FOREWORD

General

The European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR)
was done at Geneva on 30 September 1957 under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for
Europe, and it entered into force on 29 January 1968. The Agreement itself was amended by the Protocol
amending article 14 (3) done at New York on 21 August 1975, which entered into force on 19 April 1985.

According to article 2 of the Agreement, dangerous goods barred from carriage by Annex A shall not be
accepted for international transport, while international transport of other dangerous goods shall be authorized
subject to compliance with:

- the conditions laid down in Annex A for the goods in question, in particular as regards their
packaging and labelling; and

- the conditions laid down in Annex B, in particular as regards the construction, equipment and
operation of the vehicle carrying the goods in question.

Nevertheless, according to article 4, each Contracting Party shall retain the right to regulate or prohibit,
for reasons other than safety during carriage, the entry of dangerous goods into its territory. Contracting Parties
also retain the right to arrange, by bilateral or multilateral agreements, that certain dangerous goods which are
prohibited from carriage by Annex A be internationally carried, subject to certain conditions, on their territories,
or that dangerous goods authorized to be carried internationally according to Annex A be carried on their
territories under conditions less stringent than those specified in Annexes A and B.

Annexes A and B have been regularly amended and updated since the entry into force of ADR.

Structure of Annexes A and B

The Working Party on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (WP.15) of the Economic Commission for
Europe’s Committee on Inland Transport decided, at its fifty-first session (26-30 October 1992), to restructure
Annexes A and B, on the basis of a proposal by the International Road Transport Union (TRANS/WP.15/124,
paras. 100-108). The main objectives were to make the requirements more accessible and more user-friendly so
that they could be applied more easily not only to international road transport operations under ADR, but also to
domestic traffic in all European States through national or European Community legislation, and ultimately to
ensure a consistent regulatory framework at European level. It was also considered necessary to identify more
clearly the duties of the various participants in the transport chain, to group more systematically the requirements
concerning these various participants, and to differentiate the legal requirements of ADR from the European or
international standards that could be applied to meet such requirements.

The structure is consistent with that of the United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of
Dangerous Goods, Model Regulations, the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG Code) and
the Regulations concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail (RID).

It has been split into nine parts, but still grouped under two annexes to align with the wording of article 2
of the Agreement itself. The layout is as follows:

Annex A: General provisions and provisions concerning dangerous articles and substances

Part 1 General provisions

Part 2 Classification
Part 3 Dangerous goods list, special provisions and exemptions related to dangerous goods packed in limited
quantities
Part 4 Packing and tank provisions

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Part 5 Consignment procedures
Part 6 Requirements for the construction and testing of packagings, intermediate bulk containers (IBCs), large
packagings, tanks and bulk containers
Part 7 Provisions concerning the conditions of carriage, loading, unloading and handling

Annex B: Provisions concerning transport equipment and transport operations

Part 8 Requirements for vehicle crews, equipment, operation and documentation

Part 9 Requirements concerning the construction and approval of vehicles

Part 1, which contains general provisions and definitions, is an essential part, since it contains all
definitions for terms used throughout the other parts, and it defines precisely the scope and applicability of ADR,
including the possibility of exemptions, as well as the applicability of other regulations. It also contains
provisions concerning training, derogations and transitional measures, the respective safety obligations of the
various participants in a chain of transport of dangerous goods, control measures, safety advisers and transport of
dangerous goods security. New provisions intended to harmonize the conditions for restricting the passage of
vehicles carrying dangerous goods through road tunnels have been included in this version.

Central to the use of the restructured ADR is table A of Chapter 3.2 which contains the dangerous goods
list in the numerical order of UN numbers. Once the UN number of a specific dangerous substance or article has
been determined, the table provides cross-references to specific requirements to be applied for the carriage of that
substance or article, and to the chapters or sections where these specific requirements may be found.
Nevertheless, it should be borne in mind that the general requirements or class specific requirements of the
various Parts have to be applied in addition to specific requirements, as relevant.

An alphabetical index which indicates the UN number assigned to specific dangerous goods has been
prepared by the secretariat and added as table B of Chapter 3.2 to facilitate the access to table A when the UN
number is unknown. This table B is not an official part of ADR and has been added in the publication for easy
reference only.

When goods which are known or suspected to be dangerous cannot be found by name in any of tables A
or B, they have to be classified in accordance with Part 2, which contains all relevant procedures and criteria to
determine whether such goods are deemed to be dangerous or not and which UN number should be assigned.

Applicable texts

This version ("2007 ADR") takes into account all new amendments adopted by WP.15 in 2004, 2005 and
2006, circulated under the symbols TRANS/WP.15/186 and -/Corr.1, TRANS/WP.15/186/Add.1 and -/Corr.1
and TRANS/WP.15/186/Add.2, which, subject to acceptance by the Contracting Parties in accordance with
article 14(3) of the Agreement, should enter into force on 1 January 2007.

Nevertheless, due to the transitional measures provided for in [Link] of Annex A, the previous version
("2005 restructured ADR") may continue to be used until 30 June 2007. Longer transitional measures are
provided for the construction of new vehicles (see [Link]) and for the application of the new provisions
concerning the passage of vehicles carrying dangerous goods through road tunnels (see [Link]).

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Territorial applicability

ADR is an Agreement between States, and there is no overall enforcing authority. In practice, highway
checks are carried out by Contracting Parties, and non-compliance may then result in legal action by national
authorities against offenders in accordance with their domestic legislation. ADR itself does not prescribe any
penalties. At the time of publishing, the Contracting Parties are Albania, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Morocco,
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia and
Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
Ukraine and United Kingdom.

ADR applies to transport operations performed on the territory of at least two of the above-mentioned
Contracting Parties. In addition, it should be noted that, in the interest of uniformity and free trading across the
European Union (EU), Annexes A and B of ADR have also been adopted by EU Member States as the basis for
regulation of the carriage of dangerous goods by road within and between their territories (Council directive
94/55/EC of 21 November 1994 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the
transport of dangerous goods by road, as amended). A number of non-EU countries have also adopted Annexes
A and B of ADR as the basis for their national legislation.

Additional practical information

Any query concerning the application of ADR should be directed to the relevant competent authority.
Additional information may be found on the UNECE Transport Division web site on the following page:

[Link]

This page, updated on a continuous basis, contains the links to the following information:

- Agreement (without annexes);

- Protocol of signature;
- Present status of ADR;
- Depositary notifications;
- Country information (Competent Authorities, notifications according to 1.9.4);
- Multilateral agreements;
- Publication details (Corrigenda);
- ADR 2007 (files);
- ADR 2005 (files and amendments);
- ADR 2003 (files and amendments);
- ADR 2001 (files and amendments).

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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European Agreement concerning the international carriage

of dangerous goods by road ............................................................................................ xiii

Protocol of signature ........................................................................................................ xix

Annex A General provisions and provisions concerning dangerous substances

and articles .............................................................................................................. 1

Part 1 General provisions ........................................................................................................... 3

Chapter 1.1 Scope and applicability ..................................................................... 5

1.1.1 Structure .............................................................................................. 5

1.1.2 Scope ................................................................................................... 5
1.1.3 Exemptions .......................................................................................... 6
1.1.4 Applicability of other regulations ....................................................... 11

Chapter 1.2 Definitions and units of measurement ............................................. 15

1.2.1 Definitions ........................................................................................... 15

1.2.2 Units of measurement ......................................................................... 33

Chapter 1.3 Training of persons involved in the carriage

of dangerous goods ............................................................................ 35

1.3.1 Scope and applicability ....................................................................... 35

1.3.2 Nature of the training .......................................................................... 35
1.3.3 Documentation .................................................................................... 36

Chapter 1.4 Safety obligations of the participants .............................................. 37

1.4.1 General safety measures ...................................................................... 37

1.4.2 Obligations of the main participants ................................................... 37
1.4.3 Obligations of the other participants ................................................... 39

Chapter 1.5 Derogations ........................................................................................ 43

1.5.1 Temporary derogations ....................................................................... 43

1.5.2 (Reserved) ........................................................................................... 43

Chapter 1.6 Transitional measures ....................................................................... 45

1.6.1 General ................................................................................................ 45

1.6.2 Receptacles for Class 2 ....................................................................... 46
1.6.3 Fixed tanks (tank-vehicles), demountable tanks and
battery-vehicles ................................................................................... 46
1.6.4 Tank-containers, portable tanks and MEGCs ..................................... 49
1.6.5 Vehicles ............................................................................................... 51
1.6.6 Class 7 ................................................................................................. 52

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Chapter 1.7 General requirements concerning Class 7 ...................................... 55

1.7.1 General ................................................................................................ 55

1.7.2 Radiation protection programme ......................................................... 55
1.7.3 Quality assurance ................................................................................ 56
1.7.4 Special arrangement ............................................................................ 56
1.7.5 Radioactive material possessing other
dangerous properties ........................................................................... 57
1.7.6 Non-compliance ................................................................................... 57

Chapter 1.8 Checks and other support measures to ensure

compliance with safety requirements .............................................. 59

1.8.1 Administrative controls of dangerous goods ....................................... 59

1.8.2 Mutual administrative support ............................................................ 59
1.8.3 Safety adviser ...................................................................................... 60
1.8.4 List of competent authorities and bodies
designated by them .............................................................................. 66
1.8.5 Notifications of occurrences involving dangerous goods ................... 66

Chapter 1.9 Transport restrictions by the competent authorities ..................... 73

1.9.5 Tunnel restrictions ............................................................................... 73

Chapter 1.10 Security provisions ............................................................................. 77

1.10.1 General provisions ............................................................................... 77

1.10.2 Security training................................................................................... 77
1.10.3 Provisions for high consequence dangerous goods.............................. 77

Part 2 Classification .............................................................................................................. 81

Chapter 2.1 General provisions ............................................................................ 83

2.1.1 Introduction.......................................................................................... 83
2.1.2 Principles of classification ................................................................... 84
2.1.3 Classification of substances, including solutions and mixtures
(such as preparations and wastes), not mentioned by name................. 85
2.1.4 Classification of samples...................................................................... 90

Chapter 2.2 Class specific provisions ................................................................... 91

2.2.1 Class 1 Explosive substances and articles ......................................... 91

2.2.2 Class 2 Gases..................................................................................... 119
2.2.3 Class 3 Flammable liquids ................................................................ 128
2.2.41 Class 4.1 Flammable solids, self-reactive substances
and solid desensitized explosives ......................................... 133
2.2.42 Class 4.2 Substances liable to spontaneous combustion ...................... 144
2.2.43 Class 4.3 Substances which, in contact with water,
emit flammable gases............................................................ 148
2.2.51 Class 5.1 Oxidizing substances ............................................................ 151
2.2.52 Class 5.2 Organic peroxides................................................................. 156

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2.2.61 Class 6.1 Toxic substances................................................................... 170

2.2.62 Class 6.2 Infectious substances ............................................................ 183
2.2.7 Class 7 Radioactive material ............................................................. 190
2.2.8 Class 8 Corrosive substances ............................................................ 224
2.2.9 Class 9 Miscellaneous dangerous substances and articles................. 229

Chapter 2.3 Test methods ...................................................................................... 235

2.3.0 General ................................................................................................. 235

2.3.1 Exudation test for blasting explosives of Type A ................................ 235
2.3.2 Tests relating to nitrated cellulose mixtures of Class 4.1..................... 237
2.3.3 Tests relating to flammable liquids of Classes 3, 6.1 and 8 ................. 238
2.3.4 Test for determining fluidity ................................................................ 240
2.3.5 Test for determining the ecotoxicity, persistence and
bioaccumulation of substances in the aquatic environment
for assignment to Class 9 ..................................................................... 242
2.3.6 Classification of organometallic substances in Classes 4.2 and 4.3..... 245

Part 3 Dangerous goods list, special provisions and exemptions related to

dangerous goods packed in limited quantities ............................................................... 247

Chapter 3.1 General ............................................................................................... 249

3.1.1 Introduction.......................................................................................... 249

3.1.2 Proper shipping name........................................................................... 249

Chapter 3.2 Dangerous goods list ......................................................................... 253

3.2.1 Table A: Dangerous Goods List........................................................... 253

3.2.2 Table B: Alphabetic index of substances and articles of ADR ........... 538

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Annex A General provisions and provisions concerning dangerous substances

(cont’d) and articles .............................................................................................................. 1

Part 3 Dangerous goods list, special provisions and exemptions related

(cont’d) to dangerous goods packed in limited quantities .......................................................... 3

Chapter 3.3 Special provisions applicable to certain articles

or substances ...................................................................................... 5

Chapter 3.4 Exemptions related to dangerous goods packed

in limited quantities ........................................................................... 33

Part 4 Packing and tank provisions ........................................................................................... 37

Chapter 4.1 Use of packagings, including intermediate bulk

containers (IBCs) and large packagings .......................................... 39

Chapter 4.2 Use of portable tanks and

UN multiple-element gas containers (MEGCs) ............................... 177

Chapter 4.3 Use of fixed tanks (tank-vehicles), demountable tanks,

tank-containers and tank swap bodies with shells made
of metallic materials, and battery-vehicles and
multiple-element gas containers (MEGCs) ..................................... 201

Chapter 4.4 Use of fibre-reinforced plastics (FRP) tanks,

fixed tanks (tank-vehicles), demountable tanks, tank containers
and tank swap bodies ........................................................................ 225

Chapter 4.5 Use of vacuum operated waste tanks ............................................... 227

Part 5 Consignment procedures ................................................................................................. 229

Chapter 5.1 General provisions ............................................................................ 231

Chapter 5.2 Marking and labelling ...................................................................... 239

Chapter 5.3 Placarding and marking of containers, MEGCs, tank-

containers, portable tanks and vehicles ........................................... 249

Chapter 5.4 Documentation .................................................................................. 259

Chapter 5.5 Special provisions .............................................................................. 273

Part 6 Requirements for the construction and testing of packagings, intermediate

bulk container (IBCs), large packagings, tanks and bulk containers .......................... 275

Chapter 6.1 Requirements for the construction and testing of

packagings .......................................................................................... 277

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Chapter 6.2 Requirements for the construction and testing of pressure

receptacles, aerosol dispensers and
small receptacles containing gas (gas cartridges) ........................... 309

Chapter 6.3 Requirements for the construction and testing of

packagings for Class 6.2 substances ................................................ 345

Chapter 6.4 Requirements for the construction, testing and

approval of packages and material of Class 7 ................................ 351

Chapter 6.5 Requirements for the construction and testing

of intermediate bulk containers (IBCs) ........................................... 379

Chapter 6.6 Requirements for the construction and testing of

large packagings ................................................................................ 405

Chapter 6.7 Requirements for the design, construction,

inspection and testing of portable tanks and
UN multiple-element gas containers (MEGCs) ............................... 415

Chapter 6.8 Requirements for the construction, equipment,

type approval, inspections and tests, and marking of
fixed tanks (tank-vehicles), demountable tanks and
tank-containers and tank swap bodies, with shells made of
metallic materials, and battery-vehicles and
multiple element gas containers (MEGCs) ..................................... 467

Chapter 6.9 Requirements for the design, construction, equipment,

type approval, testing and marking of fibre-reinforced
plastics (FRP) fixed tanks (tank-vehicles),
demountable tanks, tank-containers and tank swap bodies........... 507

Chapter 6.10 Requirements for the construction, equipment, type

approval, inspection and marking of vacuum-operated
waste tanks ......................................................................................... 515

Chapter 6.11 Requirements for the design, construction, inspection

and testing of bulk containers .......................................................... 519

Part 7 Provisions concerning the conditions of carriage, loading, unloading

and handling .............................................................................................................. 523

Chapter 7.1 General provisions ............................................................................ 525

Chapter 7.2 Provisions concerning carriage in packages ................................... 527

Chapter 7.3 Provisions concerning carriage in bulk ........................................... 531

Chapter 7.4 Provisions concerning carriage in tanks ......................................... 537

Chapter 7.5 Provisions concerning loading, unloading

and handling ...................................................................................... 539
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Annex B Provisions concerning transport equipment and

transport operations ........................................................................................................ 553

Part 8 Requirements for vehicle crews, equipment, operation and

documentation .............................................................................................................. 555

Chapter 8.1 General requirements concerning transport units

and equipment on board ................................................................... 557

Chapter 8.2 Requirements concerning the training

of the vehicle crew .............................................................................. 561

Chapter 8.3 Miscellaneous requirements to be complied with by

the vehicle crew ................................................................................. 569

Chapter 8.4 Requirements concerning the supervision of vehicles..................... 571

Chapter 8.5 Additional requirements relating to particular classes

or substances ...................................................................................... 573

Chapter 8.6 Road tunnel restrictions for the passage of vehicles carrying
Dangerous goods ............................................................................... 579

Part 9 Requirements concerning the construction and approval of vehicles ......................... 581

Chapter 9.1 Scope, definitions and requirements for the

approval of vehicles ........................................................................... 583

Chapter 9.2 Requirements concerning the construction of

vehicles ............................................................................................... 589

Chapter 9.3 Additional requirements concerning complete or

completed EX/II or EX/III vehicles intended for the carriage of
explosive substances and articles (Class 1) in packages ................. 599

Chapter 9.4 Additional requirements concerning the construction

of the bodies of complete or completed vehicles intended
for the carriage of dangerous goods in packages
(other than EX/II and EX/III vehicles) ........................................... 601

Chapter 9.5 Additional requirements concerning the construction

of the bodies of complete or completed vehicles intended
for the carriage of dangerous solids in bulk ................................... 603

Chapter 9.6 Additional requirements concerning complete or

completed vehicles intended for the carriage of
temperature controlled substances ................................................... 605

Chapter 9.7 Additional requirements concerning fixed tanks

(tank-vehicles), battery-vehicles and complete or completed
vehicles used for the carriage of dangerous goods in
demountable tanks with a capacity greater than 1 m3
or in tank-containers, portable tanks or MEGCs of
a capacity greater than 3 m3 (EX/III, FL, OX and AT vehicles) ... 607

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 EUROPEAN AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE INTERNATIONAL
CARRIAGE OF DANGEROUS GOODS BY ROAD (ADR)

THE CONTRACTING PARTIES,

DESIRING to increase the safety of international transport by road,

HAVE AGREED as follows:

Article 1

For the purpose of this Agreement,

(a) the term "vehicle" shall mean motor vehicles, articulated vehicles, trailers and
semi-trailers, as defined in article 4 of the Convention on Road Traffic of 19 September
1949, other than vehicles belonging to or under the orders of the armed forces of a
Contracting Party;

(b) the term "dangerous goods" shall mean those substances and articles the international
carriage by road of which is prohibited by, or authorized only on certain conditions by,
Annexes A and B;

(c) the term "international transport" shall mean any transport operation performed on the
territory of at least two Contracting Parties by vehicles defined in (a) above.

Article 2

1. Subject to the provisions of article 4, paragraph 3, dangerous goods barred from carriage by Annex A
shall not be accepted for international transport.

2. International transport of other dangerous goods shall be authorized subject to compliance with:

(a) the conditions laid down in Annex A for the goods in question, in particular as regards
their packaging and labelling, and

(b) the conditions laid down in Annex B, in particular as regards the construction, equipment
and operation of the vehicle carrying the goods in question, subject to the provisions of
article 4, paragraph 2.

Article 3

The Annexes to this Agreement shall form an integral part thereof.

Article 4

1. Each Contracting Party shall retain the right to regulate or prohibit, for reasons other than safety during
carriage, the entry of dangerous goods into its territory.

2. Vehicles in service on the territory of a Contracting Party at the time of entry into force of this
Agreement or brought into service on such territory within two months after its entry into force shall be allowed,
for a period of three years from such entry into force, to perform the international transport of dangerous goods
even if their construction and equipment do not entirely conform to the requirements laid down in Annex B for
the transport operation in question. Under special clauses of Annex B, however, this period may be reduced.

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3. The Contracting Parties shall retain the right to arrange, by special bilateral or multilateral agreements,
that certain of the dangerous goods which under this Agreement are barred from all international transport may,
subject to certain conditions, be accepted for international transport on their territories, or that dangerous goods
which under this Agreement are acceptable for international transport only on specified conditions may be
accepted for international transport on their territories under conditions less stringent than those laid down in the
Annexes to this Agreement. The special bilateral or multilateral agreements referred to in this paragraph shall be
communicated to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who shall communicate them to the Contracting
Parties which are not signatories to the said agreements.

Article 5

The transport operations to which this Agreement applies shall remain subject to national or
international regulations applicable in general to road traffic, international road transport and international trade.

Article 6

1. Countries members of the Economic Commission for Europe and countries admitted to the Commission
in a consultative capacity under paragraph 8 of the Commission's terms of reference may become Contracting
Parties to this Agreement.
(a) by signing it;
(b) by ratifying it after signing it subject to ratification;
(c) by acceding to it.
2. Such countries as may participate in certain activities of the Economic Commission for Europe in
accordance with paragraph 11 of the Commission's terms of reference may become Contracting Parties to this
Agreement by acceding to it after its entry into force.

3. The Agreement shall be open for signature until 15 December 1957. Thereafter, it shall be open for
accession.

4. Ratification or accession shall be effected by the depositing of an instrument with the Secretary-General
of the United Nations.

Article 7

1. This agreement shall enter into force one month after the date on which the number of countries
mentioned in article 6, paragraph 1, which have signed it without reservation of ratification or have deposited
their instruments of ratification or accession has reached a total of five. However, the Annexes thereto shall not
apply until six months after the entry into force of the Agreement itself.

2. For any country ratifying or acceding to this Agreement after five of the countries referred to in
article 6, paragraph 1, have signed it without reservation of ratification or have deposited their instruments of
ratification or accession, this Agreement shall enter into force one month after the said country has deposited its
instrument of ratification or accession and the Annexes thereto shall apply for the said country either on the same
date, if they are already in force by that date, or, if they are not in force by that date, on the date on which they
apply under the provisions of paragraph 1 of this article.

Article 8

1. Any contracting Party may denounce this Agreement by so notifying the Secretary-General of the
United Nations.

2. Denunciation shall take effect twelve months after the date of receipt by the Secretary-General of the
notification of denunciation.

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 Article 9

1. This Agreement shall cease to have effect if, after its entry into force, the number of Contracting Parties
is less than five during twelve consecutive months.

2. In the event of the conclusion of a worldwide agreement for the regulation of the transport of dangerous
goods, any provision of this Agreement which is contrary to any provision of the said worldwide agreement
shall, from the date on which the latter enters into force, automatically cease to apply to relations between the
Parties to this Agreement which become parties to the worldwide agreement, and shall automatically be replaced
by the relevant provision of the said worldwide agreement.

Article 10

1. Any country may, at the time of signing this Agreement without reservation of ratification or of
depositing its instrument of ratification or accession or at any time thereafter, declare by notification addressed to
the Secretary-General of the United Nations that this Agreement shall extend to all or any of the territories for the
international relations of which it is responsible. The Agreement and the annexes thereto shall extend to the
territory or territories named in the notification one month after it is received by the Secretary-General.

2. Any country which has made a declaration under paragraph 1 of this article extending this Agreement
to any territory for whose international relations it is responsible may denounce the Agreement separately in
respect of the said territory in accordance with the provisions of article 8.

Article 11

1. Any dispute between two or more Contracting Parties concerning the interpretation or application of
this Agreement shall so far as possible be settled by negotiation between them.

2. Any dispute which is not settled by negotiation shall be submitted to arbitration if any one of the
Contracting Parties in dispute so requests and shall be referred accordingly to one or more arbitrators selected by
agreement between the Parties in dispute. If within three months from the date of the request for arbitration the
Parties in dispute are unable to agree on the selection of an arbitrator or arbitrators, any of those Parties may
request the Secretary-General of the United Nations to nominate a single arbitrator to whom the dispute shall be
referred for decision.

3. The decision of the arbitrator or arbitrators appointed under paragraph 2 of this article shall be binding
on the Contracting Parties in dispute.

Article 12

1. Each Contracting Party may, at the time of signing, ratifying, or acceding to, this Agreement, declare
that it does not consider itself bound by article 11. Other Contracting Parties shall not be bound by article 11 in
respect of any Contracting Party which has entered such a reservation.

2. Any Contracting Party having entered a reservation as provided for in paragraph 1 of this article may at
any time withdraw such reservation by notifying the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Article 13

1. After this Agreement has been in force for three years, any Contracting Party may, by notification to
the Secretary-General of the United Nations, request that a conference be convened for the purpose of reviewing
the text of the Agreement. The Secretary-General shall notify all Contracting Parties of the request and a review
conference shall be convened by the Secretary-General if, within a period of four months following the date of
notification by the Secretary-General, not less than one-fourth of the Contracting Parties notify him of their
concurrence with the request.

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2. If a conference is convened in accordance with paragraph 1 of this article, the Secretary-General shall
notify all the Contracting Parties and invite them to submit within a period of three months such proposals as
they may wish the Conference to consider. The Secretary-General shall circulate to all Contracting Parties the
provisional agenda for the conference, together with the texts of such proposals, at least three months before the
date on which the conference is to meet.

3. The Secretary-General shall invite to any conference convened in accordance with this article all
countries referred to in article 6, paragraph 1, and countries which have become Contracting Parties under article
6, paragraph 2.

Article 141

1. Independently of the revision procedure provided for in article 13, any Contracting Party may propose
one or more amendments to the Annexes to this Agreement. To that end it shall transmit the text thereof to the
Secretary-General of the United Nations. The Secretary-General may also propose amendments to the Annexes
to this Agreement for the purpose of ensuring concordance between those Annexes and other international
agreements concerning the carriage of dangerous goods.

2. The Secretary-General shall transmit any proposal made under paragraph 1 of this article to all
Contracting Parties and inform thereof the other countries referred to in article 6, paragraph 1.

3. Any proposed amendment to the Annexes shall be deemed to be accepted unless, within three months
from the date on which the Secretary-General circulates it, at least one-third of the Contracting Parties, or five of
them if one-third exceeds that figure, have given the Secretary-General written notification of their objection to
the proposed amendment. If the amendment is deemed to be accepted, it shall enter into force for all the
Contracting Parties, on the expiry of a further period of three months, except in the following cases:

(a) In cases where similar amendments have been or are likely to be made to the other international
agreements referred to in paragraph 1 of this article, the amendment shall enter into force on the
expiry of a period the duration of which shall be determined by the Secretary-General in such a
way as to allow, wherever possible, the simultaneous entry into force of the amendment and
those that have been made or are likely to be made to such other agreements; such period shall
not, however, be of less than one month's duration;

(b) The Contracting Party submitting the proposed amendment may specify in its proposal, for the
purpose of entry into force of the amendment, should it be accepted, a period of more than three
months' duration.

4. The Secretary-General shall, as soon as possible, notify all Contracting Parties and all the countries
referred to in article 6, paragraph 1, of any objection which may be received from the Contracting Parties to a
proposed amendment.

5. If the proposed amendment to the Annexes is not deemed to be accepted, but if at least one Contracting
Party other than the Contracting Party which proposed the amendment has given the Secretary-General written
notification of its agreement to the proposal, a meeting of all the Contracting Parties and all the countries referred
to in article 6, paragraph 1, shall be convened by the Secretary-General within three months after the expiry of
the period of three months within which, under paragraph 3 of this article, notification must be given of objection
to the amendment. The Secretary-General may also invite to such meeting representatives of:

(a) intergovernmental organizations which are concerned with transport matters;

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Note by the Secretariat: The text of Article 14, paragraph 3 incorporates a modification which entered
into force on 19 April 1985 in accordance with a Protocol transmitted to Contracting Parties under cover of
Depositary Notification [Link]-8 of 18 September 1975.
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 (b) international non-governmental organizations whose activities are directly related to the
transport of dangerous goods in the territories of the Contracting Parties.

6. Any amendment adopted by more than half the total number of Contracting Parties at a meeting
convened in accordance with paragraph 5 of this article shall enter into force for all Contracting Parties in
accordance with the procedure agreed at such meeting by the majority of the Contracting Parties attending it.

Article 15

In addition to the notifications provided for in articles 13 and 14, the Secretary-General of the United
Nations shall notify the countries referred to in article 6, paragraph 1, and the countries which have become
Contracting Parties under article 6, paragraph 2, of

(a) signatures, ratifications and accessions in accordance with article 6;

(b) the dates on which this Agreement and the Annexes thereto enter into force in accordance with
article 7;

(c) denunciations in accordance with article 8;

(d) the termination of the Agreement in accordance with article 9;

(e) notifications and denunciations received in accordance with article 10;

(f) declarations and notifications received in accordance with article 12, paragraphs 1 and 2;

(g) the acceptance and date of entry into force of amendments in accordance with article 14,
paragraphs 3 and 6.

Article 16

1. The Protocol of Signature of this Agreement shall have the same force, effect and duration as the
Agreement itself, of which it shall be considered to be an integral part.

2. No reservation to this Agreement, other than those entered in the Protocol of Signature and those made
in accordance with article 12, shall be permitted.

Article 17

After 15 December 1957, the original of this Agreement shall be deposited with the Secretary-General
of the United Nations, who shall transmit certified true copies thereof to each of the countries referred to in
article 6, paragraph 1.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, being duly authorized thereto, have signed
this Agreement.

DONE at Geneva, this thirtieth day of September one thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven, in a
single copy, in the English and French languages for the text of the Agreement proper, and in the
French language for the Annexes, each text being equally authentic for the Agreement proper.

The Secretary-General of the United Nations is requested to prepare an authoritative translation of the
Annexes in the English language and attach it to the certified true copies referred to in article 17.

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PROTOCOL OF SIGNATURE

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 PROTOCOL OF SIGNATURE

TO THE EUROPEAN AGREEMENT ON THE INTERNATIONAL

CARRIAGE OF DANGEROUS GOODS BY ROAD (ADR)

On proceeding to sign the European Agreement on the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by
Road (ADR) the undersigned, duly authorized,

1. CONSIDERING that the conditions governing the carriage of dangerous goods by sea to or from the
United Kingdom differ basically from those set forth in Annex A to ADR and that it is impossible to modify
them so as to conform to the latter in the near future;

HAVING REGARD to the undertaking given by the United Kingdom to submit as an amendment to the said
Annex A a special appendix containing special provisions for road-sea carriage of dangerous goods between the
Continent and the United Kingdom;

HAVE AGREED that, until the entry into force of such special appendix, dangerous goods carried under ADR
to or from the United Kingdom shall comply with the provisions of Annex A to ADR and also with the United
Kingdom conditions for the carriage of dangerous goods by sea;

2. TAKE NOTE OF a declaration by the representative of France to the effect that the Government of the
French Republic reserves the right, notwithstanding the provisions of article 4, paragraph 2, to refuse to allow
vehicles in service on the territory of another Contracting Party, whatever the date on which they were put into
service, to be used for the carriage of dangerous goods on French territory unless such vehicles comply either
with the conditions laid down for such carriage in Annex B or with the conditions laid down for the carriage of
the goods in question in the French regulations governing the carriage of dangerous goods by road;

3. RECOMMEND that, before submission in accordance with article 14, paragraph 1, or article 13,
paragraph 2, proposed amendments to this Agreement or its Annexes shall as far as possible first be discussed at
meetings of experts of the Contracting Parties and, if necessary, of the other countries mentioned in article 6,
paragraph 1, of the Agreement and of the international organizations mentioned in article 14, paragraph 5, of the
Agreement.

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