Council Decision (EU) 2016/1795 of 29 September 2016 establishing the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union with regard to the amendments to the Annexes to the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) and to the Annexed Regulations to the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways (ADN)
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The position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union on the proposed amendments to the Annexes to ADR and to the Annexed Regulations to ADN shall be in accordance with the Annex of this Decision. Formal and minor changes to the proposed amendments to the ADR and the ADN referred to in the first paragraph, transmitted by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, may be agreed upon without further decision of the Council.
The position of the Union as set out in Article 1 shall be expressed by the Member States which are Contracting Parties to the agreements referred to in that Article, acting jointly in the interest of the Union.
A reference to the accepted amendments to the Annexes to the ADR and to the Annexed Regulations to the ADN shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union , indicating the date of entry into force of the amendments.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
ANNEX Proposal Reference document Notification Issue Comments EU Position 1 ECE/TRANS/WP.15/231 C.N.443.2016.TREATIES-XI.B.14 Draft amendments to Annexes A and B of ADR Technical consensus at the Working Party on the Transport of Dangerous Goods — WP.15. Agree with the amendments. 2 ECE/TRANS/WP.15/231/Corr.1 C.N.443.2016.TREATIES-XI.B.14 Draft amendments to Annexes A and B of ADR Technical consensus at the Working Party on the Transport of Dangerous Goods — WP.15. Agree with the amendments. 3 ECE/TRANS/WP.15/231/Add.1 C.N.443.2016.TREATIES-XI.B.14 Draft amendments to Annexes A and B of ADR Technical consensus at the Working Party on the Transport of Dangerous Goods — WP.15. Agree with the amendments. 4 ECE/ADN/36 C.N.444.2016.TREATIES-XI.D.6 Draft amendments to the Regulations annexed to ADN Technical consensus at the Administrative Committee Agree with the amendments. 5 ECE/ADN/36/Add.1 C.N.607.2016.TREATIES-XI.D.6 Draft amendments to the Regulations annexed to ADN Technical consensus at the Administrative Committee Agree with the amendments.
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