Council Decision (EU) 2022/675 of 11 April 2022 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union at the 57th session of the Committee of Experts for the Carriage of Dangerous Goods of the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail as regards certain amendments to Appendix C to the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail

• CELEX: Decision (EU) 2022/675
• Articles: 4

Article 1

The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf at the 57th session of the Committee of Experts for the Carriage of Dangerous Goods (‘RID Expert Committee’) of the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail in the framework of the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail of 9 May 1980, as amended by the Vilnius Protocol of 3 June 1999, shall be as set out in the Annex to this Decision.

The representatives of the Union in the RID Expert Committee may agree to minor changes to the documents referred to in the Annex without further decision from the Council.

Article 2

The decisions of the RID Expert Committee, once adopted, shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union , indicating the date of their entry into force.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

Proposal

Reference document

Issue

Comments

EU position

1.

OTIF/RID/CE/GTP/2021/2

Alignment between the Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road, concluded at Geneva on 30 September 1957 (ADR) and RID to include new means of containment in the accident report model

Technical consensus at the RID Committee of Experts’ standing working group to adopt the text as amended

Agree

2.

OTIF/RID/CE/GTP/2021/3 and OTIF/RID/CE/GTP/2021/INF.3

Alignment between ADR and RID of the requirements concerning the information displayed

Technical consensus at the RID Committee of Experts’ standing working group to adopt the text as amended

Agree

3.

OTIF/RID/CE/GTP/2021/4

Fitting safety valves to tanks for flammable liquefied gases

Technical consensus at the RID Committee of Experts’ standing working group to adopt the text as amended

Agree

4.

OTIF/RID/CE/GTP/2021/5

Consolidated texts adopted by the Joint Meeting in 2020 and 2021 and by the RID Committee of Experts’ standing working group in November 2020

Technical consensus at the RID Committee of Experts’ standing working group to adopt the text as amended

Agree

5.

OTIF/RID/CE/GTP/2021/6

Alignment between ADR and RID, among others on design, construction and initial inspection and test of non-UN pressure receptacles designed, constructed and tested according to referenced standards

Technical consensus at the RID Committee of Experts’ standing working group to adopt the text as amended

Agree

6.

OTIF/RID/CE/GTP/2021/INF.4

Transitional measure in relation to 6.8.2.4.6 (procedures used by the competent authority for the approval of experts, the performance of inspections concerning tank-wagons and for the mutual recognition of such inspections)

Technical consensus at the RID Committee of Experts’ standing working group to adopt the text as amended

Agree

7.

OTIF/RID/CE/GTP/2021/INF.11

Proposals on how to adjust RID Chapter 6.8 to consider extra-large tank-containers

Technical consensus at the RID Committee of Experts’ standing working group to adopt the text as amended

Agree

All the documents above are available on the OTIF’s website (http://otif.org/en/?page_id=1119) and shall be understood as comprising the amendments discussed in the RID Committee of Experts’ standing working group of November 2021 and reflected in Annex I to document OTIF/RID/CE/GTP/2021-A (Final report of the 13th session of the RID Committee of Experts’ standing working group – Geneva/hybrid, 15 to 18 November 2021), also available on the OTIF’s website (http://otif.org/en/?page_id=254).