Year
1998
File Attachment
697.PDF1.16 MB
Abstract
To date the various modes of transport have used different structures in their codes for the transport of dangerous goods. Since the 1960's, the basis in the modal codes for the transport of class 7 - Radioactive material - has been the \"Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material\" of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna The basis in the modal codes for all other classes of dangerous goods has been the \"Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods\" (Orange Book) of the United Nations, New York and Geneva. Most of the national and international shipments are multi-mode transports and as a result one of the main problems for the shipper is to follow the various modal codes each with a different structure and partly inconsistent requirements. Consequently the restructuring of the regulations and codes appeared on the agenda of many past meetings in the United Nations framework and ADR and RID meetings. This paper shows the draft of the restructured ADR and explains the changes. The aim of the restructuring is to make the document more user friendly by grouping similar requirements under single headings, thus making the code subject orientated as opposed to class orientated. This includes the provision of the class 7 material. The ultimate goal is the harmonization of all the modal codes and regulations. It is therefore the current thinking that the UN-Orange Bqok should become the model.