Annexes to COM(2024)118 - EU position at the 58th 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 - Main contents
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(2) Article 42(1) of the COTIF.
(3) Currently, there are 50 OTIF Member States and 45 RID Contracting States.
(4) Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 2008 on the inland transport of dangerous goods, OJ L 260, 30.9.2008, p. 13.
(5) European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road, concluded at Geneva on 30 September 1957.
(6) European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways, concluded at Geneva on 26 May 2000.
(7) Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 2008 on the inland transport of dangerous goods, OJ L 260, 30.9.2008, p. 13.
(8) Appendix to Annex I to Council Decision 2013/103/EU of 16 June 2011.
(9) Judgment of the Court of Justice of 7 October 2014, Germany v Council, C-399/12, ECLI:EU:C:2014:2258, paragraphs 61 to 64.
(10) Council Decision 2013/103/EU of 16 June 2011 on the signing and conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail on the Accession of the European Union to the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) of 9 May 1980, as amended by the Vilnius Protocol of 3 June 1999, OJ L 51, 23.2.2013, p. 1.
(11) Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 2008 on the inland transport of dangerous goods, OJ L 260, 30.9.2008, p. 13.
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EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Brussels, 13.3.2024
COM(2024) 118 final
ANNEX
to the
Proposal for a Council Decision
on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union at the 58th 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
ANNEX
| Proposal | Reference document | Issue | Comments | EU position |
| 1. | OTIF/RID/CE/GTP/2023/3 | Amendment to RID Chapter 1.4.2.2.7 on the reference to UIC Leaflet 472 (obligation of the carrier to inform the driver of the position of dangerous goods in the train) | Technical consensus at the OTIF Standing Working Group to adopt the text as amended | Agree |
| 2. | OTIF/RID/CE/GTP/2023/4 | Amendment to RID Chapter 5.3.4.1 on the provisions for shunting marks | Technical consensus at the OTIF Standing Working Group to adopt the text as amended | Agree |
| 3. | OTIF/RID/CE/GTP/2023/5 | Amendment to RID to include provisions for the carriage of molten aluminium of UN number 3257 | Technical consensus at the OTIF Standing Working Group to adopt the text as amended | Agree |
| 4. | OTIF/RID/CE/GTP/2023/7 | Amendment to RID Chapter 1.11 to introduce a reference to the newest edition of UIC IRS 20201 | Technical consensus at the OTIF Standing Working Group to adopt the text as amended | Agree |
| 5. | OTIF/RID/CE/GTP/2023/8 and OTIF/RID/CE/GTP/2023/INF.10 | Identification in the transport document of the wagon and, where appropriate, of the large container, tank-container or portable tank | Technical consensus at the OTIF Standing Working Group to adopt the text as amended | Agree |
| 6. | OTIF/RID/CE/GTP/2023/9 | Amendment to RID Chapter 3.2.2 to introduce a reference to UIC IRS 20221 instead of UIC leaflet 221 | Technical consensus at the OTIF Standing Working Group to adopt the text as amended | Agree |
| 7. | OTIF/RID/CE/GTP/2023/10 | Consolidated texts adopted by the Joint Meeting in 2021 and 2022 and by the RID Committee of Experts’ standing working group in November 2022 | Technical consensus at the OTIF Standing Working Group to adopt the text as amended | Agree |
| 8. | OTIF/RID/CE/GTP/2023/11 | Extracts from the draft report of the 114th session of UNECE WP.15 (Geneva, 6 to 10 November 2023) (documents ECE/TRANS/WP.15/2023/R.3 and Adds as well as ECE/TRANS/WP.15/ 2023/R.4 and Adds) | Technical consensus at the OTIF Standing Working Group to adopt the text as amended | Agree |
| 9. | OTIF/RID/CE/GTP/2023/INF.4 | Amendment to RID to introduce a reference to the 3rd edition of UIC IRS 50592 | Technical consensus at the OTIF Standing Working Group to adopt the text as amended | Agree |
| 10. | ECE-TRANS-WP15-114-GE-inf7e | Proposal on how to modify RID CW38 in order to allow for carriage in bulk of specific categories of wastes containing asbestos (UN Nos. 2590 and 2212) | Technical consensus at the OTIF Standing Working Group to adopt the text as amended | Agree |
| 11. | ECE-TRANS-WP15-114-GE-inf14e | Proposals on how to adjust RID Chapters 4.1 and 5.4 to allow for transport of waste in inner packagings packed together in an outer packaging | Technical consensus at the OTIF Standing Working Group to adopt the text as amended | Agree |
| 12. | ECE-TRANS-WP15-114-GE-inf19e | Amendment to RID 1.8.3.11 (b), 2nd indent, to precise the subjects of examination for the safety advisers | Technical consensus at the OTIF 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=7321 and http://otif.org/en/?page_id=7322 ) or on the UNECE website ( https://unece.org/info/Transport/Dangerous-Goods/events/377548 ) and shall be understood as comprising the amendments discussed in the RID Committee of Experts’ standing working group of November 2023 and reflected in Annex I to document OTIF/RID/CE/GTP/2023-A (Final report of the 16th session of the RID Committee of Experts’ standing working group - London, 20 to 23 November 2023), also available on the OTIF’s website ( http://otif.org/en/?page_id=254 ).
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