Each hazardous material is to a particular hazard
The transport of dangerous goods (TDG) may be carried by road, rail, maritime, river or air
It is governed by international agreements but also by national specificities which set out the rules.
Transport by pipeline is not part of the TMD within the meaning of regulatory. However, hazardous materials (hydrocarbons, chemical products.) are also transported by this means. The transport of dangerous goods by road include the modes road, rail and river. The order of the twenty-nine may concerning the transport of dangerous goods by land ("the order TMD") regulates such transport on the national territory. The latter is regularly amended as a result of the work of the interministerial Commission for the transport of dangerous goods (CITMD). This order consists of twenty seven items apply, unless provisions to the contrary, all the modes of transport covered by the decree and in annexes I, II, III, and IV as described below: A protocol that help exists and is called TRANSAID. It has been stipulated in the contract between industrial chemistry and the directorate general of civil security and crisis management (TSDMB). This protocol is triggered in the event of incidents or accidents involving hazardous materials. The interlocutors industrial identified and referenced can bring their expertise and or hire human and material resources to help the firefighters working on the scene of the accident. All of these regulatory texts is available on the website of the mission the transport of hazardous materials (MTMD) within the directorate general for risk prevention (DGPR) belonging to the ministry of ecological Transition and solidarity (mtes coatings). The different classes are: In Europe, road transport of hazardous materials is regulated by the european Agreement concerning the international carriage of dangerous goods by road known as ADR. Written on the thirty of September, and entered into force on the twenty-ninth of January, it has been restructured as from July. The ADR consists of nine parts which fall into two appendices (version of the united nations): Currently, due to various amendments by the working Group on transport of dangerous goods (WP.
They are classified according to the hazard
fifteen of the EEC-UN), the latest version of the ADR has been in force since the st January. The next version of the ADR will benefit from the amendments to the WP. fifteen of the UNECE in the process of discussion and will be published in the beginning of the year. forty-nine States have ratified the ADR (the last being the Georgia in): Albania, Germany, Andorra, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Spain, Estonia, the former yugoslav republic of Macedonia, Finland, France, Georgia, germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Morocco, Moldova, Montenegro, Norway, netherlands, Poland, Portugal, The Czech republic, Romania, United Kingdom, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine. In terms of international rail transport, it is appendix C of the Convention on the transport international rail (COTIF), calling the Regulations concerning the carriage of dangerous goods, said RID, which is in force since January. It is written within the intergovernmental Organization for international carriage by rail (OTIF), which is located in Berne in Switzerland. The organs of OTIF are: the general assembly, the administrative committee as an organ of administrative and financial control, the revision commission, the committee of experts on the transport of dangerous goods, the committee of technical experts and the rail facilitation committee. The secretariat is provided by the secretary general of OTIF.
the fifty States as well as the european Union are members of the COTIF (status January): Albania, Algeria, andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, germany, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Jordan (associate member), Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the former yugoslav republic of Macedonia, Morocco, Monaco, Montenegro, Norway, Pakistan, the netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Czech Republic, Romania, United Kingdom, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine.
The inland waterway transport in Europe is regulated by a text called ADN (european Agreement concerning the international carriage of dangerous goods by inland waterways) prepared by the UNECE located in Geneva in Switzerland. This unique agreement has taken ascendancy over the RDNA and the ADND to be the sole regulation of river transport applicable in Europe. The two former international texts at the end of application are followed by a letter in function of the characteristics of the river concerned: about the RDNA, it is implemented by the central Commission for the navigation of the Rhine (CCNR), located at Strasbourg (France) in addition, the ADND is prepared by the Danube Commission (CD), which is located in Budapest (Hungary). seventeen States have ratified the DNA (status January): Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Russian Federation, France, germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, the netherlands, Poland, Czech Republic, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Ukraine. All the business of which includes the transportation, packing, loading, filling of dangerous goods must appoint a safety adviser: they are responding to the regulatory requirement of international about the appointment of a safety adviser (see chapter. These counsellors must hold a certificate issued after successful completion of a national examination organized by the interprofessional Committee for the development of training in the transport of dangerous goods (CIFMD). This certificate is issued for a maximum period of five years. It may be renewed for the same term, in passing to the consideration of renewal. The training for these examinations, initial or renewal, is not required.
However, if an applicant wishes to train, training organizations, proposes that the initial review (ADR, RID, ADN) as well as its renewal every five years.
The candidate can get in touch directly with the charity of their choice.
The certificate of security adviser is a personal one.
A safety adviser can be the head of the company, a person who performs other tasks in the company or even a person not belonging to the latter, provided that the person concerned is actually able to fulfil its tasks of an adviser. In France, any advise to the security of a state signatory of the ADR, RID and ADN can practice his profession with the certificate advisor to extra-national. The tasks of the security advisor are important. In particular, any safety adviser must draw up an annual report at the destination of the head of the company. It is mentioned in chapter three of the ADR, RID and ADN, which quantifies the activities of the company fall within the scope of competence of the advisor. The annual report must also include a summary of its shares in accordance with the tasks set out in chapter. three of the ADR, RID and ADN, and of the proposals made for the improvement of the safety as well as a summary of accidents that have occurred. three of article six, and appendix IV. four of annex IV to the decree of the TDG regulations provides for the annual reports established from the April, a list of topics and tables must always be in the consultant's report. For accidents involving the transport of dangerous goods safety advisers are bound by the obligation to draw up an accident report provided in chapter. six of the ADR, RID and ADN, each for what concerns: the advisors of the companies that carried out the operations of packaging, loading, filling or transportation. The report must be accompanied by a precise analysis of the causes and recommendations written by the advisor aimed at avoiding the renewal of the same type of accidents.
This report can be prepared using the printed Cerfa: see external link on the booklet on the declaration of the events the transport of hazardous materials published by the ministry of Ecology (DGPR).
With regard to maritime transport, France applies the multiple provisions of the IMO, as well as the Regulations for the carriage and handling of dangerous goods in sea ports, said RPM: this is the annex to the order of the eighteen of July, as amended. The RPM was last amended by the decree of the neu fdécembre published in the OJ of the twenty-nine December. All of these texts regulatory is available on the website of the mission the transport of hazardous materials (MTMD) within the directorate general for risk prevention (DGPR) belonging to the ministry of ecological Transition and solidarity (mtes coatings). The rules of the international maritime transport are set out within the international maritime Organization (IMO) based in London (Uk). The international maritime transport is governed in particular by the SOLAS (maritime safety committee), and MARPOL (committee for the protection of the marine environment).
