MULTIMODAL The UN experts have finalised the changes to the Orange Book that will appear as the 18th revised edition of the model regulations. Those in scope have about two years to make the necessary changes to their operations
MULTIMODAL As is often the case, the third session of the biennium saw the UN TDG experts faced with an enormous agenda. Although some issues were batted back for more work, the meeting did manage to finalise some important changes
CONFERENCE REPORT Every step towards international regulatory harmonisation seems to be accompanied by two steps back. Attendees at the DGAC annual conference were brought up to date on the latest moves in both directions
CONFERENCE REPORT An update for old hands and an introduction for those new to the business are both offered at the annual VCA Dangerous Goods Seminar. This year’s event drew a large and eager crowd who got plenty for their money
GHS The decisions taken by the GHS experts can often affect the transport regulations and those in the transport sector are keeping a close eye on its deliberations on corrosivity criteria. At their second meeting of 2011, the GHS experts gave little ground on this potentially awkward requirement
ROAD/RAIL Caught between the UN experts on the one hand and the modal plenary bodies on the other, the joint meeting of RID/ADR/ADN experts has to consider both the broader and more specific impact of its decisions. Its latest session advocated some late changes to the rules due to appear next year
ROAD Europe’s road transport experts have made a large number of changes to the text of ADR due to enter into force next year. In view of the complexity of the amendments, the Secretariat was asked to provide a consolidated list of changes
MULTIMODAL Europe’s surface transport regulators are closing in on the texts that will come into force next year. However, those texts are not yet set in stone and there may be some surprises to come before final decisions are made
MULTIMODAL The UN experts had not quite finished with the latest amendment to the model regulations, despite it having been adopted at the end of 2010.
CONFERENCE REPORT VCA’s annual regulatory meeting aims to be inclusive, providing specially designed sessions for new arrivals in the dangerous goods world and locating itself in the middle of the country.
