The biennial update of the agreement for the transport of dangerous goods has arrived on time. The text will
enter into force next January 2025 and will co-exist for six months with ADR 2023, the latter being repealed on 1 July 2025.
As is well known, the
ADR Agreement on the movement of dangerous goods by road also involves shippers, packers, fillers, loaders and unloaders of goods, to which certain types of hazardous waste also belong. The range of stakeholders, for whom the relevant fulfilments are required, including the appointment of the transport safety advisor DGSA, has therefore become very wide.
What's new in ADR 2025?
Summarising the content of the biennial update of the ADR is not easy, as it covers many aspects of a regulation that involves everyone who handles hazardous materials.
The text anticipates changes affecting all chapters of the ADR:
- The general provisions
- The classification of dangerous goods
- The list of dangerous goods and related provisions
- The provisions concerning the use of packaging and tanks
- The shipping procedures
- Requirements concerning the construction and testing of packagings, IBCs, large packagings and tanks
- Provisions on conditions of carriage, loading, unloading and handling
- The prescriptions on crews, equipment, vehicle operation and documentation
- The requirements on vehicle construction and approval
Not being able to deal in detail with all the changes introduced, we would like to highlight the
novelties on the exemptions from the designation of the ADR Adviser for transport or occasional consignments of dangerous goods presenting a minimal degree of hazard or risk of pollution, section according to letter b) of section 1.8.3 of the ADR.
In fact, the ADR 2025 also includes shippers of dangerous goods among those who may benefit from the
exemption from the designation of an ADR advisor for non-transportation as their main or incidental activity of goods presenting a minimal degree of hazard or pollution risk. This exemption is currently only possible thanks to the Multilateral Agreement M351, which, however, is of limited “scope” because it expires on 31/12/2024.
We remind you that in order to correctly benefit from this exemption, it is necessary to comply with the provisions of the Decree of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport dated 7.08.2023, which regulates the modalities. The exemption from the appointment of the ADR Advisor for shippers, packers, fillers, loaders and unloaders of goods is in any case “partial” as it is linked to compliance with the obligations of registration of movements, training of personnel involved and the possible drafting of the accident report.
For info:Marco Righini
+39 0432 747258
righini@catas.com
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