ORGANISATION INTERGOUVERNEMENTALE POUR
LES TRANSPORTS INTERNATIONAUX FERROVIAIRES
OTIF
ZWISCHENSTAATLICHE ORGANISATION FÜR DEN
INTERNATIONALEN EISENBAHNVERKEHR
INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION FOR INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE BY RAIL
Secretary General
A 81-02/502.2007*
6 July 2007
TO THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES OF OTIF
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RID/ADR/ADN Joint Meeting (Geneva, 11 - 21 September 2007)
* See UNECE documents ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/107 of 18 May 2007 and …/107/Add.1 of 29
June 2007
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We have the honour to invite you to the Joint Meeting of the RID Committee of Experts and the
UNECE Working Party on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, which will be held from 11 – 21
September 2007 at the Palais des Nations1) in Geneva. The first session will begin on Tuesday,
11 September 2007 at 10.00 a.m.
PROVISIONAL AGENDA
1.
Approval of the agenda
2.
Tanks
3.
Standards
4.
Interpretation of RID/ADR/ADN
5.
Harmonization with the UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods
6.
Proposals for amendments to RID/ADR/ADN
a)
Pending issues
b)
New proposals
7.
Reports of informal working groups
8.
Future work
9.
Election of officers for 2008
10. Any other business
11. Adoption of the report
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EXPLANATORY REMARKS
1.
Adoption of the agenda
The first item on the agenda concerns its adoption. The Joint Meeting will also have before it
the report of its March 2007 session (Berne, 26 to 30 March 2007 (ECE/TRANS/WP.15/
AC.1/106 and addenda).
1)
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Delegates are requested to complete the registration form available for download at the UNECE Transport Division’s website (http://www.unece.org/trans/registfr.html). It should be
transmitted to the UNECE secretariat no later than one week prior to the session by email
(mireille.chavet@unece.org) or by fax (41 22 917 0039). Upon arrival at the Palais des Nations, delegates should obtain an identification badge at the UNOG Security and Safety Section, located at the Pregny Gate (14, Avenue de la Paix). In case of difficulty, please contact
the secretariat by telephone (ext.71252 or 73271). For a map of the Palais des Nations and
other useful information, see website http://www.unece.org/meetings/practical.htm.
The following points should be borne in mind:
2.
a)
At its session in September 2006, the Joint Meeting elected Mr. C. Pfauvadel (France) as
Chairman and Mr. H. Rein (Germany) as Vice-Chairman for 2007.
b)
Documents published in German by the Secretariat of OTIF (other than invitations and reports) under the symbol OTIF/RID/RC/ are circulated by the UNECE in English, French
and Russian under the symbol ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/, followed by the same document number. As part of the secretariat’s efforts to reduce expenditure, documents sent
out by e-mail and post will not be available in the conference room. Delegates are kindly
requested to bring their copies of documents to the meeting.
c)
The
documentation
is
available
on
the
OTIF
website
in
German
(http://www.otif.org/html/d/rid_RC_rid_adr_doc2007.php) and on the UNECE website
(www.unece.org/trans/danger/danger.htm) in English, French and Russian.
d)
The Joint Meeting would, if necessary, like a working group to meet concurrently with it to
consider documents concerning tanks (item 2), after this item has been discussed in plenary.
e)
The Joint Meeting would, if necessary, like an ad hoc working group to meet outside the
times of the plenary session to consider documents concerning standards (item 3), in accordance with the mandate to be decided by the Joint Meeting.
f)
A provisional timetable will be circulated as an informal document at a later stage.
Tanks
Reference documents
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/106/Add.1
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/106
paragraphs 3 to 10
Report of the Working Group on Tanks at the
last session
Report of the Joint Meeting at its last session
Documents to be discussed
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/29
(Belgium)
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/33
(Spain)
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/36
(Belgium)
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/37
(Switzerland)
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/38
(Switzerland)
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/53
(France)
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/54
(France)
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/55
(Secretariat)
Degree of filling
Modification of tank codes
Interpretation of 6.8.2.2.3
Refusal of certificate when the result of a test
is negative
Contents of the tank record
6.8.2.1.7 – Application to tanks for the carriage of refrigerated liquefied gases
Heat treatment
Transitional provisions for tanks constructed/not constructed according to standards
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3.
Standards
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/31
(CEN)
4.
Interpretation of RID/ADR/ADN
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/61
(United States of America)
5.
Information on work in progress in CEN
Definition of liquid
Harmonization with the UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods
a)
Harmonization with the 15th revised edition of the UN Recommendations
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/30 and /Add.1 (Secretariat)
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/58
(Germany)
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/25
(Norway/Netherlands)
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/26
(EIGA)
b)
Report of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the
Harmonization of RID/ADR/ADN with the UN
Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods
Class 7 – Comments on
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/30/Add.1
2.1.3.5.5 – Definition of flash composition
4.1.6.10 – Transport of gases
Environmentally hazardous substances (aquatic environment)
Background documents
TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2003/56/Add.2
(Secretariat)
TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2005/28
(Secretariat)
Informal document INF.14 submitted at the
March 2005 session (Belgium)
TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/98 paras. 31 to 38
TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/100 para. 65
Report of the Ad hoc Working Group on the
Harmonization of RID/ADR/ADN with the UN
Recommendations (2003)
Aquatic pollutants
Comments on document
TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2005/28
Report of the session (Berne, 7-11 March
2005)
Report of the session (Geneva, 13-23 September 2005)
New document
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/51
(Netherlands)
6.
Proposals for amendments to RID/ADR/ADN
a)
Pending issues
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/5
(Sweden)
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/6
(OTIF)
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/9
(Austria)
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Environmentally hazardous substances
Chapter 1.3 – Training of persons involved in
the carriage of dangerous goods
Special provision W10/V10
4.1.4.1 – Packing instruction P650, paragraph 9 (a)
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/14
(France)
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/16
(CEFIC)
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/22/Rev.1
(Sweden)
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/24
(Norway)
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/35
(Spain)
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/43 and INF.3
(CEFIC)
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/106/Add.2
(Secretariat)
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/44
(Sweden)
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/46 and INF.4
(Sweden)
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/48
(United Kingdom)
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/52
(France)
b)
Exemptions related to the nature of the
transport operation – carriage of lithium batteries
Acceptance of labels with small deviations
Exemptions related to the nature of the
transport operation – 1.1.3.1 (a)
1.1.3.6.3 – Maximum total quantity per transport unit
Definition of the safety obligations of unloaders
Special provision 274
Texts adopted at the last session – Chapter
6.2 bracketed texts
In-house inspection services IS(1)
Inspection body of Type C
Inspection body of Type C
Application of standards listed in 6.2.4
New proposals
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/27
(Belgium)
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/28
(Belgium)
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/32
(Secretariat)
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/34
(Spain)
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/39
(Austria)
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/40
(EIGA)
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/41
(European Commission)
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/45
(Sweden)
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/47
(CEFIC)
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/49
(Germany)
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/50
(OTIF)
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/57
(France)
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/59
(Germany)
Orange-coloured plate marking – RID
5.3.2.1.2/ADR 5.3.2.1.6
5.1.2.1: Marking and labelling of overpacks
6.1.3.1 – Marking of packagings
Safety advisors
5.3.1: Duplication of the placards not visible
from outside the carrying wagons/vehicles
Modification of special provision 653
Cargo securing for dangerous goods vehicles
Breathing appliances designed and constructed according to Directive 97/23/EC
5.3.2.1.5: Orange-coloured plate marking
Carriage of waste lighters
1.10.5 – High consequence dangerous goods
list
Special provision 601 for UN No. 1204
P200, special provision (10) (v)
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7.
Reports of informal working groups
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/60
(France)
8.
Report of the informal Working Group on
Limited Quantities
Future work
The Joint Meeting may wish to arrange for the organization of the agenda for the spring 2008
session (Berne, 24-28 March 2008).
The Joint Meeting may also wish to consider the part of the draft programme of work of the
UNECE Inland Transport Committee for 2008-2012 concerning its activities (ECE/TRANS/
WP.15/AC.1/2007/62).
9.
Election of officers for 2008
The Joint Meeting may wish to elect its Chairman and Vice-Chairman for 2008.
10. Any other business
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/7
and informal document INF.6 submitted at
the September 2006 session (Netherlands)
ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2007/56
(Belgium)
Informal document INF.28 submitted at the
March 2007 session
Relation between classification of dangerous
goods and conditions of carriage
Definition of carriage
Request for consultative status from the Union of European Railway Industries (UNIFE)
and from the European Fireworks Association (EUFIAS)
11. Adoption of the report
In accordance with established practice, the Joint Meeting will adopt the report of the session
on the basis of a draft established by the secretariat.
Note: The reading of the report, scheduled for 21 September, will take place without interpretation.
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Train tickets
Those delegates who intend travelling by train are asked to contact the relevant railway networks
directly to obtain any facilitated transport services.
Yours faithfully
(Stefan Schimming)
Secretary General
cc:
– Relevant international organisations and associations as an invitation;
– The railway undertakings of the States that apply CIM and CIV with the request to honour the
free travel referred to above.
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